Equity Options Trader

IMC Trading; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global trading firm in Amsterdam is seeking an experienced Equity Options Trader to create competitive trading strategies and tackle new challenges in the market. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience and relevant academic qualifications. Responsibilities include maximizing revenue through innovative strategies and collaborating within a dynamic team environment. This is a full-time mid-senior level position with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in equity options trading.
• Strong academic results in relevant fields.
• Ability to perform successfully in high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Maximize revenue by creating competitive edge trading strategies.
• Drive strategies forward with early ownership and responsibility.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and developers.

Skills

Equity options trading

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Computer programming (Python, C/C++, Java, MATLAB, SQL)

Education

Graduate or post-graduate in mathematics, science, financial engineering, or computer science

Job description

Equity Options Trader – IMC Trading

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Our Europe & Brazil Equity Options market has traditionally focused on highly liquid stocks but has expanded in scope to many more symbols. As a result, we have a wide range of new and exciting problems to solve. We are looking for an experienced Equity Options Trader to strengthen the group, help us tackle these new challenges, and expand our fast‑growing team to cover more symbols and regions, with a particular focus on positional trading strategies.

Your Core Responsibilities

• You will maximize revenue by creating competitive edge trading strategies, using our existing signals suite and contributing to its improvement.
• 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 operational trading and data‑driven analysis.
• We’ve already created partnerships and business models to facilitate our expansion and we’re currently working to improve our options pricing; investigating new models and improving our existing framework.

Your Skills And Experience

• You are an experienced equity option trader with at least 2 years’ experience.
• You have relevant tertiary qualifications (graduate or post‑graduate), with strong academic results, preference in mathematics, science, financial engineering or computer science.
• You have proven ability to act and perform successfully in a fast‑moving and high‑pressure environment.
• You have a passion for learning; you are driven to succeed, you work well individually and in a team to get results.
• Experience in computer programming is a plus (Python, C/C++, Java, MATLAB, SQL).
• You will be highly analytical, constantly enhancing your strategies to improve the quality of trades, pinpoint missed opportunities, and identify new trading ideas and products.

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.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Finance and Sales

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Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands