- Location
- Chicago, United States
- Department
- Trading Services
- Source
- Greenhouse
Description
- Provide real-time news analysis to traders, including potential impact.
- Provide critical feedback for traders and other analysts regarding company analysis and the potential impacts of those analyses
- Construct possible outcomes for both short and medium term equity moving events.
- Keep up to date with any and all major US sectors, including but not limited to: Biotech, Healthcare, Financials, Energy, Tech, and Industrial.
- Understand the possible risks for certain equity positions by providing due diligence on existing positions and keep abreast of major Macro events.
- Work side by side w/ the trading team to analyze specific company events and manage risk around the expected impact of those events
- Challenge the status quo and help create a vision for the future of the IMC research team
Your Skills and Experience:
- 1+ years’ experience as an equity analyst/associate (trading environment preferred)
- Proven experience covering a broad range of sectors, plus the willingness to adapt focus, based on evolving opportunities
- Comfort working with incomplete information, utilizing quantitative information as available but able supplement with qualitative insight
- Experience with programming in Python, R or Matlab is a plus.
- Strong Options knowledge including an understanding of the Greeks
- Ability to work successfully in a fast-moving and competitive environment.
- Desire to work in a team environment is a must.
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.
