Clear Street
Associate - Trade Surveillance
$95K–$110K
New York, NY +2 · Full-time · Posted Jan 23, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
New York, NY, United States
San Diego - Experience
- 3-5 years of hands-on NTS experience.
About the job
Conduct daily trade surveillance reviews for active-trader clients, identifying and escalating potential market manipulation in equities and listed options using Nasdaq Trade Surveillance.
What you'll do
- Review order activity and independently investigate NTS alerts through trade reconstruction, order book analysis, and market-context review.
- Document and escalate potential abusive trading, and help prepare case summaries for Trade Surveillance Committee meetings.
- Provide feedback on alert performance and identify emerging risks related to products, order types, or customer behavior.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience using NTS in a broker-dealer or exchange environment.
- Experience investigating market manipulation alerts, including layering, spoofing, and momentum ignition.
- Strong understanding of equities and listed options markets, order types, routing, and execution mechanics.
- Strong analytical, investigative, and documentation skills; ability to distinguish legitimate trading from abusive conduct.
Pay
$95,000-$110,000 USD base salary
Tools
Nasdaq Trade Surveillance (NTS)
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