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Digital Assets Trader (Crypto Options)
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About this role
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Digital Assets Trader (Crypto Options)
Optiver is building out its Digital Assets desk into a 24/7 global trading business, and we are hiring an options trader in Singapore to run our Asia session. Our London team covers the EU and US sessions; you will be the on-the-ground trader for Asia, pricing, quoting and managing the crypto options book through your session, operating with a high degree of independence but with overnight oversight and support from the senior London desk. This is a rare chance to join a new desk early, take real ownership of a trading session from day one, and grow your career as the business scales across products and the region. You will work at the intersection of trading, quantitative research and engineering, learning and applying Optiver's highly automated, risk-led approach to options market making.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Trading & Execution
Manage the crypto options book during the Asia session (quoting, pricing, hedging and execution), operating independently within clearly defined risk limits and strategy set by the desk
Run and scale automated options market-making strategies across major crypto venues
Manage delta and vega risk through the session, and ensure clean position/PnL handover to London at session boundaries
Monitor liquidity, volatility and market-structure developments across Asian hours and adapt accordingly
Risk & Process
Trade within the desk's risk frameworks and limit structures, escalating to senior traders in London where appropr