Commodity trader vs securities trader

Differences between commodity trader and securities trader duties and responsibilities

Commodity trader example responsibilities.

• Trade, build, manage, and modele interest rate derivative positions via exchange floor
• Manage and execute physical/financial grains book as well as base metal arbitrage portfolio.
• Manage procurement and sales of bulk grains and agricultural commodities for redistribution into local dairy operations in Idaho.
• Trade a variety of investment vehicles including commodity futures, FOREX and equities.
• Develop automated and discretionary trading systems for currency, commodity futures, and equities markets.
• Assist in audits from FINRA at corporate and branch levels.
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Securities trader example responsibilities.

• Research, analyze, and invest in equities in order to achieve short term capital gains.
• Manage business, sales, marketing, international negotiation and communication for a commodities business.
• Collaborate with partners in trading domestic equities, international equities, corporate bonds, and sovereign debt instruments.
• Carry out NYSE and NASDAQ equity trading on behalf of institutional clientele and register investment advisors.
• Execute institutional equity orders on both an agency and proprietary basis in strict accordance to FINRA regulations and establish company guidelines.
• Trade multiple products on SGX, CBOT, CME, HKFE, TSE, EUREX and LIFFE exchanges.
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