James Sahota

Roles, education and skills

Experience

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Roles

April 2026 – Present

Chicago, IL

Student-led research organisation

6:05 Markets

Co-Founder & Co-President

  • Co-founded and manage a markets-research organisation of 40+ members, including 25+ analysts across nine sector teams.
  • Set analyst responsibilities, editorial standards and publication processes, overseeing weekly research across energy, commodities and macroeconomics.
  • Lead oil-and-gas research on supply disruptions and pricing, using scenarios to connect geopolitical and macroeconomic developments with energy markets.
  • Built the website, report templates and publication infrastructure. Across its work, 6:05 Markets has generated 130,000+ impressions and 22,000+ click-throughs.
Research published with 6:05 Markets

October 2026 – Present

Chicago, IL

Research contribution

Energy Flux

Research Contributor

  • Investigating why Henry Hub natural gas prices have remained subdued despite record US LNG feedgas demand.
  • Developing independently authored research for publication, working directly with the founder of Energy Flux.

July – September 2026

London, UK

Internship

HBL Bank UK

Wealth Management Intern, Wealth Services

  • Produced market outlooks covering equities, rates, FX and commodities.
  • Benchmarked custody, dealing and FX charges against UK private banks and investment platforms for a Consumer Duty fair-value assessment.
  • Supported the HBL Wealth launch and rebrand by creating client brochures, presentations and execution-only market materials.
  • Analysed Pakistani capital gains tax, FIFO loss allocation and Super Tax in omnibus accounts; built calculation tools and assessed operational solutions.

January – April 2026

Chicago, IL

Student organisation

UChicago Commodities

Head of Energy & Wall Street Oasis Partnership Lead

  • Led three analysts producing weekly oil-and-gas research that generated 10,000+ aggregate impressions.
  • Delivered oil-market training to 25 members and managed the club’s Wall Street Oasis partnership.

Independent project

July 2026 – Present

Independent project

AI Commodities Research & Forecasting System

A multi-agent research system that turns scheduled EIA releases into scenario forecasts and point-in-time backtests of hypothetical positions in energy futures, ETFs and equities, after transaction costs and risk controls.

Education

Expected May 2029

Chicago, IL

The University of Chicago

B.S. Mathematics and B.A. Economics

Leadership and activities
Judo Club Vice President; Italian Student Association President

2020 – 2025

London, UK

St Paul’s School

A-levels: Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy

Leadership and activities
Judo Club Captain; Co-Chief Editor, Philosophy Magazine

Selected coursework

University of Chicago

Completed

  • Calculus III
  • Introduction to Proofs in Analysis
  • Abstract Linear Algebra
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics

In progress

  • Analysis in Rⁿ I
  • Trading from Game Theory
  • Financial Accounting

Skills

Data and tools

Backtesting with point-in-time data and transaction costs, financial-data integration, multi-agent research workflows and Excel. I use AI coding tools to build and test research systems, with checks on the calculations.

Languages: English and Italian (fluent), Spanish (conversational).

Awards and athletics

Awards

  • British Physics Olympiad (Top 650)
  • UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Gold

Athletics

  • 2019 Aikido World Championships quarter-finalist (Pairs Kata)
  • Two-time Essex Aikido Championships gold medallist
  • HMC Independent Schools U50kg judo champion
  • Two-time English Open U57.5kg BJJ silver medallist