Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a futures trader can go next

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

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.

Also known as spreader, futures contracts manager, arbitrageur.

Technicians and associate professionals 25 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: commodity trader, 77%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
commodity trader 77% covered foreign exchange trader 69% covered securities underwriter 65% covered commodity broker 63% covered foreign exchange broker 62% covered futures trader You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from futures trader, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a futures trader already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A futures trader needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • trade future commodities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • forecast economic trends information skills
  • international trade business, administration and law
  • analyse economic trends information skills
  • commercial law business, administration and law
  • financial markets business, administration and law
  • economics social sciences, journalism and information
  • analyse market financial trends information skills
  • analyse financial risk information skills
  • perform financial risk management in international trade information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a futures trader does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Futures 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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a futures 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.