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Trading Interview

Senior Equity Options Volatility Trader

chicago, IL

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About this opportunity

Trading Interview lists this Senior Equity Options Volatility Trader opportunity in chicago, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

Our US Equity Options business has become one of the leading liquidity-providers in the marketplace.We’ve already created partnerships and business models to facilitate our expansion and we continue to improve our options pricing, particularly in the volatility space. IMC is highly collaborative between traders, quants, and developers so the scope of responsibility involves working with others to identify and describe mispricings, interact with the market, and push forward visibility improvements

Your Core Responsibilities:

Maximize revenue by both finding, and then capitalizing on short term mispricing, as well as managing larger positions

Work closely with our best-in-class research and quant teams to analyze your results and improve your approach

Take lots of responsibility and ownership early to drive strategies forward and be successful

Your Skills and Experience:

Experienced equity options trader with at least 2 years’ experience

Entrepreneurial mindset with a healthy risk appetite, are competitive by nature, and are a fast decision maker

Ability to identify patterns and describe them analytically. Preference for relevant tertiary qualifications (graduate or post graduate), with strong academic results

Passionate about understanding volatility dynamics and willing to immediately act on your opinions to capture market opportunities.

In tune with the fundamental drivers of stocks we trade and can work effectively with a research analyst team to make decisions

The Base Salary range for the role is included below. Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$175,000 — $250,000 USD

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.

For three decades IMC has provided liquidity to the financial markets globally. Specialised in algorithmic trading and advanced technology, we set the pace for the evolution of market making. Cutting-edge…

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Worksite address

chicago, IL, 60290, US

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