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Quant Trader (Sports Event Market Making)

Quant Trader (Sports Event Market Making)

Crypto.comLondon, United Kingdom
13 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Responsibilities

  • Market Making and Trade Execution : Systematically providing liquidity by posting buy and sell offers, narrowing spreads, and facilitating efficient market operations as appropriate.
  • Market Analysis : Continuously monitor a wide range of sports prediction markets-including but not limited to soccer, basketball, baseball, football, and emerging eSports-for price movements, liquidity, and volatility. Analyze historical data, trends, and live odds to identify trading opportunities.
  • Risk Management : Monitor overall portfolio risk, position limits, and exposure caps to stay within risk tolerance. Adjust strategies based on variance, probability shifts, and new information.
  • Trading Operations (BAU) : Test and provide liquidity for new sports contracts when listed.
  • Trading Development : Collaborate with developers and risk managers to improve the trading infrastructure, including connectivity, pricing, execution, and booking logic.

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Finance,puter Science, or a related discipline. Advanced degrees are an asset.
  • 5+ years of profitable sports prediction trading experience on a leading trading desk in a bank, proprietary trading firm, or market-making shop.
  • Demonstrated experience in successfully building and managing trades.
  • Familiarity with Python and a keen interest in expanding your technical skillset.
  • Strong critical thinking skills and amitment to continuous improvement.
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, with strong attention to detail.
  • Adaptive, self-motivated, enjoy challenges and responsibility, and thrive in fast-paced,petitive environments.
  • Experience with prediction market platforms, sports betting exchanges, or similar financial environments.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

    • Typical Day-to-Day Activities

  • Monitor 24 / 7 market activity and update trading models with the latest data in collaboration with the team.
  • Conduct pre-market and post-market analyses of uing sporting events, identifying key opportunities and risks.
  • Place trades across multiple markets, responding to changes in live odds, news reports, and betting flows.
  • Monitor active positions, adjust orders, and hedge exposures throughout the day.
  • Analyze trade oues and refine predictive models for future events.
  • Prepare end-of-day summaries, performance reviews, andpliance reports.

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