STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Q 1. Why do you want to become a trader (what based on day to day

duties excite you)?
Present day trading requires analytical and logical ability along with a
great sync of probability and statistical analysis. It depends largely how
well one can interpret and analyse the past and present and
extrapolate for future. With the advent of High Frequency Trading it has
become toy of intellectuals and logical analysers. I being number and
maths savvy since younger age further at IITB these skills got refined
and reinforced to greater levels and I found myself very much
enthusiastic to enjoy with these skills and apply them for proficient
achievements in this field. Here is the opportunity to take complex
decisions in fraction of seconds that is my fondness.
At IITB active participation in music and sport and other leadership
activities at various avenues as coordinator, secretary and warden
nominee enriched my capabilities as problem solver, team leader and
motivational manager. It all not only strengthened my independent
thinking but incubated leadership skills and helped me to harness my
talent through continuous innovative events, but inspiration through
regular involvement helped in proposing bold solutions, supporting
teammates and surpassing hurdles resulted in high morale.
Thus I look forward with such a job to believe in quality and
quantitative performance, freedom to implement own well designed
strategies and result oriented career. It is conducive and matching to
my piled up capabilities and aspirations to have opportunity for
perfection progression and tremendous scope. Another very important
reason which attracts me to be a trader is that every instance brings in
something new in trading. Spontaneity, foresight and responsiveness
matters lot in such jobs and I found myself befitted to this situation.
Some particular news affects the prices of a certain financial product
creates opportunity to make a profit. Chances of stalemate are meagre
here and growth and expansion is unlimited although risk is always
associated with, which I very much reckon. I have a very keen interest
in the whole machinery of finance; I often use my time to read about
this machinery, trying to understand how everything in this ever
changing world of finance moves. I have always had an aptitude for
mathematics, analytics and reasoning
Why did you choose Flow Traders specifically?
A 2. My inclination to trading as an interesting opportunity has guided me to
study major players in the field to my region of interest European Markets and
found Flow Traders, MC, Optiver and Getco as the main agencies.
Among these firm Flow Traders attracted me the most because of its newness in
field and having sophisticated infrastructure with great capabilities and structure
attuned to intellectuals and new comer. New firms generally have a flat hierarchy
as compared to the other established firms set up in the 1970s with too much of
a structure and hierarchy thereby giving much more independence and
responsibility to new hires.

It will be ultimately a tremendous start for me as a professional since learning

at Flow Trader is to be very fast than at any other trading firm because of its
unique one team driven culture underpinned by four eyes principle showing
concern for security.
Flow Trader trades in a wide range of financial products is a member of and
trades on more than 75 exchanges and multilateral trading facilities globally.
Working at Flow Trader will help me learn about not just one but many financial
products, and gain an immense expertise in the product I trade in at Flow
Traders. Flow Traders invests in its employees giving them an excellent work
environment and support, which is certainly important for me.
Flow Trader just moved into the Asian market two years back and set up in
Singapore and within a year of this Flow Trader won it first ETF Market Maker
Asia-Pacific award. Flow Trader has also been winning the ETF Market Maker
Europe award for the past 6 years in a row which is one of the best records any
market maker can have especially considering that it has just been 11 years
since Flow Traders was formed. The rate at which Flow Trader has been growing
says that there are greater achievements ahead of the curve for this firm and I
believe I will have a strong and exceptional future in this firm. Figures from
NASDAQ show Flow Traders has been one of top five
market making firms by market share. As mentioned on the website of Flow
Traders it strives to maintain a small business feeling that it started out with,
which I feel is instrumental in making Flow Traders as the perfect place for me to
start my career with.