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Institutional Trader

A client-facing trading role at a market maker, dealing with outside counterparties on large index and equity derivative flows. It sits between sales and trading desks.

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.

Manage and grow relationships with external counterparties
Read large client flows to shape pricing and trading decisions
Work with sales and trading desks on real-time pricing
Spot new market opportunities to diversify strategies
Handle position management around big trades

What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's degree
2–5 years trading index or equity derivatives at a bank or prop firm
Position management around market flows
Strong relationship skills
Mathematical and quantitative background
US work authorisation

Education: Bachelor's degree required.
Experience: 2–5 years trading index and/or equity derivatives at a bank or proprietary firm
Markets: equities, options

How to prepare

Learn how block and structured index option trades are priced and hedged
Study how dealers read client flow and manage inventory
Practise explaining pricing and risk clearly to non-quants
Build a view of market structure for US index options

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Optiver and doesn’t handle applications.