# Competences — foreign exchange trader

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/05a06850-d465-481e-9d68-792d4ad1da3e).

## 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)
- **forecast economic trends** (skill/competence)
- **foreign valuta** (knowledge)
- **handle financial transactions** (skill/competence)
- **manage financial risk** (skill/competence)
- **perform financial risk management in international trade** (skill/competence)
- **trade foreign currencies** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- accounting (knowledge)
- actuarial science (knowledge)
- advise on financial matters (skill/competence)
- banking activities (knowledge)
- financial products (knowledge)
- international commercial transactions rules (knowledge)
- international trade (knowledge)
- maintain records of financial transactions (skill/competence)
- monitor stock market (skill/competence)
- operate financial instruments (skill/competence)
- perform stock valuation (skill/competence)
- securities (knowledge)
- statistics (knowledge)
- stock market (knowledge)
- trace financial transactions (skill/competence)
- trade securities (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 31 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

### Hard skills

- risk management — **71 %**
- forex trading — **39 %**
- crypto trading — **35 %**
- technical analysis — **35 %**
- price action analysis — **26 %**
- market analysis — **19 %**

### Responsibilities

- trade execution — **29 %**
- performance tracking — **26 %**
- day trading — **23 %**
- trade review — **23 %**
- system refinement — **19 %**

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