DV Trading
Financial Services
OptionsTrader
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“Options Trader at DV Trading. Skills: Options Trader, risk management, options-based strategies. Run and scale your own options-focused trading strategies using DV Trading's capital. Identify, execute, and grow opportunities across options, volatility, equities, and related futures markets”
What You'll Achieve.
generate alpha; improve performance; scalability
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
demonstrated ability to generate alpha through options-based strategies, manage risk, adapt to changing market conditions, execute with discipline
Nice to Have
experience in credit or rates volatility trading is a plus
What You'll Do.
Run and scale your own options-focused trading strategies using DV Trading's capital
and grow opportunities across options
and related futures markets
and execution strategies to improve performance and scalability
Full Job Description
About Us: Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 600 people operating throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and hedging opportunities to commodity producers and users. Now, DV group affiliates include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser. Overview: DV Trading is looking for a proven Options Trader who wants the freedom to run capital, scale ideas quickly, and trade on high-performance trading infrastructure tailored to our business. This is an opportunity for a trader with a demonstrated ability to generate alpha through options-based strategies across correlated products, volatility, and market structure opportunities. The ideal candidate already knows how to manage risk, adapt to changing market conditions, and execute with discipline, and is looking for the infrastructure, capital, and autonomy to grow a strategy without the constraints typical of larger institutions. Job Responsibilities: Run and scale your own options-focused trading strategies using DV Trading's capital Identify, execute, and grow opportunities across options, volatility, equities, and related futures markets Develop, refine, and optimize models, signals, and execution strategies to improve performance and scalability Own risk management, positioning, and P experience in credit or rates volatility trading is a plus About Us: Founded 20 years ago and headquartered in Chicago, the DV Group of financial services firms has grown to more than 600 people operating throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent pr
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