Trading
Society
A society for anyone at UCL who wants to know how markets really work. Four research desks covering equities, commodities, fixed income and FX, plus workshops, competitions, and speakers who do this professionally.
// 001 / Overview
What We Do
Four things we're building the society around.
Open To Everyone
Trading has a reputation for being closed off. We want the opposite here, so everything we run is open to any student, whatever you study and whether or not you've traded before.
Industry Events
Office visits, talks and panels with people who work in the industry, so you see how firms and desks actually operate rather than how a textbook says they do.
Competitions
Simulated markets where you put your ideas up against other members. It's the quickest way to find out what you actually understand.
Skills And Applications
Workshops on the technical side, then help with applications and interviews when you start going for trading and finance roles.
// 002 / Divisions
Our Divisions
Four research desks spanning the major asset classes, built around rigorous analysis and collaborative learning.
Equities
Fundamental analysis across global equity markets.
2026/27 PROGRAMMECommodities
Energy, metals and agricultural markets coverage.
2026/27 PROGRAMMEFixed Income
Bond markets, credit analysis and yield curves.
2026/27 PROGRAMMEFX
Global currency markets and macro strategies.
2026/27 PROGRAMME// 003 / Events
2026/27 Programme
Competitions, technical workshops and conversations with people working across global markets.
Maven In-House Days
WITH MAVEN SECURITIES
Visit Maven's London office, meet its traders and take part in market-making activities. Around 15 students will attend on each date.
DEADLINE · 15 SEPTEMBER, 11:59 PM
Maths & Trading Competition
WITH TRADERMATH AND ADM (UCL MATHS SOCIETY)
Our flagship quantitative competition. Teams go head to head on mental maths, probability and market making, which is roughly what trading firms put candidates through at interview. Open to every UCL student.
Speaker Panels & Career Talks
People from trading desks, funds and market-making firms talking about how the job really works.
Trading & Charting Workshops
Practical sessions in TradingView, covering charting, screeners and the economic calendar.
Trading Competitions
Simulated markets where members trade against each other and find out whose ideas hold up.
Socials & Networking
Drinks, meetups and the rest of it. Half the value of a society is the people in it.
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// 004 / Support
Sponsors & Partners
Backed by leading organisations across quantitative trading, energy markets, financial infrastructure and market technology.
Sponsors
Firms funding the society directly.
Hudson River Trading
A multi-asset class quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider, combining mathematics, technology and research across global markets.
Jane Street
A global quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider, active in equities, ETFs, bonds, options and commodities across markets worldwide.
Castleton Commodities International
A global energy commodities merchant, trading physical and financial natural gas, power and oil, and investing in the infrastructure behind it.
Partners
Firms giving us tools, access and training rather than funding.
Maven Securities
A proprietary trading firm using its own capital, quantitative analysis and technology across global financial markets.
Interactive Brokers
A global brokerage platform offering market access, trading tools and investment products across asset classes.
TradingView
Charting, screeners and economic calendars. Our first 150 members get a TradingView subscription.
Intercontinental Exchange
Runs exchanges and clearing houses around the world, the New York Stock Exchange among them.
TraderMath
Mental maths drills, market-making games and practice assessments for people going after trading and quant roles.
Work with us
If your firm wants to reach students at UCL who are serious about markets, we'd like to hear from you. We're open to sponsorship, events and workshops.
Join the
Community
Meet UCL students who take markets seriously. Get event announcements, division updates and opportunities in the society WhatsApp group. The first 150 members also receive a TradingView subscription.
Open to every UCL degree and every level of markets experience.
Questions? [email protected]