Occupation Atlasfinancial trader
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/60bc7374-9fa1-4bbd-b936-2676fca0bfb6
financial trader
Financial traders buy and sell financial products such as assets, shares and bonds for private clients, banks or companies. They monitor the financial markets closely and aim to maximise profit and to minimise risk through their transactions.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.08
- C Conventional5.27
- S Social3.07
- I Investigative2.53
- A Artistic1.29
- R Realistic1.26
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (41-3031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- actuarial science
- advise on financial matters
- analyse economic trends
- analyse market financial trends
- communicate with customers
- cryptocurrency
- economics
- financial jurisdiction
- financial markets
- financial products
- handle financial transactions
- maintain records of financial transactions
- obtain financial information
- offer financial services
- operate financial instruments
- protect client interests
- provide financial product information
Optional (18)
- advise on investment
- assess risks of clients' assets
- banking activities
- communicate with banking professionals
- create a financial plan
- develop investment portfolio
- forecast economic trends
- fundamental analysis
- investment analysis
- make investment decisions
- manage financial risk
- modern portfolio theory
- monitor stock market
- perform stock valuation
- review investment portfolios
- securities
- stock market
- trade securities
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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