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49 lines
1.8 KiB
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name: futures-trader
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'futures trader' (also: spreader, futures contracts manager, arbitrageur). Use when the user asks for typical futures trader work such as: typical futures trader responsibilities"
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# Futures Trader
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Futures traders undertake daily trading activities in the futures trading market by buying and selling futures contracts. They speculate on the futures contracts' direction, trying to make a profit by buying futures contracts they foresee to rise in price and sell contracts they foresee to fall in price.
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## Core workflow
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- analyse economic trends
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- analyse financial risk
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- analyse market financial trends
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- commercial law
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- economics
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- financial markets
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- forecast economic trends
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- international trade
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- perform financial risk management in international trade
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- trade future commodities
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## Hot technologies
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- C++
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- Linux
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- Microsoft Access
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Microsoft Office software
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- Microsoft SharePoint
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- Microsoft Visual Basic
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- Microsoft Windows
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---
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fc81b573-e0ea-4466-8560-c2bb278c314a), O*NET 30.3 (41-3031.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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