Careers at Educate2Trade
Kickstart your career with one of the UK's leading financial-trading educators.
Join our mission to empower the next generation of traders. At Educate2Trade we're more than a trading academy — we're a growing team giving traders real-world skills, with a culture built on innovation, collaboration and a drive to succeed together.
Our placement partners
- Synergy Markets
- Marex
- JBDH
- Paragon Trading
- Livesquawk
- BGC
- Pelican Trading
- King & Shaxson
Open vacancy
Financial Analyst
Now hiringA unique career path for individuals looking to become successful retail traders or build a career in investment banking.
£45,800
Base salary plus commission
£10,000
Funded trading account
Visa support
Work visa sponsorship if required
Level 7 Diploma
Your gateway to the Financial Analyst role
To qualify for the Financial Analyst role, candidates complete our Level 7 Diploma in Applied Financial Trading — a two-year foundation-degree-level programme that can be completed in as little as six weeks at our London offices, or at your own pace online (up to six months).
Why it's worth it
A Level 7 Diploma provides advanced skills in financial markets, trading strategies and risk management, leading to roles like quantitative analyst, investment banker or portfolio manager — with an average salary of around £60,000 in the UK depending on experience.
Why choose us
Why choose Educate2Trade
Practical, hands-on focus
Learning is built around live markets and real execution, not theory alone — you apply every concept on the desk.
Experienced educators
Mentors drawn from trading floors, investment banking and asset management, teaching what the industry actually expects.
Comprehensive learning
Futures and options covered in depth, with mandatory research tasks and a portfolio of evidence you can show at interview.
Daily webinars and floor practice
Daily sessions plus trading-floor practice keep you close to real conditions throughout the programme.
Holistic development
We cover the psychological side of trading — discipline, patience and handling drawdown — alongside strategy and risk.
Career paths
Three routes into the markets
There is no single trading career. We help you choose the path that fits your experience, appetite for risk and the life you actually want.
Independent retail trader
Trading your own capital
Build a repeatable strategy, a risk framework and the discipline to run your own book — with the floor and Prime membership behind you.
See the trading floor ↗Market analyst
Research and commentary roles
Technical and fundamental analysis, macro context and clear written and spoken commentary — the skill set behind analyst and squawk roles.
Advanced course ↗Industry roles
Brokerage, prop desks and sales trading
An OFQUAL-regulated VTCT diploma plus real desk hours gives you the qualification and the evidence firms ask for at interview.
Accredited diplomas ↗Placement partners
Where our students are placed
We work with brokerages, prop desks and market data firms across London. These are the partners our trainees are introduced to during and after the programme.
- Synergy Markets
- Marex
- JBDH
- Paragon Trading
- Livesquawk
- BGC
- Pelican Trading
- King & Shaxson
Our support
We work with you during and after
During the programme
Career conversations from day one: where you want to end up, what that role really asks for, and the gaps to close before you apply.
CV and application
We rewrite your CV around trading evidence — journals, results, floor hours and accredited qualifications — not generic buzzwords.
Interview preparation
Mock interviews with traders who have sat on the other side of the desk, including technical questions and risk scenarios.
Warm introductions
Strong candidates are introduced directly to our partner brokerages, prop desks and trading firms as roles open.
After you're placed
Alumni keep access to the community, floor sessions and their mentor — the support does not stop on your first day.
For service leavers
ELCAS-funded routes come with resettlement-aware guidance on translating military experience into a trading CV.
Success stories
Our successful trainees
Sachu Siby
Successful Candidate
“I came in with no finance background. The diploma plus floor hours got me in front of firms I would never have reached alone.”
Sam Netto
Successful Candidate
“The interview prep was brutal in the best way. By the time I sat the real one, nothing surprised me.”
Vignesh
Successful Candidate
“Being introduced directly to a partner desk changed the whole conversation — I was a known quantity, not another CV.”
Life at Educate2Trade
Build your career, and your story, with us.
Beyond the trading floor, we invest in the team that makes it all work. From coastal breaks to international trips, we believe a strong team deserves real experiences together.
Brighton, 2025 — the whole team on the pier
These trips are part of how we say thank you to the team behind Educate2Trade — because a great career should come with great memories too.
Start building your career
Tell us where you want to end up and we will map the qualification, desk time and introductions that get you there.