In this 98-page, 115-exhibit, 22,400-word case study, "IMC: International Marketmakers Combination," Alphacution publishes its findings on global option market maker and equity index option specialist, Amsterdam-based IMC BV and its affiliates, including - most notably - its US-based affiliate, IMC-Chicago, LLC (often known as IMC Financial Markets). Founded in 1989 by two floor traders on Amsterdam's European Options Exchange, today IMC is one of only three Tier I proprietary trading firms with legacy in the 1980's - along with legendary option trading houses, Philadelphia-based Susquehanna International Group, LLP and Amsterdam-based Optiver BV . . .
About the Author: Paul Rowady
Paul Rowady is the Director of Research for Alphacution Research Conservatory, an institutional research and strategic advisory platform uniquely focused on modeling and benchmarking the impacts of technology on global financial markets and the businesses of trading and asset management. Based on an expanding research library focused on the modeling of specific market actors, composited industry segments, and key thematic drivers, the Alphacution platform is specifically designed to deliver data-driven and quantitatively based intelligence to a forward-thinking network of market participants and their stakeholders. Paul is a 35-year veteran of the proprietary, quantitative and derivatives trading arenas. Contact: feedback@alphacution.com.
