Trading Associate
Our client is a renowned market maker and leading high-frequency trading firm in Chicago and is seeking multiple Trading Analyst or Associates to join their trading teams.
As a Trading Analyst, you will gain hands-on experience working with our quantitative trading, development, and corporate strategy teams, playing a pivotal role in connecting these vital departments. Your mission? To operate and enhance the entire trade cycle, manage the deployment of innovative trading strategies and technologies, and deliver insightful, data-driven improvements to our market-making activities.
Your impact:
- Drive and refine our state-of-the-art automated trading system.
- Leverage your technical prowess to streamline manual tasks and boost operational efficiency.
- Develop automated data visualizations and reports to uncover key insights.
- Tackle projects aimed at boosting trading profitability and mitigating risk.
- Oversee and assess automated market-making activities.
- Automate and evaluate the effects of corporate events on our portfolios.
- Optimize financing, capital allocation, and electronic trading fees and rebates.
- Manage stock lending, short-sale costs, and settlement/buy-in risks.
- Ensure adherence to market-making and Lead Market Making regulations.
Requirements:
- No prior trading experience is required, but 1-4 years of work experience ideally within financial markets (investment banking, FinTech, or Trading Firms) and a keen interest in options trading.
- You’re proficient in a programming language, preferably Python.
- You hold a Bachelor’s degree in STEM or a related field.
- You possess strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
- You excel in communication and teamwork.
- You are detail-oriented, structured, and accurate in your work.
- You have a drive for continuous improvement and optimization.
- You thrive under pressure and can juggle multiple tasks effectively.
Excellent opportunity with a high-performing trading team rewarding package on offer with high growth career progression.
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Seniority level
Associate -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Finance, Information Technology, and Strategy/Planning -
Industries
Capital Markets, Financial Services, and Investment Management
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