Profession stock trader

Stock traders use their technical expertise of financial markets performance to advise and make recommendations to asset managers or shareholders for a profitable investment strategy, keeping in mind the company’s performance. They use stock market trading operations and deal with a wide array of taxes, commissions and fiscal obligations. Stock traders buy and sell bonds, stocks, futures and shares in hedge funds. They perform detailed micro- and macroeconomic and industry specific technical analysis.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Conventional

Knowledge

• Financial products

  The different types of instruments that apply to the management of cash flow that are available on the market, such as shares, bonds, options or funds.

• Financial markets

  The financial infrastructure which permits trading securities offered by companies and individuals govern by regulatory financial frameworks.

• Actuarial science

  The rules of applying mathematical and statistical techniques to determine potential or existing risks in various industries, such as finance or insurance.

• Securities

  The financial instruments traded in financial markets representing both the right of property over the owner and at the same time, the obligation of payment over the issuer. The aim of securities which is raising capital and hedging risk in financial markets.

• Economics

  Economic principles and practices, financial and commodity markets, banking and the analysis of financial data.

• Financial jurisdiction

  Financial rules and procedures applicable to a certain location, whose regulatory bodies decide on its jurisdiction

• Modern portfolio theory

  The theory of finance that attempts to either maximise the profit of an investment equivalent to the risk taken or to reduce the risk for the expected profit of an investment by judiciously choosing the right combination of financial products.

• Stock market

  The market in which shares of publicly held companies are issued and traded.

Skills

• Trade securities

  Buy or sell tradable financial products such as equity and debt securities on your own account or on behalf of a private customer, corporate customer or credit institution.

• Perform stock valuation

  Analyse, calculate and appraise the value of the stock of a company. Use mathematic and logarithm in order to determine the value in consideration of different variables.

• Analyse economic trends

  Analyse developments in national or international trade, business relations, banking, and developments in public finance and how these factors interact with one another in a given economic context.

• Analyse market financial trends

  Monitor and forecast the tendencies of a financial market to move in a particular direction over time.

• Handle financial transactions

  Administer currencies, financial exchange activities, deposits as well as company and voucher payments. Prepare and manage guest accounts and take payments by cash, credit card and debit card.

• Forecast economic trends

  Gather and analyse economic data in order to predict economic trends and events.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB