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Akuna Capital
Capital Markets
Chicago, IL 48,124 followers
The New Wave in Tech and Trading
About us
Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on cutting-edge technology, data driven decisions and automation. Our core competency is providing liquidity as an options market-maker – meaning we provide competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies and mathematical models. Our Founding Partners first conceptualized Akuna in their hometown of Sydney. They opened the firm’s first office in 2011 in the heart of the derivatives industry and the options capital of the world – Chicago. Today, Akuna is proud to operate from additional offices in Sydney, Shanghai, and London. We are the leading options market-maker to successfully enter the industry in recent years with sustainable growth. By providing more liquidity to the markets through rapid innovation, we have the advantage of youth in remaining nimble and agile in an ever-changing competitive landscape. Akuna has no clients or external investors, we trade only with the company’s capital. We have dozens of employee-shareholders and this number continues to grow. We are really proud of what we have accomplished since inception, but even more excited for all that lies ahead of us. We are still building, accessing new markets, trading new products, and creating new strategies, giving you the opportunity to be involved in shaping the future of Akuna. Indeed, the great majority of Akuna’s growth profile is ahead of us. Visit Us: A 360 Virtual Reality Experience: https://vr.akunacapital.com
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http://www.akunacapital.com
External link for Akuna Capital
- Industry
- Capital Markets
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2011
- Specialties
- Trading across the major Chicago-based futures and options exchanges
Locations
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Primary
333 South Wabash Avenue
26th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604, US
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No. 839 Guozhan Road
Room 701-702
Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200126, CN
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300 Barangaroo Av
Level 19, Tower 3, International Towers
Sydney, New South Wales 2000, AU
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30 Crown Place
Suite 10.25-26
London, England EC2A 4EB, GB
Employees at Akuna Capital
Updates
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The Akuna Poker Club hosted Akunacademy 2024 for an evening of camaraderie and fun! Congratulations to one of our interns, David, for winning this year’s Intern Poker Tournament! #akunaclubspotlight
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Our 2025 Chicago internships and entry-level roles across our Trading, Tech and Quant departments go live in one month! Set your reminder to visit akunacapital.com/careers on July 15th!
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Akuna Capital is a proud sponsor of GirlCon, 2024! We are looking forward to attending the in-person event on June 22nd where we will be hosting a professional development session and connecting with individuals who share a passion for technology. We hope to see you at our booth and can't wait to share the opportunities available to womxn in the trading industry!
Registration for GirlCon 2024 is NOW OPEN! 🎉 Calling all female and non-binary students from around the world to join us on June 20th & 21st virtually and/or June 22nd at Google HQ Chicago for an ENGAGING and INSPIRING opportunity to network with leaders at companies like CME Group and Google, learn about the intersection of tech and countless other industries, advance professional skills through workshops, win prizes through the innovation challenge, and so much more 💻 😍 Some examples of Tech x Topic breakout sessions are Tech x Pop Culture, Tech x AI, Tech x Healthcare, Tech x Poetry, Tech x Energy, and the Professional Development sessions include Networking, How to Ace Interviews, the PhD Pathway, and more. Visit https://linktr.ee/girlcon to find the registration links and visit https://girlcon.org/ for a full list of sessions, speakers, and descriptions. Feel free to email ([email protected]) or DM our Instagram (@girlcontech) with any questions, and we can’t wait to see you all at GirlCon 2024!! ✨
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Apply to our Junior Trader role based in Sydney, Australia, with training in Akuna’s Chicago HQ! Applications close June 7, 2024. Link to apply: https://lnkd.in/gsgz_W27
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Here’s to another great trek in the books! This week we had the pleasure of hosting The University of Chicago Engineering Society and Financial Markets Program at our Chicago headquarters. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to hear from our team and learn more about opportunities in our Trading, Quant, and Tech departments!
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