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futures trader

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Description

Futures traders undertake daily trading activities in the futures trading market by buying and selling futures contracts. They speculate on the futures contracts' direction, trying to make a profit by buying futures contracts they foresee to rise in price and sell contracts they foresee to fall in price.

EssentialOptional

Theoretical Knowledge

economicsfinancial marketsinternational tradecommercial lawfinancial jurisdictionbanking activitiessecuritiesfinancial productsinternational commercial transactions rulesactuarial sciencestatisticsinternational lawfinancial forecasting

Practical Skills

analyse financial riskanalyse economic trendsforecast economic trendstrade future commoditiesperform financial risk management in international tradeanalyse market financial trendsmaintain records of financial transactionsnegotiate sale of commoditiesoperate financial instrumentsnegotiate sales contractstrace financial transactionstrade securities

Data Source: ESCO v1.2.1 Classification · European Commission

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EUPortugal GovAmadora City

Incubated by

Amadora InovaIAPMEI

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