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: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)

By Ken Trester

When a market breaks out of a trading range, it usually moves up for about as long as it was moving sideways. For that reason, I’m going to maintain a bullish posture.

Trade of the Day: Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM)

By Ken Trester

In my opinion, the market is still on a bit of a sugar high following the election, and investors may be banking on policy decisions that simply haven’t happened yet. Meanwhile, I’m becoming more bullish on gold once again.

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

By Ken Trester

The market has been on a bit of sugar high since Donald Trump’s election, but I believe it is starting to come back to reality. A lot of the problems that existed before the election will begin to weigh on the market more heavily.

Trade of the Day: SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD)

By Ken Trester

After tapping the $1,220 per ounce level earlier this week, gold has begun to pull back.

Trade of the Day: iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures TM ETN (NYSEARCA:VXX)

By Ken Trester

This market, considering that it is in such a narrow trading range following the Trump rally, is starting to tell me that putting on some insurance bets is probably a good idea.

Trade of the Day: Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG)

By Ken Trester

Gold is starting to look much better now, and the metals in general are starting to show some positive signs.

Trade of the Day: Welltower Inc (NYSE:HCN)

By Ken Trester

Everyone is betting on interest rates rising — well, they haven’t risen very much yet, and I think it’s going to be a much longer process.

Trade of the Day: Target (NYSE:TGT)

By Ken Trester

Earnings released by Macy’s (NYSE:M) and Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) earlier this week showed a weak third quarter for retail companies

Trade of the Day: Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NYSE:WTW)

By Ken Trester

Technically WTW looks good; fundamentally I think everybody’s ready to lose weight as their New Year’s resolution.

Trade of the Day: eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)

By Ken Trester

Cheap, underpriced calls on eBay will let us profit while the market is in rally mode.

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