Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

foreign exchange tradertostock trader

A foreign exchange trader already meets 67% of what the stock trader role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From foreign exchange trader
67%
Overlap1
To stock trader
18 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
34.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

67%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

34.7/ 100

1 Share of the stock trader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the foreign exchange trader profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A stock trader role treats 13 of its required skills as things a foreign exchange trader already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • actuarial science
  • analyse economic trends
  • analyse market financial trends
  • economics
  • financial jurisdiction
  • financial markets

What stands in the way is 3 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A stock trader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a foreign exchange trader background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held trade securities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform stock valuation information skills
  • already held forecast economic trends information skills
  • already held stock market business, administration and law
  • already held analyse economic trends information skills
  • already held trace financial transactions information skills

All 18 carried skills, including the 13 the stock trader role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 15 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 business, administration and law 2 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held asset management required
  • required, not held modern portfolio theory required
  • optional, not held cryptocurrency optional
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
02 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held trading software required
03 information skills 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held examine credit ratings optional
  • optional, not held maintain financial records optional
  • optional, not held obtain financial information optional
  • optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
04 management skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held create a financial plan optional
  • optional, not held develop investment portfolio optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held provide financial product information optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a stock trader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 18 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held actuarial science knowledge
  • already held analyse economic trends skill
  • already held analyse market financial trends skill
  • already held economics knowledge
  • already held financial jurisdiction knowledge
  • already held financial markets knowledge
  • already held financial products knowledge
  • already held forecast economic trends skill
  • already held handle financial transactions skill
  • already held perform stock valuation skill
  • already held securities knowledge
  • already held stock market knowledge
  • already held trade securities skill
  • already held accounting knowledge
  • already held advise on financial matters skill
  • already held banking activities knowledge
  • already held statistics knowledge
  • already held trace financial transactions skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held cryptocurrency optional
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held create a financial plan optional
  • optional, not held develop investment portfolio optional
  • optional, not held examine credit ratings optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held maintain financial records optional
  • optional, not held obtain financial information optional
  • optional, not held provide financial product information optional
  • optional, not held synthesise financial information optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
11 held skills the stock trader role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse financial risk skill
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role foreign valuta knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international trade knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain records of financial transactions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock market skill
  • not needed by the target role operate financial instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role perform financial risk management in international trade skill
  • not needed by the target role trade foreign currencies skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held trading software required
  • required, not held asset management required
  • required, not held modern portfolio theory required
  • optional, not held cryptocurrency optional
  • optional, not held fundamental analysis optional
  • optional, not held holding company activities optional
  • optional, not held funding methods optional
  • optional, not held tax legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from foreign exchange trader

Full index of moves from foreign exchange trader

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.