Managing Partner and Mentor
Raj Malhotra
I make options make sense, through real trades, not Greek letters.
Biography
Raj spent thirteen years as a professional equity options trader. A graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, he began his career at BNP Securities in Philadelphia with the BNP Cooper Neff hedge fund before being moved to New York to trade the S&P 500 Index options book, at the time the most heavily traded options in the world.
In 2002, Bank of America Securities recruited him away, where he rose to Head of Institutional Options Trading, covering the world’s largest hedge funds, and was promoted to Managing Director before the age of 30. He joined Nomura Securities in 2009 to help spearhead its U.S. business rollout, retiring at the end of 2011.
Since 2012, Raj has mentored options traders, managed capital for high-net-worth clients, and invested his own capital, turning institutional experience into a repeatable edge for individual traders.
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Why I teach
I spent thirteen years on institutional options desks, and almost none of what actually made me money came from a textbook, it came from watching how markets behave when real capital is at risk. Most retail options education gets this backwards: it front-loads the Greeks and sells a playbook, when the thing that actually separates traders is judgment. Judgment can be taught, not by handing someone rules to follow, but by working through enough real situations that they stop looking for the rule and start reading the market.
Career details as published on 4 Pillar Trading's mentor profiles.
Raj Malhotra has a standing right of reply. If anything on this page misstates their history, we will correct it on their word.
Questions about Raj Malhotra
Who is Raj Malhotra?
Who is Raj Malhotra?
Raj Malhotra is a Managing Partner and Mentor at 4 Pillar Trading. 4 Pillar Trading's published profile says he was a Managing Director at Bank of America before 30 and Head of Institutional Options Trading, traded the S&P 500 index options book in New York, and later worked at Nomura.
What does Raj Malhotra teach at 4 Pillar Trading?
What does Raj Malhotra teach at 4 Pillar Trading?
All four pillars, as every mentor does. His clearest lane is options: the Greeks explained through real trades rather than formulas, and how institutional options desks actually work.
Is Raj Malhotra's background verified?
Is Raj Malhotra's background verified?
Career details on this site are reported as 4 Pillar Trading publishes them and have not been independently verified. Raj Malhotra has a standing right of reply.
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