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Graduate Junior Discretionary Trader

A mentored entry route into discretionary futures trading at a proprietary trading firm. You learn from senior traders, then trade your own account on the firm's low-latency platform.

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.

Shadow senior traders and complete the structured training programme
Study futures market behaviour and post-trade results
Build a systematic, data-driven trading routine
Give feedback to the technology team on trading tools

What they ask for

Required

Calm focus under pressure
Attention to detail
Discipline and routine
Resilience after losses
Commitment to learning markets

Preferred

Background in competitive settings such as trading, gaming, poker or sport

Education: No degree level stated; no trading experience needed
Experience: New graduates; no prior trading experience required
Markets: futures

How to prepare

Learn how futures contracts, margining and rolls work
Paper-trade with written rules and review every trade
Study order book dynamics and what moves intraday prices
Practise risk limits, such as a daily loss stop

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.