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Chicago, IL, United States

Optiver is looking for an Institutional Trader to join our Trading Team. Upon joining our firm, you will be a key member in growing our equities and execution services arms. As one of the key faces of our organization, you'll translate market intricacies into strategic trades, driving profitability and expanding our trading counterparties utilizing your strong interpersonal skills. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of our institutional business.

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Optiver Chicago's culture parallels the energetic city we're immersed in. Home to the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago has established itself as the derivatives trading capital of the US. Active on leading US exchanges, Optiver's Chicago office trades a wide range of products from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

What you'll do:

Institutional traders often take on the largest and most impactful trades across the landscape. Every day presents them with new interactions, experiences and situations to navigate. In this role, you will also:

Represent Optiver by managing current and building new relationships with external counterparties

Interpret large flows to inform trading strategies

Identify new market opportunities in order to diversify our strategies and maximize team success

Collaborate with our internal sales and trading desks to make real-time contributions to trading and pricing decisions

Assist in the growth of our equities and execution services arms

Who you are:

Hold a bachelor's degree (required)

Have 2-5 years of experience trading Index and/or Equity Derivatives at a Bank or Propriety Trading Firm

Expertise in trading and position management around market flows

Have a deep understanding of the market landscape and industry dynamics, allowing for the identification of innovative growth prospects

Excellent communicator with experience building and maintaining external relationships in your prior roles

Competitive attitude and dedication to constantly improve in a team environment

Strong mathematical and quantitative background

Legal authorization to work in the US

What you'll get:

Work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.

Performance based bonus structure that is unmatched anywhere in the industry. We combine our profits across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool fostering a truly collaborative environment to work in.

Ownership over initiatives that directly solve business problems.

Alongside this you will get great other benefits such as 25 paid vacation days and market holidays, fully paid health insurance, daily breakfast and lunch, training opportunities, 401(k) match up to 50% and charitable match opportunities, regular social events and clubs, and many more.

At Optiver, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. Optiver recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.

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