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Trading Associate – 2027

A graduate trading programme at PEAK6 Capital Management, a proprietary options market maker. A four-phase training path takes you from classroom learning to running your own portfolio.

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 market mechanics and option theory in classroom sessions
Pass the Series 57 licensing exam and start trading firm capital
Trade in a group and learn PEAK6's tools
Rotate through teams building trading tools
Run your own portfolio and test your own strategies

What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's or master's graduating December 2026 to June 2027
Available for an August 2027 start
Willing to relocate to Austin, Chicago or New York
Strong quantitative and problem-solving skills
Interest in financial markets
Communication and teamwork
Willingness to learn coding

Education: Bachelor's or master's degree graduating between December 2026 and June 2027
Experience: New graduates
Markets: options

How to prepare

Learn options basics: payoffs, Greeks and put-call parity
Practise probability and expected value problems quickly under time pressure
Study for the Series 57 trader exam by reading the syllabus outline
Learn some Python to analyse option data and test simple strategies
Practise market-making simulations and review your decisions

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