Macro Analyst Amsterdam • IMC Trading
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37 - 40 uur
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Engels (taal)
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Vast contract
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As a Macro Analyst at our US Index desk in Amsterdam you will partner with Traders to identify trading opportunities in the markets for US index futures and options. In Amsterdam, you will be working US market hours.
You will attempt to find opportunities that other market participants may not be aware of or are interpreting in a different way. You will be working in a fast-paced, dynamic, sometimes highly pressured dealing room. You will become an integral part of the trading team, and over time you may potentially be handling trades yourself as well.
Your Core Responsibilities:
- Monitoring markets with a focus on US equity indices and their relation to other macro products (VIX, FICC)
- Monitor headlines and analysis (mainstream media, specialized Investment Bank research). Make judgement calls on its importance, impact and reliability
- Understand and react to changes in the volatility term structures in light of new trends and events
- Spot trading opportunities across the US equity markets
- Look at global economic events and perform impact/ scenarios analysis
- Understand the possible risks and opportunities in each scenario, suggesting the best pay-off structures
- Prepare for and analyze important events (FOMC meetings, data releases, elections)
- Interact proactively with Traders to game plan trading around scenarios
- Analyze the historical performance of trade recommendations
- Study time series related to the volatility of events and realized moves. To spot patterns, potential regime shifts and to build scenarios
- Monitor the relation (beta) between equity indices and their single-stock constituents
Your Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Econometrics, STEM or a related field of study
- 1-3 years of work experience with Equity Index, Equity Research and/or Fixed Income Futures
- A strong and proven interest in financial markets, experience with options is a plus
- Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong Excel skills
- Experience in programming with Python is a plus
- Ability to work in a fast-moving and competitive environment
- Strong focus on teamwork, details and accuracy
- Fluent in English
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.
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