Commodities Volatility Trader

Trading Interview; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IMC is building a London trading desk focused on commodities options, with a collaborative culture that values innovation and ownership. The team integrates traders, quants, and developers to drive strategy and risk-aware growth.

We seek candidates with 3+ years in commodities options, with strong Python and statistics skills, and a proven track record in fast-paced environments. A STEM degree and product experience are a plus, along with clear communication and teamwork abilities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in Commodities Options markets highly preferred.
• BS, MS, or PhD, preferably in STEM.
• Quantitative and strategic mindset with a healthy appetite for risk.
• Strong technical skills in Statistics and Python.
• Proven ability to act and make decisions in a fast-paced, competitive environment.
• Analytical mindset with focus on learning from past trades.
• Experience with managing risk and developing market-making strategies.
• Product experience is preferred.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Maximize revenue by identifying and monetizing mispricings and managing positions.
• Take ownership early to drive strategy forward.
• Manage risk and develop market making strategies.
• Collaborate across traders, quants, and developers with data-driven analysis and modelling.
• Contribute to a fast-paced, innovation-focused desk and scale responsibilities as the team grows.

Skills

Commodities Options

Python

Statistics

Risk management

Market making

Quantitative analysis

Communication

Teamwork

Decision making

Product experience

Education

BS/MS/PhD in STEM

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 mispricings, 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:

• 3+ years’ experience in Commodities Options markets highly preferred, other asset classes such as Equity Options will be considered if from a proprietary trading environment
• 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.

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…