Maven Securities

Proprietary-capital multi-strategy trading and market making

Options Market Maker

Prop & Hedge Fund TradingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeChicago, IL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Prior options trading experience.
A successful track record of proven profit and loss and market share.
A good understanding of trading systems.
Outstanding numerical and analytical skills.
Familiarity with automated options trading strategies and an interest in their development.
A proactive interest in improving existing trading strategies and identifying new opportunities.
Ability to take a high level of responsibility in an expanding firm.
Excellent attention to detail.
Fast problem-solving skills.
Programming skills are desirable.
Experience using artificial intelligence-powered tools to improve efficiency and workflows.

Responsibilities

Take day-to-day responsibility for the options book.
Manage risk rigorously and comply with regulatory rules.
Improve strategies through analysis, prototyping, and collaboration with developers.
Help other books achieve their goals through observation and analysis of trading behavior.
Design and implement new trading strategies.
Remain open to trading new products and set them up.
Comply with all applicable compliance policies, procedures, laws, and regulations.

Desired Qualifications

Programming skills.

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)
Experience using AI-powered tools to improve efficiency and workflows.

About the Company

Maven Securities

Proprietary-capital multi-strategy trading and market making

Maven Securities is a multi-strategy trading and market-making firm that uses its own capital to trade across global financial markets and provide liquidity to institutional clients. It combines fundamental and quantitative strategies to identify opportunities and aims for efficient market execution. The firm relies on advanced technology, including machine learning, strong processing power, and fast networks, to support front-office trading through post-trade settlement. Its edge comes from using proprietary capital, disciplined risk management, and a focus on steady profitability, with the goal of sustainable profitability and reliable liquidity provision.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2011

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