Mikhail
Sukhov
Turning complex markets into useful products
I'm a fintech product owner, market analyst, and founder of OptionsHub.
I combine hands-on experience in financial markets with product development, analytical thinking, and quality assurance — turning complex data and ideas into practical digital tools.
My lens on the market.
A study in structure · illustrative payoffFrom engineering systems to financial products.
I'm Mikhail — a fintech product owner, market analyst, and entrepreneur with a background in engineering and complex project management.
I've been active in financial markets since 2010, focusing primarily on options and derivatives since 2023.
In 2025, I founded OptionsHub and developed it from an initial concept into a paid web product launched in March 2026. I manage its product strategy, analytical methodologies, data integrations, quality assurance, debugging, and releases using an AI-assisted development workflow.
Before moving into fintech product development, I founded and managed engineering businesses that delivered more than 20 technically complex projects. I led multidisciplinary teams of 20–50 professionals and managed individual projects valued at approximately $1 million.
Today, my work brings together financial market expertise, product thinking, data validation, and software development. I'm particularly interested in building reliable analytical systems and solving problems where data accuracy, technical complexity, and business decisions intersect.
Notes on markets, data & decisions.
I write about options, volatility, market structure, risk, and the analytical thinking behind financial decisions.
My writing explores how market data can be interpreted, how models can mislead, and why understanding the assumptions behind calculations matters as much as the numbers themselves.
I also share perspectives on financial technology, product development, and using AI to solve practical analytical problems.
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My projects
OptionsHub is a financial analytics platform I founded to bring complex US and cryptocurrency options data into a more accessible analytical environment.
The platform combines implied volatility, volatility surfaces, Greeks, open interest, GEX/DEX, market positioning, and portfolio-level risk analytics.
I lead the product end to end — from concept and analytical methodology to feature design, market-data integrations, quality assurance, debugging, and release decisions.
As a solo founder, I developed OptionsHub from an initial market-monitoring concept into a commercial web product launched in March 2026.
Theta Engine is a decision and risk-management system I built for systematic short-volatility trading in crypto options. It brings strategy research and position management into one trading workspace, with a focus on repeatable decisions under explicit risk limits.
The system selects option structures by defined rules and manages hedging, exits and risk after entry. Its research process combines backtesting, unseen data and paper trading to compare proposed changes with the current approach. This makes the assumptions behind a strategy visible and gives each change a consistent basis for evaluation before it informs live decisions.
I designed and developed the product end to end: strategy methodology, volatility models, market-data collection, research tools and the trading cockpit for real and paper positions. I also handle data validation, quality assurance, debugging and releases — connecting the analytical work with the practical decisions the product supports.
Let's exchange ideas
I enjoy conversations about financial markets, technology, new ideas, and the projects that bring them to life.
Whether you share my interests, follow my writing, or simply want to connect, you're always welcome to reach out.