Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a foreign exchange broker can go next

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

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.

Technicians and associate professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: commodity trader, 79%

commodity trader 79% covered stock broker 75% covered mutual fund broker 74% covered financial trader 69% covered stock trader 69% covered foreign exchange broker You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from foreign exchange broker. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a foreign exchange broker 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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foreign exchange broker is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a foreign exchange broker 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.