The firm currently allocates capital to hundreds of discretionary “manual” (or non-systematic) traders, equipping them with sophisticated proprietary technology, including order entry platforms, trading tools and trading techniques to meet the unique needs of their active trading styles.
Schonfeld’s trading talent consists of both experienced traders from a variety of Wall Street firms to home-grown talent who are the product of Schonfeld’s unique training program. Training at Schonfeld is designed to instill in traders disciplined and methodical techniques for successful active trading and risk management.
Schonfeld’s discretionary traders share directly in the profits they generate trading the firm’s capital. Successful traders earn larger capital allocations, expanding the income potential for themselves and the firm.
As every microsecond counts in the active trading world, Schonfeld has built state-of-the-art, low-latency infrastructure, smart routing technologies, software and execution algorithms to facilitate effective execution of the traders’ order flow.
