Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a foreign exchange trader can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a foreign exchange trader already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Foreign exchange traders buy and sell foreign currencies in order to secure a profit on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. They undertake technical analysis of economic information (market liquidity and volatility ) to predict the future rates of currencies on the foreign exchange market. They trade on their own name or for their employers.

Technicians and associate professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: securities underwriter, 80%

securities underwriter 80% covered commodity trader 74% covered stock trader 67% covered securities broker 65% covered mutual fund broker 62% covered foreign exchange trader You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from foreign exchange trader. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a foreign exchange 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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foreign exchange trader is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a foreign exchange 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.