Broker Trader

We are seeking an experienced Broker Trader to join our growing team at Akuna Capital. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated individual interested in supporting our team expand coverage and compete in the marketplace. Candidates must possess working relationships inside of and strong familiarity with the options space. As a part of Akuna's team, you will make markets on options for brokers and banks through chat and voice platforms. Whether making a 'first show' market for an inter-dealer broker or executing against an order on the trading floor, the opportunities you identify in the marketplace will be immediately represented in the team's P&L. You will be entrenched in a collaborative and comprehensive team environment where you will have the opportunity to learn our systems and trading style from some of our most experienced traders. Your previous experience will be expected to provide value from day one even as you adapt to your new role.

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. We specialize in providing liquidity as an options market-maker – meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully, we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies, and mathematical models. Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm's first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, and London.