UMAIR CHAUDHRY (443) 655-5702 uchaud2@students.towson.

edu 810 Pecan Court Bel Air, MD 21014

Monday, April 16, 2012 Dear Hiring Manager,

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My name is Umair Chaudhry and I am writing to you because I need your referral for a Trading Assistant position with Stifel Nicolaus. I read the job description and I feel that I am a good match for this job. I am confident that I can add value to your company because I have over three years of experience in the financial industry. This May I will have completed all of the credits needed to graduate from Towson University with a Bachelors of Science in Finance. I am a CMT Level II candidate. My academic experience includes strong understanding of fixed income & equity securities analysis, financial policies, financial planning & forecasting, capital budgeting, corporate valuation, mergers & acquisitions and LBOs. I have successfully executed, managed positions and monitored trades of companies in the U.S stock exchanges. I have developed several models that produce trading ideas based on fundamental and/or quantitative research on stocks, bonds and currencies. I have conducted extensive quantitative research on S&P500. The goal of my research has been to optimize the efficiency of intra-day execution that adds value to short and long-term portfolio holdings. I can facilitate communication between your research division and traders. I can prepare and distribute financial reports to the internal and external decision makers. As a quantitative research intern at K.M. Moore & Co., I was able to conduct research on their proprietary trading models and created a model that reduced slippage. The model adds six percent to the bottom line on an annual basis. My professional experiences include designing systematic trading models. I understand the detail of work that goes behind creating reports for financial firms. Most of my work at my internship was done on Metastock, Excel and Evolver. I am highly proficient on Excel. I offer spreadsheet proficiency including developing graphs, formulas and designing pivot tables to analyze large set of data. I pay close attention to small details and I perform well in various work environments. Additional experience includes: Cash Flow management and modeling P&L management Create presentations Scheduling Trade reconciliation. Intra-day trade management. Short and Long term chart analysis. MetaStock, StrategyDesk, Blackwood PRO, StockFetcher and EquityFeed Follow fundamental analysis/daily reports of dividends, earnings and news via Briefing.com. I believe that working with your company would provide a wonderful training ground for an up and coming financial professional like myself, in turn, I would strive to contribute and learn from this valuable opportunity. I thank you in advance for reviewing my application and I welcome the opportunity to meet with you to further discuss my qualifications. Yours sincerely, Umair Chaudhry
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UMAIR CHAUDHRY (443) 655-5702 uchaud2@students.towson.edu 810 Pecan Court Bel Air, MD 21014

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An ambitious college graduate with a passion for finance, a keen grasp on financial analysis and a strong work ethic. My experience began with my own personal finances. Through research and analysis I was able to produce results that only inspired me to make this industry my career.

SKILLS
Excel: Pivot tables, Statistical formulas, Logic statements, and Lookup & Reference Software: MetaStock, StrategyDesk, Blackwood PRO, EquityFeed Market Analyzer, and StockFetcher Trading: Advanced Screeners, Basket Trading, Real-Time Charting, Backtesting, Level I, Level II, and ECNs

WORK EXPERIENCE
K.M. MOORE & CO., 111 South Calvert Street, Suite 2700, Baltimore, MD 21202
Quantitative Research Intern Study transaction details to compute discrepancies in the areas of slippage. Backtest strategies for given securities on MetaStock and prepare reports. Prepare daily trading signals prior to market open based on various trading strategies. Daily market outlook analysis prior to the open. 05/2011 Present

DIMENSION TRADING GROUP, 75 Broad Street, Second Floor, NY, NY 10004

01/2010 04/2010 Trader Execute high probability trades based on trading model to gain competitive advantage in exploiting market inefficiencies. Developed quantitative formulas / screeners on StrategyDesk and StockFetcher. Manage portfolio on the buy/sell side by conducting fundamental and technical research and analysis.

ENTREPRENEURIAL TRADING

05/2009 07/2010

Trader Executed and managed positions in my personal portfolio. Ranked #24 in CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

CIRCUIT CITY, Eatontown, NJ 07724

Sales Specialist Multiple promotions because of excellent sales track record. Maintained excellent customer service.

03/2004 09/2006

EDUCATION
TOWSON UNIVERSITY (TU), Towson, MD
BS Expected: May 2012 Major: Business Finance Minor: Economics

LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

GUNPOWDER VALLEY CONSERVANCY, P.O BOX 9733, TOWSON, MD 21284 Volunteer, Tree Planting

PERSONAL
Interests Stock Trading, Texas Holdem, Sports Languages Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi