Portfolio Analyst, Commodities Options

About the role

Graham Capital Management, L.P. is seeking a portfolio analyst to support a quantamental Portfolio Management team focused on commodity markets and expressing trades through options. Sector coverage could include Softs, Grains, Metals, and Energy. The analyst will sit on the trading floor, working alongside the PM in all aspects of investing and portfolio management. The analyst will leverage their Bloomberg, Excel, and Python experience to assist in supporting the trading strategy as well as fundamental research. The candidate may be given the opportunity to grow into an assistant PM role with time.

Responsibilities

• Pull data from Bloomberg into Excel and build complex Excel sheets
• Conduct research using python programming for Bloomberg
• Follow, evaluate, and report on industry news, data, and trends, including early morning market activity (e.g., London market pricing)
• Monitor the portfolio and assist with risk management

Requirements

• 0-4 years of relevant industry experience on buy or sell side
• Bachelor's degree in relevant field
• Excel and Python programming experience for Bloomberg (BQNT or BQUANT)
• Proactively anticipate potential issues and solve problems
• Excellent communication skills and team player mentality
• Strong work ethic; able to be on desk at 6:00 AM to monitor London markets
• High level of curiosity, integrity, and passion for financial markets
• XGBOOST and other AI/ML related programming experience, a plus
• Experience/knowledge of Options (calls, puts) and multi-leg Options structures, a plus
• This role requires commuting into our Rowayton, CT office Mondays through Fridays.
• Base Salary Range
• In addition, the employee who fills this role will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, as well as a wide array of benefit programs, such as medical and life insurance, 401(K) plans, and access to other healthcare programs.
• Notes:

Benefits

Additional Information

Graham Capital Management, L.P. (collectively with its affiliates, "Graham") is an alternative investment manager founded in 1994 by Kenneth G. Tropin. Specializing in discretionary and quantitative macro strategies, Graham is dedicated to delivering strong, uncorrelated returns across a wide range of market environments. As one of the industry's longest-standing global macro and trend-following managers, Graham remains committed to innovation, evolving its strategies through a robust investment, technology, and operational infrastructure. Graham harnesses the synergies between its discretionary and quantitative trading businesses to offer a broad suite of complementary alpha strategies, each built on the principles of thoughtful portfolio construction, active risk management, and diversification by design. Graham invests significant proprietary capital alongside its clients - including global institutions, endowments, foundations, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, investment management advisors, and qualified individual investors - reinforcing alignment of interests across all strategies. The foundation of Graham's sustainability and success is the experience and contributions of its people. The firm seeks to cultivate talent, encourage the diversity of ideas, and respect the contributions of all. In turn, each employee shares in the responsibility of strengthening those around them.

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