The Quant Trading Associate (QTA) role is our entry-level position within our Trading and Quant organization and gives you broad exposure to the whole business as you work towards graduating from the Associate Program and assuming a role as a Quant Trader or Quant Researcher.
As a QTA, you will work in a high-impact role as a member of a trading or quantitative team. You will play a vital part in identifying trading opportunities and impacting your team through dynamic problem solving — including trade execution, strategy formulation, back-testing, data analysis, and the modeling and pricing of traded financial derivatives — while communicating with traders, risk managers, software engineers, and quants throughout the trading day. You will learn all aspects of the trading and quant operation and work towards a role that generates trading revenue or drives strategy development for the team. In addition to the trading and quantitative side of the business, you will have exposure to technology through our combined trading and technology curriculum.
We encourage competitiveness and collaboration in equal measure and strive to better each other to win as one team.
Due to the dynamic nature of this business, we cultivate an environment of continuous learning and growth through an in-house education department. Through formal classroom work, mock trading, and real-time practical exposure, you will gain a holistic introduction to the derivatives market while sharpening your quantitative skillset. You can expect:
An introduction to options pricing, theory, trading philosophies, and programming courses
Exposure to different product areas and responsibilities
One-on-one mentorship from senior members in the firm
Opportunities to grow quickly and start making autonomous trading decisions
Participation in data-driven research for the purpose of alpha generation
What it takes for you to be successful:
You have a competitive drive and are a highly motivated individual that only gets stronger as part of a collaborative team
An aspiration to collaborate with traders, quants, developers, and other experts to further CTC's goal of providing world class liquidity to financial markets
