We’re joined by Jamaal Ghauri, a trader and fund manager who began his journey unusually early — first exposed to crypto markets as a teenager during Bitcoin’s early adoption phase, before moving into stocks and eventually options.

Jamal walks through the full arc of his development as a trader: early overconfidence, aggressive options bets, a rapid run-up followed by a major drawdown, and the hard lessons that ultimately forced him to rethink risk, position sizing, and process. From there, he explains how he rebuilt by focusing on more structured setups, volatility awareness, and consistency over time.

We discuss the evolution of his core strategies — including swing trades, breakout-style setups, and short-term options structures — and how those approaches are now applied within a multi-strategy fund he launched in 2025. Jamal also shares how he thinks about trade distribution, win rates versus loss severity, and why discipline and risk management ultimately mattered more than finding the “perfect” setup.

As always, this conversation is about understanding how a trader thinks, how strategies evolve over time, and how real-world risk shows up differently than it does on paper.

Links + Resources:

Connect with Jamaal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamaal-ghauri-282947172/

Time Stamps:

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00:00 – Intro and Background

02:37 – Early Interest in Financial Markets

07:08 – Transition to Stock Trading

08:46 – Early Stock Trading Experiences

09:37 – Shift to Options Trading

10:32 – Learning Options Trading

11:22 – Developing a Trading Strategy

14:51 – First Successful Trades

19:04 – Account Growth and Setbacks

21:00 – Impact of the COVID Crash

32:06 – New Trading Strategies Post-Crash

37:24 – Becoming Profitable

38:22 – Performance in 2022 and 2023

41:07 – Establishing a Hedge Fund

44:40 – Hedge Fund Strategies

50:34 – Current Challenges and Advice

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Trading in the financial markets involves a risk of loss. Podcast episodes and other content produced by Chat With Traders are for informational or educational purposes only and do not constitute trading or investment recommendations or advice.

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