Praney Handa

Associate Consultant

India3 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in developing trading algorithms and systems.
Strong background in quantitative analysis and financial modeling.
Passionate about leveraging data for investment strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech professional specializing in algorithmic trading and quantitative analysis.

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Skills

Core Skills

Algorithmic TradingData AnalysisQuantitative Research

Other Skills

API IntegrationAlgorithm DesignAlgorithm DevelopmentAlternative InvestmentsAmazon Web Services (AWS)C/C++Capital MarketsCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Corporate FinanceDashboard DevelopmentData StructuresData VisualizationDatabase Management System (DBMS)EconomicsEquity Derivatives

About

As a dedicated Quant professional with extensive experience in the industry, I am driven by a strong passion for achieving measurable results through data-driven strategies utilizing the latest tools and technologies. Currently, I am working as a Quant Associate at Angel One to gain comprehensive knowledge about the investment industry. In my previous role at Futures First as a Quant and Algo Developer, I successfully enhanced and streamlined the trading environment for Market analysts, aiming to automate the trading process and discover optimal strategies. Additionally, I am focused on developing practical skills in areas such as Equity Research Analysis, Financial Modeling, and Valuations. I am always eager to connect with fellow finance professionals and exchange best practices. Please feel free to reach out to me via email at praneyhanda@outlook.com.

Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs

Current Experience

Angel one

Quant Associate

Jun 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Remote

Created and worked on improving python based trading algorithms based on equity derivatives, helped improve efficiency of the algorithms, debugged the issues and added new technologies to further the advancement of the algorithms.
Spearheaded development of dashboard infrastructure from scratch to monitor the running algorithms switching the entire manual dashboard from the terminal to a file based system fetching data from the API's and showing current data on the dashboard, including the fish metrics like VaR, Sertino's Ratio etc.
Assisted the team with pre and post trade analysis using large chunks of data from exchanges

PythonEquity DerivativesAlgorithm DevelopmentData AnalysisDashboard DevelopmentAlgorithmic Trading

Futures first

3 roles

Quant and Algorithm Developer

Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 · 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

I created and fine-tuned algorithms and Excel-based systems aimed at enhancing and streamlining the trading environment for Market analysts, with the goal of automating the process of placing orders.
Observed the markets from a quantitative analyst’s viewpoint and introduced the utilization of Python to retrieve and forecast values by analyzing historical data.
Writing code in languages such as Python to implement trading strategies.
Understood, developed, and implemented algorithms, and numerical methods used in financial applications.

PythonAlgorithm DevelopmentExcelQuantitative AnalysisAlgorithmic TradingQuantitative Research

Market Analyst

Jul 2022 – Sep 2022 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

- Traded multi-tenor derivatives based on Fed Funds and SOFR rates with maturities spanning 1-month, 3-month, and 9-month terms.

Financial Markets Intern

Jan 2022 – Jul 2022 · 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

During my internship, I got insights about how the US Economy works, what the pillars of US Economy are, what futures market is, how it works.
Along with this, I went on learning Excel VBA which helped me with the automated calculations.
Traded US Interest Rates Futures, London Interbank Rates Futures and SOFR Futures Trading Technologies Software.