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

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

Securities traders purchase and sell securities such as stocks, bonds and shares on their own account or on their employers account based on their expertise in the financial markets. They monitor the performance of the securities traded, assessing their stability or speculative tendencies. They record and file all securities transactions and take care of their financial documents.

Technicians and associate professionals 38 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: stock trader, 80%

stock trader 80% covered securities broker 80% covered securities underwriter 75% covered stock broker 71% covered securities analyst 68% covered securities trader You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from securities trader. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a securities 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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securities 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 securities 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.