Looking back now, I feel a quiet sense of satisfaction.
Not because of fame, not because of credit — but because something I once imagined, something I drew up as a solution to a very specific problem — is now used by millions of traders in India.
Let me take you back to early 2023.
At that time, none of the Derivative Analyis platforms offered a way to view Open Interest (OI) changes between two custom time points. Everything was limited to intraday snapshots. You could only see what changed since market open — not between, say, 10 AM and 2 PM.
This felt like a real limitation in options data analysis.
So I built out the concept.
Outlined the logic.
Posted it publicly in a Discord, as a gift to a platform I was loyal to back then.
That idea eventually became what I called the Dynamic Time Range Selector — a simple but powerful tool that lets users compare OI change across any two time points, not just the current day.
The platform I shared it with didn’t pick it up — they were focused elsewhere.
But a smaller derivatives analytics platform did.
They built it.
Then bigger players noticed.
Over time, it became a standard feature across almost every major options analytics platform.
Most traders today might not even realize it didn’t exist before March 2023.
To them, it’s just part of the UI.
But to me, it’s a reminder: one useful idea, shared at the right time, can ripple out and influence millions.
This was never about taking credit.
It was about solving a problem and improving the tools we all rely on.
A small contribution with outsized impact.
Not every idea will land.
Some will be ignored.
Some will be taken.
But a few — the right few — will quietly change how things are done.
I’m attaching a screenshot of the original concept post from 2.5 years ago.
Hopefully, it inspires someone else to keep sharing, building, and contributing — even when no one’s asking.
Because one day, your idea might become the new default.
And while the world may not remember where it started — you will.
And sometimes, that’s more than enough.
