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Options Trader

Optiver
🇹🇼TaipeiMediorFull-timePosted April 13, 2026

About the Role

At Optiver, you will play a key role trading Taiwan index and equity options in a highly collaborative environment with access to best-in-class systems, deep liquidity, and a progressive risk appetite. You will actively manage positions and risk in real time, analyse market flows and volatility dynamics to identify trading opportunities, and continuously refine pricing and execution approaches. Working in a fast-paced, automated trading environment, you will also conduct post-trade analysis, contribute to developing tools and processes that enhance trading stability, and maintain clear communication with internal stakeholders during live trading and high-pressure situations.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as an Equity or Index Options Trader, with exposure to Taiwan markets (e.g. TXO) or similar equity derivatives
  • Strong track record of trading performance and disciplined risk management
  • Deep understanding of options theory, volatility, and market microstructure
  • Comfortable trading both systematically and with discretion when required
  • Decisive under pressure, with the ability to quickly diagnose and act on trading problems
  • Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and proactive in identifying improvements
  • Strong communicator who thrives in a collaborative, team-based environment
  • Passionate about markets, with a continuous drive to learn and improve
  • Experience working with or alongside automated/high-frequency trading systems
  • Familiarity with exchange rules, market structure, and participant behaviour in Taiwan markets
  • Coding skills (Python, R, or similar) and ability to analyse large datasets
  • Exposure to multiple asset classes beyond equities

What You'll Get

  • A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry; profits are combined across desks, teams and offices into a global profit pool, fostering a truly collaborative environment
  • The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment
  • Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
  • Daily breakfast, lunch and snacks
  • Gym subsidy and weekly in-house chair massages
  • Regular social events, including a company trip every two years