Quant & Prop Trading AUS (Playbook)

Quantitative trading, proprietary trading, and market making in Australia. The highest-paid entry roles in Australian finance.

This Playbook covers The Two Worlds (Quant Trading vs Prop Trading - difference, comp structure, lifestyle, exit ops), the Quant Trading Firms in Australia (Optiver, IMC, SIG, Citadel Securities, Jump Trading, Akuna Capital, Tower Research, HRT, DRW, Five Rings, Jane Street) with firm-by-firm tables (HQ, AU office, headcount, target schools, salary band), the Prop Trading Firms in Australia (Genesis Capital, Susquehanna, XTX Markets, boutique props), the Brain Teaser + Mental Math Interview Process (5 rounds: phone-screen brainteasers, mental math test, probability puzzles, market-making game, on-site), the Math Olympiad + Competition Pipeline (AMC, AMO, AIO, IMO, Putnam, Optiver Insight Day, IMC Trading Challenge), WAM + Target School Requirements (6.85+ Maths/Physics/CS, Sydney Uni / UNSW / Melbourne / ANU preferred, ICPC participation, ACM membership), the Application Calendar by Firm, Salary Tables in AUD (Quant Trader $150k-$250k Y1 base + 50-100% bonus, $300k-$500k Y1 total comp, $700k-$1M Y3+), Quant Researcher, Quant Dev, Prop Trader Trainee, comparison vs IB / SWE / MBB, and the Master Quant Checklist (Plan A / B / C).

30 pages. Australia. Cycle 2026. Brand: Alex Euripidou - Established 1993.