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OTC Trader – Digital Assets

A trader handling large block trades in digital assets for institutional clients, with responsibility for the desk's profit and loss. It sits in the crypto trading operation based in Zug.

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.

Price and execute large block trades with competitive quotes
Manage inventory and risk on big tickets
Follow macro and crypto-specific news that affects pricing
Work with technology, compliance and operations teams
Cover weekend and evening shifts on a rota

What they ask for

Required

2+ years of trading, ideally on a flow or block desk
Electronic or systematic trading background
Algorithmic execution understanding
Large-notional risk management
Python for data analysis and scripting
Client-facing mindset

Preferred

Crypto trading experience

Education: Not stated.
Experience: 2+ years trading, ideally flow or block desk
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: crypto

How to prepare

Learn how OTC crypto pricing, liquidity and counterparty risk work
Build a Python tool that analyses trade fills versus market benchmarks
Study execution algorithms such as TWAP and VWAP
Follow crypto market structure and key macro drivers

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.