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JTJovan Toromanović
QR/QT at Jump Trading; Computer Science student, City University of Hong Kong
Jump Trading ·
Singapore, Singapore · operator
IMO Medalist For Serbia In 2018, 2019 And 2020 (silver 2020)Jump Trading QR/QT From Jul 2024 (LinkedIn Index)Quantitative Trader Intern At Jane Street (2022) And Jump Trading (2023), Per LinkedIn IndexComputer Science, City University Of Hong Kong (2020-2024)
Serbian mathematician (IMO 2018-2020, silver 2020) turned quantitative trader; studied Computer Science at City University of Hong Kong and joined Jump Trading in 2024 per the LinkedIn index.
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- Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Two internships and a current-analyst registration support quant employment. Identity anchor: IMO 2018-2020 Serbia contestant (imo-official.org) shares name, City University of Hong Kong education and Singapore location with the LinkedIn profile listing Jump Trading QR/QT and the Jane Street/Jump Trading internships. Employer classification: both employers are genuine quantitative trading firms - Jane Street's own site describes it as 'a quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider', and Jump Trading is a proprietary trading firm (principal/market-making across traditional and crypto markets). The registered representative record at JUMP TRADING, LLC (advisorcheck, CRD# 8296401, started 2026, passed Series 57TO and SIE) is a US FINRA registration matching the name and employer, but is index-only (advisorcheck aggregates FINRA/regulatory filings) and is not independent primary-source confirmation.
- Competed for Serbia at the International Mathematical Olympiad in three consecutive years - 2018 (bronze, 23 pts, rank 157), 2019 (bronze, 21 pts, rank 214) and 2020 (silver, 30 pts, rank 50) - making him one of a small group to medal at all three attempts.
- The LinkedIn enrichment lists Jump Trading QR/QT from Jul 2024 (no end date) and internships at Jump Trading (Jun-Aug 2023) and Jane Street (Jun-Aug 2022); this is index-only data and is not itself independent primary confirmation of the roles.
- Reported 16 medals from international mathematics competitions by Jan 2022, with the last three being silver at the 61st IMO in Russia, gold at the 16th Zhautykov Olympiad in Kazakhstan and bronze at the 12th Romanian Master of Mathematics.Jan 19, 2022
- Moved from Belgrade's Mathematical Grammar School to City University of Hong Kong after his high school selects two students a year to study there - an institutional pipeline rather than a self-driven Hong Kong choice - and by Jan 2022 was in the top 2% of students by GPA.Jan 19, 2022
- The advisorcheck record lists a 'Jovan Toromanovic' as a Registered Representative at JUMP TRADING, LLC, Chicago (CRD# 8296401, career start 2026, Series 57TO and SIE exams passed) - consistent with a trader/quant role on Jump's Chicago-side entity, but index-only regulatory aggregation rather than a primary-source profile.
- Won Serbia's 2020 'young talents' award (nagrada mladim talentima) for results at international competitions, awarded by the 1posto.rs talent foundation.Apr 6, 2022
- Told a Jan 2022 interview that after his CS degree he planned to pursue a doctorate in Hong Kong and then work 'in a bank or on the stock exchange' - a stated direction toward finance well before the Jump Trading and Jane Street internships appeared on his profile.Jan 19, 2022
- Named vice-champion (silver) of the 2019 International Olympiad of Metropolises in Moscow, per Serbian media coverage of his record.Apr 6, 2022
- As a Mathematical Grammar School student he represented Serbia on the team that took medals at IMO 2018 in Romania - teammates Aleksa Milojević, Pavle Martinović, Igor Medvedev, Jelena Ivančić and Nikola Pavlović - a cohort that repeatedly placed Serbia in the top ten nations.Jul 2018
- Also reached the Serbian informatics olympiad (a level above the national competition) in programming, alongside his mathematics focus.Apr 6, 2022
- Prepares for olympiads by daily independent practice driven by interest rather than a competition schedule ('I did not experience it as a burden'), alongside the Drustvo matematicara Srbije / Mathematical Grammar School group preparations.Jan 19, 2022
Experience
QR/QT at Jump Trading
Jul 2024 - Present
Quantitative Trader Intern at Jump Trading
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Quantitative Trader Intern at Jane Street
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Education
City University of Hong Kong
Jan 2020 - Jan 2024
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Mathematical Grammar School in Belgrade (Serbia)
High School Diploma
AchievementsRepresented Serbia at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2018 (bronze, 23 pts), 2019 (bronze, 21 pts) and 2020 (silver, 30 pts). · Gold medal, 16th Zhautykov International Mathematical Olympiad, Kazakhstan (2020). · Bronze medal, 12th Romanian Master of Mathematics (2020). · Silver/vice-champion, International Olympiad of Metropolises, Moscow (2019). · Winner, Serbia 2020 young talents award for international competition results. · Top 2% of City University of Hong Kong students by GPA (as of Jan 2022). · Ranked 29th in the 2021 East Division of the Simon Marais Mathematics Competition (City University of Hong Kong).
AwardsSilver medal, IMO 2020 (Serbia) · Bronze medal, IMO 2019 (Serbia) · Bronze medal, IMO 2018 (Serbia) · Gold, Zhautykov International Mathematical Olympiad 2020 · Bronze, 12th Romanian Master of Mathematics · Serbia 'young talents' award 2020
Profiles
Competition record
Serbia · IMO