Junior Trader
An entry-level market-making trading programme at an options market maker, with training before placement on a desk. Desks include options, delta one, volatility arbitrage, crypto and a quant strategy group.
What you’d work on
Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.
- Learn the firm's trading tools in training
- Trade within a team after placement
- Apply market-making ideas and test them
- Learn from senior traders and improve strategies
What they ask for
Required
- Degree in engineering, economics, statistics, maths, CS or similar completed by start
- Strong mental maths
- Quick, accurate decisions
- Clear communication
- Competitive, entrepreneurial mindset
Preferred
- Programming experience
- Major GPA of 3.5 or above
- Education
- BS/MS/PhD in a quantitative field, completed by start
- Experience
- New graduates; next start date August 2027
- Markets
- options, crypto, multi-asset
How to prepare
- Practise mental arithmetic and probability under time pressure
- Learn how market makers quote and manage inventory
- Play trading games and simulations that test decisions under uncertainty
- Study basic options and delta-one products
What to study
- Financial Instruments, Markets and Conventions
- Derivatives Pricing and Computational Finance
- Probability, Statistics and Financial Data
- Market Microstructure and Execution
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Akuna Capital and doesn’t handle applications.