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Experienced Equity Options Trader

A market-making role on the index or single-stock equity options groups of a proprietary trading firm. You would own strategy, risk and performance with support from quants and technologists.

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.

Make markets in equity index or single-stock options
Design and run trading strategies in liquid names
Analyse market data for mispricings and trends
Build tools to assess positions and risk
Keep positions within risk limits

What they ask for

Required

3–7+ years trading equity, index or ETF options
PnL and risk management record
Options pricing, volatility and microstructure
Python, R or SQL
Bachelor's in a relevant field
Communication and teamwork

Education: Bachelor's or above in finance, economics, physics, maths, engineering, CS or similar
Experience: 3–7+ years trading equity-linked options, ideally in market making
Languages and tools: Python
R
SQL
Markets: options, equities

How to prepare

Build an implied vol surface from listed options data and track skew changes
Study delta and vega hedging for an options book
Learn how quotes are skewed by inventory and flow
Review option market microstructure such as maker-taker and queue priority

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Belvedere Trading and doesn’t handle applications.