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 to make a profit by buying futures contracts they foresee to rise in price and sell contracts they foresee to fall in price.

The most in-demand skills for this role include international trade, economics, financial markets, commercial law, analyse market financial trends, perform financial risk management in international trade. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives futures trader a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.