Akuna Capital
Junior Trader (2025 Start, Training in Chicago)
The new wave in tech and trading
Banking and investment
Full-time
Office | Sydney, NSW, Australia
Visa sponsorship · No
Junior · A role for someone with some basic skills, good motivation and ability to learn. Typically 1-2 years of experience is required.
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Why Akuna Capital
Akuna Capital is a proprietary trading firm specializing in derivatives market making and sophisticated modeling with a commitment to cutting-edge technology. We are the leading options market maker to successfully enter the industry in recent years with sustainable growth. By providing more liquidity to the markets through rapid innovation, we have the advantage of youth in remaining nimble and agile in an ever-changing competitive landscape. Akuna has no clients or external investors, we trade only with the company’s capital. We have dozens of employee shareholders and this number continues to grow.
About the role
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You will start in the Akuna Capital Sydney office as a Junior Trader in the derivatives trading domain. This is a unique opportunity, as the trader training program for this role will take place in Akuna's Chicago headquarters. Once your training is complete, you will return to Akuna’s Sydney office to trade full-time on one of our trading desks.
This could provide you with
- a systematic educational program to help you develop quickly, and
- a global vision and work experience to extend your knowledge on international markets across a diverse set of asset classes, and
- a welcoming and supportive culture with a strong emphasis on collaboration and employee growth.
Timeline:
- Application Deadline: April 10, Thu, 2025, Sydney Local Time
- Interview Round 1 (Option 201 course, please refer to below section for further details): April 15, Tue – April 17, Thu, 2025
- Final Round Interview: April 22, Tue – May 2, Fri, 2025
- Start Date: your start date is expected in July-August 2025 based on visa condition
- Chicago Training: starting August 25, 2025
What you'll do as a Junior Trader at Akuna Sydney office: Our traders are bright, well-rounded thinkers, competitive, and ambitious! Joining us as a Junior Trader means you don't need to have any finance or trading experience. We are looking for individuals with potential, a desire to compete and drive to create immediate impact in our growing firm.
Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions, and automation. Our Juniors are trusted with more responsibility and opportunity to advance quickly in your career. We have brilliant young people leading some of our largest desks and have a number of desks in development.
We’re committed to providing collaborative & valuable mentorship from our experienced Traders that will help you to learn quickly, find value from our Trader Training Program(introduction as below) and make an immediate impact on the business.
What you'll be responsible for
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Financial and Market Analysis
Conduct financial analysis and market research to inform investment and capital allocation decisions
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Investment Stakeholder Presentations
Prepare and present to clients and internal stakeholders, including investment recommendations and pitches
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Due Diligence
Manage due diligence processes to ensure that all relevant information is identified and evaluated
Skills you'll need
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Resilience
Bounces back from stressful experiences while being optimistic, emotionally aware, and adapts to change
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Results orientation
Focuses on outcomes and the steps it takes to achieve them
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Flexibility
Copes with changes and ambiguity in varying circumstances and can adapt behaviour effectively
Meet the team
