Derivatives Trader

Company description

TradeAir (IFSC) is an IFSCA-registered broker-dealer and fund management entity in GIFT City, and a trading member of NSE IX and India INX.

Role description

We are expanding our trading desks in GIFT City and Mumbai. We want traders who can spot pricing anomalies across global and Indian derivatives markets, understand why they exist, and capture them with disciplined execution. You will own your strategies end to end.

• Find and trade pricing anomalies and relative-value opportunities across index, commodity and currency futures and options, on CME Group exchanges (including ES and S&P 500 options, and COMEX metals) and Indian exchanges.

• Trade volatility: options pricing, skew, term structure and event volatility.

• Own the full strategy cycle: idea, research and testing, sizing and execution, risk management, then review, refine or retire.

• Manage positions, margins, rollovers and intraday risk within set limits.

• Work with the tech team to improve execution, add venues and automate what works.

• Report daily P&L and risk, and follow exchange and internal rules.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of full-time live trading with your own P&L responsibility at a prop firm, trading desk, market maker or fund.

• Live trading experience in CME Group products (CME, CBOT, NYMEX or COMEX).

• Deep knowledge of futures and options pricing, contract specs, margins and expiries across more than one market.

• Hands-on with professional multi-leg trading terminals (for example TT or CQG), plus Excel.

• Able to work on site in GIFT City or Mumbai.

Good to have: experience trading CME products alongside Indian markets (NSE F&O or MCX); options volatility trading; Python or automation skills; NISM certifications.

How to apply: please apply through our careers page at tradeair.in/careers/derivatives-trader. Applications are reviewed only through the careers page.