CHI - 2026 - Graduate Broker Trader

We are looking for a recent graduate to join IMC as a Graduate Broker Trader. IMC is a high frequency trading firm with a strong trading presence in the broker market. As a Graduate Broker Trader, you’ll respond to quotes in the broker market both over the phone and through squawks with the trading pits. Additionally, you will actively build and enhance the quality of our electronic trading strategies, requiring superior analytical, mathematical, and computing skills. We’re seeking someone who loves participating in markets and building tools to succeed in them. 

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Work in a team of broker and screen traders to optimize trading
• Make markets throughout the day on a variety of mediums
• Build and maintain relationships with brokers
• Perform trades analysis to improve trading
• Develop, maintain, and enhance trading models, algorithms, systems, and positional risk
• Research new market opportunities

Your Skills and Experience:

• Current university student graduating between September 2025 and July 2026 that is pursuing a degree in a quantitative field of study (e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or Economics)
• Superior numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Thrives and is able to make in a fast-moving and competitive environment
• A team player with a proactive, self-driven attitude
• Experience with programming in Python is preferred
•  A desire to learn and solve complex problems
• Interest in financial markets; previous knowledge is NOT required
• Must be available for full-time employment starting in February or August 2026

You may submit one application per role each year.  We strongly encourage you to focus on applying to a single role that best matches your skills and interests.  Though you may apply to multiple roles, please note that each application will be evaluated based on the specific criteria established for that particular role.If you have already applied for this position during the current recruitment season and were not selected, you may reapply when the next recruitment season begins in 2026.

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.

Base Salary: $175,000

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.

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.