Professionally a Chartered Accountant (CA), he is one of the well respected and widely followed Derivatives experts of India. With his strong 18 years of experiences in the domain of capital market especially the Derivatives; his specialization is Data Interpretation, and tricks and techniques that are used to determine the existence and strength of trends in the stock market and to identify turning points in these trends. He has positioned himself as “Head of Research – Derivatives” at SMC Global Securities Ltd. He is a regular speaker on the various news channels. Also have several references in various National newspapers, online business portals and Publications.Apart from the core activities, he has been part of various investors’ education seminars and providing basic training of market research to the business teams. His organization has received the awards of Best Equity Broking House in India, Best Currency Broker in India and Best Broking House with Largest Distribution Network.

Pankaj is a seasoned business leader and derivatives trader. He is a UBS alum and has deep experiences in derivatives, quantitative finance and Asian equity markets. He also helped build and grow an e-commerce business in India which went on to raise Series C round of financing. Pankaj is a graduate of IIT Delhi and has an MBA from Indian School.

Somasundaram PR joined the World Gold Council in January 2013, as Managing Director, India. Som is responsible for leading the World Gold Council's activities across the Indian gold market.Som has over 27 years' experience across diverse industries including the FMCG and banking sectors. Prior to joining the World Gold Council, Som was the Chief Executive Officer of Lakshmi Vilas Bank, a private sector bank. Before that, he was part of Standard Chartered Bank in India for over eight years in various senior roles before taking on the role of Managing Director of Standard Chartered - STCI Capital Markets, the securities arm of Standard Chartered Bank. Previously, Som had spent over 13 years with Hindustan Unilever (HUL) in a variety of roles, as well as working at Tata Consultancy Services. He is also a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Prashant Jain is Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer at HDFC Mutual Fund, India's leading mutual fund. HDFC Mutual Fund's asset under Management is over INR 4360 billion of which over ~INR 2050 billion is in equities and equity oriented schemes as on Dec 2021.He has 30 years of investment management experience.Prashant holds the distinction of being the only fund manager in India & one of the few globally, to have continuously managed a scheme for over 27 years. This fund, namely, HDFC Balanced Advantage fund (earlier known as HDFC Prudence fund) is the largest equity oriented scheme in India and has delivered a CAGR of ~18.0% since inception till Dec 2021 vs Sensex CAGR of ~10.1% during corresponding period.He completed his PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore in 1991. Before this, he has obtained a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.Prashant has worked with SBI Mutual Fund (1991-1993) as well as Zurich India Mutual Fund (1993-2003) in different capacities. He moved to HDFC Mutual Fund, subsequent to the takeover of Zurich India Mutual Fund by HDFC in 2003.

Rohit is the Founder and Market Strategist at indiacharts.com. He is also a Former Fund Manager and Head of Research Sharekhan by BNP ParibasSince the first time he set his eyes upon prices and price movements in the markets, the use of visual representation of price movement to identify trends became the obvious passion. The 30 year journey has evolved starting from price and volume information to now include Macroeconomic cycles, business performance statistics and everything about markets around the world.After an 18 year journey at Sharekhan ended he stepped down being a Fund manager to Managing my own. In Dec 2019. They Launched Indiacharts Mentorship Program, the most comprehensive Learning experience for Serious and Passionate traders/investors wanting to get the A-Z of what he calls 'Complete Market Analysis' at one place in a rigorous 3 month experience. This Journey has just started.His longest Journey was with Sharekhan Ltd where he started as a Market Analyst. After calling the bottom of the bear market right after 9/11 in 2001 he took on the role of Head of Research and later Market Strategist. In an attempt to change the way they do Research on stocks he developed the Value Wave Model that combined the Long term Elliott Wave Fractal of a company with its Value and Growth phases of the business cycle. The performance of the forecasts made back then give him great confidence on its application has for long term investing.<div class='more_contentshw_about'>As a Fund Manager he launched the First Portfolio Management Service based on Absolute returns using managed futures strategies in the Nifty and Stocks. By 2010 their returns were near 100% [on zero leverage], v/s Nifty at 0% Having read about the Kondratieff cycle in 1997 he got down to measuring and mapping it for the Indian stock market in 2007.He had his 10 years and 10,000 hours of learning. During this period he worked first with Dalal Street Journal completed MBA in Finance and joined a proprietary trading firm Sanwa Finance. He simultaneously started to write the Blog Indiacharts to share my growing understanding freely online. In an attempt to fully commit himself with the business of sharing his market studies and educating the world on these models he launched the paid Newsletter 'Indiacharts Insiders' in 2013. To those who are willing to pay heed to these market forecasts it can protect them from financial disasters, and then actually help them create wealth.</div>

Brijesh Bhatia is working as Senior Research Analyst & Editor at Equitymaster Research. Prior to working at Equitymaster, he had worked as Head of Research at Dealmoney Securities Pvt Ltd, Edelweiss Broking Ltd, Asit C Mehta Inv Int Ltd, UTI Securities and LKP. He appears as an expert analyst on various business news channel to share his views on markets. Apart from media, he has been a speaker at various domestic and international trading events like Association of Technical Market Analysts, Traders Carnival and Definedge Technical Analysis events.He has an edge over Technical analysis patterns like Harmonics, Wyckoff, Kagi and Heikin Ashi and also shares his analysis on blog and Twitter. He has coached more than 500 candidates on Technical Analysis from basics to advanced level.

Piyush Chaudhry focuses on practicing objective and scientific forms of analysis with defined parameters that generate consistently higher grade pay-offs through superlative accuracy rates, shunning any form of randomness. With that being the underlying Mission, he is into Elliott Wave Principle and fully automated Trading Algorithms.Prior to Wave Analytics, Piyush was a Relationship Manager at MF Global Sify Securities India Pvt. Ltd and Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. He was an Equity Dealer at KR Choksey Shares & Securities.Piyush Chaudhry is an MBA (Finance) and started his career in 2001 and has a relevant Industry experience of over 15 Years.

Prior to joining William O'Neil India, Mayuresh had a 12-year long stint with Angel Broking as Senior Vice President, Head of Portfolio Management Services. Mayuresh has worked as a financial analyst, investment banker, wealth manager, and portfolio manager for 16+ years and has extensive experience in the fields of investment banking, strategic alliances, business development, wealth and portfolio management. He started his professional journey in 2001 with Blue Star InfoTech, Mumbai.Mayuresh holds a B.Com degree from R A Podar College, University of Mumbai. Mayuresh is also a Chartered Accountant (Intermediate) from ICAI and a Company Secretary.

Dr. C. K. Narayan's achievements over his 37 year career in financial markets spanning across Retail stock broking, Institutional sales and marketing (both Domestic and FII) and Investment Management for Corporates makes him an authority in the area of his expertise. He served as the Fund Manager for one of India's eminent corporate group and institutional investment management firms. At ICICI Securities he was Head of Sales, Marketing, and Client Advisory desk, servicing all the FIIs who are active in India and was a member of the firm's senior management. During his tenure at I-Sec, the firm was ranked as among the largest financial service intermediary for Institutional clients.Dr. Narayan was also Managing Editor of Capital Market Technicals magazine. Dr. Narayan is also acknowledged as one of the finest exponents of Technical Analysis of financial markets in India. He is widely known for his depth knowledge and deep commitment towards training, having by now trained tens of thousands of people in the field of capital market and derivatives. He is the author of "Futures- Options for the Investor", a book on derivatives and he also writes extensively in magazines and websites on the subject. He is a preferred expert on the markets on several television channels such as CNBC and ET Now and also had his own bi-weekly talk show, Talking Technicals, on ET Now.

Kalpen Parekh is the President of DSP Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd. and a member of the Executive Committee. Kalpen has over 20 years of experience in sales across cpent segments, distribution and marketing. He was previously Managing Director and Head of Sales & Marketing at IDFC Mutual Fund. He has also served in Birla Sun pfe Asset Management Company pmited and ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company pmited after beginning his career with L&T Finance Ltd.Kalpen holds a Master's Degree in Management Studies in Finance from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune.

Shubham is a Chartered Market Technician (MTA, USA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute, USA), Certified in Quantitative Finance (CQF, London), Certified Financial Technician (CFTe), Investment Banking Analyst (IMS) & B.Com by qualification, Shubham is among handful professionals with expertise in multiple research domains. He has been a programmer himself in Tens of programming languages and has lead a Quant Team for over 6 years.With 16 years of professional experience in Research & Advisory he has also been one of the pioneers of ROBO advisory in Indian Market. He is a known face on business media for his take on markets and trading strategies. Earlier to the current position, Shubham has served for Motilal Oswal as Head of Quantitative, Technical & Derivatives Research.

Subhadip is a quantitaive derivatives trader in the Indian markets. He graduated with Economics with post grad in management and computer programming. He has been a systematic trader since almost the start of his trading career, one of the first traders in India to build and deploy systems for trading.In 2008, he joined Proficient Commodities as the research head, heading a team of 200 proprietary traders.Proficient was among the top 3 firms in India in terms of volume on MCX and MCX-SX at that point of time He later became a director of Proficient Infosoft, building and deploying automated trading algos on MCX and MCX-SX. Since 2013 he is on his own managing his own funds, building systems and training budding systems traders.His focus is now much more quantitative , building on his technical analysis exposure.Currently he is the Quant Consultant for IFA Global, a forex hedging firm managing 2000cr of AUM. His firm Quantgym Solutions provides consulting solutions and trainings on quantitative systems on the Indian markets. He has been interviewed and quoted numerous times by Economic Times, ET Price, Forbes, Bloomberg, Moneycontrol etc about his take on Indian markets.

Saurabh Mukherjea is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Marcellus Investment Managers. Marcellus Investment Managers was incorporated in August 2018 and the firm's application to conduct Portfolio Management Services was approved by SEBI in October 2018 and provides portfolio management service. He is the former CEO of Ambit Capital and played a key role in Ambit's rise as a broker and a wealth manager. When Saurabh left Ambit in June 2018, assets under advisory were $800mn.Saurabh was educated at the London School of Economics where he earned a BSc in Economics (with First Class Honours) and MSc in Economics (with distinction in Macro & Microeconomics).In London, Saurabh was the co-founder of Clear Capital and in 2007 he was rated by the Extel Survey as one of the top small cap analysts in the UK. In India, Saurabh was rated as the leading equity strategist in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by the Asiamoney polls. Saurabh is a CFA charter holder and a SEBI registered investment advisor. In 2017, upon SEBI's invitation, he joined SEBI's Asset Management Advisory Committee.In 2019, Saurabh was part of the Expert Committee constituted by SEBI to update and upgrade the PMS regulations. Saurabh has written three bestselling books: Gurus of Chaos (2014), The Unusual Billionaires (2016) and &quot;Coffee Can Investing: The low risk route to stupendous wealth&quot; (2018).

Vishal Kshatriya is a Chartered Accountant by profession and Trader by passion. He has been trading and tracking markets for over 15 years. Vishal started his career as a Trader on Proprietary Desk at Edelweiss where he managed huge funds and deployed Long/Short and various other low risk strategies. Later, he was co-heading Technical and Derivative Research Desk in Edelweiss. Vishal has contributed significantly to developing Advanced Trading platforms.Vishal prefers to do momentum trading and strictly follows rule-based trading method to eliminate emotion. He believes that if you cannot explain why you have bought or sold stock at particular level, then you are gambling and not trading. He uses Heikin-Ashi and Point & Figure charts for trading and has developed various rules and a set-up that has made trading stress free for him.Currently, Vishal Kshatriya is leading the Digital Product team at Moneycontrol.

Vishal Kshatriya is a Chartered Accountant by profession and Trader by passion. He has been trading and tracking markets for over 15 years. Vishal started his career as a Trader on Proprietary Desk at Edelweiss where he managed huge funds and deployed Long/Short and various other low risk strategies. Later, he was co-heading Technical and Derivative Research Desk in Edelweiss. Vishal has contributed significantly to developing Advanced Trading platforms.Vishal prefers to do momentum trading and strictly follows rule-based trading method to eliminate emotion. He believes that if you cannot explain why you have bought or sold stock at particular level, then you are gambling and not trading. He uses Heikin-Ashi and Point & Figure charts for trading and has developed various rules and a set-up that has made trading stress free for him.Currently, Vishal Kshatriya is leading the Digital Product team at Moneycontrol.

Mayuresh Joshi has worked as a financial analyst, investment banker, wealth manager, and portfolio manager for over 14 years and has extensive experience in the fields of investment banking, strategic alliances, business development, wealth and portfolio management. He has frequently appeared in the national media, including ETNOW, CNBC Awaaz, NDTV Profit, CNBC-TV18 and Bloomberg TV, for delivering comprehensive financial and investment analysis.Prior to joining us at William O'Neil India, he had a 10-year long stint with Angel Broking as Vice President, Head of Portfolio Management Services. Before that, he had worked with HBL Leisure as Manager - Cash and Financial Management and UTI Bank as a Team Leader. He started his professional journey in 2001 with Blue Star InfoTech, Mumbai. He holds a B.Com degree from RA Podar College, University of Mumbai. He is also a Chartered Accountant (Intermediate) from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India.Joshi is a fitness enthusiast and likes to pursue sports-related activities in his leisure time, which includes playing lawn tennis and cricket. He is responsible for research and content for India products. His experience in the asset management business will also be invaluable as William O Neil India starts building its asset management business.

Nooresh Merani is an IT Engineer by qualification and Adviser/Trader/Analyst/Blogger/Educator by profession. Nooresh's trading blog www.nooreshtech.co.in is one of the most popular technical analysis/trading platforms in India. For 15 years, he has been writing his Technical Views on Indian Equity Markets, Global Indices, Commodities and more, with a focus on turnaround points on Nifty/Sensex. He regularly offers advice on spotting some big moves in mid to small cap stocks. In his blog, he also often dives into the history of Indian Markets and provides regular updates on the current market. Nooresh has trained more than 3,000 participants on Technical Analysis over the past 10 years. He has conducted training sections across Indian metros and other cities such as Indore, Surat, Ahmedabad, Pune. He is a regular face on business channels such as CNBC-TV18, ET Now and Bloomberg TV India.

Prashant Shah is one of the few professionals with number of coveted and renowned designations in the industry. He has been awarded Chartered Market Technician (CMT&reg;?) and a Certified Financial Technician (CFTe) by CMT Association and International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) respectively. He is first in India, who is holder of the right to the Master of Financial Technical Analysis&reg;? certification designation by IFTA for the original research conducted by him on Line Break charts swing trading techniques. He is also a Member of Society of Technical Analysts, London.He has worked with various financial firms and he has been practicing Technical analysis using &quot;Noiseless Charts &quot; in particular for a number of years. Prashant is a leading practitioner of one-dimensional charts in financial markets. As a result, he has become synonymous with noiseless charting in India. Prashant has written bestselling books on Point & Figure and Renko chart trading methods and his interview has been published on popular financial portals (including Money control)Prashant is a SEBI registered Research Analyst. He regularly appears on business media channels for his views and opinions on markets. His firm writes research reports for popular firms and institutions. He is a founder member and CEO of Definedge Solutions, a Pune-based young vibrant company having a wonderful amalgam of market-traders, analysts and information technology experts.

K Anant Rao has been tracking the financial markets for close to one and half decade with a career that has spanned varied roles: successful analyst, trader, broker, strategist and investment adviser manager. Currently, he is co-founder and Principal at Kurtosis Analytics & Advisors. Throughout his career he has interacted various foreign institutions / Bank who manages ETF, Hedge Funds, Pension fund, Arbitrage Fund. Anant was heading Institutional Trading desk at Karvy between 2011-2014, where he interacted and advised to various FII's, Domestic Institutions and Hedge funds who wants to invest in India for ETF's, Pension Fund, Long Only Fund, Low Risk Arbitrage Fund, PMS and High Risk Fund involving Option writing strategies. Before that he was associated with ICICI Securities in Institutional Equities division where he serviced various foreign banks proprietary book where he managed more than billions of dollar in low risk Arbitrage strategy. His role was not limited to this, he further worked on with Hedge funds who are active in option writing and delta neutral strategies. Anant has been a regular columnist and market commentator in various media, a regular speaker at various industry conferences in India.