Trading Associate - Entry Level
PEAK6 was brought to life by an insatiable curiosity, an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to win. With over a 20-year track record of success, PEAK6 offers incredible opportunities for smart, passionate team players. As a Trading Associate at PEAK6, we’ll give you the training and the tools to put your best ideas into the market. Trading at PEAK6 means that you’ll solve complex problems and take calculated risks. You’ll collaborate with incredibly smart people who love what they do to solve for the ever-changing but exciting challenges of the financial markets. Plus, you’ll never be bored, because no two days in the market are the same.
You’ll be responsible for:
- Learning and applying advanced option theory in your everyday responsibilities
- Mastering the use of all of PEAK6’s proprietary tools and technology
- Testing and analyzing your own trading strategies in the market
- Managing a portfolio and its risks
- Developing new cutting-edge tools
- Deep dives into analytical and research-based data
- Communicating, learning from, and articulating your ideas and strategies to senior trading partners
- Passing the Series 57 licensing exam within one month of your hire date
You’ll gain loads of experience in this role but before you do, you should have:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree graduating between December 2018 and June 2019
- Excellent quantitative and problem-solving skills
- Experience with programming or scripting is a plus
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in teams
- Interest in the financial markets; however previous knowledge or experience is not required
Life at PEAK6
We want you to like coming to work so we work really hard to make your job fun and different from any other.
As a Trading Associate at PEAK6, you can enjoy:
- Generous medical, vision and dental plans
- Matching 401(k) programs
- Adoption assistance & family leave
- Sabbatical program
- Speaker Series
- Massage days
- Poker tournament with a grand prize of a World Series of Poker buy in
- Sports leagues
- Cornhole tournaments
- Annual PEAK6 Party
- Yoga classes
- Tuition reimbursement
- Lasik eye discount
- Philanthropy events
- Annual wellness screens and flu shots
- Birthday gifts
- Charitable matching gift program
Learn more about our culture on our website at peak6.com/why-peak6.