Foreign exchange broker
Code 3311.2.1
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.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- commercial law
- financial jurisdiction
- foreign valuta
- economics
- financial markets
Skills and competences
- analyse economic trends
- analyse market financial trends
- apply technical communication skills
- trade foreign currencies
- perform financial risk management in international trade
- forecast economic trends
Transversal competences
- analyse financial risk
- advise on financial matters
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences