Futures Trader
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 1
- Major group
- Professionals
Classification
- Major group
- 2Professionals
- Sub-major group
- 22Business, Human Resource and Marketing Professionals
- Unit group
- 2222Financial Dealers
Description
Buys and sells commodity futures on behalf of clients. Registration or licensing is required.
Unit group
2222 · Financial DealersDescription
UNIT GROUP 2222 FINANCIAL DEALERS FINANCIAL DEALERS conduct financial market transactions on behalf of clients.
Skill level
Australia
Bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1)
New Zealand
NZQF Diploma, or at least three years of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 2) In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification. Registration or licensing is required.
Occupation skill level 1
Tasks
Tasks include
- obtaining information on securities, market conditions, government regulations and financial circumstances of clients
- interpreting data from securities reports, financial periodicals and stock-quotation viewer screens
- analysing financial markets and financial market products
- providing information and offering advice on financial market matters, market conditions and the history and prospects of corporations
- executing buy and sell orders in the market place on behalf of clients
- relaying trade information to clients such as the number of contracts bought and sold and the price
- monitoring futures prices and market changes, and bidding for commodity futures contracts
- recording and transmitting buy and sell orders
- calculating and recording costs of transactions