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Quantitative Trading Internship (Summer 2027)

An eight-week summer internship in market-making trading at Shanghai. It mixes derivative theory training, simulated option trading and a project with live traders and researchers.

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.

Study options pricing, markets and trading strategy through lectures
Trade options in a simulation using live market data
Build and backtest an algorithmic strategy on historical data
Work on real projects with traders and researchers
Experience several desks over the summer

What they ask for

Required

University student graduating in 2028 or later
Quantitative major
Strong logical reasoning
Fast decisions under pressure
Critical thinking
Clear written and spoken English

Preferred

Programming or Python scripting

Education: University student majoring in a quantitative field.
Experience: Students graduating in 2028 or later
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: options

How to prepare

Practise mental maths, probability puzzles and estimation under time pressure
Learn the basics of options and how market makers earn a spread
Write a small Python backtest of a simple trading rule
Play market-making games and review your decisions afterwards

What to study

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