5045 trader jobs found

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks an experienced Index Options Trader. Responsibilities: Managing a portfolio of listed options products Collaborating with other traders and quantitative researchers to optimize existing strategies Working with developers to improve systems, latency, and execution Identifying and monetizing new trading opportunities Mentoring junior traders and/or quantitative researchers Qualifications: 3+ years of experience on a high volume share index options market-making desk Expertise in capturing opportunities from both short-term and long-term dislocations in volatility pricing Deep understanding of the risks involved in managing a large index options portfolio Experience in operating, optimizing, and iteratively improving distributed automated trading systems Knowledge of various exchange protocols to achieve best execution Ability to work in a fast-paced,...

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks an experienced Index Options Trader. Responsibilities: Managing a portfolio of listed options products Collaborating with other traders and quantitative researchers to optimize existing strategies Working with developers to improve systems, latency, and execution Identifying and monetizing new trading opportunities Mentoring junior traders and/or quantitative researchers Qualifications: 3+ years of experience on a high volume share index options market-making desk Expertise in capturing opportunities from both short-term and long-term dislocations in volatility pricing Deep understanding of the risks involved in managing a large index options portfolio Experience in operating, optimizing, and iteratively improving distributed automated trading systems Knowledge of various exchange protocols to achieve best execution Ability to work in a fast-paced,...

Based in Sydney or Singapore – please apply to the opening of your preferred base location.  This opening is for Singapore. Optiver is seeking an experienced Power Trader to lead and assist the build out of a new desk focussed on trading the Australian Power markets. This is a true greenfield site opportunity with strong financial backing and the potential to have significant impact in the firm. To excel, you will have access to world-class trading technology and be supported by top talent globally. You will have the autonomy to steer the growth of the business and work in Optiver’s renowned, highly collaborative environment.   WHAT YOU’LL DO Set up an Australian power trading operation in ASX listed Futures and Options Build trading strategies in the Australian power markets Build or guide the development of models and other analytics Work with other departments to build adequate risk management frameworks Collaborate with existing trading desks to...

Based in Sydney or Singapore – please apply to the opening of your preferred base location.  This opening is for Sydney. Optiver is seeking an experienced Power Trader to lead and assist the build out of a new desk focussed on trading the Australian Power markets. This is a true greenfield site opportunity with strong financial backing and the potential to have significant impact in the firm. To excel, you will have access to world-class trading technology and be supported by top talent globally. You will hae the autonomy to steer the growth of the business and work in Optiver’s renowned, highly collaborative environment.   WHAT YOU’LL DO Set up an Australian power trading operation in ASX listed Futures and Options Build trading strategies in the Australian power markets Build or guide the development of models and other analytics Work with other departments to build adequate risk management frameworks Collaborate with existing trading desks to leverage...

Job Title Options Sales Trader Job Description So, who are we? We’re IG Group. We are a publicly-traded FTSE250 FinTech company who run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto. We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We’re global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We’re hungry to move faster, ship better product for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers. We work in cross-functional teams and are laser focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth. Your team As an Options Sales Trader with IG, you will be responsible for providing effective customer service for IG US Options and Futures customers by utilizing sharp, in-depth...

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. Our trading teams are each comprised of a dynamic group of traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers who work together to examine the global markets, seeking to understand the complexities of various traded products and...

Virtu is a leading financial firm that leverages cutting edge technology to deliver liquidity to the global markets and innovative, transparent trading solutions to our clients. As a market maker, Virtu provides deep liquidity that helps to create more efficient markets around the world. Our market structure expertise, broad diversification, and execution technology enables us to provide competitive bids and offers in over 19,000 securities, at over 235 venues, in 36 countries worldwide. THE ROLE We're looking for an eager, detail-oriented professional to join as a Trader supporting our Fixed Income Trading desk. The candidate will be responsible for risk management, strategy configuration and implementation and primary market trading. The traders work closely with operations, compliance, brokers and custodians to mitigate risk and generate revenue for the firm. Our traders design, operate, and improve high‐performance algorithmic trading strategies deployed on both...

WHAT YOU’LL DO We look for a senior trader or researcher who has expertise in Delta One derivatives quant trading. You will be working on complex, high impact projects that will have immediate feedback. As the key member of Optiver Shanghai’s trading team, you can expect to: Take the lead in developing new strategies for and delivering improvements to the trading system, in the pricing, modelling and execution domains, leveraging our mature tech stack Collaborate with peers to conduct and review research Participate in strategic discussions to set the direction of the business   WHO YOU ARE Our success has been founded on the collaborative nature of how we operate. We look for people who thrive in team environments, love to be challenged daily and are intuitively strong. Additionally, as part of our team you’ll need: 3+ years experience in quant trading, on a desk that has been at or near the market dominant position Hands-on, on top of all the...

At Optiver, we seek to continuously improve our approach to pricing, execution, and risk management. We believe that the rigour with which we approach these problems is a source of competitive edge. We have an appetite to diversify and improve and are always looking for great new talent to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to our trading team. We are uniquely placed in the market with a combination of access to great liquidity through our market-making desks and a progressive risk appetite to leverage upon that. We have an opportunity for an experienced Trader with a technical focus to join the team and improve us further. You will be responsible for building and optimising our trading strategies across APAC. WHO WE ARE: Optiver is a proprietary trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 50+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity,...

At Optiver, we seek to continuously improve our approach to pricing, execution and risk management. We believe that the rigour with which we approach these problems is a source of competitive edge. We have an appetite to diversify and improve and are always looking for great new talent to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to our trading team. We have an opportunity for a Senior Options Trader to join the team and improve us further. You will trade Asian markets as part of a collaborative team with access to best in class systems and tools. WHO WE ARE: Optiver is a proprietary trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 50+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we...

WHO WE ARE: Optiver is a proprietary trading firm and leading global market maker. As one of the oldest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 50+ exchanges across the globe. Our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilising force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. Optiver’s Sydney office is one of the primary players within Asian markets, trading a range of products. As an active participant on the Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Japan exchanges, we act as Optiver’s APAC head office. Since 1996, our Sydney location has gone from five traders to more than 300 driven, dedicated team members from all over the world. Set against the backdrop of one of the world’s most liveable cities, life at Optiver Sydney...

At Optiver we operate without bureaucracy, without hierarchy and without egos. We seek to continuously improve our approach to pricing, execution and risk management. We believe that the rigour with which we approach these problems is a source of competitive edge. We have an appetite to diversify and improve and are always looking for great new talent to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to our trading team. We are uniquely placed in the market with a combination of access to great liquidity through our market-making desks and a progressive risk appetite to leverage upon that. As we continue to expand our footprint in the Fixed Income and FX markets, we are looking for an FX Trader to join our team in Singapore to drive our trading strategies and contribute to the growth of our FX desk in the region. In this role, you will be responsible for trading across various Asian currencies, executing strategies based on macroeconomic developments, interest rate trends, and market...

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks a PhD Quantitative Trader Intern to join our team. Founded in 1998, Tower Research Capital LLC is a leader in the thriving field of quantitative trading. Working at Tower means collaborating with bright minds from around the world to create cutting edge-technology and tackle challenging technical problems. We’re engineers and pioneers who use scientific principles to identify market opportunities and who think Mondays look better in jeans and a t-shirt than in a suit and tie.  Our traders execute lightning-fast algorithmic strategies based on patterns in market behavior in over 150 markets worldwide. As a Quantitative Trader Intern, you’ll draw upon your computer science, mathematical, and analytical abilities to develop complex and nimble code used to grow our business and increase the efficiency of the global financial markets.  Your responsibilities may include any of the following,...

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks talented and experienced Quantitative Traders and Researchers. As a member of one of Tower’s trading teams, a Quantitative Trader / Researcher will be using Tower’s in-house trading system—one of the fastest and most comprehensive in the world—to develop and deploy algorithmic trading strategies based on patterns in market behavior. Responsibilities Designing, implementing and deploying trading algorithms Researching high to mid frequency alphas Exploring trading ideas by analyzing market data, market microstructure and alternate data for patterns Creating tools to analyze data for patterns and developing data platforms Contributing to libraries of analytical computations to support market data analysis and trading Developing, augmenting and calibrating exchange simulators Qualifications A Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer...

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks talented and experienced quantitative traders and researchers. As a member of one of Tower’s trading teams, a Quantitative Trader will be using Tower’s in-house trading system—one of the fastest and most comprehensive in the world—to develop and deploy algorithmic trading strategies based on patterns in market behaviour. Responsibilities Designing, implementing, and deploying trading algorithms Exploring trading ideas by analysing market data, market micro-structure and alternate data for patterns Creating tools to analyse data for patterns Contributing to libraries of analytical computations to support market data analysis and trading Developing, augmenting, and calibrating exchange simulators Qualifications A Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree from a top-tier university in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or equivalent STEM degree Experience in...

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks talented and experienced Quantitative Traders and Researchers. As a member of one of Tower’s trading teams, a Quantitative Trader / Researcher will be using Tower’s in-house trading system—one of the fastest and most comprehensive in the world—to develop and deploy algorithmic trading strategies based on patterns in market behavior. Responsibilities Designing, implementing and deploying trading algorithms Researching high to mid frequency alphas Exploring trading ideas by analyzing market data, market microstructure and alternate data for patterns Creating tools to analyze data for patterns and developing data platforms Contributing to libraries of analytical computations to support market data analysis and trading Developing, augmenting and calibrating exchange simulators Qualifications A Bachelors, Masters or PhD degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer...

Hex Trust, established in 2018, offers fully regulated institutional digital asset Custody, Staking, and Markets services to builders, investors, and service providers. Drawing on the expertise of veteran banking technologists and award-winning financial services leaders, Hex Trust continues to innovate with its proprietary bank-grade platform, providing secure, and integrated solutions. Hex Trust has grown its global presence, with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Italy, and Vietnam. Position Summary We are seeking a highly driven and well-connected Crypto Institutional Sales Trader with a proven ability to deliver immediate value by leveraging their deep network of institutional clients, high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), and counterparties. The primary objective of this role is to grow our OTC trading business by acquiring and retaining client flow, with a specific focus on OTC flow in both liquid and illiquid cryptocurrency markets. The ideal candidate will...

Hex Trust, established in 2018, offers fully regulated institutional digital asset Custody, Staking, and Markets services to builders, investors, and service providers. Drawing on the expertise of veteran banking technologists and award-winning financial services leaders, Hex Trust continues to innovate with its proprietary bank-grade platform, providing secure, and integrated solutions. Hex Trust has grown its global presence, with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Italy, and Vietnam. Position Summary We are seeking a Senior Quantitative Trader to lead a high-performing trading team and drive our crypto market making operations. This role demands a hands-on leader who excels at both practical trading execution and team development. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in building and optimizing trading systems, with a focus on immediate market opportunities rather than theoretical strategies. You should have a very entrepreneurial mindset. You will directly...

About Wintermute Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading products as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. We actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments, partnerships, and incubation of projects.  Wintermute was founded in 2017 by industry leaders and has successfully navigated multiple crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. Read more here. Working in the DeFi team We are always on a look out for potential talent to join our DeFi team. Whether you are a developer, trader or a graduate,...

About Wintermute   Wintermute is one of the largest crypto native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading solutions as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. Wintermute also has a Wintermute Ventures arm that invests in early stage DeFi projects.  Wintermute was founded in 2017 and has successfully navigated industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. To Wintermute digital assets is not just another asset class, we believe in the innovative potential of blockchain, the fundamental innovations, we have a long-term view on the digital asset market and are taking a leadership position in building an innovative and...

Job Title Trainee Sales Trader Job Description For all aspiring financial markets professionals, this is an exciting and dynamic opportunity to work in an ambitious company that is continually striving to deliver the best in class service to clients from all over the globe. So who are we? We’re a global FTSE 250-listed company made up of a collection of progressive fintech brands in the world of online trading and investing. The best part? We’ve snapped up many awards for our top-class platforms, forward-thinking products, and incredible employee experiences. We believe in financial freedom. And our purpose is to help ambitious people achieve it. Around 400,000 people use our groundbreaking technology and forward-thinking platforms to trade the financial products they know and love. Did we mention we have offices in 18 countries? Yes, when you join IG Group, you'll have the chance to work across multiple brands with people all over the world. We work in...

Who We Are At OKX, we believe that the future will be reshaped by crypto, and ultimately contribute to every individual's freedom. OKX is a leading crypto exchange, and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. We are safe and reliable, backed by our Proof of Reserves. Across our multiple offices globally, we are united by our core principles: We Before Me , Do the Right Thing , and Get Things Done . These shared values drive our culture, shape our processes, and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment for every OK-er. OKX is part of OKG, a group that brings the value of Blockchain to users around the world, through our leading products OKX, OKX Wallet, OKLink and more. About the Opportunity A world-leading rapid growth digital asset trading firm is looking for a systematic...

As our Graduate Quantitative Trader, you’ll develop cutting-edge strategies that directly impact and improve the global financial markets. You’ll manage a trading book as part of a team of expert traders and work alongside researchers and engineers to design, develop and enhance trading strategies, fully immersing in the world of market making. If you have a pragmatic mindset, logical problem-solving skills and mathematical precision, you are the ideal candidate for this role. Join us and be a part of a dynamic team where you can make a meaningful impact. What you’ll do Your onboarding and training Kickstart your training in the  Optiver Academy , our four-week global training program in Amsterdam. Here you’ll learn from our dedicated in-house education team and other industry experts through a series of lectures, coursework and collaborative project work. Following this, the comprehensive training program in Sydney will equip you with the knowledge needed to make an...

Optiver is looking for its next generation of Institutional Traders to join our Amsterdam office. Our ideal candidates are individuals with a unique blend of astuteness and numerical skills who are passionate about staying on top of financial markets and making split-second decisions that will have direct impact on our P&L.  As an Institutional Trader, you'll be responsible for communicating with our long-standing network of brokers dotted around Europe and the US. You'll handle incoming price requests and collaborate with our screen traders, playing a vital role in the trade's lifecycle. Relationship management will be a crucial part of your day to day, be it with your team or with external parties. What you'll do: As an Institutional Trader, you will be at the forefront of the market, making important decisions based on your intuition, analysis, and market insights. You will be instrumental in executing our large-order trading strategies and negotiating the best...