Quantitative Trader Intern
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BlackEdge Capital
Chicago, IL, US
Summary
The intern will learn option pricing theory and market making dynamics while participating in mock trading sessions. They will also develop trading tools and deliver a project using internal data to improve daily trading operations.
Job Description
If you are looking to join a small, dynamic, growing firm in the financial technology sector, you have come to the right place. BlackEdge has built a strong foundation of success as an industry leading market maker in the treasury options space. Now we need talented people like you to build on that foundation by further improving and leveraging our existing success to expand into new markets.
An internship at BlackEdge will give you a taste of life as a quantitative trader in the options market making space. The first half of your internship will focus on teaching you option pricing theory, market making dynamics, and trading system operations. The second half will provide you the opportunity to deliver a project that leverages our extensive internal data and tooling to help a BlackEdge trading team improve their daily activities.
Job Responsibilities:
- Build expertise in option pricing dynamics and trading strategy optimization.
- Participate in mock trading and other training sessions
- Work on and manage special projects and build trading tools to continuously improve trading operations.
We are looking for:
- Graduating in 2028 with at least a Bachelors' degree in a STEM field.
- Strong quantitative skills and logical reasoning.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Ability to maintain composure under pressure.
A final note about our culture: we are pursuing excellence in trading. We want to be the best market makers in each product we trade and are relentless in our pursuit of incremental improvement. Every day is an opportunity to get a little bit better. Everyone here takes deep pride and ownership in what they do. The buck doesn't get passed along, it stops with you.
BlackEdge Capital is a proprietary trading firm based in Chicago. In 2009, the founding partners of BlackEdge left a highly-respected market-making firm to build a new entity based off of their ideas on how market-making should be done. Thus far, BlackEdge has experienced rapid growth and is focused on becoming a leading global liquidity provider. The firm specializes in making markets in exchange-cleared instruments both on and off of exchange floors. It seeks to capture market inefficiencies utilizing technical innovation and risk management expertise.
Founded
2009
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Financial Services
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
BlackEdge Capital is a proprietary trading firm based in Chicago. In 2009, the founding partners of BlackEdge left a highly-respected market-making firm to build a new entity based off of their ideas on how market-making should be done. Thus far, BlackEdge has experienced rapid growth and is focused on becoming a leading global liquidity provider. The firm specializes in making markets in exchange-cleared instruments both on and off of exchange floors. It seeks to capture market inefficiencies utilizing technical innovation and risk management expertise.
Founded
2009
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Financial Services
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois