Sports Trader — In-Play Trading & Risk Management
About the specialist
Sports trader with about a year of hands-on betting experience, currently focused on in-play risk. Has traded live risk across baseball, basketball, tennis and football, monitoring active prices during events and reacting to situational changes in real time. Covered overnight and weekend shifts solo while reporting key activity to the wider team. In a junior trading role monitored all incoming bets, applied risk management protocols to optimise KPIs, reviewed market history and prior customer activity, and analysed betting patterns to profile users. Worked directly with quants and developers on trading strategy and process improvements, and produced promotional content for football, cricket, horse racing and US sports. Holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Statistics and works confidently in Excel, SQL, Python and R.
Skills
Work experience
Traded live in-play risk on baseball, basketball and tennis; worked solo overnight and weekend shifts.
Junior Sports Trader — online odds and betting content company — [скрыто]: monitored all incoming bets, applied risk protocols to optimise KPIs, analysed customer betting patterns, fully remote.
Quality-checked pricing models and cleaned claims data in SQL, Excel and Python.
Education
BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Statistics — UK university, 2022-2025 (Bayesian Statistics, Financial Mathematics, Operations Research, Linear Modelling) A Levels: Mathematics (A), Physics (A), Chemistry (B)
Languages
English — fluent (UK degree and work experience)