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Index Options Volatility Trader

A trader on the index options desk, monetising customer flow and short-term mispricings. It works closely with dedicated quants and researchers.

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 index options to capture short-term mispricings
Track flow patterns and counterparty behaviour
Manage a large book's risk jointly with other traders
Give feedback to improve pricing models, risk systems and execution tools
Review trades afterwards to improve hedging and execution

What they ask for

Required

2+ years of index options volatility trading
BS, MS or PhD, preferably business, economics or STEM
Flow pattern analysis
Volatility dynamics
Fast decisions
Reflective, analytical approach

Education: BS, MS or PhD, preferably in business, economics or a STEM field.
Experience: 2+ years trading index options volatility
Markets: options, equities

How to prepare

Study index option skew, term structure and dispersion
Build a hedging simulation and attribute P&L to gamma, vega and flow
Learn how market makers read customer flow
Practise quick mental maths and probability for trading decisions

What to study

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