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: VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)

By Ken Trester

While the yuan has been weakening, the U.S. dollar has been strengthening, and that’s put a lot of pressure on gold and other commodities recently.

Trade of the Day: McDonald’s Corp (MCD)

By Ken Trester

McDonald's has been up there for a long time — and the company has shown a lot of improvements in its franchise system — but it’s probably one of the most overpriced fast-food stocks.

Trade of the Day: Acacia Communications, Inc. (ACIA)

By Ken Trester

Suppliers like Acacia Communications, which had to suspend its agreement with ZTE during the U.S. trade ban, got caught in the crossfire.

Trade of the Day: Halliburton Company (HAL)

By Ken Trester

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) fell more than 8% on Monday after the company reduced guidance for the third-quarter and warned of slower growth in the Permian Basin. That was serious enough for many investors to dump their shares, but I think the selling was overdone.

Trade of the Day: Briggs & Stratton Corporation (BGG)

By Ken Trester

In the end, I would think the Trump administration would want to come to some sort of agreement on trade, particularly with Mexico, China and the European Union, before the mid-term elections in order to calm the markets and bolster his party’s chances, but it remains a risk factor until that happens. 

Trade of the Day: eBay (EBAY)

By Ken Trester

With trade-war rhetoric heating up, the yield curve getting closer to inversion and excessive debt everywhere you look, today I'm adding a bearish trade on eBay (EBAY) in order to provide some protective puts to my portfolio.

Trade of the Day: Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (USA) (AEM)

By Ken Trester

It is said that copper is a leading indicator for the market and, while some think that this means the economy will follow copper to the downside, I think the commodity has been oversold and that it will rebound from current levels.

Trade of the Day: Gilead Sciences (GILD)

By Ken Trester

There is a lot of uncertainty swirling in the markets, and that’s really the last thing that investors want. However, one stock I’ve had my eye on recently for a bullish play is Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), which has jumped from the $72 level to over $76 in just the last three sessions.

Trade of the Day: Novocure Ltd (NVCR)

By Ken Trester

Biotech firms have been showing strength relative to the rest of the market lately and look like they could be bullish candidates going forward.

Trade of the Day: Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK)

By Ken Trester

I’m betting on additional downside ahead, as we saw a pretty strong one-day reversal on Wednesday that has yet to be recovered. One area that does look good for the bulls, though, is the energy sector.

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