Occupation Atlasforeign exchange broker
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fadb09c5-db84-4240-9fd6-68b4c0abeed5
foreign exchange broker
Foreign exchange brokers buy and sell foreign currencies on behalf of their clients in order to secure a profit on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. They undertake technical analysis of economic information such as market liquidity and volatility, to predict the future rates of currencies on the foreign exchange market.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.08
- C Conventional5.27
- S Social3.07
- I Investigative2.53
- A Artistic1.29
- R Realistic1.26
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (41-3031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (13)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise on financial matters
- analyse economic trends
- analyse financial risk
- analyse market financial trends
- apply technical communication skills
- commercial law
- economics
- financial jurisdiction
- financial markets
- forecast economic trends
- foreign valuta
- perform financial risk management in international trade
- trade foreign currencies
Optional (22)
- accounting
- actuarial science
- banking activities
- build business relationships
- communicate with banking professionals
- financial products
- handle financial transactions
- international commercial transactions rules
- international trade
- maintain records of financial transactions
- monitor stock market
- negotiate with stakeholders
- operate financial instruments
- perform stock valuation
- protect client interests
- provide financial product information
- review investment portfolios
- securities
- statistics
- stock market
- trace financial transactions
- trade securities
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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