Where a financial trader can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a financial trader already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
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.
Also known as securities trader, natural gas financial trader, equity trader, quantitative trader, financial trading expert, financial trading specialist, financial instruments trader, derivatives trader, proprietry options trader, financial trader trainee.
Technicians and associate professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: securities underwriter, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A financial trader needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- cryptocurrency business, administration and law
- offer financial services communication, collaboration and creativity
- operate financial instruments management skills
- provide financial product information communication, collaboration and creativity
- analyse economic trends information skills
- maintain records of financial transactions information skills
- financial jurisdiction business, administration and law
- financial markets business, administration and law
- protect client interests communication, collaboration and creativity
- actuarial science natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a financial trader does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- stock broker 78% covered · difficulty 25.4
- securities broker 77% covered · difficulty 27.1
- financial planner 74% covered · difficulty 29.3
- foreign exchange broker 69% covered · difficulty 34
- financial broker 68% covered · difficulty 35.4
- bank teller 63% covered · difficulty 39.1
- investment fund management assistant 61% covered · difficulty 41.5
- bank account manager 49% covered · difficulty 52.1
- energy trader 46% covered · difficulty 54.6
- post office counter clerk 26% covered · difficulty 71
Look up another occupation
Financial trader is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a financial trader’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.