Sales Trader, Institutional Equities

Job overview

The Sales Trader, Institutional Equities role may be based at any of Roth Capital Partners’ U.S. offices; the listing location is New York, NY. Compensation is commission-based and varies with experience, portable business, and individual production; no numeric compensation is specified. Roth is an employee-owned investment bank serving growth companies and their investors. The sales trader manages institutional equity orders while providing market commentary, liquidity insight, and execution strategies. The role builds client relationships and coordinates with sales, trading, compliance, operations, and technology teams to support compliant trade execution and the firm’s institutional brokerage services.

What you'll do

• Receive, work, and manage institutional cash-equity orders in line with client instructions, firm policy, and regulations
• provide real-time market color, liquidity assessments, and trade strategy recommendations
• market and cross-sell the firm’s platform
• facilitate blocks with trading and capital markets
• maintain relationships with buy-side traders and portfolio managers
• comply with FINRA, SEC, exchange, and internal requirements
• partner with compliance, operations, and technology to resolve trade breaks, settlement issues, and system needs.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

sales trader

institutional equities

equity trading

cash equities

order execution

market commentary

institutional clients

new york ny

roth capital partners

series 7

series 63

commission-based compensation

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires 5+ years of equity sales trading experience and active Series 7 and Series 63 licenses; Series 57 is a plus. The role may be based at any U.S. office.

About the employer

Roth Capital Partners is hiring for this role. Industry: Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation. Sector: 52.