How do you make a transition from physical commodity trading to a derivatives role? Like the role but exploring a transition to the paper side.

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Firstly, read, research and paper trade different derivs strategies (time spreads, arbs, product spreads, outrights and options). The easiest transition would be into trading the paper market of the physical market you trade, via weighing in on hedging decisions, asking to run a small paper book on the side etc.
More drastically you could apply to something like the Trafigura international trader program, where you would get exposed to more markets and potentially the derivs side.
Learn to code in Python.
Make sure you know why you want to move - it is not ‘easier’ to make more money, it very much depends on your skillset and temperament.

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Thank you for the advice, I have started on all these things over the past month or so and I have made some head room. I am also studying for my series 3 but I am wondering how to market myself as I haven’t been getting the looks I’d hoped to get as I trade lumber and the futures market isn’t as liquid as other products.

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