VENUE FILE · filed 2026-09 · last re-checked 2026-09
IMC Trading — the liquidity layer, one venue at a time
IMC Trading plays a crucial role in market structure by providing liquidity across more than 120 global trading venues through proprietary trading and algorithms.
IMC Financial Markets (group; US entity IMC FINANCIAL MARKETS per BrokerCheck, CRD 104143; UK entity IMC London Limited) · Amsterdam, Netherlands · evidence score 89/100
Licence, read on the register
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC/FINRA (BrokerCheck, IMC Financial Markets) | 8-52600 | US | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| FCA (IMC London Limited) | 1007808 | UK | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme — never misread it as tier-1 protection.
The claims ledger
Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.
- 3testable claims
- 2venue-measured claims
- 1named data centres
- 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)
Claims we cannot verify from outside
- 'Our ambition is to be the world's leading trading firm' — own marketing
- Employee/venue/server counts are self-published homepage metrics
Perimeter and coverage
| Asset classes | Venues | Connectivity | Clients accepted | Explicitly refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equities, ETFs, Options, Futures, Fixed income, Commodities, Digital assets | More than 120 trading venues globally (own figure) | Proprietary algorithms/electronic trading, Exchange memberships |
A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to assess than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as disclosure, not as a defect.
What the desk watches next
The follow-up plan attached to this file — each item re-checked on a future pass, dated and kept falsifiable.
- Self-measured claims on market leadership
- Verification of asset class coverage