Graduate Trader New

Trading Interview; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Trading Interview in Amsterdam offers a Global Trainee Programme for graduates to begin a career as traders. The six-week training, led by experienced engineers and traders from Europe, the United States, and Asia-Pacific, sets you up for success across discretionary, systematic, and execution-focused roles.

After the programme, you’ll join a desk that best matches your strengths, with mentorship and recognition for your ideas and achievements on every step of the journey.

Qualifications

• Pursuing final year of study in mathematics, physics, econometrics, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience in a programming language is a plus (e.g. Python, Matlab or R).
• First-class analytical skills and a genuine interest in financial markets.

Responsibilities

• Trade a wide range of financial instruments.
• Develop, maintain, and improve trading strategies and algorithms.
• Manage the execution and risk of complex trading portfolios.
• Collaborate closely with IMC’s technology developers and engineers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Financial markets interest

Programming (Python/Matlab/R)

Education

Final year student in quantitative field

Tools

Python

Matlab

R

Job description

Your IMC journey as a Graduate Trader begins with a six-week Global Trainee Programme led by our seasoned engineers and traders alongside graduates from all three IMC regions: Europe, the United States, and Asia-Pacific. During this traineeship, you will deepen your knowledge about trading and financial markets, IMC’s trading strategies, and our proprietary trading systems. Your training will continue back at your local office, where you’ll receive support from your dedicated mentor, an experienced trader at IMC. Our trading teams span across discretionary, systematic, and execution-focused roles, giving you the chance to apply your skills in strategy, quantitative modelling, or market execution. Following the programme, you will be placed on a desk that best matches your strengths and interests, so you can hit the ground running. You’ll receive recognition for your ideas and successes every step of the way.

YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Trade a wide range of financial instruments
• Develop, maintain, and improve trading strategies and algorithms
• Manage the execution and risk of complex trading portfolios
• Collaborate closely with IMC’s technology developers and engineers

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• In your ultimate year of study in mathematics, physics, econometrics, or a related quantitative field, and are seeking to join IMC full-time in February or August 2027
• Experience in a programming language is a plus (e.g. Python, Matlab or R)
• First-class analytical skills
• A genuine interest in financial markets (no prior knowledge or experience is required)

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.