Quant Trading Associate - 2027 Start

CTC•Chicago, IL

12h•Onsite

About The Position

The Quant Trading Associate (QTA) role is an entry-level position within Chicago Trading Company's (CTC) Trading and Quant organization. This role offers broad exposure to the entire business as associates work towards graduating from the Associate Program and assuming a role as a Quant Trader or Quant Researcher. As a QTA, you will work in a high-impact role as a member of a trading or quantitative team, playing a vital part in identifying trading opportunities and impacting your team through dynamic problem-solving. This includes trade execution, strategy formulation, back-testing, data analysis, and the modeling and pricing of traded financial derivatives, all while communicating with traders, risk managers, software engineers, and quants throughout the trading day. You will learn all aspects of the trading and quant operation and work towards a role that generates trading revenue or drives strategy development for the team. In addition to the trading and quantitative side of the business, you will have exposure to technology through a combined trading and technology curriculum. CTC encourages competitiveness and collaboration in equal measure, striving to better each other to win as one team.

Requirements

Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
Graduating between December 2026-June 2027
Demonstrated record of success (academics, awards, etc.)
Willing to relocate to Chicago, IL
Competitive drive and highly motivated individual
Aspiration to collaborate with traders, quants, developers, and other experts
Love solving complex problems
Intellectually curious and like to challenge the status quo
Ability to effectively communicate sophisticated ideas both written and verbally
Strong quantitative and analytical abilities
Basic programming skills or a willingness to learn Python
Deep curiosity and a hunger to learn is essential

Nice To Haves

No prior experience in finance is necessary

Responsibilities

Identifying trading opportunities
Impacting your team through dynamic problem solving
Trade execution
Strategy formulation
Back-testing
Data analysis
Modeling and pricing of traded financial derivatives
Communicating with traders, risk managers, software engineers, and quants
Learning all aspects of the trading and quant operation
Generating trading revenue or driving strategy development for the team
Gaining exposure to technology through a combined trading and technology curriculum
Participating in data-driven research for the purpose of alpha generation