Senior Options Trader
TalentCloud advertises an options-trading seat for an unnamed proprietary firm. The trader independently develops strategies, controls position risk and improves models with researchers and engineers.
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.
- Develop and refine proprietary option strategies
- Set sizes and hedges within the trading mandate
- Research market data and volatility changes
- Mentor traders and improve analytical tools
What they ask for
Required
- Seven or more years trading options
- Sustained personal trading results
- Pricing and volatility expertise
- Quantitative decision-making
- Risk ownership
- Mentoring and collaboration
Preferred
- Python or C++
- Education
- Degree in finance, maths, physics, engineering or computing from a top-tier institution; level is unspecified.
- Experience
- 7+ years of options trading with a multi-year P&L record; existing Hong Kong work rights required.
- Languages and tools
- Markets
- options
How to prepare
- Present a verifiable options-strategy track record
- Explain hedging and tail risks across volatility regimes
- Demonstrate a data-driven trading decision and its limits
What to study
- Derivatives Pricing and Computational Finance
- Advanced Derivatives and Exotic Options
- Quantitative Risk Management
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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with TalentCloud Group Recruitment and doesn’t handle applications.