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: Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (XLE)

By Ken Trester

Perhaps the biggest story last week was the surge in the price of WTI crude oil to a two-year high over $57 per barrel. Oil stocks, curiously, have not been moving up with the price of oil.

Trade of the Day: Aetna Inc (AET)

By Ken Trester

The potential takeover of Aetna would make CVS more like a medical center at the same time as it’s operating its drug stores.

Trade of the Day: TiVo Corp (TIVO)

By Ken Trester

A lot of people have now "cut the cord” --and now TiVo is adjusting to that situation; I think that’s going to be very advantageous.

Trade of the Day: Mattel, Inc. (MAT)

By Ken Trester

This is a good market for a bearish trade -- particularly in one of the companies that hasn't been able to hack it in terms of earnings. That's certainly the story for Mattel.

Trade of the Day: Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)

By Ken Trester

WMT has had a huge gain this year, and I thought that it probably overdid it.

Trade of the Day: DISH Network (DISH)

By Ken Trester

The lesson I learned from Black Monday was that investors should always have some sort of protection in their portfolios. For that reason, I am recommending a put option today.

Trade of the Day: Deutsche Bank AG (USA) (DB)

By Ken Trester

I am still bullish on the financials, as I think they are one of the most undervalued sectors of the economy. The euro is still very undervalued and, when it starts to move up, that should really help the European bank stocks as well.

Trade of the Day: Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (DKS)

By Ken Trester

My indicators are now giving neutral readings after five weeks in a row of buy signals, so caution is advised at this point. There has not been as much participation to the upside over the past week, indicating that market breadth is deteriorating somewhat.

Trade of the Day: Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE)

By Ken Trester

While I don’t think oil is going to move up all that much from here, it could have a very positive impact on energy stocks.

Trade of the Day: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)

By Ken Trester

The market just seems to continue along with its rally, registering six new all-time closing highs in a row.

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