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Options Trader – Indian Markets

A market-making trader role on Mako's Singapore desk, managing a book of Indian index and stock options. It blends trading judgement with quantitative research.

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 and improve an Indian index and stock options book
Watch and manage risk exposure in real time
Analyse past trading performance to refine strategies
Build hypotheses and backtest them with quantitative tools

What they ask for

Required

2+ years trading Indian options
Pricing, execution and risk in index futures and cash equities
Familiarity with algorithmic trading systems
STEM bachelor's or higher
Python and/or C++
Statistical modelling

Preferred

Korean or other market experience

Education: Bachelor's or higher in a STEM subject such as maths, engineering, physics or CS
Experience: 2+ years trading Indian options
Languages and tools: Python
C++
Markets: options, equities, futures

How to prepare

Learn how Indian index options (expiry cycles, weekly contracts) are priced and quoted
Build a volatility surface and risk report for index options in Python
Study delta and gamma hedging behaviour around expiry
Backtest a simple volatility or skew idea with realistic costs

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 Mako and doesn’t handle applications.