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Maven, a leading proprietary trading firm, is seeking a Junior Floor Trader to join their Options Market Making team in Chicago. This role involves providing liquidity and executing trades on behalf of Maven within the CBOE SPX trading pit, utilizing Maven’s proprietary tools. The candidate will collaborate with traders and developers to enhance trading desk operations.
Responsibilities:
- Execute trades
- Create tools and systems to advance the team’s trading and operational processes.
- Improve trading and automation tools to support our research, pricing and execution
- Day-to-day responsibility for scripts that support the trading activity
- Analyse trading strategies and suggest improvements to manage position sizes and exposure
- Working with traders to design and improve trading strategies through data analysis, prototyping as well as collaboration with developers
- Proactively support operational tasks on the trading desks
Requirements:
- Proactive self-starter with 0-2 years experience in Options Market Making
- Ability to make decisions very quickly in a fast paced, high pressure environment
- Excellent communicator and teamwork skills
- Ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with trading partners
- Ability to demonstrate interest in financial markets
- Outstanding numerical and analytical skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong Python and Excel skills
- Embodiment of Maven’s core values: Integrity and fairness, market leading, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountability
What Maven offers:
- 4 weeks training in our London office
- 401k
- Annual discretionary bonus
- 25 days’ annual leave
- Informal dress code
- Private healthcare and life assurance
- Monthly company events
