2.0 KiB
2.0 KiB
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)
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 %