Trader

DUOTECH PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in Singapore is seeking a trader specialized in Gold markets. The successful candidate will lead trading for Gold perpetuals, develop hedging strategies, and collaborate with technical teams to optimize trading logic. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience in trading Gold with a strong grasp of market fundamentals and risk management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of trading experience in Gold or metals markets.
• Strong understanding of commodity market fundamentals and volatility dynamics.
• Experience in execution-driven trading environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead trading for Gold perpetuals and related cross-asset strategies.
• Build and operate market-making and hedging strategies.
• Collaborate with engineering to optimize trading behaviors.

Skills

Trading Gold markets

Risk management

Analytical tools

Tools

Python

R

Job description

Role Overview

You will lead trading for Gold perpetuals and related cross-asset strategies (XAUUSD, Gold futures, and crypto settled synthetic Gold instruments). Your role blends discretionary understanding of macro and commodity flows with systematic market-making logic adapted to crypto derivatives markets

Key Responsibilities

• Build and operate market-making, relative-value, and hedging strategies for Gold perps
• Develop fair-value models incorporating macro factors, commodity flows, futures curves, and volatility structure
• Oversee risk management, delta exposure, and multi-venue inventory balancing
• Collaborate with engineering to optimize quoting behaviour, auto-hedging rules, and outlier-event protections
• Analyse exchange liquidity, funding mechanics, and order-book irregularities
• Explore cross-asset opportunities (Gold vs. BTC, Gold vs. stocks, Gold vs. FX) where appropriate

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of trading Gold or metals markets (spot, futures, or OTC)
• Solid grasp of commodity market fundamentals, macro impacts, and volatility dynamics
• Experience with systematic, execution-driven trading environments
• Comfortable using analytical tools (Python, R, or similar)
• Strong risk discipline and experience managing high-leverage positions
• Ability to work closely with technical teams to refine strategy logic