Trading Instructor
Jon Arginteanu
Equities and Personal Trading Plan Instructor
Jon has been actively trading since 1981 and brings that extensive experience to his Online Trading Academy students. He has held senior
positions with investment and commercial banks including Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO, and BNP Paribas where he served as the CEO
of a brokerage and trading subsidiary. Jon was also an active Floor Trader on the New York Mercantile Exchange for 14
years.
Jon has learned the skills necessary for success in financial markets from expert professional traders and from his
extensive personal experience. His trading principles stress the necessity of emotional control, strict risk
management, and discipline to wait for the highest probability trading opportunities. Jon balances his family and
trading life with his role as an instructor with Online Trading Academy. He believes instructing his students in
professional trading technique reinforces the same practices in his personal trading activity.
Jon’s experience spans a period where telephones and face to face trading on the exchange floor was the most common
method of transaction, to the electronic marketplace of today. He is committed to the belief that with passion,
dedication, and world-class training, individual traders can succeed in 21st century markets.
What students are saying about Jon Arginteanu:
"I liked how Jon presented the material and how he was able to express and explain the subject matter so it was completely understood by everyone. Furthermore, he gave everyone the confidence to trade with good trading behaviors. He instilled the rules where you cannot forget them." Mary T., February 2012
"Jon is great teacher. He's teaching is clear, deep, logic and easy to understand." Yufei W., February 2012
"I will most definitely be a better trader, but more importantly, I am a better person having met and spent a week with Jon. His knowledge is priceless!!" David L., November 2011
"Jon was absolutely wonderful!!! To learn from someone who has over 30 years of experience, working on Wall Street and trading professionally, is extremely valuable. I feel confident I learned from the best." Preston S., November 2011
"Jon was a wonderful instructor who was here not because he had to but because he is passionate about teaching others a skill that he has mastered over his career." Tom S., October 2011
"Professor John is someone I want on my side. He is down to earth and very honest with the trading life. I have learned much from his experiences alone." James C., September 2011
"Jon is fantastic. He is very patient and always willing to help." Craig H., September 2011
"One of the best instructors I have ever associated with." Jerry L., August 2011
"Jon was an awesome instructor. Jon's ability to instruct and his enthusiastic attitude made this course easy to understand. Thank you, Jon!" Edgar I., August 2011
"Jon is an excellent instructor. Not only did he teach us what to do in trading, but also what NOT to do, which is just as important! He is very organized and clear in his explanations, often relating them to his own personal experience. I could not have asked for a better teacher." Sherry A., June 2011
"Jon Arginteanu is an excellent instructor and professional trader. His real-world experiences and guidelines provided additional education to us beyond the curriculum. This class provides the basic trading skills every trader who aspires to be a professional needs." Bill M., June 2011
"Jon is an excellent instructor. We were lucky in having him available to teach our class, especially since he lives in New York. He is very eloquent, very knowledgeable and has a world of experience. I wish I could take him home and have him coach me how to trade individually. His qualifications are impeccable. He worked the floor of a market and also worked at several financial companies and traded several kinds of assets." Shawn M., June 2011