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1.7 KiB

Competences — commodity trader

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e4cdfa86-c3b1-41f1-a4e2-384c73d03bd3).

Essential

  • analyse economic trends (skill/competence)
  • analyse financial risk (skill/competence)
  • analyse market financial trends (skill/competence)
  • commercial law (knowledge)
  • economics (knowledge)
  • financial jurisdiction (knowledge)
  • financial markets (knowledge)
  • handle financial transactions (skill/competence)
  • international trade (knowledge)
  • negotiate sale of commodities (skill/competence)
  • negotiate with stakeholders (skill/competence)
  • perform financial risk management in international trade (skill/competence)
  • trading software (knowledge)

Optional

  • actuarial science (knowledge)
  • banking activities (knowledge)
  • financial forecasting (knowledge)
  • financial products (knowledge)
  • forecast economic trends (skill/competence)
  • international business (knowledge)
  • international commercial transactions rules (knowledge)
  • maintain records of financial transactions (skill/competence)
  • negotiate buying conditions (skill/competence)
  • negotiate price (skill/competence)
  • negotiate sales contracts (skill/competence)
  • operate financial instruments (skill/competence)
  • statistics (knowledge)
  • trace financial transactions (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 19 ads, as of 2026-07-10)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • risk management — 63 %
  • market analysis — 42 %
  • trade execution — 21 %

Responsibilities

  • market monitoring — 16 %