Managing Partner and Mentor
Jason McDonald
Turn market chaos into clarity.
Biography
Jason McDonald has spent 34 years trading long/short equity and equity options, including 16 years as an investment bank proprietary trader and hedge fund portfolio manager. He began his career as a proprietary trader at BZW (now Barclays Capital) direct from Oxford University, and went on to run event-driven long/short portfolios at Credit Suisse First Boston, Commerzbank, Lehman Brothers and Toronto Dominion.
A career highlight was serving as a senior trader on a 3 billion euro multi-strategy, multi-asset-class investment bank proprietary portfolio. His trading began in event-driven, special situations and risk arbitrage before developing into long/short equity and options relative value, culminating in trading several asset classes across the US, Europe, the UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and South Africa.
Today his focus is trading his own capital and teaching retail traders.
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Why I teach
The satisfaction of starting with a “newbie” who has zero to limited stock market knowledge, then seeing them grow and overcome the inherent and numerous challenges the market throws at us. It is both gratifying and intellectually stimulating to watch students become accomplished, confident, and self-sufficient traders.
Career details as published on 4 Pillar Trading's mentor profiles.
Jason McDonald has a standing right of reply. If anything on this page misstates their history, we will correct it on their word.
Questions about Jason McDonald
Who is Jason McDonald?
Who is Jason McDonald?
Jason McDonald is a Managing Partner and Mentor at 4 Pillar Trading with 34 years trading long/short equity and equity options. 4 Pillar Trading's published profile lists BZW, Credit Suisse First Boston, Commerzbank, Lehman Brothers and Toronto Dominion, starting as a proprietary trader straight from Oxford University.
What does Jason McDonald teach at 4 Pillar Trading?
What does Jason McDonald teach at 4 Pillar Trading?
All four pillars, as every mentor does. He has packaged the macro pillar as a reusable curriculum, economic indicators, the Fed and rates and the yield curve, and contributes to the room's work on AI financing and real yields.
Is Jason McDonald's background verified?
Is Jason McDonald's background verified?
Career details on this site are reported as 4 Pillar Trading publishes them and have not been independently verified. Jason McDonald has a standing right of reply.
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