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Aakash Chauhan

Aakash Chauhan

Mumbai

Summary

As a results-driven equity trader with over 8 years of experience in dynamic financial markets, I specialize in executing high-impact trades, analyzing market trends with deep understanding of technical analysis. My expertise lies in trading equities, options, and ETFs. Throughout my career, I have built a reputation for my analytical rigor, adaptability, and ability to thrive under pressure. Whether executing on short-term tactical trades or longer-term positions, I am committed to delivering consistent results while maintaining a disciplined approach to risk management. I am passionate about the markets and continually seek to refine my knowledge, leveraging both data-driven insights and market intuition to achieve superior returns.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Passive Fund Manager/Equity Dealer

Groww Mutual Fund
04.2025 - Current

Passive Role:

• Build and maintain a portfolio that closely replicates the composition and weightage of a chosen benchmark index

• Monitor and minimize tracking error, which is the difference between the fund’s performance and the benchmark index’s performance.

• Optimize operational costs to maintain low expense ratios, a key feature of passive funds, ensuring higher net returns for investors.

• Ensure compliance with regulations set by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), including adherence to investment guidelines and ethical standards.

• Rebalance the portfolio periodically to account for changes in the index, such as corporate actions (e.g., stock splits, dividends, or index constituent changes).

• Prepare periodic performance reports for stakeholders, including investors and fund houses, detailing fund performance, tracking error, and other metrics.

• Track index changes, corporate actions, and market developments to ensure the portfolio remains aligned with the benchmark.

• Analyze inflows and outflows to manage liquidity and maintain portfolio alignment.

• Assist in designing new passive investment products, such as ETFs or smart beta funds, based on market trends and investor demand.

• Manage transaction costs arising from rebalancing or trading activities.


Active Role:

• Monitor and Execute buy and sell orders of equity by ensuring price movements

• Communicate and monitor key market developments, trading ideas, regulatory changes, market volatility to CIO / Fund manager

• Strong networks with quality brokers

• Ensure all the trades comply with regulatory standards and Working closely with BO for timely and accurate trades settlement

Prepare morning meeting reports and EOD trades/market reports

Equity Dealer

Trust Mutual Fund
03.2024 - 04.2025
  • Company Overview: The company is into mutual fund business
  • Monitor and Execute buy and sell orders of equity by ensuring price movements
  • Communicate and monitor key market developments, trading ideas, regulatory changes, market volatility to CIO / Fund manager
  • Strong networks with quality brokers
  • Ensure all the trades comply with regulatory standards and Working closely with BO for timely and accurate trades settlement
  • Prepare morning meeting reports and EOD trades/market reports
  • The company is into mutual fund business

Equity Prop Trader

Mirae Asset capital
03.2022 - 02.2024
  • Company Overview: The company is into diversified and well-integrated financial services.
  • Working on absolute return strategies in Cash, Futures & Options – Index & Stocks.
  • Devise and execute hedging strategies for portfolio holding across index, ETFs & stocks.
  • Risk management of stocks along with futures.
  • Formulating, Back testing & implementing absolute trading strategies in Futures & Options.
  • Preparing daily, Monthly reports on market for internal stakeholders.
  • Investing in IPO via QIB.
  • The company is into diversified and well-integrated financial services.

Derivative Analyst

BP WEALTH
02.2019 - 02.2022
  • Company Overview: Company is in Retail broking and Institutional Broking business from past 60 years.
  • Trading on calls in prop fund.
  • Generating Intraday and Positional Calls in Options & Futures – Index and Stocks.
  • Conducting webinars on Options for retail clients & HNI clients.
  • Formulating F&O strategy – Hedging or Naked Options.
  • Preparing Daily Derivative and Technical morning report.
  • Developing Systems on Options.
  • Serving to Institutional Clients trading in FO.
  • Developing strategies in back testing in python.
  • Company is in Retail broking and Institutional Broking business from past 60 years.

Institutional Dealer

Amrapali Capital & Financial Services Ltd
07.2018 - 02.2019
  • Company Overview: Company is in the business of Institutional Broking business with more than 15 years.
  • Executing and Initiating Clients transactions.
  • Worked closely with buy side clients & dealers.
  • Timely executions of daily trades in Cash & FO segment.
  • Hands-on Experience in software like ODIN and NEAT.
  • Company is in the business of Institutional Broking business with more than 15 years.

Option Trader

Crosseas Capital
01.2017 - 06.2018

Education

MBA - Finance

NMIMS
05.2020

Bachelors of Banking & Insurance - undefined

Mumbai University
05.2016

Skills

  • Derivatives
  • Equity trading
  • Technical Analysis
  • Trade execution
  • ETF trading
  • ETF market making

Certification

  • NISM SERIES XV, 2019-2021
  • NISM SERIES VIII, 2021-2023

Languages

English
Gujarati
Hindi
Marathi

Passions

  • Trade Execution
  • Technical Analysis

Timeline

Passive Fund Manager/Equity Dealer

Groww Mutual Fund
04.2025 - Current

Equity Dealer

Trust Mutual Fund
03.2024 - 04.2025

Equity Prop Trader

Mirae Asset capital
03.2022 - 02.2024

Derivative Analyst

BP WEALTH
02.2019 - 02.2022

Institutional Dealer

Amrapali Capital & Financial Services Ltd
07.2018 - 02.2019

Option Trader

Crosseas Capital
01.2017 - 06.2018

Bachelors of Banking & Insurance - undefined

Mumbai University

MBA - Finance

NMIMS
Aakash Chauhan