Senior Equity Options Volatility Trader

divh2Senior Equity Options Volatility Trader/h2pChicago, United States/ppOur US Equity Options business has become one of the leading liquidity-providers in the marketplace. Weve already created partnerships and business models to facilitate our expansion and we continue to improve our options pricing, particularly in the volatility space. IMC is highly collaborative between traders, quants, and developers so the scope of responsibility involves working with others to identify and describe mispricings, interact with the market, and push forward visibility improvements/ppYour Core Responsibilities:/pulliMaximize revenue by both finding, and then capitalizing on short term mispricing, as well as managing larger positions/liliWork closely with our best-in-class research and quant teams to analyze your results and improve your approach/liliTake lots of responsibility and ownership early to drive strategies forward and be successful/li/ulpYour Skills and Experience:/pulliExperienced equity options trader with at least 2 years experience/liliEntrepreneurial mindset with a healthy risk appetite, are competitive by nature, and are a fast decision maker/liliAbility to identify patterns and describe them analytically. Preference for relevant tertiary qualifications (graduate or post graduate), with strong academic results/liliPassionate about understanding volatility dynamics and willing to immediately act on your opinions to capture market opportunities./liliIn tune with the fundamental drivers of stocks we trade and can work effectively with a research analyst team to make decisions/li/ulpSalary Range/pp$175,000 - $250,000 USD/ppAbout Us/ppIMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, weve 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./p/div