May 22, 2026
7
min read
I built a macro workflow for Warsh's first Fed meeting. Here's the actual stack.
The most divided FOMC in 33 years just released its minutes. Three weeks from now, a new chair runs his first meeting. If you trade macro and you haven't tightened your process between now and 17 June, you're going to spend the next three weeks reacting to headlines instead of reading them.
Priyanka Joshi
April 17, 2026
9
min read
Is it too soon to short energy? Here might be why
Most of the commentary on the energy crisis since February 28 has focused on the immediate shock — oil surging past $100, the Strait of Hormuz locked down, tanker traffic reduced to a fraction of its pre-war volume. These are real and serious disruptions.
Manaf Zaitoun
March 11, 2026
5
min read
Beyond the margin: Why we built Deriv Options as an alternative to CFDs
As the Head of Quants at Deriv, I spend a lot of time analyzing how our traders interact with different financial instruments. For years, Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have been the undisputed heavyweight of retail trading. They are fantastic tools for riding long trends and utilising leverage.However, CFD trading isn't without its stressors. Managing margin, calculating pip values, setting stop-losses, and dodging margin calls can make for an intense trading experience.
Prashant Sinha
March 4, 2026
9
min read
The volatility cascade: When everything moves at once
Over the weekend, the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran. Iran retaliated. QatarEnergy halted LNG production after its Ras Laffan facility was hit. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — the chokepoint for roughly 20% of global oil supply — has dropped to effectively zero. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard declared the strait closed and struck at least seven vessels.
Prakash Bhudia
February 13, 2026
8
min read
The short-term trader’s survival kit
In the world of short-term trading, time is a luxury you don’t have. While fundamental analysis - studying earnings, GDP, and supply chains - is crucial for long-term investors, it is often too slow for the trader looking to capture a quick move in the markets.
Mohak Khemka
February 6, 2026
5
min read
Why crypto’s decline feels different this time
Since October, crypto markets have lost almost half of their value — $2.2 trillion of market cap gone in weeks. In past cycles, drawdowns could be linked to clear triggers like the FTX collapse or rate hikes. This time, fundamentals haven’t changed much.
Manaf Zaitoun
February 5, 2026
6
min read
The Rate Paradox
There is a structural problem at the heart of developed-world monetary policy, and the arithmetic is no longer deniable.Public debt has grown to a scale where sustained high real interest rates are not merely restrictive — they are fiscally destabilising.
Prakash Bhudia
January 28, 2026
6
min read
Investing in essentials: Why capital is flowing to bullion and silicon
In a market saturated with liquidity, investors are paying a massive premium for assets that are structurally difficult to produce. This "barbell" strategy balancing defensive real assets with offensive AI infrastructure is defining my portfolio’s performance.
Harsh Karamchandani
January 28, 2026
7
min read
The “Red Gold” ghost of the 1830s
For a metal that is supposed to be a barometer of cyclical growth, copper is behaving with unusual indifference to the story markets keep telling themselves. Growth is slowing, manufacturing surveys wobble, China no longer supplies the clean demand impulse it once did, and yet copper prices have remained stubbornly elevated.
Priyanka Joshi
January 26, 2026
5
min read
Silver breaks $100: What I learned waiting seven years for this move
In 2018, I bought 1 tonne of physical silver. At the time, I recall global annual production was around 24,000 tonnes. I remember doing the math and thinking: "I'm a nobody, and I just bought a tonne.” If 23,999 other people around the world decided to do the same, there would be no silver production left for the year.
Prakash Bhudia
January 20, 2026
5
min read
Do brokers manipulate synthetic indices? What happens at Deriv (and what doesn’t)
In the world of online trading, there is a question that lurks in every forum, every comment section, and every trader’s mind after a bad streak: Is the game rigged?Specifically, when it comes to synthetic indices—markets that exist entirely on our servers rather than on the floor of the NYSE or NASDAQ—the concern is natural.
Prashant Sinha
January 16, 2026
8
min read
Let’s talk about the bubble in the room
AI + “bubble” has become a content machine. Every day brings a new wave of videos and articles asking the same two questions: is the AI-fuelled rally a bubble, and if it is, when will it pop? The first usually receives a cautious “maybe”; the second is almost always a guess.
Manaf Zaitoun
December 30, 2025
6
min read
What Bitcoin became while you were HODLing
In 2009, a friend introduced me to Bitcoin. He wasn’t encouraging me to buy Bitcoin, but rather simply sharing an interesting project that many were discussing online, just like he had shared Wolfram Alpha a week earlier.
Manaf Zaitoun
December 25, 2025
4
min read
Netflix vs. Paramount: Round 3 – The "Billionaire" Backup
If you thought the battle for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) was over after the Board rejected the cash offer last week, you were wrong. On Monday, December 22, Paramount made a move that changed the math entirely. They didn't just tweak their offer; they brought in the heavy artillery.
Harsh Karamchandani
December 19, 2025
3
min read
Netflix vs. Paramount: Why "Certainty" just beat "Premium"
On December 17, the Board officially rejected Paramount Skydance’s $30.00 all-cash bid in favor of Netflix’s $27.75 cash-and-stock deal. To the average observer, walking away from a premium of roughly $2.25 per share looks like a violation of fiduciary duty.
Harsh Karamchandani
Meet the storytellers
Prakash Bhudia
I have nearly two decades of experience in global derivatives, FX, and index trading, with a career built across major financial hubs including Tokyo, New York, and Singapore. My background spans trading large derivative books, understanding market microstructure, navigating volatility cycles, and building strategies that translate complex market behaviour into clear, actionable opportunities.
Prashant Sinha
I bring 15 years of experience across derivatives pricing, quantitative research, and cross-asset model development. My work sits at the intersection of trading innovation, scalable financial modelling, and real-world market impact. I’ve built and led global teams of quants, market-data specialists, and financial engineers, launching products and analytics that support equity, FX, and rates markets.
Harsh Karamchandani
I’m a CFA Charterholder with a focus on the engine room of trading: Operations and Analysis. While traders focus on the charts, I focus on the mechanics that make those charts move accurately.
.png)
