Experienced Options Trader: Market Making & Quant Trading

Trading Interview; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Competitive benefits package

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm focused on collaboration, technology, data-driven solutions, and automation. It specializes in liquidity provision as an options market maker, designing low-latency tech, trading strategies, and mathematical models in Chicago and worldwide.

The role of Options Trader involves managing derivative portfolios, collaborating with tech and quant teams, analyzing data, and continuously improving liquidity algorithms.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of market making experience (responsibility for PnL and risk).
• Strong math aptitude, numerical, and quantitative analysis skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Actuarial Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Profitably manage a derivatives portfolio and be responsible for dynamically managing risk to ensure portfolio is under prescribed risk limits.
• Work with technology and quant teams to ensure existing algorithms are functioning properly.
• Analyze data to optimize parameters.
• Introduce improvements to our algorithms to best provide liquidity.

Skills

Market making experience

Quantitative analysis

Math aptitude

Communication skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Actuarial Science

Job description

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm focused on collaboration, technology, data-driven solutions, and automation. It specializes in liquidity provision as an options market maker, designing low-latency tech, trading strategies, and mathematical models in Chicago and worldwide.

The role of Options Trader involves managing derivative portfolios, collaborating with tech and quant teams, analyzing data, and continuously improving liquidity algorithms.