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Where a foreign exchange trader can go next

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

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.

Highest coverage recorded: 80%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 5difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 29required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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foreign exchange trader 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 trader 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.