Ed Shek: 4 Pillar Trading Mentor

Ed brings over 25 years of institutional trading experience across global equity and equity derivatives markets. A Physics graduate from King’s College London, he built his career at Goldman Sachs, Cazenove and JP Morgan. Ed’s responsibilities included managing the institutional execution business, as well as the firms’ proprietary trading books, across London, New York, Tokyo and Johannesburg.

His experience spans some of the most challenging periods in modern financial history, including the dot-com crash, the Global Financial Crisis, and more recently, the global pandemic. Throughout his career, Ed has recruited, mentored and developed junior traders, many of whom have gone on to successful careers in the financial markets. Since leaving investment banking, he has mentored more than 200 traders, helping them develop the disciplined processes, risk management skills and trading mindset required for long-term success.

At 4 Pillar Trading, Ed combines decades of institutional market experience with practical mentoring to help traders apply professional trading principles with confidence and consistency.

Questions about Ed Shek

Who is Ed Shek?

Ed Shek is a Managing Partner and Mentor at 4 Pillar Trading with over 25 years across global equity and equity derivatives markets. 4 Pillar Trading's published profile lists Goldman Sachs, Cazenove and JP Morgan, where he was Head of Emerging Markets Equity Trading.

What does Ed Shek teach at 4 Pillar Trading?

Like all five mentors he teaches across all four pillars: macro, fundamentals, options and strategies, and portfolio and risk management. Inside the room his teaching leans toward options structuring, risk expression and treating earnings as a repeatable process.

Is Ed Shek's background verified?

Career details on this site are reported as 4 Pillar Trading publishes them and have not been independently verified. Ed Shek has a standing right of reply, and anything shown to be wrong will be corrected on his word.

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