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 works across Python, Java, C++, C#, SQL, MQL4/5 and Pine Script, on the platforms and broker APIs the firm supports, Interactive Brokers, MetaTrader, NinjaTrader, TradingView, QuantConnect, Zerodha, Angel One, ThinkOrSwim, Sterling and more, and across the AI/ML stack, including TensorFlow and PyTorch.

Over the last six years his focus has shifted toward research, training and continuous learning, machine learning and AI, and quantitative finance and risk (a recent executive programme at IIM Sirmaur), alongside 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, NSE Academy and NTUC Singapore, reaching 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 works across Java, C++, C# and SQL, integrates trading platforms and broker APIs, Interactive Brokers, MetaTrader, NinjaTrader, TradingView, Zerodha, Angel One, ODIN, Sterling and more, and designs the database and Microsoft Azure cloud architecture underneath. He holds a degree in information technology from the University of Mumbai.