Job Description
Headquartered in the historic Chicago Board of Trade PEAK6 Capital Management is a proprietary options trading firm that has been defining the industry for more than 25 years. While many firms have come and gone PEAK6 Capital Management has consistently delivered liquidity to the options market. We thrive due to our firm's special blend of financial acumen ability to manage risk and cutting-edge technology.
Our success is driven by our team of technologists engineers and traders who leverage proprietary tech and a data-centric approach to maintain inventory and stay ahead of the markets so customers can too.
We are committed to providing dependable liquidity which is crucial for market stability investor confidence and efficient trading across asset classes.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
PEAK6 Capital Management is seeking a motivated and hungry Research Analyst to join our Alpha Convexity team a core directional team at the firm. This position requires a deep curiosity and desire to learn with an ability to approach the market with an open mindset. Ideal candidates have market or market-adjacent connections and experience (trader buy-side sell-side IR industry expert etc.) and are ready to apply your knowledge to a fast-moving trading environment. You'll work alongside portfolio managers traders and other researchers to provide fundamental and narrative analysis in the semiconductor industry which will lead directly to capital deployment.
You'll be responsible for:
- Fundamental Research: Create thorough directional theses as well as grounded distributions of equities with special consideration around timing events and earnings
- Market Narratives: Keep tabs on the market's primary concerns and themes of interest to proactively adjust positions and manage risk
- Connecting with the Street: Access and build relationships with the street to increase your knowledge and research access: expert calls reports conferences
- Leverage AI and Data: Integrate technology into your workflow through partnering with the firm's technologists to improve and streamline your output
- Apply real options knowledge: Demonstrate working understanding of options theory and its practical application to have informed opinions on equity volatility outlook
- Contribute to the desk: Manage and disseminate value-add research and market color to the broader trading team.
Your Experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with the market: fundamental research buy-side or sell-side analyst IR or industry expert
- Special interest in the semiconductor space
- Equity options experience (or willingness to learn)
- Registrations: Series 57 (or willingness to obtain)
- Financial skills: Financial reporting mechanics valuation modeling sensitivity analysis
- Technical skills: Working knowledge of AI; Excel; Familiarity with Google Workspace; Python or other programming languages is a plus
- Soft skills: Natural sense of urgency exceptional attention to detail ability to multitask in a high-stakes and fast-moving environment comfort in context switching and strong communication skills - both internally and with external counterparties
- Mindset: Motivated hungry entrepreneurial adaptable and curious
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OUR REWARDS
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits including healthcare benefits (medical dental and vision EAP) competitive PTO 401k match parental leave and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. As a hybrid workforce we offer our employees the ability to work remotely up to two days a week.
Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills experience and office location. This position also may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in addition to a range of health & wellness benefits enhancing your overall compensation package.
Base Salary Range
$87120-$108900
PEAK6 is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity) national origin age disability veteran status marital status or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.
PEAK6 is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process please contact our HR department at [email protected]. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in fundamental research buy-side/sell-side analysis or industry expertise
- Special interest in the semiconductor space
- Equity options experience or willingness to learn
- Registrations: Series 57 or willingness to obtain
- Financial reporting mechanics valuation modeling sensitivity analysis skills
- Working knowledge of AI and Excel
- Familiarity with Google Workspace
- Python or other programming languages
- Exceptional attention to detail and strong communication skills
- Ability to multitask in a high-stakes environment
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What We Do
PEAK6 is not your typical investment firm. Here we build and invest in businesses that span from finance and insurance to esports and education — and we're always seeking new opportunities. We're not defined by one industry or market. We activate "what is" into "what ought to be" through world-class technology operational excellence and purposeful design. We're in the business of doing creating and building the world with innovation and democratization in mind. Our team of opportunistic thinkers are generating new ideas while constantly improving refining and activating past ones. At PEAK6 it's not just our investments that make use great but our people that make us valuable.
Why Work With Us
Ordinary doesn't apply here. We look for people who aren’t afraid to take chances who bet on themselves and do it with confidence. People that dream up big ideas and ways to execute them. Epic storytellers nimble problem solvers imaginative entrepreneurs and change-makers are all welcome.
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05/29/2026
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