Operate financial instruments

Description

Work with financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds and derivatives.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 3 occupations
  • Optional in 14 occupations
  • Total: 17 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 3 (Technicians and associate professionals)

Essential for

  • Energy trader
    Energy traders sell or buy shares of energy, sometimes from different sources. They analyse the energy market and investigate price trends to decide when to buy or sell shares…
  • Financial trader
    Financial traders buy and sell financial products such as assets, shares and bonds for private clients, banks or companies. They monitor the financial markets closely and aim to ma…
  • Mutual fund broker
    Mutual fund brokers handle and raise cash from shareholders in order to invest them in stocks, bonds, and money-market securities. They engage with investors by inquiring about the…

Optional for

  • Foreign exchange trader
    Foreign exchange traders buy and sell foreign currencies to secure a profit on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. They undertake technical analysis of financial information (m…
  • Financial planner
    A financial planner or personal financial planner helps others with their financial issues and planning such as retirement, investments and insurance. They strategise according to …
  • Commodity broker
    Commodity brokers act as intermediary between buyers and sellers of movable and immovable property such as raw materials, livestock or real estate. They negotiate prices and receiv…
  • Bank teller
    Bank tellers deal most frequently with customers of the bank. They promote the banks products and services, and provide information about the customers personal accounts and relate…
  • Financial manager
    Financial managers handle all the matters in reference to the finance and investments of a company. They manage financial operations of companies such as the assets, liabilities, e…
  • Securities underwriter
    Securities underwriters assist an institution in selling and buying debt securities. These securities may include corporate stocks, preferred stock, government bonds and other type…
  • Stock broker
    Stock brokers act on behalf of their individual or institutional clients to buy and sell stocks and other securities. They are in close contact with their clients and ensure…
  • Financial broker
    Financial brokers undertake financial market activities on behalf of their clients. They monitor securities, financial documentation of their clients, market trends and conditions,…
  • Securities broker
    Securities brokers create the connection between the investors and the available investment opportunities. They purchase and sell securities on their clients' behalf based on their…
  • Banking products manager
    Banking products managers study the market of banking products and adapt the existing ones to the characteristics of this evolution or create new products to suit clients needs. Th…
  • Relationship banking manager
    Relationship banking managers retain and expand existing and prospective customer relationships. They use cross-selling techniques to advise and sell various banking and financial …
  • Commodity trader
    Commodity traders use negotiation techniques to sell and buy physical goods and raw materials such as gold, cattle, oil, cotton and wheat on the trading floor. They receive and…
  • Foreign exchange broker
    Foreign exchange brokers buy and sell foreign currencies on behalf of their clients to secure a profit on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. They undertake technical analysis …
  • Futures trader
    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…

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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