Interactive Brokers LLC (Chicago, IL) February 2023 – Present
Compliance Analyst, Trade Surveillance
- Conduct trade surveillance and escalate suspicious activity across equities, options, and other derivatives markets, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards
- Draft and submit regulatory filings, including Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), for transactions exceeding $25M under BSA/AML guidelines.
- Assist in investigations of rare and complex market manipulation patterns.
- Partner with management to streamline surveillance workflows and resolve procedural inefficiencies
Independent Trader January 2019 – April 2022
- Executed discretionary and systematic trades in equities, ETFs, FX, and cryptocurrencies, optimizing order timing, slippage, and cost efficiency.
- Developed and backtested rule-based strategies using technical indicators, order book data, and macroeconomic research, producing 5% annualized alpha over benchmark.
- Built custom indicators and scripts in Thinkorswim and TradingView to identify high-probability setups.
- Applied portfolio risk management techniques to maintain capital efficiency and limit drawdowns
