Quant Trading Associate - Options Theory Intensive

About the role

Chicago Trading Company’s five-day Options Theory Intensive combines hands-on trading education with an assessment opportunity for students pursuing Quant Trading Associate roles. Participants learn from trading professionals, explore options theory and quantitative problem-solving, and may earn a final-round interview based on assessment performance.

Program Details

• Attend four days of hands-on learning and one assessment day at CTC’s Chicago headquarters.
• Top performers may earn a final-round interview for the Quant Trading Associate role.
• Travel to Chicago, meals, and hotel accommodation are covered.

Quant Trading Associate Role

• Identify trading opportunities through trade execution, strategy formulation, back-testing, and data analysis.
• Model and price traded financial derivatives while collaborating with traders, risk managers, engineers, and quants.
• Gain exposure to trading, quantitative research, technology, and different product areas.

Training and Development

• Learn options pricing, theory, trading philosophies, programming, and derivatives-market fundamentals.
• Participate in formal classroom work, mock trading, real-time practical exposure, and data-driven alpha research.
• Receive one-on-one mentorship from senior firm members and develop toward autonomous trading decisions.

Requirements

• Pursue a bachelor’s or master’s degree; all majors and concentrations are welcome.
• Graduate between December 2026 and June 2027 and demonstrate a record of success.
• Attend the full program from January 4–8, 2027, arriving in Chicago the evening of January 3.
• Be willing to relocate to Chicago, Illinois, for the Quant Trading Associate role.
• Bring strong quantitative, analytical, communication, problem-solving, and intellectual-curiosity skills.
• Have basic programming skills or willingness to learn Python; prior finance experience is unnecessary.