SSO Floor Trader

Optiver Holding BV; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match up to 50%

Comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage

Performance bonus

Job summary

Optiver Holding BV is seeking an experienced Options Market Maker to enhance our presence across U.S. options exchanges. In this role, you'll be the primary liaison between our trading desks and exchange personnel, ensuring high execution quality and liquidity provision.

The candidate should hold a bachelor’s degree and possess a strong understanding of trading markets, coupled with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. This position offers competitive compensation, a global profit-sharing pool, and comprehensive health coverage.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in options trading, market making, floor brokerage, or exchange operations.
• Deep understanding of financial instruments and trading exchanges.
• Excellent communicator and team player.

Responsibilities

• Make markets in eligible equity, ETF, and index options.
• Represent the firm across options exchanges and build relationships.
• Facilitate large or complex executions.

Skills

Mathematics

Communication

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We'reseeking an experienced Options Market Maker to lead our presence across U.S. options exchange trading floors.You'llbe the primary link between our electronic trading desks, floor brokers, DPM/LMM communities, and exchange personnel — driving liquidity provision, execution quality, and market structure opportunities across venues.

What you'll do

• Make markets in eligible equity, ETF, and index options.
• Represent the firm across options exchanges; build relationships with floor brokers, DPMs/LMMs, and exchange officials.
• Track exchange rule changes, fees, and incentive programs.
• Partner with electronic traders tooptimizequoting and execution quality.
• Facilitate large or complex executions;monitorfloor specific KPIs, fill rates and market share across venues.
• Ensure compliance with exchange rules and regulatory requirements.

Who you are

• Hold a bachelor’s degree (required)
• Deep understanding offinancial instruments, tradingexchangesand markets
• Possess a high aptitude with mathematics
• Excellent communicator and team player
• Strongrelationship-builderacross traders, brokers, and exchange personnel.
• 3+ years in options trading, market making, floor brokerage, or exchange operations.

Preferred

• Prior listed options market‑making experience.
• Series 57 active and in good standing.
• Existing relationships within thefloorbroker and market maker communities.

What you'll get

• Work alongside best‑in‑class professionals from 40+ countries.
• Highly competitive compensation, global profit‑sharing pool, and performance bonus.
• 401(k) match up to 50%; comprehensive health, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage.

Who we are

At Optiver, our mission is to improve markets by injecting liquidity, providingaccuratepricing, increasing transparency, and stabilizing markets in all conditions. As one of the largest market‑making firms,we'rea trusted partner on 100+ exchanges globally.

Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminateon the basis ofrace, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good‑faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.