Ken Trester

Ken Trester

Ken Trester isn’t just another “options educator.” He’s a pro who has been trading options since the first exchanges opened in 1973.

Ken is widely quoted in publications such as Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities and Barron’s. He has earned considerable respect as a financial analyst and a highly sought lecturer at investment seminars throughout the United States.

Ken has an MBA and has also worked as a stockbroker, an investment manager and as a computer science professor at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, where he taught a wildly popular course on stock options trading.

Recent Articles

Trade of the Day: General Electric Company (GE)

By Ken Trester

HAIN is looking particularly vulnerable after turning in a disappointing quarterly report on Tuesday, which looks to be part of an ongoing trend for the company.

Trade of the Day: Intel Corporation (INTC)

By Ken Trester

Several industries have been hit particularly hard by the trade war between China and the United States, but once that situation is resolved, I'm looking for a bounceback. 

Trade of the Day: Hain Celestial Group Inc (HAIN)

By Ken Trester

HAIN is looking particularly vulnerable after turning in a disappointing quarterly report on Tuesday, which looks to be part of an ongoing trend for the company.

Trade of the Day: Starbucks Corporation (SBUX)

By Ken Trester

The technical picture is very bearish for SBUX. If we have any kind of correction, that thing’s going to fall like a rock.

Trade of the Day: Children’s Place Inc (PLCE)

By Ken Trester

We’re within the period between August and September, which has historically been a bearish stretch of time for the market. Markets have a tendency to bottom out during this timeframe, so I still think it’s wise to be defensive right now.

Trade of the Day: Altaba Inc (AABA)

By Ken Trester

China is really suffering at this point because of the tariffs the United States has put on the country. And as long as the trade war is going on, especially given that this is a bearish time of year, I'm going to look for some downside profits in this area.

Trade of the Day: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)

By Ken Trester

With the VIX moving higher again on Friday, I see this as the right time to put on some "downside insurance."

Trade of the Day: Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (BECN)

By Ken Trester

The market's technical picture is shaping up to look quite like what we saw just before the sharp correction at the start of this year. Today I'm recommending a bearish trade on a stock that's looking particularly vulnerable after missing its Q3 numbers.

Trade of the Day: Express Scripts (ESRX)

By Ken Trester

Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX), a pharmacy benefit management company operating in the United States and Canada, reported its latest earnings this past Wednesday, Aug. 1, and the stock moved sharply lower when the report crossed the tape.

Trade of the Day: JD.Com Inc (ADR) (JD)

By Ken Trester

JD.com is the Amazon of China, and looking at its stock chart, it made actually a triple-bottom. It looks to me unlikely to fall much further, even with this trade war.

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