Structure, price, execute, and manage listed equity derivative strategies for institutional clients. Provide trade ideas, hedging strategies, and market insight across volatility, correlation, and equity derivatives. Develop institutional relationships, collaborate with sales and research teams, market derivative products, and ensure transactions comply with regulatory, risk, and suitability requirements.
Roth Capital Partners, LLC is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving growth companies and their investors. In addition to capital markets and M&A advisory services, our full-service platform provides a variety of capital markets solutions, including high impact equity research, macroeconomic perspectives, institutional sales and trading, technical insights, derivatives strategies and corporate access. Headquartered in Newport Beach, California, Roth is a privately held, employee-owned organization and maintains offices throughout the U.S.
Roth is looking to add a flow Derivatives Sales Trader to our team, responsible for structuring and pricing, and executing listed US options strategies for institutional clients. This role combines client-facing sales responsibility with trading and risk expertise, requiring close collaboration with the derivatives trading desk and institutional sales coverage. The successful candidate will bring strong quantitative fluency alongside the relationship and communication skills needed to advise sophisticated institutional counterparties. This position may be based out of any of our U.S. Offices.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
Roth is looking to add a flow Derivatives Sales Trader to our team, responsible for structuring and pricing, and executing listed US options strategies for institutional clients. This role combines client-facing sales responsibility with trading and risk expertise, requiring close collaboration with the derivatives trading desk and institutional sales coverage. The successful candidate will bring strong quantitative fluency alongside the relationship and communication skills needed to advise sophisticated institutional counterparties. This position may be based out of any of our U.S. Offices.
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Structure, price, and manage listed equity derivative trades (single stock, ETF, index options) on behalf of institutional clients.
- Provide clients with trade ideas, hedging strategies, and market color across volatility, correlation, and equity derivative markets.
- Partner with institutional equity sales to identify and develop derivative-related opportunities within existing client relationships.
- Work with institutional equity sales and research analysts to identify catalysts for listed option trade ideas
- Market the firms current “Catalyst Single Stock Product” produced by firms derivative desk strategist
- Maintain deep familiarity with options market structure, volatility surfaces, and derivative pricing models to advise clients effectively.
- Ensure all derivative transactions comply with applicable regulatory requirements (FINRA, SEC, CFTC where applicable) and internal risk and suitability policies.
- Build and maintain relationships with institutional derivative desks, hedge funds, and other sophisticated counterparties.
- Strong quantitative skills with fluency in options pricing, volatility, and risk (Greeks) concepts
- Excellent communication and client-management skills, with the ability to explain complex derivative strategies clearly to sophisticated investors.
- 5-10+ years of derivative sales, sales trading, or trading experience, with a strong foundation in equity derivatives and options.
- Active Series 7 and Series 63 licenses required; Series 57 and/or relevant derivatives licensure (e.g., Series 3) a plus.
- Established relationships with institutional derivative trading desks and hedge funds.
- Bachelor's degree required
- Clean U.S. regulatory record (FINRA BrokerCheck).
Similar Jobs
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Automation
Partners with Sales to guide enterprise cybersecurity evaluations through technical discovery, solution design, demonstrations, proof-of-value engagements, and customer validation. Advises security, identity, infrastructure, IT, risk, and executive stakeholders; explains integrations with network environments; develops technical documentation; leads training; and supports events. The role requires strong cybersecurity, identity, enterprise networking, presentation, and executive communication skills, with 25–50% travel.
Top Skills:
ArmisDnsEnterprise NetworkingFirewallsIamIgaLinuxNatNetflowNetwork SegmentationNetwork TelemetryPacket Capture BrokersPort MirroringPythonRoutingServicenowSpan PortsSubnettingSwitchingTapsVezaVlans
Greentech • Real Estate • Social Impact • Energy • Industrial • Solar • Renewable Energy
Manages daily operations and maintenance activities for wind power balance-of-plant systems, technicians, and contractors. Responsibilities include high-voltage equipment maintenance, operating procedures, inspections, repairs, inventory, contractor oversight, compliance, reporting, budgeting, and continuous improvement. The role requires outdoor work, tower climbing, heavy lifting, work at heights, safety compliance, and up to 25% travel.
Top Skills:
34.5 Kv Systems345 Kv SystemsCmmsHigh-Voltage Electrical EquipmentMS OfficePad-Mounted TransformersProtection Relays
Blockchain • Fintech • Payments • Consulting • Cryptocurrency • Cybersecurity • Quantum Computing
Define and advance Mastercard’s enterprise data architecture strategy across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. Lead modernization of global data platforms, establish architecture standards, enable batch and real-time analytics, and promote Data Mesh and data-as-a-product capabilities. Ensure security, resiliency, governance, regulatory compliance, and scalability across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Advise executive stakeholders, evaluate emerging AI-enabled data technologies, and mentor global engineering teams.
Top Skills:
AgileAi-Enabled Data PlatformsApache FlinkApache KafkaApache NifiSparkAWSAzureCloud-Native ArchitecturesData MeshDatabricksDelta LakeGCPGdprHybrid CloudIso 20022SafeSnowflake
What you need to know about the NYC Tech Scene
As the undisputed financial capital of the world, New York City is an epicenter of startup funding activity. The city has a thriving fintech scene and is a major player in verticals ranging from AI to biotech, cybersecurity and digital media. It also has universities like NYU, Columbia and Cornell Tech attracting students and researchers from across the globe, providing the ecosystem with a constant influx of world-class talent. And its East Coast location and three international airports make it a perfect spot for European companies establishing a foothold in the United States.
Key Facts About NYC Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 549,200; 6% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Capgemini, Bloomberg, IBM, Spotify
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, Fintech
- Funding Landscape: $25.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Greycroft, Thrive Capital, Union Square Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Tribeca Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Two Sigma Ventures
- Research Centers and Universities: Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, CUNY, AI Now Institute, Flatiron Institute, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, NASA Space Radiation Laboratory
