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Equity Options Volatility Trader

An experienced options trader running Asia-Pacific single-stock options strategies, mixing high-frequency and directional approaches. It sits on a fast-growing desk with quants, engineers and execution specialists.

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.

Run equity options books across key APAC stocks
Work with quants and engineers on pricing, hedging and risk
Make live decisions on volatility and flow
Refine strategies and help the desk enter new markets
Mentor junior traders

What they ask for

Required

5+ years managing an options book on the Hong Kong market
Profitable directional or volatility track record
Greeks and volatility surfaces
Market microstructure
Risk framework
Fast decisions

Education: Not stated.
Experience: 5+ years running an equity options book focused on Hong Kong
Markets: equities, options

How to prepare

Study volatility surface dynamics and skew for single stocks
Build a delta-hedged options P&L attribution model
Learn the Hong Kong options market structure and its liquidity
Review market-making risk limits and inventory control

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 IMC Trading and doesn’t handle applications.