Borislav Antov

Borislav Antov is a trader based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and an International Mathematical Olympiad gold medalist (Bulgaria, 2018). He holds a Master's degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Oxford and works as a Junior Trader at DV Trading in London, trading short-term interest rate (STIR) options. His prior experience includes a trader role at Optiver (bonds/US Treasury options), a quantitative trading stint at the crypto firm BlockTech, and a quantitative trading analyst internship at DRW.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Identity - LinkedIn profile borislav-antov-1041a5219 lists Borislav Antov, and the IMO official contestant page (imo-official.org/results/contestant/28301) shows a Borislav Antov representing Bulgaria as a 2018 gold medalist (rank 34, 31 points); name, location (Sofia, Bulgaria) and Oxford mathematics education corroborate a single person. Actual roles evidenced on the LinkedIn profile (index-sourced): current Junior Trader, DV TRADING (UK) LIMITED (London), described as STIR options trading, from 2025; Trader at Optiver 2023-2024 (bonds options / US Treasury options); Quantitative Trading Analyst Intern at DRW 2022; Quantitative Trader at BlockTech 2025. Employer classification: Optiver (optiver.com) and DRW (drw.com) publicly describe themselves as proprietary/market-making trading firms; DV Trading is a proprietary trading firm and DV Asset Management is an asset manager; BlockTech is a crypto/quantitative trading firm (block-tech.io). These are actual roles/internships, not student programmes. Caveat: role descriptions and dates come from the LinkedIn/index enrichment, not independent primary-source confirmation.
• Current role per LinkedIn: Junior Trader @ DV TRADING (UK) LIMITED (2025– · 1 yr; London Area, United Kingdom) - STIR options trading
• Gold medal, IMO 2018 representing Bulgaria, rank 34 with 31 points (imo-official.org contestant 28301; Bulgaria team page year 2018).
• Began the Junior Trader role at DV Trading's London office in September 2025 after a ~6-month Quantitative Trader stint at the Amsterdam crypto/quant firm BlockTech earlier in 2025, i.e. two short trading roles in 2025 rather than a single continuous tenure.
• Internships before graduating: Quantitative Trading Analyst Intern at DRW (June-Sept 2022) and Summer Analyst at Amplify Trading (June-July 2021), with an earlier Intern stint at DV Asset Management (Aug-Sept 2020) - a progression from asset management to prop-trading internships.
• Past role per LinkedIn: Quantitative Trader @ BlockTech (2025; Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands)
• Past role per LinkedIn: Trader @ Optiver (2023–2024 · 1 yr) - Went through an extensive 3-month training course before I joined the trading floor. Since then I have worked on the bonds options team, trading mainly US Treasury options but also
• Past role per LinkedIn: Quantitative Trading Analyst Intern @ DRW (2022; London, England, United Kingdom) - Worked on two market making desks – on a Delta One team and on an options team. Main responsibilities included conducting data analysis and strategy development. Had the opportun
• Past role per LinkedIn: Summer Analyst @ Amplify Trading (2021; London, England, United Kingdom) - Earned a Level 6 Diploma in Applied Finance with a Distinction. Went through classroom training that gave me insight into different sectors of the financial industry. Had multiple
• Past role per LinkedIn: Intern @ DV Asset Management (2020; Sofia, Bulgaria) - Portfolio Management Department – learned about bond pricing and how to use many functions of the Bloomberg Terminal. Financial Analysis Department – produced reports on different
• Educated at Sofia High School of Mathematics (High School Diploma, 2007-2019) then University of Oxford, Master's degree in Mathematics and Statistics (2019-2023) - the Oxford dates place the IMO 2018 participation in the year before university matriculation.