The two engineers behind Trade Vectors

Ankur Parikh

Co-Founder

Ankur co-founded Trade Vectors in 2012 and spent its first decade deep in the build: automated trading systems, broker API integrations and the research engineering underneath. He writes Python, Java, C++, C#, SQL, MQL4/5 and Pine Script. He has built on Interactive Brokers, MetaTrader, NinjaTrader, TradingView, QuantConnect, Zerodha, Angel One, ThinkOrSwim, Sterling and more, and uses TensorFlow and PyTorch on the machine-learning side.

Over the last six years his focus has moved toward research and teaching, in machine learning, AI, and quantitative finance and risk (including a recent executive programme at IIM Sirmaur). He also runs the business and sales side of the firm. He trained as an engineer: a master’s in computer science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a degree in information technology from the University of Mumbai, and a diploma in machine learning and AI from BITS Pilani.

He’s also a certified corporate trainer under Singapore’s SkillsFuture (WSQ) framework, and teaches algorithmic trading for TimesPro and NTUC LearningHub in Singapore, after teaching for NSE Academy until May 2026. His courses have reached 400+ participants across Singapore and India. There’s more on the training page.

Kashyap Thakkar

Co-Founder

Kashyap co-founded Trade Vectors in 2012 and leads the engineering side of the business. Across thirteen-plus years he’s built the systems clients depend on: a multi-account, multi-broker order-execution platform, a universal backtesting engine, and the cloud infrastructure that keeps them running reliably.

He writes Java, C++, C# and SQL, and integrates trading platforms and broker APIs such as Interactive Brokers, MetaTrader, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Zerodha, Angel One, ODIN and Sterling. He also designs the database and Microsoft Azure cloud architecture underneath. He holds a degree in information technology from the University of Mumbai.