Eclipse Trading
Junior Trading Analyst - Volatility Trading
Eligibility
- Graduate-level position
- Quantitative or engineering academic background
Graduate-level role as Junior Trading Analyst specializing in volatility trading, involving quantitative analysis, strategy development, and working closely with traders to implement algorithms and trading models in a proprietary trading firm.
Responsibilities
- Perform quantitative analysis on the market to improve existing trading strategies and develop new ones
- Work with traders and quants to identify technical trading problems, conduct detailed research and deliver mathematical solutions
- Derive fair value and price sensitivity of financial instruments based on mathematical theory and statistical models
- Design and deploy automation tools to improve trading
Requirements
- 1-3 years of hands-on experience working on or with a high to mid frequency trading desk that specializes in volatility trading
- Experience working with parametric volatility models
- Experience working with traders on optimizing and backtesting options portfolios/strategies.
- Good command of spoken and written English
- Exceptional proficiency in Python and data analysis libraries
- A strong academic background in a quantitative or engineering discipline
Skills
- Python
- Quantitative analysis
- Volatility trading
- Statistical modelling
- Data analysis
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