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Crypto Options Trader

Posted 23 Mar 2024
Work experience
1 to 3 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
Dutch (Fluent)

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WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

IMC is a leading global market maker, using algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell securities on multiple trading venues worldwide. We provide liquidity to the financial markets, driving efficiencies for buyers and sellers.

Founded in 1989, we are an ambitious, innovative company and identified early on the importance technology would play in the fast-paced evolution of trading. This entrepreneurial spirit still drives us today and can be found in all of our offices around the world.

OUR TEAM

We now operate globally from offices in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. Our employees work closely together in multidisciplinary teams, making our success possible.

Technology

At IMC, technology is not a department, it is at the heart of everything we do. Our technologists push the limits of possibility, and then look beyond. In our fast-paced environment, short feedback loops mean projects worked on in the morning can enter production the next day.

Trading – Although our traders come from many backgrounds they all have one thing in common: they are at their best solving complex problems. Their insight into global events, market shifts and pricing ensure we are trading in the right place, at the right time.

Business Support

Around the world, IMC’s business support teams are essential for sustaining our success. In our dynamic environment, we have many exciting challenges and multidisciplinary opportunities to shape our operations and make a real impact.

OUR CULTURE

Our employees are our greatest asset so we give them lots of responsibility and the support they need to make a difference. Our flat structure fosters a culture of openness and collaboration, encouraging the sharing of ideas and knowledge. It makes no difference if you have been with us for three days or three years, the best idea wins.

While we work hard, we also have a lot of fun; whether solving complex challenges or in team building, leisure and sporting activities. IMC also enables its employees to contribute towards a better society through our foundation.

Crypto Options Trader

The Crypto Options Trader will trade crypto currency options and be responsible for developing, maintaining and enhancing our crypto options trading strategies, algorithms and system. This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll be working cross-functionally with quants and developers on data-driven analysis, quantitative modelling and algorithm development as well.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Develop, maintain and enhance trading models, algorithms and systems

  • Trade crypto currency options

  • Manage execution and risk of complex trading portfolios

  • You will be constantly enhancing your strategies to improve the quality of trades, pinpoint missed opportunities, and identify new trading ideas and products

  • Research new market opportunities

  • You will have lots of responsibility and ownership early on to drive strategies forward and be successful

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineers to understand and improve technical infrastructure

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

  • Bs, Ms or PhD in quantitative field

  • 1+ years of experience in trading crypto options

  • Demonstrated knowledge of the crypto space

  • Experience in coding is desirable (Python, C/C++, Java, Matlab, SQL)

  • Entrepreneurial mindset, healthy risk appetite, competitive by nature and fast decision maker

  • Excellent numerical and analytical skills.

  • Desire to work in a team environment

IMC: JOIN A WORLD-CLASS GLOBAL MARKET MAKER

IMC is a world-renowned market maker with offices in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific. We use algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell securities across multiple trading venues. Our vital role, at the centre of the financial markets, provides liquidity for buyers and sellers worldwide.

In the late 1980s, IMC quickly identified the importance of technology in the fast-evolving trading environment. Our passion for innovation continues to drive us today. Although our company has grown rapidly over recent decades, we still approach our work with the same entrepreneurial spirit, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and innovation. We like our people to think for themselves and we give them the responsibility and support they need to make an impact. This means real work as well as dedicated training programmes and mentors.

While we work hard, we also have a lot of fun – whether solving complex problems or taking part in team-building, leisure and sporting activities. IMC also enables its employees to contribute to a better society through our foundation.

The Crypto Options Trader will trade crypto currency options and be responsible for developing, maintaining and enhancing our crypto options trading strategies, algorithms and system. This is a highly collaborative role where you’ll be working cross-functionally with quants and developers on data-driven analysis, quantitative modelling and algorithm development as well. Develop, maintain and enhance trading models, algorithms and systems. Manage execution and risk of complex trading portfolios. You will be constantly enhancing your strategies to improve the quality of trades, pinpoint missed opportunities, and identify new trading ideas and products. Research new market opportunities. Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineers to understand and improve technical infrastructure. options trading, java, algorithms, numerical, analysis, sql, coding, matlab, analytical, python, research, data-driven, ownership, algorithm development, analytical skills, Registered Options Trader & Market Maker, Assistant Risk Manager & Registered Options Trader & Market Maker, Business Analyst & Equity Consultant, Analyst - Equity Derivatives Investments, Advisory Consultant, Catastrophe Modelling Analyst, Operations Research Analyst & Cost & Risk Estimator, Material Procurement Specialists & Estimation & Import Engineer, SAP Financial & Security Consultant, Senior Manager - Technology Fund Services & Wealth Management

IMC is a leading global market maker, using algorithmic trading and advanced technology to buy and sell securities on multiple trading venues worldwide. We provide liquidity to the financial markets, driving efficiencies for buyers and sellers.
We operate globally from offices in Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. Our employees work closely together in multidisciplinary teams, making our success possible.

Finance & Banking
Amsterdam
Active in 3 countries
700 employees
70% men - 30% women
Average age is 35 years

What employees are saying

Daniel den Brave

Trader

Daniel den Brave

"At IMC you get real freedom to translate your ideas into practice. And we use the latest technology, which is pretty awesome."

Pierre Bashshour

Software Engineer

Pierre Bashshour

"If you write code on a Monday, it's going to be in production all over the world on Tuesday. I enjoy this fast-paced environment in which I contribute to make global markets more efficient."