How much does a derivative trader earn in an year?

Answer 1

Hello, I work as a Derivatives Trader in Chicago

The problem is that compensation levels for our field are very random and there's also a lot of roles that could be considered "Derivatives Trader"

You could mean

A Discretionary options trader for a proprietary firm

A Flow Trader at an investment bank

An Algorithmic trader at a Quant house

Keep in mind a lot of these methods are merging the trading business is an ever changing animal. I can only really give you my own compensation numbers.

I work as a first year trader at a chicago proprietary firm that specializes in fixed income, commodities, and index futures as well as listed equity derivatives (the only thing we dont trade is currency)

In Trading the longer you work for a company, the better your P&L, etc the better your salary will be.

My first year expected earnings will be about 170,000. This probably isn't typical, I've had a really amazing year.