Derivatives Trader

DERIVATIVE TRADER

• We are looking for a Options Trader and it is a full time opportunity based in Gurgaon.
• 5 days working with fast paced development culture.
• Looking for a talented Options trader.
• Multi-faceted role includes market making and risk management of options and developing option strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Managing the options risk of an active, electronic and automated trading platform with ability to understand portfolio level hedging of Greeks.
• A trader who will deploy index and single stock option market making and trading strategies and has worked either with broking houses or prop trading desks running various option based strategies.
• Analysis of trading performance and development of new logic to improve trading performance. Work closely with programmers to manage the development of sophisticated trading/risk systems - which includes understanding requirements, developing new functionality etc.

Few Job Requirements

• Knowledge of derivatives and options- in particular option trading strategies
• Knowledge of options - pricing, Greeks, volatility trading, hedging
• Several years of actual derivatives trading experience
• Strong analytical abilities including the use of Excel for analysis
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Very strong communication skills- ability to present ideas and strategies clearly and interact well with both peers as well as senior management
• Hands on expertise of tools like: ODIN
• Candidates having experience in option based arbitrage strategies (like spreads, box, etc) shall be preferred.
• Graduate/ PG degree in statistics, finance, mathematics, (Computer Science) or other quantitative or computational disciplines
• Strong experience working both independently and, in a team-oriented collaborative environment.
• Entrepreneurial, self-motivated individual high energy, high activity levels passion for working with an innovative, small but rapidly growing company.

Good educational track record *(Not less than 70%)