Dr. El Saiid is currently an Executive Director and Head of the Technical Analysis department at HC Brokerage (HCB), Cairo, Egypt.

He started his career working for Momentum Wavers, Ltd., a Middle East Technical Analysis firm (2001-2004). He joined HCB as an Associate/Lead Technical Analyst (2004-2006). Later he joined Unifund, a Geneva-based global private fund (2006-2007) as a Chief Technical Strategist/Co-Fund Manager to the Middle East investments.

Dr. El Saiid holds an MBA as well as a DBA in Finance.

Dr. El Saiid previously held several prominent positions including President of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA), Chairman of the Egyptian Society of Technical Analysts (ESTA), and ESTA Head of Education Committee.

Dr. El Saiid authored several TA-related articles and developed several indicators including the Volatility-Based Envelopes (VBE), the Implied Volatility Projection Range (IVPR) and Relative Performance Candlestick Charts (RPCC).