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Competences — futures trader

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fc81b573-e0ea-4466-8560-c2bb278c314a).

Essential

  • analyse economic trends (skill/competence)
  • analyse financial risk (skill/competence)
  • analyse market financial trends (skill/competence)
  • commercial law (knowledge)
  • economics (knowledge)
  • financial markets (knowledge)
  • forecast economic trends (skill/competence)
  • international trade (knowledge)
  • perform financial risk management in international trade (skill/competence)
  • trade future commodities (skill/competence)

Optional

  • actuarial science (knowledge)
  • banking activities (knowledge)
  • financial forecasting (knowledge)
  • financial jurisdiction (knowledge)
  • financial products (knowledge)
  • international commercial transactions rules (knowledge)
  • international law (knowledge)
  • maintain records of financial transactions (skill/competence)
  • negotiate sale of commodities (skill/competence)
  • negotiate sales contracts (skill/competence)
  • operate financial instruments (skill/competence)
  • securities (knowledge)
  • statistics (knowledge)
  • trace financial transactions (skill/competence)
  • trade securities (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 8 ads, as of 2026-07-12)

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

Hard skills

  • risk management — 75 %
  • futures trading — 50 %
  • portfolio management — 38 %
  • quantitative modeling — 25 %
  • derivative trading — 25 %
  • macroeconomic analysis — 25 %
  • market analysis — 12 %
  • equity trading — 12 %
  • execution strategy — 12 %
  • alpha generation — 12 %
  • data interpretation — 12 %
  • performance evaluation — 12 %
  • post-trade analysis — 12 %
  • post-trade evaluation — 12 %
  • pre-trade analysis — 12 %
  • portfolio performance monitoring — 12 %
  • market structure understanding — 12 %
  • microstructure analysis — 12 %
  • trading strategy design — 12 %
  • trading strategy development — 12 %
  • trading strategy execution — 12 %
  • quantitative trading — 12 %
  • rates trading — 12 %
  • quantitative analysis — 12 %
  • relative value trading — 12 %
  • signal processing — 12 %
  • statistical analysis — 12 %
  • statistical modeling — 12 %
  • strategy development — 12 %

Methods

  • systematic trading — 25 %
  • proprietary trading — 25 %
  • quantitative techniques — 12 %
  • hft — 12 %
  • intraday trading — 12 %
  • low-latency execution — 12 %
  • low-latency trading — 12 %
  • market making — 12 %
  • short-term trading — 12 %
  • relative value strategies — 12 %

Responsibilities

  • strategy development — 38 %
  • research — 25 %
  • risk compliance — 25 %
  • trade execution — 25 %
  • trading futures products — 25 %
  • market analysis — 25 %
  • capital scaling — 25 %
  • idea sharing — 12 %
  • market condition monitoring — 12 %
  • market monitoring — 12 %
  • market opportunity adaptation — 12 %
  • performance optimization — 12 %
  • model development — 12 %
  • model improvement — 12 %
  • news monitoring — 12 %
  • portfolio risk management — 12 %
  • position management — 12 %
  • trading model implementation — 12 %
  • trading activities — 12 %
  • trading book risk management — 12 %
  • team collaboration — 12 %
  • risk management — 12 %
  • trading strategy execution — 12 %
  • trading strategy design — 12 %
  • risk exposure maintenance — 12 %
  • research and analysis — 12 %
  • regulatory compliance — 12 %
  • strategy execution — 12 %
  • strategy implementation — 12 %
  • strategy refinement — 12 %
  • strategy building — 12 %