Jerry Ko

Advisor @ DGTL Technologies Pte. Ltd.

About

Experienced derivatives specialist with 15+ years across traditional finance and crypto, with deep expertise in product design, trading strategy, and risk management. I’ve built and optimized derivatives platforms—covering perpetuals, options, and structured products—at leading exchanges like Binance, BTSE, and BIT. My risk management experience spans market, credit, and liquidation risk, including margin model optimization and real-time risk monitoring frameworks. With a strong foundation in trading and quant modeling, I bring a holistic approach that bridges front-office innovation with backend resilience and regulatory readiness.

Country

City

Singapore

Industry

Financial Services

Skill

交易系統, 電子交易, 交易策略, product manager, Derivatives Trading, Fund Management, Quantitative Research, Quantitative Investing, Trading, Product Management, Risk Consulting, Risk Operations, Cryptocurrency, Derivatives, Options, Cryptocurrency Trading, Risk Management, Finance, Financial Engineering, Computer Science

Experience

Advisor

DGTL Technologies Pte. Ltd.

2025-7 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Singapore

Head of Derivatives

BTSE

2024-9 - 2025-6 · 10 mos

- Optimized core derivatives trading system and risk controls - Managed trading logic and risk operations for derivatives - Drove innovation in financial derivatives products

Head of Risk

BIT Exchange

2022-9 - 2024-8 · 2 yrs

- Manage the overall risk(Market risk/Credit risk/Operation risk/Others) of BIT exchange - Design and enhance liquidation algorithm of trading system to reduce market risk - Design and improve margin models for portfolios of perpetuals and options. - Enhance and optimize the risk monitoring tools - Manage risk of insurance fund of exchange

Senior Financial Product Expert

BIT Exchange

2020-8 - 2022-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

- Designing Crypto financial innovation products include structured products, volatility products and etc. - Designing Crypto option trading logic and rules for BIT. - Designing Unified Margin system for Coin-based and Usd-based derivatives - Implemented procedures for risk management of bitcom option trading systems includes Portfolio Margin.

Crypto Option Trader

Matrixport Official

2020-8 - 2022-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

- Responsible for OTC Crypto Option trading for VIP & hedging for structure products. - Manage internal enhanced beta crypto option fund

Senior Financial Product Manager

Binance

2020-3 - 2020-8 · 6 mos

- Responsible for trading system logic of crypto derivatives include futures and options. - Designing Crypto financial innovation products include Futures insurance, structured products and Matching lending systems. - Designing professional edition of web option include trading logic and risk control. - Implemented procedures for risk management of Crypto futures trading systems.

Head of Quantitative Trading

Bibox Exchange

2018-12 - 2019-7 · 8 mos

- Designing USDT based perpetual contract system including trading rules and formulas - Responsible for Market making strategies and Risk management of perpetual contract portfolios - Supervise and leading team members for quantitative trading strategies. - Exceeded trading volume growth expectations and P&L targets of perpetual trading platform (daily volumes of 30 million USDT in average in the first three months)

Head of Crypto Derivatives Trading

ExTrade Capital Management

2018-8 - 2018-10 · 3 mos

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

- Modeling Crypto Currency Derivatives includes CFD、Vanilla & Exotic Options - Responsible for volatility trading and dynamic hedge of BTC option portfolios - Supervise and leading team members for Crypto products innovations - Exceeded personal proprietary revenue growth expectations and P&L targets via Crypto Derivatives products under discretionary trading strategies (200% return in three months)