Shiv Darshan

I am a Quantitative Trader/Systematic Options Trader/Quant Strategist/Algorithmic Trader/Analyst whose strategies have been featured on India's number one financial portal Money Control (https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/the-intriguing-tale-of-an-actor-who-mastered-the-art-of-options-trading-3546001.html/amp).

I provide consultancy in Directional and Non-Directional Option strategies, Portfolio Construction (Digital Assets, Stocks, Options), Risk Management, Algorithmic Trading and Automation to Crypto and Traditional Hedge Funds, Asset Management firms, Family Offices, HNI's, Brokers and Retail Clients.

The markets I specialize in are as follows:

1. Crypto Currency : BTC (Futures and Options), ETH (Futures and Options), ALT Coins (Futures and Spot) covering various domains, Portfolio Construction for Digital Assets. My ideology is "Protect the Base and Invest the Gains"

2. US Indexes : S&P 500, Russell 2000, Stock Options, Sector Etfs.

3. Indian Indexes : Nifty, Banknifty and Stock Options.

You can follow my crypto trades on Twitter @ Shivdarshan102. I write an Options Blog (www.confessions-of-an-optionstrader.com) where I push the envelope and educate traders with cutting edge Information.

• My Option Trading Strategies have been featured on India's number one financial portal Money Control (https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/the-intriguing-tale-of-an-actor-who-mastered-the-art-of-options-trading-3546001.html/amp)
• Have also written Option Centric articles for the same publication under the section “ Guru Speaks “
• My Firm provides consultancy in Directional and Non-Directional Option strategies, Portfolio Construction, Risk Management, Algorithm Trading and Automation to Crypto and Traditional Hedge Funds, Asset Management firms, HNI's, Brokers and Retail Clients.
• Designed Option Hedges and Tail Risk Protection which is more cost effective and more powerful than Conventional Hedging Methods on BTC, ETH, Major World Indexes and Stocks
• In-Depth research on The Solana Ecosystem for Upcoming Projects.
• Created a Cross-Sectional Swing Momentum Portfolio on ALT coins that have outperformed Buy and Hold.
• Extensive research on Defi Projects, Liquidity Pools, Yeild farming and hedging risk while maximising gains. My ideology here is "Protect the base and Invest the gains"
• I have also created a Diversified Quantified Portfolio which consists of Fundamental, Technical and Quant metrics which has outperformed the S&P 500 in every metric over the last 13 years with a 1.89 Sharpe.
• I am proficient in all styles of trading - Directional, Non-Directional, Flat Delta, Earnings Play, Intra-day etc.
• Tail Risk Protection and Hedging for the outlier simultaneously keeping Delta Flat is something I am very well versed with.
• Been Developing and Backtesting Tools for Uniswap V3.
• I am a SEBI (Indian Stock Exchange Regulator) recognized Investment Adviser - 1 & 2 Certificate holder
• Train, Coach and Mentor Prop-Traders from all over the world to be Anti-Fragile with their positions & holdings.
• Well versed in BTC (Futures and Options), ETH (Futures and Options), ALT Coins (Futures and Spot), Major US Indexes and Options, Major Indian Indexes and Options.
• Certified in Derivatives, Currencies, Commodities, Technical Analysis, Python.
• Involved in crafting articles about Algorithmic Options Trading for Alpaca.