Description
Our Index Options desk focuses on monetizing flow and capitalizing on short-term mispricings. We are a highly collaborative group that combines strong market intuition with analytical rigor, working closely with dedicated quants and researchers to sharpen our edge. Together, we strive to develop deep expertise, ownership, and innovation in understanding counterparty behavior, flow dynamics, and volatility pricing.
Your Core Responsibilities
- Maximize revenue by identifying and capitalizing on short-term mispricings in index options
- Monitor and react to flow patterns, volatility shifts, and liquidity changes across index products
- Collaborate with traders to manage the risk of a large book as a team
- Work closely with our best-in-class research and quant teams to analyze results and improve your approach
- Identify and analyze counterparty behavior and repetitive flow patterns to inform positioning and execution
- Provide feedback to enhance pricing models, risk systems, and execution tools
- Perform post-trade reviews to continuously improve execution and hedging
- Take on significant responsibility and ownership early in your time here to help drive strategies forward and succeed
Your Skills and Experience
- 2+ years of index options volatility trading experience
- BS, MS, or PhD, preferably in business, economics, or a STEM field
- Ability to identify flow patterns and describe them analytically, with strong knowledge of repetitive market flows
- Passionate about understanding volatility dynamics and willing to act quickly on your views to capture market opportunities
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a healthy risk appetite; competitive by nature and a fast decision-maker
- Analytical, reflective about past trades, and always seeking to improve
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.
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.
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