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About the Role
PEAK6 Capital Management is seeking a talented and motivated High Touch Trader to join our High Touch Desk. This role is for someone with experience in a fast-moving, client-facing trading environment, ready to bring institutional depth to a nimble, technology-forward trading firm. You will execute complex, large notional trades across various financial products and leverage proprietary technology and data-centric approaches.
Responsibilities
- Manage the execution of trades across equity options, index/ETF products, and OTC instruments, ensuring optimal outcomes aligned with investment strategy.
- Manage the execution of over-the-counter transactions with a strong command of OTC market structure, counterparty relationships and the full breadth of OTC product conventions.
- Demonstrate working fluency in options theory and its practical application in live markets.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with brokers and sell-side analysts to source liquidity, gather intelligence, and facilitate execution.
- Analyze trading flows, volumes, and performance metrics.
- Leverage and improve proprietary trading tools, and bring an appetite for AI-powered analytics and modern market research approaches.
- Manage and disseminate value-add research and market color to the broader trading team.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with Listed and OTC products, equity derivatives, and index/ETF trading.
- Series 7 and/or Series 56 registrations (or willingness to obtain).
- Strong proficiency with trading platforms.
- Comfort with Google Workspace.
- Entrepreneurial, adaptable, and curious mindset.
- Natural sense of urgency.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to multitask in a high-stakes environment.
- Strong communication skills - both internally and with external counterparties.
Skills
- Python experience is a plus.
- SQL experience is a plus.
- Aptitude for adopting new analytics and AI tools.
Location
- Remote (up to two days a week)
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000-$125,000
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP)
- Competitive PTO
- 401k match
- Parental leave
- HSA contribution match
- Paid subscription to the Calm app
- Generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits
About the Company
- PEAK6 Capital Management is a proprietary options trading firm with over 25 years of industry experience.
- The firm consistently delivers liquidity to the options market.
- Success is driven by a team of technologists, engineers, and traders leveraging proprietary tech and a data-centric approach.
- The firm is technology-forward and data-centric.
Equal Opportunity
- PEAK6 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic.
- Hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to protected characteristics.
- PEAK6 is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities.
- Dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
- If reasonable accommodations are required, contact HR at hr@peak6.com.