Ishu Agarwal

CEO

Gurgaon, Haryana, India11 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over nine years in derivatives trading.
Expert in data-driven trading strategies.
Leader in risk management and trader development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech professional specializing in derivatives trading and risk management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Risk ManagementTradingMarket AnalysisResearchFinancial Risk ManagementCommodities

Other Skills

AgriAspen HYSYSBalance Sheet ReviewCC++Chemical EngineeringChemistryDemand AnalysisDerivatives TradingElectronic TradingEngineeringFundamental AnalysisFutures TradingHTRI SoftwareJava

About

I am a derivatives trading professional with over nine years of experience managing high-performance proprietary trading desks across global commodity futures and options markets. My expertise lies in building and executing data-driven trading strategies that integrate quantitative analysis, technical insight, and fundamental research. Currently leading the agri-commodities and Metals desk at Futures First, I focus on developing innovative trading frameworks, mentoring traders, and enhancing risk management systems. My approach combines analytical precision with strategic leadership — driving consistent, risk-adjusted performance across markets. I bring a structured yet adaptive trading mindset, passionate about transforming insights into profitable action and empowering teams to excel in volatile market environments.

Experience

Futures first

5 roles

Assistant Vice President

Promoted

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Leading the Grains & Oilseeds and Metals proprietary trading and research desk with a focus on expanding strategy innovation and market participation.
Spearheading the design of intraday and positional trading strategies integrating quantitative, technical, and fundamental insights.
Driving performance optimization across a 100+ trader network through data-driven frameworks and leadership initiatives.
Enhancing risk control, execution efficiency, and P&L visibility using analytics-backed decision systems.
Mentoring and developing trading talent to foster high-performing, self-sufficient desks.

Risk ManagementFundamental AnalysisQuantitative AnalyticsTechnical AnalysisPeople ManagementLeadership+6

Senior Associate: Research

Promoted

Jan 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

Managed global agricultural commodities research (CBOT, ICE, Euronext) supporting both discretionary and systematic trading teams.
Delivered integrated market views combining price action, open interest, and fundamental supply-demand analysis.
Developed actionable trading frameworks and playbooks used across multiple trading desks.
Collaborated with product developers to build research automation and visualization dashboards.
Guided mid-level traders to align research output with trade execution and risk metrics.

Market AnalysisResearchManagementCommoditiesFinancial Risk ManagementTechnical Analysis+6

Associate- Research

Promoted

Dec 2020 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Led research operations for agricultural futures and options portfolios.
Designed analytics modules for trade review, risk attribution, and opportunity mapping.
Streamlined trader development through structured learning modules and backtesting tools.
Worked closely with desk heads to merge discretionary and quant perspectives for improved strategy performance.

Market AnalysisCommoditiesFinancial Risk ManagementDemand AnalysisAgriBalance Sheet Review

Research Analyst- Commodities Market

Promoted

Jul 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos

Conducted deep-dive analysis of global grain, oilseed, and soft commodity markets.
Built quantitative models in Python and R for predictive trade setups and seasonality detection.
Supported live trading decisions with real-time market insights and volatility breakdowns.
Coached interns and junior traders to interpret data and understand risk exposure.

Market AnalysisCommoditiesDemand AnalysisAgriBalance Sheet Review

Analyst- Commodities Market

Jul 2016 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Traded and analyzed CBOT and Euronext futures including Soybean, Soyoil, Wheat, and Rapeseed.
Automated trading signal generation based on fundamental data and open interest trends.
Conducted research on supply-demand correlations, market seasonality, and historical volatility.
Established foundation in derivatives markets, execution discipline, and data-backed trade planning.

Market AnalysisCommoditiesFinancial Risk ManagementDemand AnalysisAgri

Indian institute of technology (bhu) varanasi

2 roles

Teaching Assistant

Aug 2015 – Apr 2016 · 8 mos · Greater Allahabad Area

Mentoring a batch of 30 students in a full time Chemical engineering course- Heat and mass Transfer.

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2015 – May 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Allahabad Area

Acquired an experience in teaching a batch of 30 students. Managed the academic records of all the students of the batch of around 200 students.

Larsen & toubro

Summer Intern

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Mumbai , India

Summer internship of 6 weeks in L&T Hydrocarbons R&D. The basic focus of the internship is to expertize in heat exchanger designing used in ammonia production process and also on various designing and simulation softwares like ASPIN HYSIS , MATLAB , HTRI etc. To understand and design the process equipment according to required capacity demand etc.

Iit guwahati

Summer Intern

May 2014 – Jun 2014 · 1 mo · Dispur, Assam, India

"Electroless fabrication of aluminium supported palladium catalyst". under the guidiance of Proff.R.Uppaluri and Dr. Mahua De. Seeding process was repeated and analysed changing various parameters. Characterization of sample was done using various techniques like ASS, TPR, XRD, FESEM etc.