Mentor-led trading education
Stop learning in isolation. Start trading with professional guidance.
A live, mentor-led programme built on four connected pillars.
- Macro
- Fundamentals
- Options & Strategies
- Portfolio & Risk Management
- $19 for 14 days
- Premium Plus: everything unlocked
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Mentors trained at
- J.P.Morgan
- UBS
- Bank of America
- COMMERZBANK
- Goldman Sachs
120+ years combined trading experience
The problem
Most people learn trading backwards.
Entries first, context last. It is how most retail traders start, and why so many stay stuck.
Indicators before context
Chart patterns and signals, with no read on the regime behind them. What works in one market breaks in the next.
Trade alerts create dependence
Following someone else’s trades never builds your own decision-making process.
No feedback loop
Ideas never reviewed, sizing by feel, the same mistakes repeated in private. Nobody gets better trading alone.
4 Pillar Trading teaches it in the professional order instead.
The path
Four pillars. Taught as one system.
Most education teaches one piece in isolation. 4 Pillar Trading teaches how the four connect: from a macro view, to the trade that expresses it, sized so you survive to do it again.
Macro
Global & domestic market analysis · 5 live sessions
Read the regime before you trade it: rates, liquidity, and the backdrop that decides which setups work this month.
You leave able to
After this pillar you can read rates, liquidity and sentiment well enough to know which setups the current market actually favours.
Fundamentals
Company-level analysis · 5 live sessions
Value the business, not just the chart: earnings, balance sheets, and the catalysts that actually move a name.
You leave able to
After this pillar you can look past the chart and judge whether the business behind a ticker deserves your capital.
Options & Strategies
Defined-risk trading · 5 live sessions
Turn a view into a position with defined risk: the structures that express a thesis, and the Greeks that govern them.
You leave able to
After this pillar you can turn a view into a defined-risk options position and understand how it behaves once you own it.
Portfolio & Risk Management
Institutional risk management · 5 live sessions
Survive to compound: position sizing, correlation, and the risk discipline that keeps you in the game.
You leave able to
After this pillar you can size positions, spot hidden correlation, and manage a book so one bad stretch cannot take you out.
Meet your mentors
Five traders. Decades on institutional desks.
Teaching what they actually did.
Anthony IserLong/short portfolios ranked top 25 of 1,000 globally at UBS.
Ed ShekProfitably traded European banks through the 2008 financial crisis.
Jason McDonaldRan a $500m Pan-European proprietary equities book.
Raj MalhotraMade Managing Director at Bank of America before 30.
Anil TewariHeads Emerging & Frontier Markets research at Redwheel.
From the room
What members say.
“Anthony Iser is a fantastic mentor who clearly understands the frustrations that retail traders face. He has a solid, well-thought-out approach that is relatable and can be implemented over and over again.”
Ex-mentored student, Australiaon mentor Anthony Iser “I am so excited to see the community in 4 Pillar Trading prosper. Having been mentored by Ed Shek in the past I know that his wisdom is truly something that will help other traders.”
Ex-mentored student, Andorraon mentor Ed Shek
The community
A community built around better execution.
Your subscription includes access to the 4 Pillar Trading community dashboard: a dedicated space to connect with other members, discuss ideas and work through the four pillars together.
Rather than trading in isolation, you can share your thinking, ask questions and learn how other members approach the market. Ideas can be challenged, refined and discussed before risk is taken.
Newer members can build their understanding alongside others working through the programme, while more advanced members gain access to a separate forum designed for deeper, higher-level discussion, without the noise often found in large trading communities.
4 Pillar Trading
- Dashboard
- Sessions
- Recordings
- IdeasSoon
- Community
- Account
Community
- All
- General
- Premium
- Premium Plus
- Mentors
- Questions for Ed Shek
- Pillar 1 – Macro & Market Sessions
- The 4 Pillar Sessions
- Pillar 2 – Idea Generation & Fundamentals
- Pillar 3 – Options & Execution
- Pillar 4 – Portfolio & Risk Management
- Risk Management
- Buy Ideas
- Macro & Markets
- Webinars
- Sell Ideas
| Topic | Replies | Views | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeneralWelcome to the 4 Pillar Trading community | 46 | 2.4k | 97d |
| Pillar 1 – Macro & Market SessionsQuestions for Jason on current macro events+1 | 88 | 3.1k | 8d |
| Buy IdeasAdobe is on a 14% FCF yield and is not going bust just yet | 57 | 1.9k | 15d |
| GeneralSafe haven mega thread: new or unsure? Post your questions here+1 | 134 | 5.6k | 15d |
| GeneralAnthony breaks down the current market events+1 | 216 | 8.4k | 16d |
| GeneralGuidelines for the 4PT community | 62 | 2.7k | 15d |
| Questions for Ed ShekQuestions for Ed Shek | 93 | 3.8k | 35d |
| Premium PlusWelcome to Premium Plus | 48 | 1.6k | 113d |
- AnilThe rates path is the whole story here.
- AnthonyRead this first: it saves you months.
- EdAnswered in thread, see the vol section.
Illustrative example of the members-only board. Reply and view counts are illustrative rather than verified figures, and the mentor replies are written for this illustration. Nothing shown is a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
The result is a focused, collaborative environment where members can improve their process, sharpen their thinking and become more consistent traders.
Who it’s for
Learn the full process, with mentors in your corner.
You don’t need to arrive knowing it all. Beginner or experienced, 4 Pillar Trading walks you through the complete process, from the macro view to the trade that expresses it, sized so you survive, all with live, high-touch mentorship the whole way.
“Consistent success comes from having a sound process, continuing to learn and never investing alone.”
New to trading
You are early in your journey. You will be walked through the whole process and build on solid foundations, not dropped in at the deep end.
Intermediate traders
You can run a platform and read a chart. Now you want a repeatable process that connects the macro backdrop to the position you actually put on.
Self-directed investors
You manage your own capital and want to grow as both a trader and an investor, leaning on a process rather than a stream of one-off tips.
Options traders
You use options but want the structural thinking behind them: which expression fits which thesis, and how the Greeks behave once you own it.
Mentorship, not just a course
You want more than videos. This is high-touch: post an idea, ask a question, and get a straight answer from mentors who have done it, so you are never trading alone.
Building real confidence
You want to become a more confident trader, making decisions you can defend and repeat, drawn from real market experience rather than guesswork.
Pricing
$19 for 14 days · founding rate for life
Sit in on the next live session.
$19 starts your 14-day trial of Premium Plus, the top tier with everything unlocked. Stay, and your founding rate locks in for life: 10% off, or 20% off your first year on annual. Cancel anytime from your account.
- 14 days of Premium Plus: everything 4 Pillar Trading runs
- Live mentor-led sessions, 20 per cycle
- Post trade ideas for public review by mentors
- Founding rate for life: 10% off, or 20% off year one on annual
- Exclusive to this site: not offered on the standard pricing page
- Cancel anytime from your account
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