Options Trader - Asia Hours

CTC is a cutting-edge proprietary trading firm with a long-term vision and a clear focus on helping the world price and manage risk. Our fun and trusting culture inspires us to solve the industry’s most challenging problems and take calculated risks in a collaborative environment. We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better. We are seeking an Options Trader to cover Asian market hours. This role provides morning Asian time zone coverage. The shifts run between 3pm and midnight CT to align with Asian market opens. The role operates Sunday through Thursday with a flexible blend of remote and on-site work, supporting our growing trading strategies and global market coverage. This position offers the opportunity to work with groundbreaking execution technologies while gaining expertise in equity and index options trading arenas across Asia, with a likely initial focus on India and Korea. The successful candidate will begin with an intensive 8-week training program in Amsterdam, which may be broken up into multiple shorter stays. During this training period, you will master proprietary execution, fitting, and post-trade analysis tools while developing a comprehensive understanding of CTC’s options trading strategies and performance metrics. You will gain expertise in NSE Nifty, single stock options, and BSE Sensex options market dynamics (among others) and liquidity patterns through supervised live trading sessions alongside senior team members. What You’ll Do • Maintain trading schedule from 3pm to midnight CT with hybrid work arrangement (WFH Sundays, hybrid Monday-Thursday with required office presence during Chicago afternoons) • Ensure daily production system readiness and execute trade externalization, hedging, and portfolio trading during Asian market sessions • Provide strategic insights on execution, margin management, and risk assessment while performing real-time recalibration of system controls • Oversee portfolio management, manage broker relationships, and serve as general trading backup • Raise issues appropriately to trading teams and risk management personnel as needed • Contribute to execution research, backtesting, and strategic projects during non-market hours What We’re Looking For • Minimum 1 year of options trading and/or risk management experience with background consistent with experienced junior to intermediate-level Trader requirements • Basic proficiency in Python programming • Ability to work non-traditional hours (3pm-midnight CT) and adapt to Asian market schedules • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills for cross-functional team collaboration • Experience with Asian equity and derivatives markets, automated trading systems, and options market structure is a plus • Previous experience in a fast-paced trading environment also beneficial Compensation The salary range for this role is listed below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The discretionary bonus will be dependent upon the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performance. Salary Range $200,000—$225,000 USD Most teams at CTC, with the exception of Trading, follow a hybrid workplace model, subject to change based on business need. Our Benefits We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally. These benefits include generous medical coverage, paid parental leave, free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course), wellness reimbursement, quarterly recharge days, and a variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience. (Disclaimer: interns and contractors are not eligible for benefits at CTC) Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion At CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered. Where each of us feels we belong. We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us at [email protected]. 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