Junior Trader
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making.
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.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will manage and improve trading strategies by turning ideas into quantitative models. You will implement trading signals for portfolio construction, build knowledge of derivatives and financial markets, and generate ideas related to opportunities, products, risk management, and trading systems.
Requirements
- UK citizenship or permanent residency
- A university degree completed or expected between 2024 and June 2027
- A STEM degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Understanding of calculus, stochastic processes, linear algebra, statistics, and optimization
- Knowledge of statistical analysis, numerical linear algebra, machine learning, or convex optimization
- Intermediate Python programming skills
- Ability to process complex information quickly and accurately under pressure
- Verbal and written communication skills
Responsibilities
- Manage trading strategies and improve profitability through quantitative models
- Implement trading signals for portfolio construction
- Develop knowledge of derivatives theory and financial markets
- Generate ideas for trading opportunities, product insights, risk management, and trading systems
