stock trader
Stock traders use their technical expertise of financial markets performance to advise and make recommendations to asset managers or shareholders for a profitable investment strategy, keeping in mind the company’s performance. They use stock market trading operations and deal with a wide array of taxes, commissions and fiscal obligations. Stock traders buy and sell bonds, stocks, futures and shares in hedge funds. They perform detailed micro- and macroeconomic and industry specific technical analysis.
Also called: equity trader, stock exchange floor trader, investment dealer
- 16
- essential skills
- 17
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
16- actuarial science
- analyse economic trends
- analyse market financial trends
- asset management
- economics
- financial jurisdiction
- financial markets
- financial products
- forecast economic trends
- handle financial transactions
- modern portfolio theory
- perform stock valuation
- securities
- stock market
- trade securities
- trading software
Optional skills
17- accounting
- advise on financial matters
- banking activities
- create a financial plan
- cryptocurrency
- develop investment portfolio
- examine credit ratings
- fundamental analysis
- funding methods
- holding company activities
- maintain financial records
- obtain financial information
- provide financial product information
- statistics
- synthesise financial information
- tax legislation
- trace financial transactions
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