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Experienced Discretionary Futures Trader

A seat for an established intraday futures trader at a proprietary trading firm, trading your own book on the firm's platform. Developers customise the tooling around your strategy.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Run an existing profitable intraday futures strategy on the firm's platform
Research new setups and refine them with data
Work with developers to adapt execution tools to your style
Follow strict risk and routine discipline daily

What they ask for

Required

3 to 5 years trading discretionary intraday futures at a prop firm
Seven-figure net annual PnL, or a clear path to it
A proven, refined strategy
Risk discipline and emotional control
Office-based working

Preferred

Focus on CME, ICE or Eurex markets

Education: No degree level stated
Experience: 3-5 years trading intraday futures at a proprietary firm with a strong PnL record
Markets: futures

How to prepare

Keep a rigorous, data-backed trade journal with risk statistics
Study futures microstructure on CME, ICE and Eurex products
Quantify your edge: hit rate, payoff ratios and drawdowns
Practise position sizing and loss-limit rules

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Geneva Trading and doesn’t handle applications.