Commodities Volatility Trader

IMC B.V.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A global trading firm in London is seeking a Volatility Trader to maximize revenue through strategic market analysis and risk management. The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of trading experience and strong technical skills in Statistics and Python. This role offers significant responsibility and the opportunity to drive innovative strategies in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of volatility trading experience.
• Proven ability to act in a fast-paced environment.
• Passionate about reflecting on past trades.
• Strong technical skills in Statistics and Python.
• Proven ability to act and make decisions in a fast-paced, competitive environment.
• Analytical and continually seeking to improve past trades.
• Experience with risk management and market making strategies.
• Product experience is preferred.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Maximize revenue by identifying mispricing.
• Manage risk and develop market making strategies.
• Drive strategy forward with ownership and responsibility.
• Collaborate with traders, quants and developers for data-driven analysis and algorithmic development.
• As the desk grows, take on broader responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to its success.

Skills

Volatility trading experience

Quantitative and strategic mindset

Technical skills in Statistics

Strong technical skills in Python

Analytical ability

Strong communication abilities

Experience with managing risk

Teamwork abilities

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in STEM

Tools

Python

Job description

We're building out a trading initiative in London, with a growing focus on listed commodities options. This expansion is supported by a mix of internal talent and experienced external hires. With a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture, the team offers a unique opportunity to help shape and scale a new desk from an early stage.

The group combines deep expertise with broad trading experience and values innovation, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration. As the desk continues to grow, there will be increasing opportunities to take on broader responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to its success.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Maximize revenue by identifying and monetizing short- and long-term mispricing’s, as well as managing the resulting positions.
• Be able to take lots of responsibility and ownership early in your time here to drive the strategy forward.
• Managing risk and developing market making strategies
• You will have lots of responsibility and ownership early on to drive strategies forward and be successful
• IMC is highly collaborative between traders, quants, and developers so the scope of responsibility is fairly fluid involving a mixture of data-driven analysis, quantitative modelling and algorithm development

Your skills and experience:

• 2+ years of volatility trading experience
• BS, MS, or PhD,preferably in STEM
• You have a quantitative and strategic mindset and a healthy appetite for risk
• Strong technical skills in Statistics and Python
• You have a proven ability to act and make decisions in a fast-paced and competitive environment
• You are analytical, passionate about reflecting on past trades, and always seeking to do better
• Experience with managing risk and developing market making strategies
• Product experience is preferred
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities

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.