Hedge Fund Manager. Trader. Builder.

I trade
opportunities.
Not predictions.

My journey sits at the intersection of markets and technology — using discipline, systems, and patience to capture opportunities across global markets.

Ahsan Farooq

Ahsan Farooq

CEO, Aravance Capital

Hedge Fund Manager

Managing personal and investor capital

Trader

Global Equities · Crypto · Commodities · Arbitrage

The Firm

Aravance Capital

Aravance Capital is an independent trading and investment practice built around discipline, systems and risk management — not around predictions. It exists to manage personal and investor capital across global equities, crypto and commodities, using a repeatable, process-driven approach rather than one-off bets.

Based

Pakistan

Focus

Global markets

Approach

Systematic & risk-first

My Journey

From Code to Markets.

A journey of building, struggling, learning, and eventually finding a repeatable way to approach markets.

  1. 2021–2023

    Software Engineering

    Frontend development — React, Vue.js, dashboards and data visualization.

  2. 2022

    Entering Crypto Markets

    Started trading crypto. Emotion, not strategy, drove the early years.

  3. 2023–2024

    The Turning Point

    Buy into major crashes, exit into the bounce — focused on BTC, ETH, SOL.

  4. 2025

    Expanding Beyond Crypto

    Moved into US equities and global markets — Korea, Japan and beyond.

  5. Now

    Markets + Capital + Technology

    Trading global markets while building the technology behind the process.

Still learning. Still building. Still trading.

Markets I Trade

Global. Diverse. Opportunistic.

I look for opportunity where price, structure and market conditions create an attractive risk/reward.

US Equities

Daily

Crypto

Daily

KR

South Korea

Daily

JP

Japan

Daily

Commodities

Daily

Also Follow

HKHong Kong
TWTaiwan
CNChina
BRBrazil

Occasionally

Approach

Structure beats prediction.

No need to predict the market.

I focus on waiting for the right conditions rather than forcing trades. Discipline and patience matter as much as finding the opportunity itself.

01

Opportunity

Find meaningful dislocations rather than chase noise.

02

Risk

Capital preservation comes before maximizing returns.

03

Patience

Wait for the market to create the opportunity.

Low risk. Defined thinking. Patient execution.

Technology

Building the tools behind the process.

Software engineering gave me more than the ability to write code. It taught me how to think in systems, break complex problems down, work with data and build processes that scale.

  • Trading tools
  • Arbitrage bots
  • Market-data systems
  • Automation
  • Investor reporting
  • Performance tracking

The Foundation

Before markets, there was code.

My background in software engineering shaped the way I approach markets — analytically, systematically and with a strong focus on building tools rather than simply using them.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology · 2021–2025

ReactJS Vue.js Data Visualization API Integration Interactive Dashboards Large Dataset Handling

Experience

Editorial record, not a résumé.

CEO — Aravance Capital

Present

Hedge fund manager and CEO. Managing personal and investor capital while developing systematic, disciplined approaches to global markets.

Trader

2022 — Present

Crypto → US equities → global markets → commodities → arbitrage.

Freelance Software Engineer

2024 — Present

Building frontend systems, dashboards, data-driven applications and custom software for international clients.

Frontend Engineer — Dev Paragon

2024

Vue.js, JavaScript, dashboards, data visualization and API-driven applications.

Full Stack Developer Intern — YoungDev

2023 — 2024

Frontend development, APIs, responsive interfaces and collaborative software development.

Philosophy

“Let the market come to you.”

Be disciplined.
Be patient.
Manage risk.

I don’t believe in forcing opportunities. The market provides enough of them — the challenge is having the discipline to wait, the patience to act at the right moment, and the risk management to stay in the game.

Discipline over emotion

Risk before reward

Continuous learning

Integrity & transparency

Current Role

CEO, Aravance Capital

Hedge Fund Manager · Trader · Builder

Leading Aravance Capital with disciplined trading across global markets, while building the technology and systems that support the process.

Ahsan Farooq

About

Markets are the focus.
Technology is the edge.

I started in software engineering, moved into crypto markets, learned through failure and experimentation, and eventually developed a disciplined approach to trading. Today, those two worlds continue to overlap — markets provide the opportunity, while technology helps me analyze, automate and execute.

Contact

Let’s talk.

For investor enquiries, partnerships, or press — reach out directly and I’ll get back to you.

hello@ahsanfarooq.com