Personal details
Avin K.
Technical skills
About
With a solid foundation in traditional software engineering, I am currently focused on leveraging my technical skills to navigate the fascinating world of Web3 development and decentralized finance. My web3 journey over the last 5 years has involved blending my expertise in software development with the dynamic landscape of algorithmic trading in crypto, equities, commodities, and derivatives markets.
My unique strength lies in my ability to design and develop low-latency trade engines and quantitative tools for on-chain data analysis. I've been able to apply my coding skills across languages such as Python(primary expertise), Golang, NodeJs, Solidity and scripting languages like Pine Script and EasyLanguage to automate trading logic, generate sophisticated strategies, and manage robust risk management techniques.
Deeply immersed in the crypto ecosystem, I have hands-on experience with on-chain derivatives, money markets, automated market makers, and managing full nodes and validator sets for various blockchains. I have executed arbitrage and yield-generating strategies, and have a comprehensive understanding of EVM-based order book and gas auction systems.
In addition to my software development and trading skills, I have a strong knack for quantitative analysis and a keen eye for relevant metrics such as open interest, funding rates, and market sentiments. This ability has enabled me to refine my trading biases and strategies by staying attuned to options flows, commodity storage reports, and geopolitical events.
My rich background in software engineering and my passion for crypto and traditional finance uniquely position me to make significant contributions in Web3 roles that utilize cutting-edge technology and data-driven metrics. I am excited to bring my diverse skill set to the table, eager to contribute to the creation of trading innovations and to learn from seasoned professionals in the industry.
Work Experience
• Conduct fundamental analysis using macroeconomic factors, geo-politics, and market narratives to establish a market bias, which informs asymmetric contrarian positions in risk assets and commodities.
• Track option flows for risk management by observing OPex proximity and dealer hedging activities.
• Monitor commodity storage data and geopolitical events to assess energy supply and demand trends.
• Extensive DeFi background, including on-chain derivatives, money markets, and automated market makers.
• Executed delta-neutral strategies using perpetuals and yield farming for net positive returns.
• Experience with on-chain order books, gas auction systems on EVM, and operating full nodes and validator sets.
• Quantitative trading experience:
--Collected BTC funding rate (FR) data across exchanges, assigned weights, and executed counter-trend trades based on deviations from the average FR. Strategy backtested and live in 2021-2022.
--Implemented similar strategy for altcoins as a BTC derivative, requiring FR trends for BTC and altcoins to align.
--Developed long-only and short-only strategies in PineScript on TradingView, using significant engulfing candles and volume nodes for trade signals.
--Tracked crypto influencers' tweets programmatically during 2021 alt season for token endorsement-based trades with automated execution.
--Conducted 0DTE option arbitrage in early 2022, leveraging time delays in oracle price updates following large BTC or ETH price breakouts.
--Operated arbitrage bot in Terra ecosystem before DEX aggregator adoption, transitioning from typescript to Golang and utilizing colocation.
--Implemented low latency trading bot utilizing CPI data releases to open immediate positions on DEX.
--Monitor and persist on chain data based on-chain event listeners leveraging asynchronous systems and optimized for appropriate rate limits.
- Used python to create off chain order book system for the DEX aggregators
- Tracked liquidity pair graphs and wrote code to make off-chain calculation for different kinds of pool mechanics like balancer pools and uni v3 pool
- Optimize performance and reduce the execution time for trades.
- Work on gas optimization for the protocol to run on Ethereum blockchain
- worked on protocol treasury allocation, enhance tokenomics and form partnerships with other DeFi native platforms.