IMC is a leading global market maker, using algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell securities on multiple trading venues worldwide. We provide liquidity to the financial markets, driving efficiencies for buyers and sellers. Founded in 1989, we are an ambitious, innovative company and identified early on the importance technology would play in the fast-paced evolution of trading. This entrepreneurial spirit still drives us today and can be found in all of our offices around the world.

At IMC we run volatility trading strategies which are separate from our usual low-latency, execution based market making strategies. We rely on macro research and historical signals to place opinionated, relative value trades on asset classes globally. IMC is successfully ramping up its volatility trading strategies. To accelerate growth we are looking to expand the team with experienced traders.

Your Core responsibilities:

• Maximize revenue by both finding, and then capitalising on short term mispricing, as well as managing larger positions
• Work closely with our best-in-class research and quant teams to analyse your results and improve your approach
• Take responsibility and ownership early to drive strategies forward and be successful
• You will be instrumental in assisting us with our strategic goal to build our options trading globally, with a focus on positional market making and relative value strategies

Your Skills and Experience:

• 2 to 6 years of experience as a Trader at a prop trading firm / market maker managing your own book
• Prior experience of options position trading in Indian markets is good to have.
• Experience in computer programming is desirable (Python, C/C++, Java, Matlab, SQL).
• Entrepreneurial mindset, healthy risk appetite, competitive by nature and fast decision maker
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills.

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.