Perfect place to start your career as a trader - Trainee Trader Optiver Employee Review

5.0
Dec 6, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A group of smart people, regarding cooperation and better solution as their daily life. New enters do not need consider about anything besides work.

Cons

High turnover for first year analyst derives from the performance of your trading. That’s true in the whole proprietary industry, but still bring a lot of pressure. You have to be used to that.

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5.0
Feb 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

worked on a lot of different areas of the trading stack; often close with researchers learned about technical components for data driven trading saw my impact day to day

Cons

constant office renovations were a bit distracting, but was told it should be done in 2026

3.0
May 21, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good compensation, collaborative environment. Company also seems to aim to be at forefront of new tech such as AI

Cons

When HR mgmt is on record stating things like the company shouldn’t hire females anymore, it really makes you wonder how they make decisions on who should fill management positions

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