We are Da Vinci

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Da Vinci is a privately-funded company that is owned and managed by professionals who have set high standards around trading, technology and company culture.

Our Story

Da Vinci is the brainchild of David, Vidit and Jiteshu. After a long career in trading, they decided to start on their own. Founded in 2015, Da Vinci is focused on trading derivatives on multiple exchanges across the globe. The company is based in Amsterdam as it has historically been a central place for trading, with the world’s first stock market established here in 1602 and the European Options Exchange in 1978. Also many electronic trading companies have their base in Amsterdam, which creates a perfect infrastructure and workforce availabilities. Next to that it is, while being affordable, a pleasant city to live in. This makes it the perfect place for Da Vinci to start and thrive.

Our Vision

We aim to create the best proprietary trading house in the world. We like to work with smart, talented and passionate people from all around the world. Our philosophy towards work is best captured by the saying:

“Be good, work hard and
great things will happen”

Our business

What We Do

Da Vinci identifies and trades opportunities in financial derivatives based on in-house developed strategies with a short to medium term horizon focused on volatility. This can mean that multiple products are traded against each other based on correlations but also that long (short) positions in under- or overpriced volatilities are taken across asset classes.

By arbitraging and market making these differences Da Vinci helps markets to become more efficient providing benefits to end investors. The instruments traded include, but are not limited to:

  • options and futures on single stock
  • index and fixed income
  • options and futures on volatility indices and dividends

Da Vinci trades solely with its own money creating natural risk awareness and does not have any customers.

Our Company

Over the past couple of years Da Vinci has been growing successfully and will continue to do so. This growth is largely due to the experience within the company and the ability to attract the most qualified people in the industry, train them, provide them with all the required tools, continuously challenge them and thus allowing them to grow both professionally and personally. Our business is highly innovative, IT driven and entrepreneurial by nature.

Experience a day as a Trader at Da Vinci Derivatives

What we do

Innovate

Being creative, evolving with time and thinking ahead is the key to consistent long term performance. Learning current strategies and adapting them with our ideas and experience makes us better every day.

Collaborate

Clear communication and excellent teamwork is the basis for a strong team. Sharing all necessary ideas and information prepares the team to be competitive in all market conditions.

Indulge

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. We believe passion for trading, strong discipline, a healthy work-life balance and a nice working environment makes a successful trader

Beat the markets

Taking initiative, having an entrepreneurial mindset and being competitive allows us to stay ahead. With the right people we aim to be the best trading firm in the world.

Our team

Co-Founder
Loves the excitement that trading brings and gets energy from developing new strategies. In his spare time, he likes to play tennis, watch TV shows and read into innovative ideas.
Jiteshu
Co-Founder
Loves the excitement that trading brings and gets energy from developing new strategies. In his spare time, he likes to play tennis, watch TV shows and read into innovative ideas.
Co-Founder
Driven by great and enjoyable people around me, the most exciting thing is building the best proprietary firm together. My spare time I love to spend with family and friends together with a small beverage.
David
Co-Founder
Driven by great and enjoyable people around me, the most exciting thing is building the best proprietary firm together. My spare time I love to spend with family and friends together with a small beverage.
Co-Founder
Passionate and disciplined towards building a great company along with a very talented and skilful team. Besides trading I spend most of my time playing snooker, watching TV shows and hanging out with friends.
Vidit
Co-Founder
Passionate and disciplined towards building a great company along with a very talented and skilful team. Besides trading I spend most of my time playing snooker, watching TV shows and hanging out with friends.
Trader
Like to work on strategies and ideas that can be successful in a highly competitive environment, and be a part of a great no-nonsense team. Outside of the markets, I spend my time working out, reading books and playing multiplayer games.
Armagan
Trader
Like to work on strategies and ideas that can be successful in a highly competitive environment, and be a part of a great no-nonsense team. Outside of the markets, I spend my time working out, reading books and playing multiplayer games.
Trader
I love to work in the energetic and innovative atmosphere of the trading floor. My free time I spend with friends and family and doing all kind of outdoor sports.
Job
Trader
I love to work in the energetic and innovative atmosphere of the trading floor. My free time I spend with friends and family and doing all kind of outdoor sports.
Trader
I joined Da Vinci for the thrill it brings to create something from the ground up and all the challenges that come with trading. In my free time I love to tinker, read about tech/science and join any kind of social activities.
Leon
Trader
I joined Da Vinci for the thrill it brings to create something from the ground up and all the challenges that come with trading. In my free time I love to tinker, read about tech/science and join any kind of social activities.
HR Manager
Has a keen eye for talent and thrives on attracting the very best in the industry. In my spare time, my two boys keep me on my toes!
Kim
HR Manager
Has a keen eye for talent and thrives on attracting the very best in the industry. In my spare time, my two boys keep me on my toes!
COO
Enjoys working on new business initiatives and come up with creative solutions helping to grow our business. In my spare time I enjoy all sorts of sports, coach a local football team, do some serious reading, love to travel and enjoy good food.
Thierry
COO
Enjoys working on new business initiatives and come up with creative solutions helping to grow our business. In my spare time I enjoy all sorts of sports, coach a local football team, do some serious reading, love to travel and enjoy good food.
IT Specialist
Loves the challenge of building and maintaining highly dynamic low-latency trading environments, and is involved from core infra all the way to our front-end trading applications. I love the outdoors and am a passionate dressage enthusiast - always busy caring for, developing and competing my horses.
Erik
IT Specialist
Loves the challenge of building and maintaining highly dynamic low-latency trading environments, and is involved from core infra all the way to our front-end trading applications. I love the outdoors and am a passionate dressage enthusiast - always busy caring for, developing and competing my horses.
Mid-Office employee
DaVinci offers an environment of appreciation and familiarity which is fostered by the founders and lived by by the team members. My spare time I prefer to spend with my loved ones.
Birgit
Mid-Office employee
DaVinci offers an environment of appreciation and familiarity which is fostered by the founders and lived by by the team members. My spare time I prefer to spend with my loved ones.

We are hiring

Work with us to beat the markets and create the best trading firm in the world.