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Futures & Options Trading Analyst Intern – Summer 2027

A summer internship supporting DV Trading's derivatives desk with quantitative analysis. Interns study volatility and relative-value ideas and help with monitoring.

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.

Analyse implied volatility, Greeks and volatility surfaces
Backtest trading ideas on futures and options data
Build dashboards and analytical tools
Support position, P&L and risk reporting
Look for pricing anomalies

What they ask for

Required

Studying financial engineering, maths, stats, physics, CS or economics
Understanding of futures and options
Probability, statistics and linear algebra
Python, R or C++
Working with large datasets

Preferred

Black-Scholes and binomial models
Volatility modelling
Time-series or ML
SQL, R or C++
Bloomberg familiarity

Education: Current Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in a quantitative discipline
Experience: Students; no experience required
Languages and tools: Python
R
C++
SQL
Markets: futures, options, equities, fixed-income, fx, commodities

How to prepare

Price options and compute Greeks by hand and in code
Fit and plot an implied volatility surface
Backtest a simple volatility strategy
Learn futures contract specifications

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 DV Trading and doesn’t handle applications.