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Options Trader – Taiwan

An experienced trader handling Taiwan index and equity options in a largely automated environment. It sits in a market maker's Taiwan trading team, partnering with researchers, risk and developers.

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 live Taiwan index and stock option positions and risk
Run post-trade reviews to improve pricing and execution
Study volatility behaviour and microstructure to find opportunities
Help improve monitoring and tooling for trading stability

What they ask for

Required

Proven equity or index options trading
Disciplined risk management
Options theory and volatility
Market microstructure
Quick diagnosis under pressure
Communication

Preferred

Automated or high-frequency trading exposure
Taiwan exchange rules knowledge
Python or R
Multi-asset exposure

Education: No degree level stated.
Experience: Proven experience as an equity or index options trader, ideally with Taiwan exposure
Languages and tools: Python
R
Markets: options, equities

How to prepare

Learn how Taiwan index options (TXO) are structured and traded
Review option pricing and volatility modelling in depth
Study order-book microstructure for listed options
Practise post-trade analysis on large datasets in Python

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.