Energy derivatives trader vs flow trader

Differences between energy derivatives trader and flow trader duties and responsibilities

Energy derivatives trader example responsibilities.

• Lead a team of four traders and two assistant traders in the CME silver options market.
• Manage broking and trading teams, expanding customer base and successfully trading IPE and NYMEX energy option contracts.
• Trade equity index futures and identify arbitrage opportunities in relate securities.
• Full time investor primarily in equities, futures and their derivatives.
• Make markets in various OTC trade options in combination with list options trade on the NYMEX.
• Price options on equities, indexes, and ADR's-both list and OTC- for customers as well as professionals.
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Flow trader example responsibilities.

• Manage foreign currency position and maximize profit from FX market.
• Communicate with brokers to ensure accurate allocations for futures, foreign exchange, and equities between separately manage accounts.
• Increase the update frequency of currency position from minutes to seconds by applying VBA.
• Provide FX investment consultant and training class to investment sales, making them qualify for introducing to customers.
• Automate the trade allocation and reconciliation procedures using VBA programming which is leveraged to systematically detect any trade breaks or discrepancies.
• Make markets electronically in CME commodity option markets.