IMC Trading
IMC Trading operates as a global liquidity provider across over 120 venues.
IMC Financial Markets (group; US entity IMC FINANCIAL MARKETS per BrokerCheck, CRD 104143; UK entity IMC London Limited) · Amsterdam, Netherlands · última revisión 2026-09 · puntuación de evidencia 89/100
Licencia, leída en el registro
| Regulador | Número de licencia | Jurisdicción | Nivel | Fuente |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC/FINRA (BrokerCheck, IMC Financial Markets) | 8-52600 | US | tier-1 | abrir fuente ↗ |
| FCA (IMC London Limited) | 1007808 | UK | tier-1 | abrir fuente ↗ |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme. Rows without a tier are recorded without classification rather than guessed.
A qué casos encaja el modelo publicado
- Equities and ETFs liquidity provision
- Options and Futures trading
- Digital assets market making
Qué vigilar
- Self-measured claims on market leadership
- Verification of asset class coverage
Founded in 1989, IMC Trading is a proprietary trading firm with a strong presence in multiple asset classes. It holds tier 1 licenses from both the SEC/FINRA and FCA, indicating a robust regulatory standing. The firm claims to provide liquidity globally, supported by its proprietary algorithms and extensive technological infrastructure.
Testable claims
- Own homepage states 'A stabilizing force in markets since 1989, IMC provides liquidity wherever markets trade', 'Providing liquidity since 1989 — AEX | 1989 - 2025', and 'We develop innovative technologies and algorithms to trade in all major asset classes on more than 120 venues globally', with metrics '+120 Trading venues', '10 Offices', '+2070 Employees', '9000+ servers across 9 countries', '36 Years of trading' (imc.com, checked 10 Sept 2026)
- FINRA BrokerCheck search API returns IMC FINANCIAL MARKETS (CRD 104143), SEC number 8-52600, firm_scope ACTIVE (brokercheck.finra.org/firm/104143)
- FCA register bulk-extract lists IMC London Limited, FRN 1007808, Authorised (authorised 2024-08-09)
Afirmaciones que siguen siendo medición del propio venue
- 'Our ambition is to be the world's leading trading firm' — own marketing
- Employee/venue/server counts are self-published homepage metrics
