Options Trader - Derivatives Trading & Market Making Firm

Job Title:- Options Trader

Experience:- 5 to 7 years-

Qualification:-

Bachelors in Engineering or courses/degree in financial engineering or quantitative finance

Master's degree in finance or related area.

Job Description:

Looking for a talented quantitative Options trader for a derivatives trading and market making firm.

Multi-faceted role includes market making and risk management of options and developing derivative strategies.

In company, software developers, traders and analysts work closely together and collaboratively and our trading is highly technology dependent - thus being technology savvy is a must.

We are looking for an Options trading role, which incorporates the following:-

- Managing the options risk of an active, electronic and automated traded platform with ability to understand portfolio level hedging of Greeks.

- A trader who will deploy index, currency and single stock option market making and trading strategies and has worked either with broking houses or prop trading desks running various option based strategies.

- Analysis of trading performance and development of new logic to improve trading performance Work closely with programmers to manage the development of sophisticated trading/risk system - which includes understanding requirements, developing new functionality etc. - -

Requirements:

- Knowledge of derivatives and options- in particular option trading strategies

- Knowledge of options - pricing, Greeks, volatility trading, hedging

- Several years of actual derivatives trading experience

- Strong analytical abilities including the use of Excel for analysis

- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills

- Ability to work in a fast paced environment

- Very strong communication skills- ability to present ideas and strategies clearly and interact well with both peers as well as senior management 

About Our Client: Our Client is an Equity options trading company. In our client's company, software developers, traders and analysts work closely together and collaboratively.

Apply To: Sucheta Bhilare