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Jarreau: How One Trader Transformed His Life and Strategy

In this article
  1. A Journey of Optimization and Automation
  2. The Business Approach to Trading
  3. Trend-Following Strategy: Catching Swings and Managing Risks
  4. The Realities of Automation in Trading
  5. Wisdom and Inspiration for Traders

A Journey of Optimization and Automation

In this insightful interview, we meet a remarkable trader who has successfully automated his trading strategy, allowing him to maintain a balanced life while still pursuing his passion for trading.

The journey began as a quest to eliminate human error and optimize trading processes. With a background in management and entrepreneurship, he approached trading with a business mindset, determined to create a system that would enable him to spend more time with his son while achieving consistent profits.https://youtu.be/QUGJNJN0aLg

FieldDetails
ProgramCTI Evaluation Programme
ResultPASSED ✅ (7% Profit Target)
Trader TypeAutomated Trader (Expert Advisor / EA)
Key StrategyFully Automated EA System; 20 mins/day management
Win Rate~70%
Total Trades261 trades
Profit Factor1.46
Validation✅ Validated by CTI Risk Team

The Business Approach to Trading

Initially, he began by using Excel to automate calculations, gradually evolving his system into a fully automated trading setup. This automation allowed him to manage multiple accounts simultaneously, maintaining the same quality of trades across the board. His strategy, a trend-following and trend-catching approach, is designed to capitalize on market swings, with an emphasis on protecting capital during drawdowns.

Trend-Following Strategy: Catching Swings and Managing Risks

One of the key takeaways from his story is the importance of treating trading as a business. He stresses that automation isn’t about making money in your sleep but about optimizing processes to reduce human error and manage risk effectively. By focusing on what he excels at—management and business optimization—he has created a profitable system that supports the life he envisions for himself.

The Realities of Automation in Trading

For those considering automation, he advises approaching it with a clear understanding of what you want the system to achieve and being prepared to put in the necessary work to develop a reliable, tested strategy. His experience with City Traders Imperium (CTI) has been overwhelmingly positive, citing the firm’s trustworthy environment, supportive services, and reliable payouts as key factors in his success.

Wisdom and Inspiration for Traders

This interview is a powerful reminder that success in trading comes not only from technical skill but also from the ability to optimize processes, manage risks, and maintain the right mindset.

Scott Geekie
Scott Geekie
Chief Marketing Officer | CMO
8+ years prop trading industry experience.

Scott Geekie is CTI’s Chief Marketing Officer, focused on growth and retention in prop trading. He has spent 8+ years inside the model — progressing from trader to intern, client relations, marketing manager and now CMO, a path that spans the full trader lifecycle: who a firm attracts, how traders behave once funded, and what actually drives long-term retention rather than short-term spikes. That perspective shapes how CTI grows: deliberate about who it brings in, attentive to behaviour beyond conversion metrics, and mindful that in this model small changes compound quickly. Scott is Certified in Content Marketing, SEO and AEO, and is the author of ‘The Trader in the Chair: A Story for Anyone Who’s Bled Quietly at the Charts.’