Trader; Market-Making
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-10-12
Listing for:
AAA Global
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-12
Job specializations:
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Finance & Banking
Trading - Equity / Derivatives / Quantitative
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Working Hours: Sunday–Thursday, 4:00pm–1:00am CT
The OpportunityWe are partnering with a leading market-maker and proprietary trading firm to identify an experienced Options Market Making Trader for its expanding Asian-hours trading operation.
The role offers the opportunity to join a highly collaborative, technology-led environment with meaningful responsibility for live trading, portfolio management, and real-time risk decisions
. You will work closely with trading, quantitative, and technology teams across global locations.
- Trade options markets primarily through electronic execution, with some interaction with brokers.
- Manage positions and portfolio risk in real time, responding to evolving market conditions.
- Monitor trading systems, controls, and parameters to ensure effective and reliable operation.
- Partner with technology teams to troubleshoot and resolve trading or operational issues.
- Provide effective handovers between global trading shifts, covering key market, risk, and system developments.
- Support improvements to trading, execution, and strategy outside core market hours.
- Complete an initial training programme covering different global shifts, products, and proprietary trading systems.
- 2+ years of options market-making experience.
- 1+ year of market-making portfolio management experience.
- Strong knowledge of options trading, portfolio management, and risk management.
- Ability to make independent decisions in fast-moving markets.
Strong technical and operational aptitude, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technology teams. - Clear communication skills and a proactive, hands-on approach.
- Genuine interest in developing a long-term career within an Asian-hours trading operation
. - Experience trading index, volatility, or metals options would be advantageous.
The core schedule is Sunday–Thursday, 4:00pm–1:00am CT
, with some flexibility outside these hours for training, collaboration, and strategy development.
This is an on-site position in Chicago
.
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