Full-time, Initial 3-month contract to Full time position
Successful candidates may be offered a permanent full-time position based on performance.
Work Location
Remote – India
Salary
₹25,000–₹45,000 per month, depending on experience and demonstrated capability.
A quarterly performance bonus may be offered for consistent, high-quality research and disciplined results. Strong long-term performers may have the opportunity to progress toward a Head of Research position as the team expands.
About the Role
We are seeking a Technical and Equity Research Analyst to research companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
The analyst will focus particularly on:
- ASX small-cap and penny stocks
- High-volatility and event-driven opportunities
- Intraday and swing-trading setups
- ASX company announcements and market catalysts
- Technical analysis, price action, volume and VWAP
- Liquidity, market depth and relative-strength analysis
Experience in derivatives, options, commodities, forex or quantitative research will be considered an advantage.
This is an internal research role. The analyst will not manage client money, provide public financial advice or directly control any trading account.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse ASX-listed companies using technical and fundamental research.
- Monitor price action, trading volume, VWAP, liquidity and bid–offer spreads.
- Identify uptrends, downtrends, consolidation and changing market conditions.
- Identify support, resistance, breakout, breakdown, pullback and reversal opportunities.
- Analyse candlestick formations and chart patterns.
- Monitor ASX price-sensitive announcements and assess their likely impact on share prices.
- Research catalysts including:
- Earnings and guidance updates
- Major contracts
- Acquisitions and asset sales
- Capital raisings and dilution
- Director and substantial shareholder activity
- Drilling and exploration results
- Resource and reserve upgrades
- Clinical trial and regulatory announcements
- Quarterly cash-flow and operational reports
- Conduct specialised research on ASX small-cap, penny and high-volatility stocks.
- Compare stock performance against the ASX 200, relevant sector indices and peer companies.
- Monitor Australian and international economic events, commodities, currencies and global markets.
- Assess whether sufficient liquidity exists for practical trade entry and exit.
- Develop clearly defined:
- Entry zones
- Stop-loss and invalidation levels
- Initial and extended targets
- Reward-to-risk ratios
- Expected holding periods
- Prepare intraday watchlists and weekly swing-trading reports.
- Maintain a detailed record of all recommendations, including successful and unsuccessful setups.
- Review previous recommendations and identify opportunities to improve the research process.
- Assist in developing scanners, screening rules, dashboards and backtesting systems.
- Stay informed about ASX regulations, disclosure requirements and major corporate announcements.
Expected Reports
The selected analyst will be expected to prepare:
Daily ASX Watchlist
- Ticker and company name
- Current price
- Catalyst or announcement
- Announcement release time
- Volume compared with the 20-day average
- VWAP position
- Liquidity and traded value
- Relative strength
- Support and resistance
- Entry, stop and target
- Key risks
- Clear recommendation: trade, monitor or avoid
Weekly Swing-Trading Report
The weekly report should contain approximately three to five high-quality opportunities, rather than a large number of low-quality tips.
Each setup should include:
- Investment or trading thesis
- Verified catalyst
- Technical chart structure
- Volume and liquidity analysis
- Entry zone
- Invalidation and stop-loss
- Target levels
- Minimum expected reward-to-risk ratio
- Expected holding period
- Risks and upcoming events
The analyst must be comfortable reporting that no suitable trade is available when market conditions do not meet the required criteria.
Technical Analysis Requirements
The candidate should understand:
- Price-action trading
- Candlestick analysis
- Support and resistance
- Volume analysis
- VWAP
- Moving averages
- Relative Strength Index
- MACD
- Average True Range
- Relative volume
- Relative strength versus sector and index
- Trend analysis
- Breakouts and retests
- Gap trading
- Momentum and mean-reversion setups
- Risk management and position sizing
Common Chart Patterns
The candidate should be able to identify and assess:
- Head and shoulders
- Inverse head and shoulders
- Double top and double bottom
- Cup and handle
- Ascending and descending triangles
- Flags and pennants
- Wedges
- Channels
- Bases and consolidations
- Breakout and failed-breakout patterns
Preferred Tools
Experience with some of the following is preferred:
- TradingView
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Sheets
- Python
- AmiBroker
- Bloomberg Terminal
- Reuters or Refinitiv
- MarketLens
- Iress
- CommSec
- ASX company-announcement platform
- Financial modelling and stock-screening tools
Candidates experienced only with Indian tools such as Chartink, NSE, BSE, Moneycontrol or Screener.in may apply, but they must demonstrate an ability and willingness to learn the ASX market and Australian company-announcement system.
Required Skills
- Technical chart analysis
- Equity and company research
- Price-action and volume analysis
- Small-cap and penny-stock research
- Risk management
- Financial-statement understanding
- Market news and catalyst analysis
- Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills
- Clear written English
- Strong analytical and numerical ability
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work independently
- Honest and disciplined reporting
Preferred Experience
- At least 1–3 years in technical analysis, equity research, proprietary trading, stockbroking or investment research.
- Experience researching international equity markets is preferred.
- ASX, Canadian, UK or US small-cap market experience would be highly regarded.
- Knowledge of options, futures, derivatives, commodities or forex is desirable but not compulsory.
- Python, quantitative screening or backtesting experience will be an advantage.
- CFA, CA, MBA Finance, NISM or technical-analysis qualifications are preferred but not mandatory.
Candidates whose experience is limited to Telegram tips, social-media stock calls or unsupported profit claims will not be considered.
Working Hours
Working hours will broadly align with the Australian market.
The candidate must be comfortable beginning work early in India, generally around:
- 4:30 am–11:30 am IST during Australian daylight-saving time, or
- 5:30 am–12:30 pm IST outside daylight-saving time.
Some flexibility may be available for post-market research and report preparation.
Contract and Career Progression
The initial engagement will be a three-month salary-based contract.
Performance will be assessed based on:
- Quality of research
- Accuracy of catalyst interpretation
- Compliance with risk-management rules
- Completeness of daily and weekly reports
- Quality of trade setups
- Average reward-to-risk
- Maximum drawdown
- Performance of the complete recommendation portfolio
- Ability to identify and reject unsuitable trades
- Professionalism and consistency
Candidates who perform well may receive:
- Permanent full-time employment
- Quarterly performance bonuses
- Increased responsibilities
- Opportunity to build and lead the research team
- Potential progression to Head of Research
Application Requirements
Applicants should provide:
- Updated CV
- Sample technical-analysis or equity-research report
- Details of markets previously covered
- List of research and charting tools used
- A brief explanation of how they identify a high-quality swing-trading opportunity
- Availability to work during ASX market hours
Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹45,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Work from home
Experience:
- Equity research: 3 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
