JUNIOR TRADER (2025 START, TRAINING IN CHICAGO)

Highlight: You will start in the Akuna Capital Singapore office as a Junior Trader in the derivatives trading domain. This is a unique opportunity, as the trader training program for this role will take place in Akuna's Chicago headquarters. Once your training is complete, you will return to Akuna's Singapore office to trade full-time on one of our trading desks. This could provide you with a systematic educational program to help you develop quickly, and a global vision and work experience to extend your knowledge on international markets across a diverse set of asset classes, and a welcoming and supportive culture with a strong emphasis on collaboration and employee growth. Timeline: Application Deadline: April 10, Thu, 2025, SGT Interview Round 1 (Option 201 course, please refer to below section for further details): April 15, Tue – April 17, Thu, 2025 Final Round Interview: April 22, Tue – May 2, Fri, 2025 Start Date: your start date is expected in July-August 2025 based on visa condition Chicago Training: starting August 25, 2025 What you'll do as a Junior Trader at Akuna Singapore office: Our traders are bright, well-rounded thinkers, competitive, and ambitious! Joining us as a Junior Trader means you don't need to have any finance or trading experience. We are looking for individuals with potential, a desire to compete and drive to create immediate impact in our growing firm. Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. Our Juniors are trusted with more responsibility and opportunity to advance quickly in your career. We have brilliant young people leading some of our largest desks and have a number of desks in development. We're committed to providing collaborative & valuable mentorship from our experienced Traders that will help you to learn quickly, find value from our Trader Training Program(introduction as below) and make an immediate impact on the business. Requirements for this role: Able to dedicate 2 hours each day throughout Apr 15-Apr 17, 2025 to attend Options 201 course including virtual lectures, mini-shadows, office hours, and complete quizzes. Able to meet the timelines per illustrated "Timeline" section above Graduated before July 2025 with 0-2 years' experience Bachelor, Masters or PhDs in Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Mechanics, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, Economics, FinTech, Data Science, Business Analytics, Financial Engineering, Big Data or related degrees Quick mental maths, pattern recognition, and probability skills Strong verbal and written communication skills Desire to learn about financial markets and economic theories Risk appetite & ability to work well under pressure in a face paced, team environment

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, Singapore, Shanghai, Boston and London. At Akuna, we believe that the people are the centre of everything we do. Our brand-new Singapore office is open most recently and has a close-knit start-up feel - you really get to know the team! We are growing and looking for the best talent to join us on this journey. If you enjoy being part of smart, driven teams with real challenges to solve- this could be the place for you!