| IMC Trading | |
| Trade Name: | IMC Trading |
| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Financial services |
| Location: | Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney and Mumbai |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Key People: | Rob Defares (CEO and chairman) |
| Products: | High-frequency trading, Market making |
| Num Employees: | 1,300[1] |
| Num Employees Year: | 2022 |
| Income Year: | 2022 |
| Net Income Year: | 2022 |
| Equity Year: | 2022 |
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.[2] Founded in 1989[3] as International Market makers Combination, the company employs over 1500 people and has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Sydney, Hong Kong, Mumbai and other places.
IMC was founded in 1989[4] by Rob Defares and René Schelvis,[5] [6] two traders working on the floor of the Amsterdam Equity Options Exchange.
In 2008, Wiet Pot joined as co-CEO alongside Defares.[7] Pot left the board in September 2017, leaving Defares as sole CEO.[8]
IMC is a technology-driven trading firm active in over 100 trading venues, 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.