David

David Danelia
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Open to relocation: UAE / UK / Switzerland / US · Available immediately

SUMMARY
PM · CFO · Fund Raiser
Portfolio manager with 9 years of experience overseeing personal, corporate, and independent client portfolios
across multi-strategy and multi-asset mandates, with a primary focus on macro-driven positioning. Extensive
background as a professional writer — spanning client reporting, telegram newsletters, and an independent macro
research publication targeting professional and institutional audiences.
Core competencies span Research & DB, analysis, financial modelling, valuation, financial strategy, and GAAP —
developed and applied across both portfolio management and former executive roles as CEO.
Full-cycle fundraising experience built from the ground up for an own venture, with deep operational understanding
of the process, strategy, investor requirements, cap table mechanics, valuation methodology, and policy
frameworks.
Strong track record in management, leadership, relationship development, and negotiations across institutional,
entrepreneurial, and client-facing environments.
Upcoming advanced training: Commencing as soon as preparation is complete (targeting Summer 2026) —
pursuing a Harvard Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree (ALB) with a concentration in Economics; CFA Level I candidacy
targeting late 2026 or early 2027.

PROFILE
I'm passionate about finance… and yes, you can say so about most of us here, but mine feels different... Since I
was a child this world has fascinated me: the endless labyrinths of data, a stochastic machine that never stops for a
second...
More importantly, I don't just adore it — I feel it, I hear it, and I find myself most comfortable inside it. My expertise
spans many approaches, because each of them comes naturally to me — everything here is interconnected.
Economics, fundamentals, valuation, modelling, options, quantitative methods, flows, technical analysis — I feel
confident speaking and working with it... I like working cross-asset mode: equities, commodities, FX, fixed income,
volatility — for hedging and playing out macro scenarios, instead of single plays — I like to play with the market as a
whole living and breathing mechanism, and in this game I feel completely at home... I like to feel this mechanism,
the mood of the players, to be right time after time and to understand why price moves the way it does...
So yeah, I am truly passionate about this... This is my world. I live it, I breathe it, and I dream about it — about a
career in high finance. To be part of institutions, to be part of something bigger — I will give all of myself, continue
endless growth and personal development, I have no limits — no ceiling, career, the financial world, personal
growth — this is my whole life. A world to which I fully devote myself, the things that give me goosebumps from
pleasure. Not for survival, but because I genuinely love it — the market, its impulses, reading prime reports,
analyzing this world, and even just reading another book on economics over a cup of coffee... this is my rest, my
routine, and my life…

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Markets: Equities · Crypto · FX · Derivatives · Fixed Income · Commodities
Analysis: Fundamental · Value · Technical · Quantitative · Macro · Flow · Options · Research & DB
Portfolio: Construction · Alpha Generation · Risk Management · Drawdown Control · Reporting · Allocation
Technical: Python (pandas · numpy · quantitative analytics · backtesting · data visualisation) · SQL · Microsoft &
Google (advanced) · Presentation Design
Modelling: DCF · Scenario Analysis · Options Pricing & Greeks · OCC · Financial Modelling · Quantitative
Modeling
Execution: Swing · Scalp · Intraday · Long-Term · Leveraged instruments · POMS · TCA · IPS · SAA
Languages: English (fluent) · Russian (native) · Ukrainian (native) · German (B1) · French (targeted)
Interpersonal: Relations · Negotiations · Fund Raising · Research Writing · Client Reporting · Desk Leadership
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Author & Publisher · Salients — Independent Macro Research 2025 – Present
What It Is
•​ Salients is a branded, professionally formatted cross-asset macro research letter published under the
Salients & Partners brand — distributed to a professional subscriber base via Telegram and email, with
issue-level disclosures and a consistent publication cadence.
•​ Editions covering options market structure, central bank policy dynamics, geopolitical risk premium
construction, sector rotation regimes, and cross-asset flow analysis — operating at a level of specificity (SPX
skew percentiles, VIX ETN vega rebalancing flows, dealer greeks flow, organic composition dynamics applied
to Mag7 capex cycles, etc.) that institutional readers recognise as sell-side quality.
•​ Operate an active separate Telegram community of financial professionals as lead moderator and publisher
— daily intraday briefings covering flow dynamics, sector rotation signals, and short-term directional views;
real-time trade and idea disclosure; options structure and macro education — the format and cadence of a
desk PM's morning and intraday briefing, delivered independently.
Analytical Infrastructure Built
•​ Sub-sector historical market cap databases covering Consumer, Cyclical, Defensive, and Risk-On universes,
with weekly percentile rankings of each sector vs. SPX ratio — the primary systematic input to sector rotation
positioning.
•​ Crypto market structure stack: GEX, dealer net $ greeks (I & II) models, ETF weekly flow tracking, cumulative
options premium flow, multi-timeframe regressions.
•​ Organic composition of capital (c/v ratio) framework applied to individual Mag7 constituents and index
aggregates — original quantitative lens on AI/capex supercycle dynamics with documented theses tracked
across consecutive editions.
•​ Macro call track record with timestamped publication history: Warsh hawkish repricing thesis and 1970s
energy crisis structural parallel (constructed and confirmed across early February 2026 editions); March 2026
— hawkish policy as operative narrative; January 2026 — BTC structural fragility and downside scenario
flagged, and more…
· Editions ·

Independent Portfolio Manager · Self-Employed Jan 2023 – Present
Scope & Responsibilities
•​ Construct and actively manage multi-asset, multi-strategy client portfolios — equities, digital assets, FX, fixed
income, commodities — across conservative long-duration, swing, intraday, and scalp mandates.
•​ Produce client-facing performance attribution, risk commentary, and portfolio reporting; maintain real-time
drawdown management and exposure monitoring across all mandates.
•​ Conduct daily macro, fundamental, technical, and flow analysis to generate, size, and time investment ideas
across full market cycles.
Key Achievements
•​ Portfolio track record: +152% cumulative return since January 2023; long-term book (equities + crypto)
compounding at ~35% CAGR; active trading mandates generating +12.1% in January 2026 and +6.8% in
February 2026.
•​ Long-term positions performance: NVDA entered January 2023 at $15.60 (+1,055% unrealised); GLD
entered October 2023 at $168.70 (+173%); BTC entered September 2023 at $25,582 (+177%); GOOG
entered January 2023 at $87.28 (+245%); XMR exited January 2026 at +603%.
•​ Active trading operation across equities, FX, commodities, and crypto at x10 leverage — ~$5M monthly
volume, consistently positive net across 60+ closed positions per month.
•​ Built a proprietary Python-based analytical infrastructure: flow monitoring, options analytics, SEC earnings
parsing, cross-sector rotation screening, backtesting frameworks, and quantitative research tooling powering
the Salients publication.
· Portfolio ·

Independent Investor & Trader · Self-Employed 2017 – Present
Scope & Responsibilities
•​ Deploy long/short strategies across equities, crypto, FX, and derivatives through full market cycles —
encompassing scalp, intraday, swing, and long-duration positioning.
•​ Analyse market microstructure, order flow dynamics, options positioning, and macro regime shifts to inform
directional and relative-value views.
•​ Monitor central bank policy, geopolitical risk, sector rotation, and cross-asset flows as systematic inputs to
portfolio construction.
Key Achievements
•​ 9 years of uninterrupted live-capital execution through multiple complete bull/bear cycles across equities and
crypto.

Chief Executive Officer & Producer · Horizon Games Aug 2023 – Mar 2025
Scope & Responsibilities
•​ Founded and led a 20-person mobile RPG development studio from inception through active fundraising —
sole founder with complete strategic, operational, and capital-raise ownership.
•​ Directed product vision, GDD, go-to-market architecture, roadmap, and financials documentation;
represented the studio at competitive pitch events and the WePlay Ventures accelerator.
•​ Owned the full investor engagement cycle: financial modelling, pitch deck construction, investor pipeline
origination, due diligence management, and term negotiation.
Key Achievements
•​ Advanced seed-round fundraise to active $1M term discussions with approximately 25 engaged investors
across Europe, Turkey, and the US — all investor-facing materials originated independently.
•​ Assembled and scaled a 20-person multidisciplinary team (development, creative, commercial, management)
from zero institutional infrastructure.
•​ Produced full suite of institutional-grade investor materials independently: financial model, business plan,
pitch deck, one-pager, cinematic and gameplay trailers.
· Financial Models · Game Profile · Business Plan · Pitch Deck
Game Screenshots · Cinematic Trailer · Gameplay Trailer · One Pager ·

Portfolio Manager · NDA — Regulated Financial Services Firm 2020 – Dec 2022
Scope & Responsibilities
•​ Progressed from structured sales desk into portfolio analysis and management within a regulated financial
services environment.
•​ Conducted cross-asset market research; developed and presented daily market briefings covering macro,
flows, news, and desk positioning — framework adopted firm-wide.
•​ Structured, monitored, and reported on client portfolios; maintained continuous performance oversight across
~$1M in aggregated AUM.
Key Achievements
•​ Ranked as top-producing manager on the desk; daily market briefings and trade signals adopted firm-wide as
the primary framework for client positioning and risk decisions.
•​ Structured and actively managed client portfolios aggregating approximately $1M in AUM — direct precursor
to independent portfolio management mandate.
Sales Manager · NDA — Regulated Financial Services Firm 2017 – 2020
•​ Managed full client acquisition lifecycle — prospecting, needs assessment, relationship development,
retention — within a structured, metric-driven environment.
•​ Achieved record monthly sales results — the direct basis for internal promotion to Analyst and Portfolio
Manager within two years.

EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT
•​ Harvard ALB (Bachelor of Liberal Arts): commencing prerequisite coursework Summer 2026, targeting full
admission.
•​ CFA designation: pursuing Level I candidacy — targeting 2026/2027 exam sitting as credential formalisation
concurrent with institutional career transition.
•​ Applied intellectual framework: original analytical models developed through Salients — including Marxian
organic composition of capital applied to the AI/capex supercycle, multi-regime cross-asset positioning under
concurrent geopolitical and macroeconomic signals, and Warsh hawkish thesis constructed and tracked with
verified predictive accuracy.
•​ German B1 with active continued study; French targeted as subsequent language for broader institutional
roles.

PORTFOLIO
•​ Editions
•​ Investment Portfolio
•​ Game Production (Data Base)
•​ GitHub