Commodity Market Analyst

Welcome to The Hightower Report! We are a 32-year-old independent commodity research firm analyzing all actively trading commodity futures. We are hiring a Commodity Market Analyst to join our fully remote working team. In this role you will become proficient in standard technical agricultural commodity analysis, option strategies for risk control and eventually develop a market specialty.

We have a highly diverse customer base, including major commodity exchanges, major stock brokerage firms, commercial grain merchandisers, government agencies, and much more. Our daily research report is likely the most widely distributed commodity report in the world. Our team has significant autonomy all working remotely but we interact through very effective technology. Our company philosophy is to work early, efficiently, and limit the length of the workday.  

We offer competitive compensation of $80,000 - $110,000 depending on experience, company funded pension contribution, 401(k), paid vacation, and bonuses.

What you will be doing:

• Learning from our outstanding team of experts the art of classic fundamental analysis.
• Performing standard technical analysis and option strategies for risk control.
• Assisting the research team and producing classic fundamental daily analysis.
• Assisting and producing periodic longer-term reports.
• Developing a market specialty.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience as a professional analyst with extensive and comprehensive experience in exchange traded commodities.
• Research Agronomy, Finance, or other related degree.
• Outstanding communication skills both written and oral.
• Ability to work in both an independent and team environment.
• Self-starter with outstanding critical thinking skills.