About the Role:
Baird is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Equity Derivatives Sales Trader to join our Institutional Sales & Trading team in New York. This role is ideal for a proven options trader with strong market acumen, sound judgment, and the ability to build and sustain trusted client relationships. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment while contributing to the continued growth of Baird’s equity derivatives platform.
The Impact You’ll Make:
Drive commission revenue by leveraging client relationships, market insight, trading ideas, and the broader Baird platform
Serve as a subject matter expert by educating clients and internal client-facing teams on equity options capabilities
Develop, communicate, and execute trading strategies informed by market trends, volatility dynamics, and underlying asset fundamentals
Monitor market conditions, regulatory developments, and emerging trends within the equity derivatives space
Build and maintain strong relationships with brokers, counterparties, and other market participants
What You’ll Bring to Baird:
3–7 years of successful experience in equity derivatives trading, with a strong focus on options
FINRA licenses: SIE, Series 4, 7, 57 and 63 completed.
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong industry relationships, with potential for transferable business considered a plus
Deep understanding of options pricing models, volatility dynamics, and risk management techniques
Comprehensive knowledge of equity and derivative markets, including underlying fundamentals and macroeconomic drivers
Proven ability to make sound, timely decisions in fast-paced, high-pressure trading environments
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate complex trading concepts and strategies
Experience using industry-standard options trading platforms and risk management systems
Strong quantitative, mathematical, and statistical skills, including the ability to develop and apply quantitative trading models
Compensation and Total Rewards Package:
$150,000 -$200,000 annual salary range
Bonus potential annually
Compensation and bonus are commensurate with experience, performance and/or firm profitability
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Since 1919, Baird has guided families, businesses, communities and institutions toward their financial goals. Being privately held enables us to prioritize long-term planning and investment – for our clients and the firm – without having to weigh those against the quarterly expectations of outside shareholders.
Today Baird offers wealth management, investment banking, asset management, fixed income and equity sales and trading, equity research, public finance and private equity services. This balance of cyclical and counter-cyclical businesses provides financial strength and stability across market environments and enables us to consistently reinvest in our ability to serve clients.
We manage or oversee more than $525 billion in client assets and employ more than 5,300 Associates around the world. And, because nearly 85% of our associates are Baird stockholders, you can trust we all share a personal stake in your success.
For more than 20 consecutive years, Baird has been one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®, making us a workplace of choice for some of the most talented, passionate people in financial services. It also enables us to emphasize cultural compatibility in those we hire, many of whom stay their entire careers. All of this helps ensure the quality and consistency of our advice for clients and the timeless values that make the Baird Difference every day for our clients, our Associates and the communities we share.
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