GBE Futures

Your journey to becoming a successful energy trader begins here.

You have a demonstrated passion for markets, are deeply curious, and have an insatiable appetite for learning. Imagine yourself in just a few years: skilled, confident, and thriving as an Energy Trader at GBE.

In less than four years, you'll progress from an intern mastering the fundamentals, into a skilled analyst, a trusted associate, and eventually a high-performing Energy Trader. At each stage, you'll build your skills, deepen your market understanding, and develop the confidence and independence needed for success.

Trader development plan

Intern

Analyst

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Associate

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Trader

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Energy Trading Analyst Intern: Foundations (0–1 year)

Primary Focus: Build essential foundational skills, align culturally, and understand core market principles.

Key Evaluation Criteria:

  • 🔥 Work ethic & resilience (Foundational effort)

  • 📊 Analytical strength (Core skill development)

  • 🛡️ Risk management & integrity (Early discipline and accountability)

  • 🤝 Collaboration (Team integration and mentorship)

Milestones:

  • Master foundational analytics

  • Demonstrate strong work ethic, integrity, and teamwork

  • Begin paper trading

Energy Trading Analyst: Acceleration (Years 1–2)

Primary Focus: Rapidly deepen analytical and technical expertise, build creativity in developing original trading ideas, and cultivate a growth mindset through continuous learning and feedback.

Key Evaluation Criteria: (All Stage 1 criteria PLUS)

  • 🛠️ Technical skill (Analytical systems and data solutions)

  • 💡 Creativity & curiosity (Generating original strategies, innovative thinking)

  • 🌱 Humility & growth mindset (Acknowledging uncertainty, seeking evidence, continual improvement)

Milestones:

  • Demonstrate consistent proficiency in technical skills, including model building and analytics solutions

  • Generate and present original trading ideas demonstrating creativity and curiosity

  • Proactively seek feedback, actively recognize mistakes, and show consistent improvement

Energy Trading Associate: Emergence (Years 2–3)

Primary Focus: Demonstrate independent judgment, strategic decision-making, and sustained profitability while effectively managing risk and adapting convictions to new market evidence.

Key Evaluation Criteria: (All previous criteria PLUS)

  • 📈 Performance (Consistent profitability and managed drawdowns)

  • 🎲 Probabilistic thinking & risk-reward intuition (Enhanced judgment and decision quality)

  • 🧭 Strategic insight & contrarianism (Game-theory reasoning for non-consensus opportunities)

  • ⚖️ Conviction tightrope (Balancing strongly held views with adaptability)

Milestones:

  • Consistently achieve profitability in supervised, independent trading

  • Confidently use probabilistic thinking to assess risk and reward, making strategic decisions independently

  • Demonstrate strategic insight, including the ability to identify and leverage non-consensus opportunities

  • Effectively balance strong convictions with adaptability when facing new evidence

Energy Trader: High Performance (Years 3–4+)

Primary Focus: Achieve sustained, elite-level profitability with proactive market responsiveness, decisive execution, adaptive strategies, and meaningful contributions to team leadership and innovation.

Key Evaluation Criteria: (Mastery and refinement of all criteria, emphasizing differentiators)

  • 🦅 Predatory instinct & conviction (Aggressively identifying and decisively exploiting opportunities)

  • 🧘 Emotional composure (Managing elevated risk and independent P&L responsibility)

  • 🌊 Adaptability (Rapidly adjusting to evolving market conditions)

  • 🤝 Collaboration (Active mentorship, leadership, collective intelligence)

Milestones:

  • Full P&L accountability

  • Achieve sustained elite performance

  • Actively contribute to strategic evolution, innovation, and team culture