IMC

CHI - 2026 - Macro Analyst

IMC • $80K — $120K *
Chicago, IL 60629In-Person
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Econometrics, STEM, or related field
  • 2-4 years of experience in Equity Index, Equity Research, or Fixed Income Futures
  • Strong interest in financial markets; options experience preferred
  • Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Proficient in Excel; Python programming is a plus
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, competitive setting
  • Strong attention to detail and team-oriented mindset

Responsibilities

  • Monitor US equity indices and related macro products
  • Evaluate market headlines and analyze their impact
  • Respond to changes in volatility term structures
  • Identify trading opportunities and create actionable trade ideas
  • Conduct scenario analysis on global economic events
  • Assess risks and suggest optimal pay-off structures
  • Prepare for and analyze key market events and data releases
  • Collaborate proactively with Traders on trading strategies
  • Analyze the performance of trade recommendations against outcomes
  • Examine time series data to identify patterns and regime shifts

Benefits

  • Collaborative and dynamic trading environment
  • Potential to handle trades as skills develop
  • Access to real-time market data and advanced analytical tools
  • Opportunity to work with experienced Traders in a high-pressure setting
  • Involvement in strategic decision-making around trading scenarios
Full Job Description
As a Macro Research Analyst on our US Index desk in Chicago, you will partner closely with Traders to identify trading opportunities in the markets for US index futures and options. Based in our Chicago office, you will be an integral part of the trading team.

You will attempt to find opportunities that other market participants may not be aware of or are interpreting in a different way. More than reporting what you see, you will translate macro context into actionable trade ideas - framing your views in probabilistic terms and with conviction, so that Traders can convert them into positions. You will work in a fastpaced, dynamic, sometimes highly pressured dealing room, and over time you may potentially be handling trades yourself.

Your Core Responsibilities:
  • Monitor markets with a focus on US equity indices and their relation to other macro products
  • 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 and translate them into actionable trade ideas
  • Look at global economic events and perform impact / scenario analysis, expressing views in probabilistic terms with clear conviction
  • 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 and tie research output directly to trading results
  • 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
  • 2-4 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 IMC

IMC Financial Markets, sometimes referred to as IMC Trading, is a proprietary trading firm and market maker for various financial instruments listed on exchanges throughout the world. Founded in 1989 as International Market makers Combination, the company employs over 1100 people and has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Hong Kong and Mumbai. IMC is a technology-driven trading firm active in over 100 trading venues throughout the world and offering liquidity to over 200,000 securities. IMC makes markets in the major exchange-traded instruments – equities, bonds, commodities, and currencies – on 100 exchanges worldwide and is a significant liquidity provider on the NYSE Arca, NASDAQ, CBOE, BATS, and CME exchanges.
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