Sales Trader - Derivatives

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with institutional clients such as mutual funds, hedge funds, and asset managers
• Provide tailored trade ideas, market intelligence, and structured trade recommendations
• Identify and execute arbitrage opportunities across cash, futures, and options markets
• Design and execute option strategies, engage in special situations trading, and execute pairs trading strategies
• Ensure trades comply with risk and regulatory frameworks, manage margins, limits, and exchange rules
• Expand institutional derivatives client base and collaborate with research and structuring teams to design bespoke derivative products
• Partner with proprietary trading desks, research analysts, and structuring teams to deliver trade ideas and enhance in-house trade algorithms

Qualification Required:

• Masters degree in finance, economics, business, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in derivatives sales trading at a broking firm, investment bank, or proprietary trading house
• Proven expertise in arbitrage, options trading, special situations strategies, and pairs trading
• Strong understanding of equity derivatives, index futures/options, and volatility products
• Exceptional market analysis and trade structuring skills
• Proficiency in Bloomberg, Omnesys, and derivatives analytics tools
• Strong quantitative and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship management skills
• In-depth knowledge of risk management and regulatory frameworks for derivatives
• Expertise in pairs trading, block sourcing, and algorithmic trading development