Currently at a supermajor, wondering about job security given low oil prices. Any thoughts?

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I’m not an oil trader, but as far as the markets I’m trading are concerned, the price isn’t of concern if there is vol in the market.

Hard to say, but knowing that markets run based on efficient information leaves us to conclude that as parties gain more efficient ways to gather information it will get harder. Harder? Yes! Impossible? Not by a long shot! You also have to remember that your firm will likely have access to these more efficient data sets to put you as a trader in a position to succeed as successfully if not more than traders back in the 2000’s. This will happen across all of the commodities traded regardless of product. In the physical markets at least.

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