Yagnesh Dave

About Yagnesh Dave

I am a market-focused professional currently working as a Market Analyst at Futures First, actively trading agricultural commodities in a live professional trading environment. My primary domain of interest is financial markets and trading, with deep involvement in commodities, equities, and derivatives.I apply a structured, disciplined, and research-driven approach to markets, combining fundamental analysis, technical analysis, seasonality, spread structures, and market microstructure to generate high-quality trading decisions. My experience includes working with spreads, butterflies and relative value structures, supported by continuous market observation, data analysis, and risk management principles.I am deeply passionate about trading as a profession, with long-term interests in expanding across commodities, stocks, forex, and global macro markets. I am particularly driven toward roles in trading, market analysis, quantitative research, and proprietary trading environments, where performance, discipline, and decision-making excellence matter.Academically, I was a student of IIT Jodhpur, having a BTech in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. Alongside my trading career, I possess strong analytical and technical skills, including proficiency in Python, C++, SQL, with a strong foundation in data structures and algorithms. I have built multiple technical projects, including data analysis tools and AI-based applications, which support my quantitative thinking and analytical problem-solving approach.My professional identity is centered on markets, trading, and performance, supported by strong analytical, technical, and research capabilities.

Experience

1. Market Analyst

   Futures First

   Jul 2025 — Present

   Actively involved in trading and market analysis of agricultural commodities within a professional proprietary trading environment.Apply a comprehensive analytical framework combining fundamental analysis, seasonality, global macroeconomic factors, and market microstructure to identify high-probability trading opportunities.Analyze supply-demand dynamics, crop cycles, weather patterns, government policies, and global trade flows to form directional and relative value views.Integrate technical analysis with fundamentals to optimize entry, exit, and risk management, ensuring disciplined trade execution.Work with futures, spreads, and inter-commodity structures, focusing on price relationships, carry, and curve dynamics.Continuously monitor global markets and news flow to assess macro and micro-level impacts on agricultural commodities.Maintain a data-driven and performance-oriented approach, emphasizing consistency, risk control, and continuous improvement.Collaborate in a fast-paced trading floor environment, developing market intuition, execution discipline, and decision-making under pressure.

Education

• Scholar English Academy , Surat

  11th and 12th

  2019 — 2021

• Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

  Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Artificial Intelligence