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Equity Research Analyst

IMC Trading · Chicago, IL · Trading Services

Posted Sep 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time your analysis was wrong. What did you miss?

What they are checking: Honesty and learning from mistakes when decisions affect trading profits.

Tell me about a time you helped someone else think more critically about their analysis.

What they are checking: Whether they can drive others to think critically, which the posting describes.

What would you do

A biotech company announces trial results during the trading day. Walk me through what you tell traders in the first few minutes.

What they are checking: Whether they can give fast, useful real-time news analysis with likely impact.

How do you stay current across biotech, financials, energy, tech and industrials at the same time?

What they are checking: Their system for broad sector coverage, which the posting requires.

A senior trader has a strong view you disagree with. How do you push back?

What they are checking: Whether they provide critical feedback to traders, which the role explicitly asks for.

What would you add to a proprietary research platform to make traders faster?

What they are checking: Whether they can help build the research platform and team, not just write notes.

About the work

How would you build a range of outcomes for a stock ahead of earnings?

What they are checking: Ability to construct possible outcomes for equity moving events.

How does your view on a company's fundamentals translate into a view on its options?

What they are checking: Whether they connect company analysis to options market dynamics like implied moves.

How would you do due diligence on an existing large position to find hidden risks?

What they are checking: Their approach to risk on existing positions and what can move a stock.

How do macro events like a Fed decision change how you think about single stock risk?

What they are checking: Awareness of macro events and how they interact with company-level views.

Pick a stock you follow and tell me what event could move it most in the next three months.

What they are checking: Real depth on a company and the ability to identify the key driver quickly.

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The full job description

As published by IMC Trading.

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.  

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