At IG since: 2017

In the financial sector since: 2015

Preferred trading style / specialization:

Scalping and day trading, swing trading, dividend stocks, ETFs, and option writing strategies.

Career highlight:

Salah-Eddine Bouhmidi developed the Bouhmidi Bands, a volatility indicator successfully applied across multiple asset classes. This project demonstrated how statistical research can be transformed into a practical tool for traders. The combination of science and real-market application has remained a guiding principle of his work ever since.

Favorite finance book:

Markets & Market Logic by Jim Dalton – a book that significantly shaped his understanding of market structure and price development. It explains how market movements arise from the interaction of time, price, and volume—an approach that continues to form the foundation of his trading analysis.

Professional Background

Beyond strategy and analysis, the correct product selection plays a central role in execution—particularly in derivatives trading. Salah-Eddine Bouhmidi is a recognized derivatives specialist with extensive experience in futures, options, CFDs, knock-out products, as well as traditional equities and ETFs.

Industry Recognition

Salah-Eddine Bouhmidi is a highly sought-after capital markets analyst with regular appearances on television, radio, and in the press both domestically and internationally, including ARD, n-tv, Welt TV, Bloomberg, BBC, and De Telegraaf. His in-depth analyses and market commentary are frequently cited in leading financial and economic media, helping to make complex market movements accessible to a broad audience.

Publications

• Co-author of the book “Wohin fließt das Geld?”
• Bouhmidi Bands: Tracking Implied Volatility

Conferences

Regular speaker at national and international financial fairs and trading events in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Austria, where he shares practical market knowledge and strategies with a broad audience.

Education

Master of Science in Economics, specializing in quantitative methods and capital market theory. Throughout his academic and professional career, Salah-Eddine Bouhmidi has focused intensively on empirical research in technical analysis, volatility models, and systematic trading strategies. He is a member of the Association of Technical Analysts of Germany (VTAD) and actively engages in professional exchange on new developments in market analysis.

*Salah-Eddine Bouhmidi is an employee of IG Group and not of IG Bank S.A.