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Trading Analyst – Capital Markets Trainee

Help an exotic-options desk analyse prices, profitability and risk. The trainee role also builds Python tools to automate trading analytics and daily workflows.

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.

Produce risk and profitability analysis for traders.
Price customised option products and benchmark results.
Investigate how corporate events affect valuations.
Develop Python tools that reduce manual work and trading errors.

What they ask for

Required

Python programming
Numerical analysis
Options pricing and trading basics
English communication
Careful work under deadlines

Education: Master’s in engineering or finance.
Experience: Trainee position; no minimum experience stated.
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: options

How to prepare

Implement and benchmark an exotic-option pricer.
Explain daily option P&L using risk sensitivities.
Build checks for corporate-action effects on option valuations.

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