Elara Capital - Associate - Derivative Research

Job Summary :

- Special situation arbitrage : Open offer, buy back, delisting, merger, de-merger etc. Predicting acceptance ratio based on shareholding distribution. If stock listed in futures segment, then also giving heading strategy for unaccepted portion.

- Index management : MSCI and Nifty. Trying to predict inclusions/exclusions before actual announcement and playing the trade ahead of market participants.

- Pair trades : Sector neutral trades (system driven short term trades). Cross sectors/Fundamental pairs (medium term backed by fundamentals, triggered by quant models).

- Rollover analysis : Tracking roll activity along with spreads. Highlighting stocks witnessing best and worst rolls v/s history. Trying to play short term trades based on immediate sentiments which are reflected through roll spreads.

- Options Activity : Strike wise OI/Volume distribution, IV changes, playing Vol skews & horizontal/vertical spreads, multi-leg strategies etc.