Relative Value Trader – Commodities
Alpha Alternatives
3 - 5 years
Mumbai
Posted: 17/05/2026
Job Description
The Role
We are looking for a Relative Value trader with 13 years of experience to join our Commodities trading team. You will sit at a relative value commodities desk and work directly alongside senior traders from day one. The role spans the full trade lifecycle identifying dislocations, building and refining quantitative models, executing spread trades, and managing risk. You will cover energy, metals, and agricultural futures markets. Prior experience trading futures in any marketequities, rates, FX, or commoditiesis relevant; what matters most is a strong grasp of futures dynamics and a demonstrated ability to think in terms of risk and reward. If you thrive in a fast-paced, intellectually demanding environment and are motivated by measurable trading performance, this role is for you.
Qualifications & Requirements
- 13 years of experience trading futures/options or in a quantitative trading role. Experience in any asset classcommodities, equities, rates, or FXis valued.
- Solid understanding of futures markets and derivatives mechanics, pricing, and execution Solid grounding in statistics, and quantitative reasoning.
- High level of ownership demonstrating clear accountability for both the process and resulting P&L outcomes.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in a quantitative discipline (Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Economics, or Finance) from a reputed institution.
What Youll Do
- Monitor and execute relative value strategies across calendar, inter-commodity, and cross-market spreads in futures markets
- Build and maintain quantitative models spread analysis, fair value frameworks, back-testing infrastructure and deploy them in live markets with appropriate risk controls
- Build and improve quantitative tools for risk analytics, P&L attribution, and trade surveillance.
- Track macroeconomic developments, supply-demand fundamentals, and geopolitical events that drive commodity prices, and translate insights into actionable trade ideas.
- Collaborate with portfolio managers, quant and technology teams to optimize trading workflows and infrastructure.
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