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Market Risk Internship 2027

A summer internship introducing students to market risk at a market maker through training and a risk project. It can lead to a graduate market risk analyst offer.

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.

Complete training in trading and risk principles
Deliver a risk project with a mentor
Learn how trading stays within risk limits
Spend part of the programme in an overseas office

What they ask for

Required

University student graduating 2027 or later
Interest in financial markets
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Organisation and attention to detail
Right to work in Singapore

Preferred

Coding in VBA, Python or Matlab

Education: University student graduating in 2027 or later.
Experience: No trading experience needed
Languages and tools: VBA
Python
Matlab

How to prepare

Learn the basics of options and Greeks
Build a simple VaR calculation in Python
Study how market makers set position limits
Read about recent market stress events

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 Optiver and doesn’t handle applications.