Akhil A.

Dokhale
(513) 957-7233 • dokhalaa@mail.uc.edu • linkedin.com/in/akhil-dokhale-48265a149

EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati, Carl H. Lindner College of Business Cincinnati, Ohio
Master of Science, Major: Finance Expected: May 2023
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, India
Bachelor and Master of Technology, Major: Metallurgical Engineering And Material Science Attended June 2017-June 2022
Masters Thesis GPA: 4, Overall GPA: 3.14

ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Invest in Mutual Funds, IIT Bombay Aug 2018 -Nov 2018
• Designed, analysed & presented a survey on investing profitably in Mutual Funds to the professor & the entire batch
• Implemented the statistical tools learned from the course to comprehend the reasons why people lose money
Stock Selection Dashboard, Mumbai March 2020 -Jul 2020
• Created a stock selection dashboard for different sectors, using parameters from fundamental analysis & ratios
• Judged stocks for investing with liquidity, profitability, per share and valuation ratios & other factors by Excel

WORK EXPERIENCE
Bond Analyst Intern May 2019 – July 2019
Edelweiss Financial Services Mumbai, India
• Worked closely in the trade protocols and modules for the development of first Bond Analytic Platform in India
• Interpreted an impact of 9 macroeconomic variables on Gov-Sec yields to forecast the 6-month yield curves
• Analysed the Bond Market Distribution over 5 years to estimate a sector-wise future trading composition
• Validated yield of 2K+ bonds by ideating & deploying Excel VBA models; reduced implementation time by 30 %
Derivative Research Intern May 2020 – July 2020
The Money Roller Mumbai, India
• Derived effective & profitable trading strategies, applicable to Indian Stocks, based on volatility skew studies
• Analysed 10-years of Future & Options data of Indian Stock Market and applied Ratio Spread strategies.
• Applied & back-tested the Jade Lizard options strategy & various combinations of straddles & strangles
• Achieved 71 % accuracy of profitable trades by formulating a new strategy over the Jade Lizard strategy
Market Research Intern May 2021 – July 2021
Alpha Derivatives Mumbai, India
• Responsible for developing trading strategy based on historical study & backtesting with risk management
• Devising trade strategies using option pricing, Greeks & Volatility skew by identifying patterns in derivatives data
• Projecting future trends in Indian stock market applying concepts of data analytics & financial modeling

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Manager and Founding member Aug 2019 – June 2022
Investment Team, IIT Bombay Mumbai, India
• Part of 30- member team (selected from 100+ students) working to create a student-run fund at the institute -level
• Authored NSE NIFTY 50 market overviews for IIT Bombay’s Finance Club’s flagship monthly magazine Finstreak
• Designed 3 - tier management and contribution structure for the very first edition of the investment team fund
• Reached 3000+ captivated readers by assessing and reporting stocks in the FMCG sector published in Finstreak

SKILLS
• Technical: C, C++, Python, Java, Amibroker, NinjaTrader, VBA, MATLAB, Pine Script, Market Profile, Orderflow, MetaTrader
• Language: English, Hindi, Marathi (Fluent), French (Conversational), Spanish (Limited working proficiency)
• Certifications: CFA Level-1 candidate, Mensa, Tradezilla, Algo-quant trading, Effective dashboards, Financial Accounting
Fundamentals, Cryptocurrency, Lawn Tennis, Chess nationals, Football.