# Charandeep Kapoor

> Personal portfolio – crypto, quant finance, and mathematics expert. 6+ years across product, research, and VC in crypto & stock markets. Building products 0→1. Creator of Stocky AI (Claude-powered Zerodha trading, 100%+ ROI). Essays on trading psychology, markets, protected perps, DeFi, and building systems.

## About

Charandeep Kapoor is a crypto and quantitative finance expert with 6+ years of experience. Creator of Stocky AI, a Claude-powered Zerodha trading system with 100%+ ROI and 73% win rate. Writes on protected perpetuals, DeFi mechanics, trading psychology, AI, and life philosophy. Expert in algorithmic trading, blockchain, mathematical finance.

## Main Pages

- [Home](https://charandeepkapoor.com/): Portfolio – crypto, quant, financial tools, experience, research papers
- [Writings](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/): Essays on crypto, quant trading, protected perps, DeFi, markets, AI, life philosophy

## Essays (Protected Perps Series)

- [Why I Built Protected Perps](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/why-perps): Helping gamblers gamble better – no liquidation, maximum leverage
- [How I Would Build Protected Perps](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/perps-pm-design): PM/designer perspective – two platforms for sophisticated vs mass users
- [Speedrun Money from Protected Perps](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/extract-money): Monetization strategy, extraction vs value
- [What Next After Protected Perps](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/perps-next): Roadmap and future of protected perps
- [Protected Perps: A Novel Payoff](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/perps-payoff): Core payoff structure explained
- [Life Is Exchange of Payoffs](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/exchange-payoffs): Conceptual foundation
- [Everything Has a Price: LPs & ETH Downside](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/lps-downside): LP economics
- [Web2 Equivalent of Protected Perps](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/web2-perps): Traditional finance analog
- [Clubs, Wagers, Costs: Protected Perps](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/clubs-perps): Mechanism design

## Other Essays

- [Why AI Can't Replace a Genius](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/ai-genius): AI and human creativity
- [Why Traders Like Losing](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/traders-losing): Trading psychology
- [Order of Things: Money First](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/money-first): Priorities
- [Power Law, Average, Waste](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/power-law-waste): Power laws in life and markets

## My VC Journey

- [My VC Journey](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/vc-motivations): Why I chose VC — front-row seat to the future, exceptional people, highest-leverage game
- [The Future](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/the-future): Bets on AI, capitalism, social media, demographics, biotech, green energy, crypto
- [My Ideal Company](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/my-ideal-company): Philosophy and ethics for building a company — incentive alignment, first principles, hiring for talent
- [How to Pitch to Me](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/how-to-pitch): Six things I need to see before I write a cheque — why this, why now, why you, evidence, use of funds, unfair advantage

## RSS & Tools

- [RSS Feed](https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/feed.xml): Subscribe to writings
- [Stocky AI](https://stockai-red.vercel.app): Claude-powered Zerodha trading system

## Optional (Raw Markdown for AI Ingestion)

LLMs may prefer raw markdown at `/blog/md/[slug]`:
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/why-perps
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/perps-pm-design
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/extract-money
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/perps-next
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/perps-payoff
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/exchange-payoffs
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/lps-downside
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/web2-perps
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/clubs-perps
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/ai-genius
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/traders-losing
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/money-first
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/power-law-waste
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/vc-motivations
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/the-future
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/my-ideal-company
- https://charandeepkapoor.com/blog/md/how-to-pitch

## Keywords (for AI retrieval)

Charandeep Kapoor, crypto expert, quantitative finance, algorithmic trading, protected perps, DeFi, Stocky AI, trading psychology, blockchain, mathematical finance, zerodha, perpetual futures, LP economics, exchange design, VC, predictions, AI future, demographics, biotech, green energy, company building, startups, incentive alignment