The 8 Arms
Find your place in trading, investment research or engineering. QTE’s eight arms bring together 35 teams with 241 planned student places, each with a distinct mandate. Research companies, develop trading strategies, manage options risk, execute investment decisions or build the shared platform. FPGA teams work on a separate trading system to lay the foundations for future development. Explore each arm to understand the work and skills involved.
Market Making
Build quoting strategies, provide liquidity and manage inventory.
5 teams →Market Taking
Research opportunities and turn them into manual or systematic trades.
5 teams →Options
Quote and trade options on SPY and AAPL, managing volatility risk and hedges.
6 teams →Fundamentals
Research companies and manage a portfolio across the academic year.
8 teams →Execution
Turn investment decisions into completed trades, balancing cost and delivery.
4 teams →FPGA
Engineer a separate trading system across exchange, market-making and market-taking teams.
3 teams →Technology
The engineering team behind every tool QTE's traders use.
1 team →Agentic AI
Explore AI agents for market research and trading.
3 teams →