Scale Up Financial
Proprietary trading, risk architecture, and derivatives specialization.
Desk overviewProprietary Desk – Indian Markets
Data-Driven
Proprietary Trading Across Indian Derivatives.
Scale Up Financial is an in-house proprietary trading firm focused on Indian equity and currency derivatives.
Overview
Incorporated in 2011, we trade our own capital with a risk-first mindset. Our edge comes from team quality, process discipline, and continuous model refinement.
Our goal is to build one of the most durable derivatives trading platforms by pursuing superior long-term risk-adjusted returns.
Our Associate Companies
House of Alpha
Research-led market intelligence and strategy insight.
Visit entitySattvic Wealth
Client-first wealth stewardship with long-horizon orientation.
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THE BEGINNING
Scale Up began in 2011 as a focused entrepreneurial effort and evolved into a dedicated proprietary derivatives platform.
Our Story
Saumil started the journey in 2011 after leaving his corporate role and managing a small client base. Harish joined in 2015, bringing deep market and macro experience.
The firm pivoted from advisory to derivatives-focused trading, expanded team capability, and strengthened risk systems. During the 2020 crash, robust risk discipline helped us stay profitable and resilient.
Timeline
- 2011
Founded by Saumil Parikh. Early client base established.
- 2012
Execution and operations capability strengthened.
- 2014
Sub-broker phase; broader derivatives strategy coverage.
- 2016
Client scale expanded; proprietary trading formally accelerated.
- 2017
Leadership expansion and operational depth.
- 2018
Institutional tie-ups and RMS setup.
- 2019
Breakthrough in proprietary trading; strategic focus sharpened.
- 2020
Crash-tested systems validated under stress.
- 2021
Team scaling, new desk infrastructure, and strategy expansion.
- 2022
Founded HOA as SEBI registered investment advisory firm.
- 2023
Received USD-denominated fund license in GIFT City.
- 2024
Continuous expansion of prop trading. Team size increased to 50 and scaled HOA to 50 clients. Increased investments in set-ups.
- 2025
Hired second line of management. Expanded Sattvic Wealth to UAE, made collaborations with overseas financial institutions, and commenced US market trading.
Team
People Behind the Platform
A focused team across research, execution, operations, and risk.
Saumil Surendra Parikh
Founder
Leads strategic direction, risk posture, and long-horizon trading culture.
Harish Menon
Senior Partner
Brings 20+ years of market experience across fixed income, macro, and currency domains.
Research Desk
Strategy Development
Hypothesis testing, model refinement, and regime monitoring.
Execution and RMS
Operations and Control
Trade implementation, exposure monitoring, and post-trade diagnostics.
Prop Trading
WE TRADE OUR OWN CAPITAL
Accountability is direct. Risk discipline, execution quality, and capital preservation are core.
What This Means
We do not run a brokerage-led activity model. We deploy proprietary strategies with clear risk limits, structured position sizing, and continuous review.
Competitive Advantage
Team quality, process depth, and a robust challenge culture allow us to improve through market cycles rather than chase short-term narratives.
Derivatives
POWER OF DERIVATIVES
Derivatives are a professional domain that demands process, risk discipline, and full-time commitment.
Investing vs Trading
Investing and trading are distinct disciplines. Trading, especially in derivatives, is not part-time activity; it is a full operational business with real downside risk.
In derivatives, strategy flexibility is high – bullish, bearish, and range-bound structures are all possible – but leverage amplifies both skill and mistakes.
Why We Focus Here
Market Size: Derivatives volumes are multiple times larger than underlying cash markets.
Flexibility: Strategies can be mapped to different views, assets, and time horizons.
Leverage: Powerful when controlled, destructive when unmanaged – RMS is critical.
The Scale Up model
SYSTEMATIC PERSISTENCE
A record of how discipline compounds into durability, risk-adjusted performance, and explainable alpha.
Alpha Timeline
Each phase deepened derivatives specialization, execution controls, and research quality.
- 2011
Mandate anchored to Indian equity and currency derivatives.
- 2013-2016
Operating controls, scenario libraries, and challenge routines strengthened.
- 2017-2020
Model lifecycle discipline and retirement rules formalized.
- 2021-2024
Governance and execution integration deepened with audit-friendly workflows.
- 2025-2026
Continued emphasis on persistence, rigor, and internal hurdle benchmarking.
Last Man Standing
Markets remove participants through volatility, liquidity shocks, and model decay. Our objective is survival through stress with disciplined adaptation.
Systematic Persistence
Repeatability across signal generation, sizing, execution, and review remains central to long-term alpha over benchmarks.
Contact
Mumbai Headquarters
Give us a call or drop by anytime. We aim to respond to all enquiries within 24 hours on business days.
Scale Up Financial
438, Avior Corporate Park, Nirmal Galaxy, LBS Marg, Mulund (West), Mumbai – 400080
438, Avior Corporate Park, Nirmal Galaxy, LBS Marg, Mulund (West), Mumbai – 400080
Phone: +91-99672 89968
Email: info@scaleupfinancial.in
WhatsApp: +91 99672 89968