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Commodities Volatility Trader

A trader on a new listed commodities options desk, finding mispricings and making markets. It sits on the desk working with quants and developers.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Trade and manage option positions to capture short and long-term mispricings
Run market-making strategies and manage the risk
Carry out data-driven analysis of desk results
Contribute to quantitative modelling and algorithm development with quants and developers

What they ask for

Required

3+ years in commodities options (or proprietary equity options)
Statistics
Python
Risk management
Market-making knowledge
Quick decisions under pressure

Preferred

Product-specific experience

Education: BS, MS or PhD, preferably in a STEM field.
Experience: 3+ years in commodities options; proprietary equity options considered
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: commodities, options

How to prepare

Learn Black-76 pricing and how commodity volatility surfaces behave
Build a small delta-hedging simulation and study P&L attribution
Study market-making inventory risk
Review seasonality and term structure in commodity options

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with IMC Trading and doesn’t handle applications.