DV Trading
Trader
$120K–$160K
Chicago +2 · Full-time · Posted May 20, 2026
- Location
- Chicago
New York
Toronto - Experience
- 2+ years; options, equities, futures, or related products in a professional trading environment.
About the job
An options trader runs and scales independent strategies using DV Trading’s capital, developing models and managing risk and P&L across options and related markets.
What you'll do
- Run, refine, and scale options-focused trading strategies and identify opportunities across options, volatility, equities, and related futures.
- Develop and optimize models, signals, and execution strategies to improve performance and scalability.
- Manage risk, positioning, and P&L; analyze market structure and volatility to generate alpha.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of professional trading experience in options, equities, futures, or related products.
- Verifiable record of consistent profitability and risk-adjusted performance.
- Strong options, volatility, market-structure, and relative-value knowledge, with quantitative expertise in options pricing and tools.
- Demonstrated strategy development, execution, and disciplined risk management; clean regulatory and compliance record.
Nice to have
- Experience scaling strategies and managing larger capital allocations.
- Background at a proprietary trading firm, bank, or hedge fund; credit or rates volatility trading is a plus.
Pay
$120,000 — $160,000 USD base salary; discretionary performance-based bonus, amount not stated.
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