# Competences — foreign exchange broker

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fadb09c5-db84-4240-9fd6-68b4c0abeed5).

## Essential

- **advise on financial matters** (skill/competence)
- **analyse economic trends** (skill/competence)
- **analyse financial risk** (skill/competence)
- **analyse market financial trends** (skill/competence)
- **apply technical communication skills** (skill/competence)
- **commercial law** (knowledge)
- **economics** (knowledge)
- **financial jurisdiction** (knowledge)
- **financial markets** (knowledge)
- **forecast economic trends** (skill/competence)
- **foreign valuta** (knowledge)
- **perform financial risk management in international trade** (skill/competence)
- **trade foreign currencies** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- accounting (knowledge)
- actuarial science (knowledge)
- banking activities (knowledge)
- build business relationships (skill/competence)
- communicate with banking professionals (skill/competence)
- financial products (knowledge)
- handle financial transactions (skill/competence)
- international commercial transactions rules (knowledge)
- international trade (knowledge)
- maintain records of financial transactions (skill/competence)
- monitor stock market (skill/competence)
- negotiate with stakeholders (skill/competence)
- operate financial instruments (skill/competence)
- perform stock valuation (skill/competence)
- protect client interests (skill/competence)
- provide financial product information (skill/competence)
- review investment portfolios (skill/competence)
- securities (knowledge)
- statistics (knowledge)
- stock market (knowledge)
- trace financial transactions (skill/competence)
- trade securities (skill/competence)
