Who is Anton Kreil?

Anton Kreil is a former professional trader who worked at three of the world's most prestigious investment banks: Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and JP Morgan. He began his career on the trading floor at Goldman Sachs in London, where he traded European equities as part of one of the most competitive trading desks in the world.

After his time in investment banking, Kreil moved into hedge fund management, running capital using the same macro-driven, long/short equity approach he now teaches through ITPM. His real-world experience at the highest levels of institutional finance is what distinguishes ITPM from the vast majority of trading educators, most of whom have never worked in professional finance.

The trading education industry is full of self-proclaimed experts who have never managed institutional capital. The difference with Anton Kreil is verifiable — his career at Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan is a matter of public record, and he was featured in the BBC documentary "Million Dollar Traders" in 2009.

This matters because what works at an institutional level is fundamentally different from what most retail educators teach. Kreil teaches from direct experience of managing real capital under real institutional constraints — risk limits, portfolio mandates, compliance requirements — not from theory or retail trading experience.

Kreil's teaching philosophy centres on one core idea: retail traders lose because they're playing the wrong game. They're using tools and strategies designed for retail — short-term chart patterns, technical indicators, signal services — when professional traders use an entirely different framework.

The ITPM curriculum is designed to teach that professional framework: macro analysis first, then sector rotation, then stock selection, then portfolio construction. Every decision is top-down. No trade idea exists in isolation — it's always part of a broader portfolio view.

Kreil is also notably direct in his criticism of the retail trading industry — brokers who profit from high-frequency retail trading, educators who sell systems that don't work, and the culture of gambling disguised as trading. This directness is polarising but, in my assessment, largely accurate.

Before committing to any paid course, you can assess Kreil's teaching style and philosophy through ITPM's extensive free content on YouTube. Key videos to watch:

• "Professional Trading Masterclass" introductory seminars
• "Why 90% of Retail Traders Lose Money" — the foundational ITPM thesis
• Market analysis and macro commentary videos
• Q&A sessions with students and graduates

The YouTube channel gives you a genuine preview of the teaching approach before you invest in a full course.

Having spent 25 years in institutional investment management, I can assess Anton Kreil's methodology against what I've seen used by professional fund managers throughout my career. My conclusion: the ITPM approach is genuinely aligned with how institutional professionals think about markets.

The macro-first framework, the long/short portfolio construction, the emphasis on risk management and position sizing — these are the core elements of professional investment management that I've seen applied at the institutional level for decades. Kreil teaches them in an accessible format for retail investors.

That said, no education is a guarantee of success. The ITPM methodology requires genuine study, practice, and discipline to implement. But the framework itself is sound, and it's the closest thing available to institutional-grade education for individual investors.