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Experienced Trader – Volatility

A volatility trading role at Da Vinci, a proprietary trading firm, working with researchers and engineers. It involves position taking and market making plus managing desk risk.

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.

Trade volatility through position taking and market making
Manage portfolio and desk risk
Tune the trading setup and infrastructure
Develop strategies for markets the firm already trades or may enter

What they ask for

Required

Academic degree in a relevant field
3-6 years trading volatility with a profitable record
Understanding of volatility trading, market making and risk
Broad market knowledge
Communication and teamwork
Proactive mindset

Education: Academic degree in a relevant field
Experience: 3-6 years trading volatility with a profitable track record
Markets: options

How to prepare

Review option pricing, Greeks and volatility surfaces until you can explain them fluently
Practise market making in a simulator and track your risk and P&L
Study volatility risk premium, skew and term structure
Prepare a written record of past trades and what you learned
Understand how to hedge a book and size positions under stress

What to study

The Volatility Quant roadmap sets out the stages for this kind of role, with free resources for each.

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