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Jon Arginteanu

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Jon Arginteanu has been actively trading since 1981, and brings that extensive experience to his Online Trading Academy students, as well as insights from his career in the investment and banking industry.

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.

Past

  • Held senior positions with investment and commercial banks including: Merrill Lynch, ABN AMRO, and BNP Paribas as CEO of a brokerage and trading subsidiary
  • Floor Trader on the NY Mercantile Exchange for 14 years

Specialties

  • US Markets

Expertise

  • Futures
  • Stocks

Endeavors

  • CES Certified

Hometown

  • New York, NY

Student Testimonials

"Jon was great - his patience for the students and passion for the material made showing up everyday (at 5:30!) a pleasure." Larry J., February 2013

"What I liked best: Instructor's capacity to address each student at their individual level of understanding, to use layman's terms when applicable to answer a question or drive a point home!" Ray A., February 2013

"Jon is the best." Alex H., September 2012

"Instructor is very knowledgeable on the subject and very patient and helpful." M. B., September 2012

"My instructor's ability to hear every one of us concerns/issues in relation to the agenda for the day. He didn't leave out one single person. He has answers for everything with my satisfaction. Had it not been for Jon's expertise, both in theories and realities, and his generous heart to challenge us to learn and grow, maybe I would have been frustrated. Thanks, Jon. I saw a lot of patience in you, and also bluntness." Ludovico L., July 2012

"Jon was an awesome instructor and made a relaxed atmosphere." Barry H., June 2012

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