Options Market Maker

mavensecuritiesholdingltd· Options Market Making
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📍 Chicago

About this role

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm deploying its own capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Backed by deep expertise in trading, technology, and research, we are relentlessly focused on improving liquidity across global listed derivatives. Through advanced execution and pricing technologies, we improve how financial markets operate.

THE ROLE: We are looking for ambitious and proactive Options Market Makers with a proven profit / risk management history to be a part of our expanding trading desk. The eligible candidate must be willing to trade a variety of instruments to help expand the expansion of our US office in Chicago. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Day-to-day responsibility of the options book
  • Rigorous risk management and perfect compliance with regulatory rules
  • Improving strategies through analysis, prototyping and collaboration with developers
  • Proactive behavior in helping other books achieve their goals through observation and analysis of trading behavior
  • Designing and implementing new trading strategies
  • Openness to trading new products and willingness to set them up
  • To comply with all applicable Compliance policies, procedures, laws and regulations.

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Prior options trading experience
  • Successful track record of proven P&L and market share
  • Good understanding of trading systems
  • Outstanding numerical and analytical skills
  • Familiarity with automated options trading strategies and an interest in their development
  • Proactive interest in improving existing trading strategies and identifying new opportunities
  • Ability to take a high level of responsibility in an expanding, highly successful firm
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Fast problem solving skills
  • Embodiment of Maven’s core values: Integrity and fairness, market leading, creativity, individual and collective success, discipline and accountability
  • Programming skills (desirable)

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This Options Market Maker role at mavensecuritiesholdingltd is based in Chicago. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
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This Options Market Maker position at mavensecuritiesholdingltd was posted on Jan 15, 2025. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Options Market Maker
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