Hello There,
My name is Chaitanya Garikiparthi (linkedin) - you can call me ‘gariki’.
I am a software engineer who loves fiddling with the financial markets.
Over the years I have traded as a Series-7 licensed prop trader at Avatar Securities and Echo Trade, executing mechanical system-based trades that I developed while adding liquidity to the markets.
I also served in a market data and analytics consulting role at ZE PowerGroup advising various clients including hedge funds, commodity trading firms and exchanges including clients like Tesoro, CME, Velite Capital, Timoneer Energy and Citibank. In a parallel life, I have held various software engineering roles at companies including Nortel, Motorola & Microsoft.
Currently, I trade mostly in index and equity options using various delta-neutral and mechanical strategies and specialize in volatility arbitrage and hedging.
I have been at this craft for well over a decade and thoroughly enjoyed the journey while I refined and fine-tuned my trading methodologies and processes.
By sharing free research articles or even just plain market thoughts, I hope to be giving something back to the trading community.
Here is some writing from the past that I think is valuable for most retail traders:
A Simple Framework to Quantify your trading - Part.3 of 3 (Layering on OPTION TRADES)
Canadians Need to Stop Using Mutual Funds - Opt for ETFs instead
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