Our team of professional instructors is composed of the most dedicated people you will ever meet. They will teach you trading fundamentals and advanced techniques based on their vast experience of trading and investing in the market. Each has a unique personality that will keep you on the edge of your seat waiting for the next "golden nugget" of trading information.
A CMT certified technical analyst, Kapil started his trading career under the mentorship of Steve Nison, often called the Father of Modern Candlestick Charting. Over the last 8 years, Kapil has published various articles and been invited by various business news channels as a technical expert on the markets.
Kapil is a multi-asset class trader who trades in commodities, forex, equities, futures & options. He specialises in combining inter market analysis with price action and technicals to identify high probability trading & investing opportunities.
Kapil mentors his students on how to become disciplined traders using a rule-based approach and avoiding common novice mistakes. His students find his teaching style most effective as he has this knack of using anecdotes that ensure they understand complicated topics with ease.
An expert trader with over 13 years of experience, Vishal holds a Bachelors of Computer Engineering and Masters in Finance. Before becoming an instructor with Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education in 2013, he worked with leading investment banks like ING Bank (Amsterdam, Europe) and Credit Suisse as a trading and risk management professional.
Vishal specialises in teaching and trading equities, Futures and Options and has trained thousands of traders over the past 8 years to master the skills required to trade like a professional. He plans his trades meticulously using the core strategy of demand and supply coupled with Options volatility and hedging techniques to identify optimum trades in the markets.
In addition to being calm and composed as an instructor, his students especially appreciate his ability to break down complex concepts into easily palatable information.
With over 15 years of experience working with top brokerage houses in India, Viral has solidified his expertise as a well-rounded investment professional. Over the course of his career, he has worked as an institutional sell side equity analyst serving various mutual funds and FIIs. He was actively involved in the transaction life cycle of PE deals right from planning of fundraising, valuation until disbursement of funds for several million dollar deals during his time working in private equity.
Over the past 5 years, he has been associated with Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education as a fundamental analysis expert and has been instrumental in developing the investing courses for Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education. He tells his students to approach stock market investing as a bottle of water rather than a soda - “The soft drink fizzes out when shaken while the water remains calm.” he would say.
Viral also believes that knowledge becomes powerful only when it is implemented efficiently and effectively. His personal "Why" is to help students develop their knowledge of best practices and self-discipline to apply this knowledge consistently.
Enthralled by the potential that stock markets had to offer, Rahul started trading at the tender age of seventeen and has gone on to become quite a renowned name in the field of trading education.
Over the last 15 years, he has gained extensive experience and hands-on expertise in using Equities & Derivative trading strategies and solutions to build sustained income and wealth irrespective of market conditions. He specialises in teaching non-directional strategies.
Rahul has managed several high networth portfolios over the years and now his singular aim is to help other traders realise their financial goals and dreams through his practical, easy-to-understand teaching approach.
Rahul believes that an ounce of practice is worth much more than tons of preaching, a philosophy that the 1000+ students he’s taught appreciate the most about his sessions.
Swapnil Joshi has been trading the Indian Markets since 2007. He was previously associated with one of India’s leading brokers as an Equity advisor where his primary role was to identify high probability intraday, swing & positional trade set ups for active traders. Although he enjoyed his role as an advisor, his passion for trading led him to leave his job and become a full time trader in 2012.
Swapnil currently trades in Indian as well as International markets & has diversified his trading into multiple asset classes. As teaching came naturally to him, when Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education approached him for the role of an instructor, he was more than happy to share his learnings. He is currently one of the most sought-after instructors in Equities & Futures segment & known for his patience & ability to simplify some of the most complicated concepts.
He likes the fact that the Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education course content is practical and engaging. A student can learn far more from experience than from reading academic books on markets. Swapnil feels that Demand & Supply strategy provides a significant edge to a trader as the strategy offers a favourable reward to risk ratio. He firmly believes that to become a successful trader, one has to abide by this simple strategy and follow a rule-based approach. That is his main focus when delivering his class.
A double finance major, Behzad specialises in market timing by analysing price action over multiple time-frame charts for, both, short term trading and longer term investing. He joined Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education in 2012 with an aim to influence and nurture budding traders with his own learnings and experience as a trader.
His single mantra to successful trading is adhering to the principles of risk management. “The reason so many people fail in trading is because they cannot give up on their ego. Ideally, you should keep losses small to put the law of probability on your side,” he says.
True to his belief, Behzad spends a lot of time training students on how to place the right stop losses as he believes that a wrong stop loss could, more often than not, get triggered and stop you out too early.
A banker turned Professional trader, Amit chose trading as a profession after learning Demand Supply Price Action Trading and quickly realized that financial markets offer an unmatched opportunity to achieve financial and time freedom.
Professionally qualified as an MBA, he had worked with several leading MNC organizations for over 15 years before embracing his passion for Trading and Training as his vocation.
Successfully trading since last 8 years, and training aspiring traders for over 6 years, Amit strongly believes that successful trading is all about being disciplined to follow rules, identifying a high probability, high reward and low risk opportunities consistently and he is a much-admired mentor and instructor.
A Chartered Market Technician (CMT, USA) by profession, arguably the highest recognition for a Technical Analyst globally, Amit is also a SEBI registered Research Analyst. Formerly he worked for IL&FS Mutual Fund and UTI Mutual Fund as Economist and a buy side Equity Research Analyst (BFSI Sector). He comes with nearly 20+ years of capital market experience. A Gold medallist postgraduate in Finance, he is now a full-time professional investor & trader with specific focus on multi asset Investing and Options trading.
Options trading is his passion, and he continues to research the wonders of volatility trading which he believes is the bedrock of Options-based trading. His passion for Options trading has driven him to become a mentor and educator for aspiring traders, helping them develop successful trading strategies. His in-depth knowledge about Options and his innate ability to break down a complex subject into easy-to-understand nuggets makes him a much sought out mentor. His engaging and humorous style of teaching makes his sessions fun to attend.
A complete family man, he loves spending time with his wife and two daughters. He loves reading business news and books on trading and investing. He is an awesome chef and is known for his wit, humour and sarcasm.
Ankit Rustagi has been associated with Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education since last 1.5 years. He is an engineer and Post Grad from IIM Bangalore.
He has about 12 years of corporate background where he lead several large scale projects across India and US.
In 2017, After becoming a dad he decided to take a break for corporate world to have more family time. Also pursue his keen interest in financial markets.
He initially joined Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education as a Total Solution Student.
Today, he is a multi asset class equity trader with deep understanding of Core Strategy and its application in Cash and Derivative markets. He smartly uses his corporate experience to give a repeatable to structure to trading
He also consults with Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education as an instructor to offer multiple courses in Cash and Derivative segments.
His understanding of Core strategy and ability to simplify most complex concepts is infectious.
No wonder he is one of our most sought after instructor and mentor.
A double finance major from USA, Kartik specialises in market timing by analysing price action over multiple time-frame charts for, both, short term trading and longer term investing. He joined Sharekhan Education in 2012 with an aim to influence and nurture budding traders with his own learnings and experience as a trader.
His single mantra to successful trading is adhering to the principles of risk management. "The reason so many people fail in trading is because they cannot give up on their ego. Ideally, you should keep losses small to put the law of probability on your side," he says.
At Mirae Asset Sharekhan Education, Kartik has developed multiple algorithms to make traders decision making, rule based and simple.
Shankar K is a respected financial research expert with 25+ years of experience in the industry. His extensive background in financial research includes working with esteemed organizations such as Edelweiss, Dun & Bradstreet, and NatWest, where he honed his skills and gained a deep understanding of the financial landscape.
Currently, being a SEBI registered investment advisor he is helping individuals to become financially healthy through simple, practical but effective investment and insurance instruments with an intent to achieve varied financial goals with limited money but sooner than later.
Santosh Pasi is a seasoned entrepreneur and financial expert specializing in algorithmic trading. With qualifications including an MBA, MCA, and CISA, he is a registered Research Analyst (RA) with SEBI.
Santosh is known for pioneering trading strategies and is proficient in Python, C#, and other languages. He is a frequent speaker, writer, and trainer in the finance industry. Outside of work, he enjoys adventurous activities like scuba diving and extreme sports.
