Karim developed a passion for trading early in his university years, where he acquired heavy mentorship from highly skilled professional traders that enabled him to explore and engage in different trading styles and strategies (from high frequency trading, to day trading, to swing trading..) across a variety of assets, that ultimately fed into a deep believe that risk management is the ultimate key to success.

Throughout his career, Karim was exposed to a diverse set of roles in the financial industry, giving him insight on the whole business workflow while engaging with different players, thus enabling him to better understand each trader’s distinctive needs.

Karim holds a degree in Economics from the American University of Beirut and has achieved certification as a financial risk manager through the global association of risk professionals. Additionally, he has demonstrated his proficiency by successfully passing both the CFA level I and the Chartered Market Technician level II examinations.