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2.0 KiB

Competences — financial trader

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/60bc7374-9fa1-4bbd-b936-2676fca0bfb6).

Essential

  • actuarial science (knowledge)
  • advise on financial matters (skill/competence)
  • analyse economic trends (skill/competence)
  • analyse market financial trends (skill/competence)
  • communicate with customers (skill/competence)
  • cryptocurrency (knowledge)
  • economics (knowledge)
  • financial jurisdiction (knowledge)
  • financial markets (knowledge)
  • financial products (knowledge)
  • handle financial transactions (skill/competence)
  • maintain records of financial transactions (skill/competence)
  • obtain financial information (skill/competence)
  • offer financial services (skill/competence)
  • operate financial instruments (skill/competence)
  • protect client interests (skill/competence)
  • provide financial product information (skill/competence)

Optional

  • advise on investment (skill/competence)
  • assess risks of clients' assets (skill/competence)
  • banking activities (knowledge)
  • communicate with banking professionals (skill/competence)
  • create a financial plan (skill/competence)
  • develop investment portfolio (skill/competence)
  • forecast economic trends (skill/competence)
  • fundamental analysis (knowledge)
  • investment analysis (knowledge)
  • make investment decisions (skill/competence)
  • manage financial risk (skill/competence)
  • modern portfolio theory (knowledge)
  • monitor stock market (skill/competence)
  • perform stock valuation (skill/competence)
  • review investment portfolios (skill/competence)
  • securities (knowledge)
  • stock market (knowledge)
  • trade securities (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 39 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

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

Hard skills

  • risk management — 46 %
  • market analysis — 23 %
  • data analysis — 21 %