Derivative Traders

Position

Trader – International Markets

Department

Capital Markets

Location

GIFT City, Gandhinagar

Employment Type

Full-time

Reporting To: Head – Capital Markets / Senior Management Job Summary We are looking for an experienced International Markets Trader to join our Capital Markets team. The candidate will be responsible for trading and managing positions across international financial markets, with a primary focus on US and other global futures, options and fixed-income markets.

The role requires strong knowledge of international market structure, derivatives, margining, execution, liquidity and risk management.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute and manage trades across international exchanges and markets within approved trading limits.

• Trade and monitor instruments including:

• US equity index futures and options

• Treasury futures and options

• Commodity futures and options

• International equity/index derivatives

• US Treasury securities and other fixed-income instruments

• Monitor global markets including US, European and Asian markets.

• Analyze:

• Price action

• Volatility

• Open interest

• Yield curves

• Interest rates

• Macroeconomic indicators

• Options pricing

• Market liquidity

• Identify trading, arbitrage and relative-value opportunities.

• Execute trades through approved international brokers and trading platforms.

• Monitor real-time positions, MTM, initial margin, variation margin and available collateral.

• Monitor exchange and broker margin requirements

• Manage trading exposure across multiple instruments and currencies.

• Monitor major global events including:

• US Federal Reserve decisions

• US economic data

• Treasury auctions

• Inflation and employment data

• Central-bank announcements

• Major geopolitical/economic developments

• Maintain strict adherence to approved trading limits and risk parameters.

• Prepare daily position, P&L, margin and exposure reports.

• Coordinate with international brokers, clearing members, custodians and internal operations teams.

• Investigate and resolve trade execution, settlement, margin and reconciliation issues.

• Escalate significant market movements, losses, limit breaches and operational issues to senior management.

Preferred Trading Experience

Experience in one or more of the following markets will be preferred:

• CME equity index futures/options – ES, NQ etc.

• CBOT Treasury futures/options

• COMEX precious metals

• NYMEX energy products

• US equity/index options

• US Treasury securities

• Interest-rate products

• Cross-market arbitrage

• Options and volatility strategies

Key Skills

• Experience: 3–7 years in international financial markets/trading.

• Strong practical knowledge of US/global derivatives markets.

• Experience with futures and options execution.

• Understanding of exchange margining and clearing mechanisms.

• Strong knowledge of options, volatility and market microstructure.

• Experience with trading platforms such as TT, Bloomberg, CQG, Interactive Brokers or similar platforms will be an advantage.

• Strong understanding of CME/CBOT/COMEX/NYMEX markets will be preferred.

• Strong Excel and analytical skills.

• Ability to monitor markets across different time zones.

• Strong discipline in risk management and position sizing.

Key Performance Areas

• Trading execution and efficiency

• Risk-adjusted trading performance

• P&L management

• Margin and collateral management

• Position management

• Adherence to risk limits

• Market analysis

• Reporting and operational accuracy

Candidates with hands-on proprietary/institutional trading and execution experience will be preferred. Purely research-oriented profiles may not be suitable for this role.