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Overview
Futures traders carry out trading activity in futures markets, using market analysis and financial forecasting to decide when to buy, sell or manage open positions.
In job descriptions, look for futures contracts, financial markets, securities, commodities, risk analysis, transaction records, economic trends, forecasting, trading systems and sales-contract negotiation.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Futures traders monitor contracts, prices, economic signals and open positions during active market hours. The work is fast, numerical and tied to risk limits, transaction records and market liquidity.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes futures contracts, commodities or securities, financial forecasting, statistics, economic trends, risk analysis, trading instruments and accurate records of financial transactions.
Salary context
Pay is likely to reflect product scope, permitted risk, trading performance model, seniority, regulatory responsibility and whether the role includes client negotiation or portfolio risk duties.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior trading, risk management, market analysis, portfolio roles, commodities specialization, trading operations leadership or financial product strategy.
Good to know
Read adverts for the exact instruments and risk mandate. Strong futures roles should name contracts, markets, products, reporting expectations and the systems used to record trades.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for futures trading, not official labour-market statistics or pay data.
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Occupation group
financial trader (3311.3)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/fc81b573-e0ea-4466-8560-c2bb278c314a |
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| ESCO code | 3311.3.3 |
| ISCO group | 3311 |
| Concept type | Occupation |