Nikhil Ferris

Nikhil Ferris is a Portfolio Manager at Walleye Capital, based in Chicago, IL, where he joined in 2024 after a decade at Belvedere Trading. At Walleye Capital, he focuses on co-managing portfolio strategies, leveraging his deep experience in options, derivatives, and quantitative trading. His responsibilities include overseeing risk management and developing systematic investment strategies, with a particular focus on listed derivatives and volatility strategies drawn from his background in proprietary trading.

Prior to joining Walleye Capital, Nikhil served as a Portfolio Manager at Belvedere Trading from 2013 to 2023, where he specialized in market making and proprietary trading for equity and index options. His expertise centers on complex risk-taking within highly liquid exchange-traded derivative products, particularly equity and index volatility products.

Nikhil holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. His analytical approach and specialization in derivatives have established him as a notable figure in systematic and quantitative trading within the U.S. listed derivatives markets.