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Market evidence report — foreign-exchange-trader
Source: 31 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 31), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 14 | 45 % |
| n/a | 13 | 42 % |
| junior | 2 | 6 % |
| lead | 1 | 3 % |
| senior | 1 | 3 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python | 3 | 10 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | risk management | 22 | 71 % |
| 2 | forex trading | 12 | 39 % |
| 3 | crypto trading | 11 | 35 % |
| 4 | technical analysis | 11 | 35 % |
| 5 | price action analysis | 8 | 26 % |
| 6 | market analysis | 6 | 19 % |
| 7 | trading strategy development | 5 | 16 % |
| 8 | trading | 4 | 13 % |
| 9 | foreign exchange trading | 3 | 10 % |
| 10 | trade execution | 3 | 10 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule-based trading | 5 | 16 % |
| 2 | performance-based compensation | 3 | 10 % |
| 3 | rule-based trading systems | 3 | 10 % |
| 4 | structured training | 3 | 10 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trade execution | 9 | 29 % |
| 2 | performance tracking | 8 | 26 % |
| 3 | day trading | 7 | 23 % |
| 4 | trade review | 7 | 23 % |
| 5 | system refinement | 6 | 19 % |
| 6 | market monitoring | 5 | 16 % |
| 7 | profit generation | 3 | 10 % |
| 8 | profit maximization | 3 | 10 % |
| 9 | strategy implementation | 3 | 10 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 31 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
31 ads.
Top hard skills:
- risk management — 71 % (22 ads)
- forex trading — 39 % (12 ads)
- crypto trading — 35 % (11 ads)
- technical analysis — 35 % (11 ads)
- price action analysis — 26 % (8 ads)
- market analysis — 19 % (6 ads)
- trading strategy development — 16 % (5 ads)
- trading — 13 % (4 ads)
- foreign exchange trading — 10 % (3 ads)
- trade execution — 10 % (3 ads)
Top tools:
- Python — 10 % (3 ads)
- Bloomberg — 6 % (2 ads)
- MetaTrader 4/5 — 6 % (2 ads)
- TradingView — 6 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 45 % · n/a 42 % · junior 6 % · lead 3 % · senior 3 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Experienced Trader | 2 |
| Forex & Crypto Trader - Remote - Entry Level | 2 |
| Forex Trader | 2 |
| Associate Trader/Trader | 1 |
| Entry Level Forex Trader | 1 |
| Entry Level Proprietary Trader Positions | 1 |
| Foreign Exchange Spot Trader - Associate | 1 |
| Foreign Exchange Trader – Proprietary Firm – Washington, DC Area | 1 |
| Foreign Exchange Trader, Specialist | 1 |
| Forex Trader - Funded Up to $400K | 1 |
| Forex Trading Career - No Capital Required | 1 |
| Funded Day Trader: Trade Forex & Crypto Remotely | 1 |
| Funded Forex & Crypto Day Trader Remote | 1 |
| Funded Forex Trading Career - Indian Trail, NC | 1 |
| Funded Trader: Remote Forex & Crypto, 60-90% Profit Split | 1 |
| G10 Foreign Exchange (FX) Trader | 1 |
| GFX Forwards Trader | 1 |
| Head of Dealing Desk– FX/CFD Brokerage | 1 |
| Part-Time or Full-Time Forex Trader | Des Moines, IA |
| Professional Forex Trader | 1 |
| Professional Forex Trader - Idaho | 1 |
| Professional Funded Trader | Milwaukee, WI |
| Quantitative Trader/ Portfolio Manager - Futures & FX | 1 |
| Remote Funded Forex Trader - Performance-Based Pay | 1 |
| Remote FX & Crypto Portfolio Trader – Washington, DC Area | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.