Equity Research Analyst

IMC Trading; Illinois; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Paid leave

Health insurance

Job summary

IMC Trading is seeking an Analyst to advance its growing equity research team, supporting its US equity options business. You will work with senior traders and management to refine the research platform and analyze company events and their impact on options dynamics.

The role emphasizes real-time news analysis, cross-team collaboration, and building scenarios for short- and medium-term equity moves. A fast-paced, innovative environment awaits.

Qualifications

• 1+ years' experience as an equity analyst/associate in a trading environment.
• Proven experience covering a broad range of sectors and adapting focus as needed.
• Comfort with incomplete information, supplementing with qualitative insight.

Responsibilities

• Provide real-time news analysis to traders, including potential impact.
• Provide critical feedback on company analyses and potential effects on markets.
• Construct outcomes for short and medium-term equity events.
• Stay up-to-date on major US sectors (Biotech, Healthcare, Financials, Energy, Tech, Industrial).
• Assess risks for equity positions with due diligence on existing positions and macro events.
• Collaborate with trading to analyze company events and manage risk around expected impacts.
• Challenge status quo and help shape the future of IMC's research team.

Skills

Equity analysis

Options knowledge

Python / R / Matlab

Tools

Python

R

Matlab

Job description

Overview:

IMC is looking for an Analyst to drive forward a rapidly growing research team that supports its extensive Equity Options trading business. The position will work hand and hand with current experienced team members, senior traders and senior management to continue building IMC's proprietary research platform and research team. The role will include all of the functions of a research analyst as well as driving members of the research and trading teams to critically think about specific company analysis and the impact of that analysis on equity options market dynamics. Here your decisions have direct impact on the company's trading profits and we are a place where creativity, teamwork and innovation are recognized and rewarded.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Provide real-time news analysis to traders, including potential impact.

• Provide critical feedback for traders and other analysts regarding company analysis and the potential impacts of those analyses

• Construct possible outcomes for both short and medium term equity moving events.

• Keep up to date with any and all major US sectors, including but not limited to: Biotech, Healthcare, Financials, Energy, Tech, and Industrial.

• Understand the possible risks for certain equity positions by providing due diligence on existing positions and keep abreast of major Macro events.

• Work side by side w/ the trading team to analyze specific company events and manage risk around the expected impact of those events

• Challenge the status quo and help create a vision for the future of the IMC research team

Your Skills and Experience:

• 1+ years' experience as an equity analyst/associate (trading environment preferred)

• Proven experience covering a broad range of sectors, plus the willingness to adapt focus, based on evolving opportunities

• Comfort working with incomplete information, utilizing quantitative information as available but able supplement with qualitative insight

• Experience with programming in Python, R or Matlab is a plus.

• Strong Options knowledge including an understanding of the Greeks

• Ability to work successfully in a fast-moving and competitive environment.

• Desire to work in a team environment is a must.

The Base Salary range for the role is included below.

Base salary is only one component of total compensation; all full-time, permanent positions are eligible for a discretionary bonus and benefits, including paid leave and insurance. Please visit Benefits - US | IMC Trading for more comprehensive information.

Salary Range

$150,000-$200,000 USD

About Us

IMC is a research-driven trading firm where quantitative modeling, machine learning, and engineering shape how modern markets are traded. A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, we provide liquidity across trading venues, delivering the best outcome in value and risk management to investors. Using our own technology and capital, we build proprietary systems and algorithms that operate across global markets. Our researchers, traders, and engineers work as a collective, combining rapid experimentation, advanced infrastructure, and real-time feedback to turn insight into execution and execution into advantage.