Imran Hirani

Imran Hirani is an Options Trader currently based in New York, NY, with experience at both Belvedere Trading, LLC and Citadel Securities. At Belvedere Trading, he specialized in options trading and risk management, focusing on derivatives and volatility products within major U.S. equity markets. Now at Citadel Securities, he continues his work as an options trader, leveraging advanced quantitative strategies to optimize trading outcomes in equity derivatives.

Hirani's career highlights include significant roles at leading proprietary trading and market making firms, notably Belvedere Trading, where he honed his expertise in options market structure, pricing, and execution. His track record also comprises a quantitative trading position at Cutler Group, LP, where he managed risk and analyzed statistical arbitrage opportunities in both liquid and less-liquid equity derivatives.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Mathematics with Honors in Actuarial Science from the University of Waterloo. With a rigorous applied math and actuarial science background, Hirani brings strong quantitative analysis, risk modeling, and statistical expertise to the trading of U.S. equity and index options.