From foreign exchange broker to foreign exchange trader
11 of the 13 essential skills of a foreign exchange trader are already essential for a foreign exchange broker — about 85% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from foreign exchange broker in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 2
- would be new
- 85%
- of the target job covered
- 13
- essential skills of a foreign exchange trader
What a foreign exchange trader does
Foreign exchange traders buy and sell foreign currencies in order to secure a profit on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. They undertake technical analysis of economic information (market liquidity and volatility ) to predict the future rates of currencies on the foreign exchange market. They trade on their own name or for their employers.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
2 skillsEssential for a foreign exchange trader and not for a foreign exchange broker. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
← foreign exchange brokerforeign exchange trader →The other way round
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How far are you from being a foreign exchange trader?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.