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Quantitative Trader – 2027 Graduate Program (August Start)

A graduate trading seat at a proprietary trading firm, starting in August 2027. New traders work in teams hunting mispriced securities and contribute quickly to growing the business.

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.

Learn the firm's pricing models and how the desk trades options
Take on risk-management duties within a team of traders
Price derivatives and compare model values to live markets
Research new trading ideas alongside more senior traders
Help build out a part of the business with real responsibility early on

What they ask for

Required

Undergraduate or advanced degree in a quantitative field
Python or C++
Teamwork under pressure
Strong communication
Curiosity about how things work
High ethical standards

Education: Undergraduate or advanced degree in computer science, engineering or a hard science.
Experience: New graduates
Languages and tools: Python
C++
Markets: options

How to prepare

Work through option pricing basics: payoffs, put-call parity, Black-Scholes and the Greeks
Practise mental maths, probability puzzles and market-making games
Write Python or C++ code that prices options and tests simple trading rules
Read about how proprietary firms quote markets and manage inventory risk

What to study

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