Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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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.

Technicians and associate professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: securities underwriter, 80%

securities underwriter 80% covered securities trader 80% covered stock trader 77% covered financial broker 76% covered stock broker 75% covered financial trader You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from financial trader. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a financial trader already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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financial trader is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a financial trader already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.