Macro Analyst Intern — Amsterdam Summer Programme

IMC Trading; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Fully-furnished accommodation

Catered meals

Job summary

IMC Trading seeks a Macro Analyst Intern for a nine-week program in Amsterdam, offering classroom learning, meaningful projects, and weekly trading challenges. You’ll gain mentorship from internship trainers and collaborate with traders, researchers, analysts, and engineers in a dynamic, high-performance culture.

You will prepare daily analyses, study major events, and explore desks through shadow sessions while developing skills across time-series analysis, scripting, and macro research.

Qualifications

• Penultimate year of studying Economics, Econometrics, Finance or STEM, graduating in 2028.
• Demonstrated interest in the financial markets and macro economics.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• You want to make an impact on meaningful and challenging projects.
• You thrive working in an environment where creativity, teamwork, and innovation are recognised and rewarded.
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in a programming language is a plus (Python, Matlab, or R).
• Must be able to start the internship on June 28, 2027.

Responsibilities

• Prepare daily analysis on headlines and trends communicated via Stand-Up sessions and email.
• Prepare for and analyse events such as central bank meetings, data releases, elections, corporate earnings releases.
• Work with the analyst teams and with Traders to find opportunities which other market participants may not be aware of, or are interpreting in a different way.
• Hone your skills by working on significant projects; such as time series analysis related to the volatility of events and realized moves. To spot patterns. To spot potential regime shifts. To build scenarios.
• Explore our different trading desks through desk shadow sessions.
• Attend workshops, trainings, and other fun social activities alongside the full internship cohort

Skills

Economics

Econometrics

Finance

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Programming (Python/ Matlab/ R)

Education

Economics/Econometrics/Finance or STEM

Tools

Python

Matlab

R

Job description

IMC Trading seeks a Macro Analyst Intern for a nine-week program in Amsterdam, offering classroom learning, meaningful projects, and weekly trading challenges. You’ll gain mentorship from internship trainers and collaborate with traders, researchers, analysts, and engineers in a dynamic, high-performance culture.

You will prepare daily analyses, study major events, and explore desks through shadow sessions while developing skills across time-series analysis, scripting, and macro research.