Maven Securities
Trader - Index Rolls and Rates
Chicago · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 2–5 years’ experience trading index rolls.
About the job
Trade index rolls and rates within the Options Market Making team, initially focused on the S&P index complex, while managing risk and developing trading opportunities and capabilities.
What you'll do
- Manage rates and rolls across front and back expiries, absorbing risks from the options operation.
- Improve trading and hedging setup; identify and trade P&L opportunities from rolls, rates, and flow.
- Own the trading area end to end and work with developers on platform improvements.
What they ask for
- 2–5 years’ experience trading index rolls.
- Strong understanding of options markets and index rolls, rates, and term-structure exposure.
- Commercial trading mindset, with appetite for risk ownership and strategy responsibility.
- Strong analytical and research skills; familiarity with Python and SQL or similar programming and database languages.
Nice to have
- Experience managing rates and rolls across front and back expiries.
- Ability to work with traders and developers and interest in building a trading capability.
Pay
Competitive compensation package; annual discretionary bonus (amounts not stated).
Tools
Python, SQL
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