Sivakumar Jayachandran is an ace Scalper and one of the few traders who has consistently earned profits by purchasing Options.

Beginning as an entrepreneur in the healthcare start-up space, Sivakumar later explored the trader's waters when he entered the Markets full-time.

With an aim to empower retail investors, he proved his mettle by successfully scalping Index Options, and broke the myth that Options buyers don’t make consistent money.

He now shares his expertise in Scalping techniques with other traders, and performs live trades to illustrate the usefulness of Scalping - something absolutely unprecedented!

To help traders decode the markets, he has developed 2 AI-based software, “Oi Pulse” & "1Cliq," that have been instant hits among Options players since their launch, and continues to evolve it, as user requirements and markets change.

Ashish Nanda is the President and Digital Business Head at Kotak Securities. He comes with 2 decades of experience in risk management, capital markets, portfolio management and business development.

A rank holder Chartered accountant, Ashish is the “tour de force” behind Kotak Securities. His vision and ability to combine strategic and tactical management expertise that produces bottom-line results have ensured him being at helm of almost all business verticals in his time with Kotak Securities.

He is a passionate online gamer. One can also find him in active conversations with customers on Twitter.

Sahaj Agrawal heads the Derivatives Research Team at Kotak Securities, and specialises in trend based trading using price behaviour. In the derivatives space, he has worked on Quant based trading models to index trends for the short term sentiment analysis, coupled with momentum parameters to identify risk defined trading strategies.

With a MBA from Nirma University (Gujarat), Sahaj has over 15 years of experience in Derivatives research.

He started his career in research with Karvy Stock Broking in Hyderabad and later joined Kotak Securities in 2007.

Praful Kulkarni is a derivatives trader, specialising in short-volatility and delta-neutral models. He graduated in mechanical engineering from NITK Surathkal, and worked in a PSU for 3 years before deciding to start trading on a full-time basis.

Praful started as a directional trader, and later switched to positional short-volatility systems, where he currently trades short-volatility systems on an intraday basis.

He is also the founder of Alpha Leo Capital, where he designs and deploys custom trading algorithms.