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# 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)
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## 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 %**
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