Reporting Agent Training & Examination

The Trader Examination and Trader Examination for Licensed Traders can be retaken any number of times (rebook each time). The Trader Examination for Licensed Senior Traders with > 5 years of professional experience can be retaken 3 times. There is no need for the Licensed Senior Traders to rebook the exam. The login details will remain valid.

Further details of the modules for each exam can be found under Preparatory Documentation.

SIX Swiss Exchange  offers preparatory courses covering the relevant topics for all four exams. We recommend that Senior Traders > 5 years of professional experience take the training course for Licensed Traders (Trading module). These courses can be provided on site as required.

30 selected questions from the actual exam are available in the form of a self-study test.

The exams can be taken in English and German.

Participants

Once the trader/reporting agent is signed up for the exam, the responsible Head Exam (Compliance Officer) at the participant company receives the login details needed for the trader/reporting agent to take the exam. The Compliance Officer is responsible for the proper handling of the exam. SIX Swiss Exchange sends the licence directly to the trader/reporting agent (cc: Head Exam) by e-mail once the exam is passed.

Reporting Members
At the premises of SIX in Zurich.

The multiple-choice exam is taken online using a computer at the participant's premises. The result is shown online at the end of the exam.

Evidence of sufficient specialist knowledge is deemed supplied if the trader has passed the Trader Examination; Should the trader re-register at a later date, the evidence that was previously supplied will be recognised if no more than two years have elapsed since the previous registration was surrendered. Once this two-year period has elapsed, the trader must supply evidence of his specialist knowledge by passing the examination for Licensed Traders.

Evidence of sufficient specialist knowledge is deemed supplied if the reporting agent has passed the examination; Should the reporting agent re-register at a later date, the evidence that was previously supplied will be recognized if no more than two years have elapsed since the previous registration was surrendered. Once this two-year period has elapsed, the reporting agent must supply evidence of his specialist knowledge by passing the examination for Reporting Agents.