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Kevin Xian

Equity Trader at Optiver; Australian IMO Silver medallist (2015, 2016)
Optiver · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · operator
IMO Silver Medallist (Australia, 2015 & 2016)Equity Trader At Optiver (Amsterdam) Since 2021Former Trading Intern At Mako Trading (London, 2019)

Kevin Xian is an Australian equities trader at Optiver, the Amsterdam-headquartered global market maker, where he has been listed as an Equity Trader since 2021 after an Optiver trading internship in 2020. He previously interned at Mako Trading, a London proprietary options market maker, in 2019. He represented Australia at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2015 and 2016, winning a Silver medal both years, and studied mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. His employment record is LinkedIn/index-sourced; identity is corroborated by the Olympiad rosters, his Sydney high school (James Ruse Agricultural High School), and his Cambridge mathematics degree.

Australian quantitative-trader profile: IMO Silver medallist for Australia (2015, 2016), James Ruse Agricultural High School (Sydney), mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, then trading roles at Optiver (Amsterdam) and a prior internship at Mako Trading (London). Employment details are drawn from LinkedIn/enrichment-index records and are not independently confirmed by the employers.

Details
LocationAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Company siteoptiver.com
UniversityUniversity of Cambridge
Quantitative tradingEquity tradingOption market makingMathematicsProbability
Notes
  • Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. The saved research did not establish a single unambiguous supported employment verdict. Existing employment claims and source qualifications are retained above; conflicting earlier assessments are superseded by this unresolved status. This is a review of the saved research, not new independent employment evidence.

Competition record

Australia · IMO

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