Optimal Markets (Optimal Market Technologies) is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer that provides options trading and execution services. It operates an institutional alternative trading system (ATS) for options, designed to reduce market impact and provide access to liquidity, as well as execution services using algorithms, smart order routing, and API/FIX integration. Its platform serves agency and wholesale markets and uses a competition-for-order-flow model in which market makers compete for retail order flow based on execution quality. The company is focused on the US options market.

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Hiring trends at Optimal

Open roles, day by day

How many roles were open at Optimal at the end of each day.

  • 1Roles open, at the end of 14 September 2026
  • 0New roles posted, 2 September 2026 to 14 September 2026
  • 1Roles closed, 2 September 2026 to 14 September 2026
  • −1Posted minus closed, 2 September 2026 to 14 September 2026
Open roles, day by day0121 Sep4 Sep6 Sep9 Sep11 Sep14 Sep1 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 1 Sep2 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 2 Sep3 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 3 Sep4 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 4 Sep5 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 5 Sep6 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 6 Sep7 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 7 Sep8 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 8 Sep9 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 9 Sep10 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 10 Sep11 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 11 Sep12 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 12 Sep13 Sep: 2 open roles2 open roles, 13 Sep14 Sep: 1 open roles1 open roles, 14 Sep1
Roles open at the end of each day, 1 September 2026 to 14 September 2026. History starts 1 September 2026.

Opened and closed, week by week

What opened and what closed in each week, latest week first.

WeekOpenedClosedOpened minus closedOpen at the end
14 Sep to 14 Sep (1 of 7 days recorded)01−11
7 Sep to 13 Sep0002
1 Sep to 6 Sep (5 of 7 days recorded)0002

Partial weeks state the number of days with flow records. Open at the end is the last recorded day shown.

Where the roles are moving

Changes between recorded dates, by kind of work.

CategoryRecorded datesOpen at the endChange
Engineering6 Sep to 13 Sep20

Jobs at Optimal

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