Trading Analyst

Chicago, IL - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 120000 - 160000

Posted on: 8 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Maven Securities US Limited Chicago IL

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary systematic and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders engineers and technologists unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate . Maven continues to scale its operations while preserving the dynamic energy and innovative culture of a start-up but without the associated risks.

THE ROLE:

Day-to-day responsibility for scripts that support the trading activity.
Work with traders to design and improve trading strategies through data analysis prototyping and collaboration with developers.
Support operational tasks on the trading desks.
Comply with all applicable compliance policies procedures laws and regulations.
Design and optimize market-making strategies through microstructure analysis primarily targeting S&P 500 index derivatives (futures & options).
Develop high-performance Julia code to efficiently process large-scale market data (e.g. CME MDP 3.0) for backtesting trading strategies.
Track CME/CBOE exchange-side infrastructure upgrades (matching engine algorithms network protocols and data feeds) and analyze the impact on strategy performance particularly in relation to order execution latency.
Develop and maintain web applications using Plotly Dash to support trading desks incorporating new functionalities based on trader requirements.
Provide real-time support for trading desks by troubleshooting analytical tool issues analyzing unexpected loss trades and addressing missing data scenarios ensuring smooth and effective trading operations.

Salary $120000 - $160000 per annum.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Requires Bachelors degree in Financial Engineering or a related field of study. Knowledge or experience in the following must have been gained through academic research and/or coursework: Python scripting related to options market making; options market making; options pricing; C financial computing; algorithm analysis; and financial markets.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Amazing opportunity to be a key member of a highly committed employee-owned trading firm.
The upside of start-up without the associated risks.
Great friendly informal and highly rewarding culture.
Informal dress code.
Fast growing global firm with plenty of opportunity where you will have significant impact.
Benefits: Medical Dental Vision Insurance coverage for employees and their dependents. 401k with employer match. Short Term Disability Long Term Disability and Life Insurance. Annual learning and development stipend.

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Maven Securities US Limited Chicago ILMaven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary systematic and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders engineers and technologists unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our eff...