I joined Futures First in June 2007, as commodities trader, traded CBOT Grains for 15 months, till August 2008. Took over the position of Grains Research Analyst in August 2008. Expanded areas of interest to Softs, Energy and Metals in 2009. Diversified from Energy and Metals to focus closely and deeply into Softs Complex, since 2012 till date

o Planned, coordinated, and performed various functions of research analyst for different categories of commodity traders/analysts at different timeso Key responsibilities as Research Analyst included developing trading strategies based on statistical analysis, technical analysis and fundamental analysis, producing periodic and special reports for knowledge development and improving trading strategies, training new and existing traders at different levels of experience in the firm over… Show more o Planned, coordinated, and performed various functions of research analyst for different categories of commodity traders/analysts at different timeso Key responsibilities as Research Analyst included developing trading strategies based on statistical analysis, technical analysis and fundamental analysis, producing periodic and special reports for knowledge development and improving trading strategies, training new and existing traders at different levels of experience in the firm over various aspects of trading and research, conducting special workshops focused on specific products development, and keeping update with an active knowledge bank of technical and fundamental developmento Prepared daily market update/review/outlook reports, and other periodicals focusing on special topics of interest relating broad spectrum of commoditieso Built modules and devised techniques for training of senior/experienced traders across various commodity classeso Cofounded an interactive website to serve as platform for traders to acquire and share necessary information and knowledge to improve tradingo Developed a strong knowledge base on several areas of technical analysis and fundamental analysis. Also, worked on developing strategies built on MS Excel. Show less