Varun Kumar Pothula

Banyan Tree Apartments, Bangalore +91-9032205254 varunkumarpothula@gmail.com

Objective:

To become a successful trader in commodities, futures arena by using my trading skills and strengths. To work

for a company where high energetic, proactive and result oriented attitude is rewarded with opportunity.

Education

B. Tech Mechanical Engineering from VIT University, Vellore 2013 (8.02 CGPA)

NCFM Equity Derivatives: A Beginner's Module

NCFM Derivatives Market (Dealers) Module

NCFM Options Trading Strategies Module

NSE Certified Derivatives Pro (NCDP)

Stock Market Exposure:

Started trading in Indian markets in 2013.

Fund Manager – Own Firm (April 2014-Dec 2014):

Started an Equity and options trading firm in April -2014 with 20 clients. I used to trade their investment in

equity & options market and share profits with clients. The trading methodology was swing trading, trend

trading with momentum analysis and options trading. Failed to register this firm under government due to

SEBI regulations and capital deficiency.

Commodity Trader-Futures First (Jan 2015 – Aug 2015):

Intraday trading of Copper, Aluminum, Nickel Futures Contracts on London Metal Exchange (LME).

Trading commodities intraday based on price action, patterns and trading strategies.

Executing trading strategies based on technical analysis tools with a comprehensive understanding of

various technical indicators.

Implementing various skills like Money management, Risk Management and Position Management to

make money.

Macro Analyst- Market Realist (Sep 2015-Present):

Analysing Global Markets such as NYSE, ICE, COMEX, LME and write articles on global macro trends.

Articles on analysis of Commodities such as Crude oil, Copper, Gold etc.

Real-time reporting on major financial and geopolitical events that impact capital markets globally.

My articles can be found here-

Pen Name: Val Kensington- http://marketrealist.com/author/varun-kumar/

Other Work Experience and Achievements

SAP SCM consultant- Accenture- (May 2013- Dec 2014)

SAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) Consultant specialized in SAP_APO (Advanced Planning &

Optimization). My role was to analyze sales history of organization and forecast the future sales values

using statistical models and design optimum supply chain.

Co-Founder – PREPO (Sep 2015 – May 2015)

Co-Founded a Food Industry Related Start-up. http://prepo.in/

Actively gave presentations of our start up to 25+ restaurants and hotel chain managements and

successfully collaborated with them.

Designed several manual and autonomous robots. (2009)

Member and leadership of a network marketing company and was one of the top performers of country

(2010-11)

Team lead for a wind turbine design project for a span of 6 months and successfully designed a complete

horizontal axis wind turbine for (Latitude 17.6868159 Longitude 83.2184815) –INDIA. (2013)

Skills

Stellar Trading Platform

Thomson Reuters Eikon

Bloomberg Terminal

Technical analysis – Candlestick patterns, Bollinger bands, Momentum analysis and Trend trading.

Python/Pandas for Algorithmic Trading (Basic)

R Programming for Financial Data Analysis (Basic/Learning)

Core Competencies

Excellent strategist, strong number skills and analytical approach

Entrepreneurial spirit

Emotional Poise and Stability

Passion towards financial markets and trading

Hobbies/Interests:

Chess

Poker

Boxing

Meditation