Fundamental Analyst - Volatility (Full Time)

Walleye Capital · Single Stock - Volatility

Where: New York, New York
Posted: Apr 24

Firm Overview

Walleye Capital is a $17 billion+ multi-strategy investment firm headquartered in New York City, with over 400 employees across five main offices. Founded in 2005 as an options market maker, we have organically grown into a global investment firm specializing in Volatility, Fundamental Equities, and Quant strategies.

At Walleye, we continuously innovate by focusing on three core principles: approach, platform, and people. Our approach is to allocate risk capital where we believe there is not only a compelling opportunity, but also a clear ability to define our tangible edge. We seek to leverage the mathematical benefits of diversification while utilizing sophisticated infrastructure, technology, and our balance sheet to do so in a structurally advantageous way.

What you'd do

Develop deep fundamental understanding across a wide range of sectors, industries, and companies
Identify, research, build and manage a large dataset of events
Identify market mispricings via fundamental analysis and collaborate with traders to monetize your analysis
Conduct scenario analysis and forecast price distributions for various stock-moving events
Utilize our proprietary technology stack to build analytical tools and fundamental signals
Provide real-time analysis on market-moving news
Identify data sources and build datasets to drive trade ideas
Take initiative to continuously develop your knowledge and skillset to find ways to add value to the team and drive alpha

What they want

Demonstrated experience or interest in conducting fundamental analysis, performing stock valuation, and identifying catalysts and risks in an equity investment
Demonstrated understanding of options greeks and familiarity with volatility trading
A desire to work in a fast-paced trading environment (ideally some familiarity with trading and derivatives)
Intermediate programming experience with languages such as Java, SQL, Python
Strong writing and mathematical skills
Strong primary research and financial analysis skills
Effective communication skills
Self-starter, fast learner, extreme detail, resourceful, intuitive, analytical, and capable of dealing with uncertainty
Familiarity with any of the following: event-driven strategies, credit analysis, litigation, government policy, corporate actions, special situations, activist investing, etc.