Broker Trader
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. It provides liquidity across global financial markets using advanced technology, quantitative research, trading strategies, and automation.
About Akuna Capital
Akuna Capital is a global proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, with offices in London, Sydney, Shanghai, and Singapore. The firm provides liquidity as an options market maker across global financial markets, covering products including commodities, indexes, and cryptocurrencies. Akuna designs and develops its own low-latency trading systems, mathematical models, strategies, and infrastructure through its Technology, Trading, Quant, and Operations departments. It also offers an Options 101 course introducing industry fundamentals and options trading concepts.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will make options markets for brokers and banks through chat and voice platforms. You will execute orders, identify market opportunities, and support expanded coverage while working closely with screen traders.
Requirements
- 2+ years of options market making experience
- Working relationships in and strong familiarity with the options space
- Strong mathematical aptitude
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to develop and maintain business relationships
- Ability to react quickly and accurately to changing market conditions
- Ability to solve mathematical and coding problems quickly and accurately
- Existing relationships with inter-dealer, floor, or direct counterparty brokers and paper flow
Responsibilities
- Make markets on options for brokers and banks through chat and voice platforms
- Execute against orders on the trading floor
- Identify marketplace opportunities
- Work alongside and communicate with screen traders
Benefits
- Discretionary performance bonus
- Employer-paid medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Retirement contributions
- Paid time off
