Quant Trader Track
Quote tighter than the next
candidate at Optiver and IMC.
Market making, options Greeks, brain teasers, and the mental-math drills tuned for the trader rounds at Optiver, IMC, SIG, and Citadel Securities. Built around fitness-to-quote pressure, not textbook proofs.
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What this track actually tests
The four corners of the round
Each capability below is a real round you'll sit. Surface them up front so prep aims at the right thing, not generic interview practice.
01 · Mental math
Sub-second arithmetic under pressure
80 of these in 8 minutes, the Optiver / IMC mental math screen. Fast estimation, base conversions, decimal-fraction arithmetic, drilled in the same shape as the live test.
02 · Market making
Quote, skew, and adverse selection
Bid-ask spread economics, inventory risk, adverse-selection toxicity, and the dynamic re-quoting problems that sit at the core of every market-maker desk's interview round.
03 · Options
Greeks, vol, and pricing intuition
Black-Scholes assumptions, Greeks-by-feel, skew, and the 'price me this exotic in 60 seconds' game that SIG and Akuna use to grade pricing intuition under pressure.
04 · Brain teasers
Logic puzzles and fitness-to-quote
Probability brain teasers, expected-value bets, and the multi-round 'place a market on this' game. Tests how you reason out loud when the answer isn't obvious. That's the trader round's actual filter.
Practice by firm
Train on the firm you're targeting
Every question is tagged with the firms that ask it. Filter to the firm whose interview is on your calendar.
Curated study plans
Don't just practice. Follow a sequenced plan
Plans tell you which questions to solve and in what order, paced for the firm or role you're targeting.
Comp snapshot · 2026
What this track actually pays
Bands sourced from the Myntbit /comp dataset. Numbers are the most recent confirmed across 8 firms hiring this track.
- Intern
- $11k–$16k/mo
- New grad
- $155k–$425k
- Senior
- $600k–$2M+
Trader-track comp is the most variable; base sits low, bonus pool dominates, and senior bands stretch into seven figures at top market-making desks. PnL share kicks in earlier than other tracks.
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Bridge to /learn before you drill
Lessons covering the math, coding, and markets fundamentals that this track's questions assume. Skip to practice when you're ready.
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