Equity Trading Specialist
PEAK6 was brought to life by the idea that success is driven by a strong collaborative culture and thinking differently. The passion for those ideas powers our firm still, 21 years later. As an Equity Trading Specialist at PEAK6, your role will straddle both trading and analytics, interacting closely with our options business to help manage portfolio risk, make trading decisions in response to trading activity, and drive improvements to trading strategies by owning the continued development of the firm’s equity analytics framework.
You will be responsible for:
- Developing and employing a statistical framework to improve performance of trading strategies and portfolio holdings
- Deploying dashboards, reports, and visualizations that drive business decisions
- Monitoring portfolio risk and making trading decisions in response to trading activity and market conditions
- Contributing to the support of the firm’s equity customers with product knowledge, issue resolution and operational support
- Collaborating with software engineers, systems support specialists and quantitative analysts to creatively solve problems and drive innovation within the firm
Qualifications you should have:
- Programming experience is required (Python and SQL are preferred)
- 3+ years of relevant trading or financial markets experience
- Understanding of modern portfolio theory and applications
- Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to understand, analyze and creatively solve problems
- Be a strong collaborator and communicator that will thrive in a dynamic and self-directed environment
- Ability to pass Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) licensing exam and Series 7 upon hire
What we look for at PEAK6:
At PEAK6 we’re looking for wildly passionate, collaborative, and entrepreneurial minds to bring their best ideas to life with us. Every employee at PEAK6 has immense opportunities to collaborate, share their ideas, and shape the path of the different businesses in the firm. We are relentless in our pursuit to think differently and constantly innovate.
Traits that make us successful:
Collaboration Grit
Adaptability Ownership
As a PEAK6 Equity Trading Specialist you can enjoy:
- Generous medical, vision and dental plans
- Matching 401(k) programs
- Adoption assistance & family leave
- Poker tournament with a grand prize of a World Series of Poker buy-in
- Annual PEAK6 Party
- Sabbatical program
- Speakers Series
- Massage days
- Sports leagues
- Cornhole tournaments
- Yoga classes
- Tuition reimbursement
- Philanthropic events throughout the year
- Charitable matching gift program