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: SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD)

By Ken Trester

Gold could continue to rise further in the short term, as it appears to be in the process of breaking out.

Trade of the Day: Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX)

By Ken Trester

Play strength in precious metal with Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX) as market uncertainly continues to cloud the picture for stocks

Trade of the Day: GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME)

By Ken Trester

GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME), the video game store, is showing some weakness in the charts going all the way back to last April.

Trade of the Day: Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)

By Ken Trester

Stronger job-growth figures may tip the Fed into raising rates at its June meeting, hurting Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) in the process.

Trade of the Day: Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC)

By Ken Trester

History tells us to be prepared for a steep drop. Today, we play the downside on the transportation giant, Norfolk Southern (NYSE:NSC)

Trade of the Day: United States Steel (NYSE:X)

By Ken Trester

My indicators are bearish this week, and it now appears that the market is moving into some kind of corrective phase, as it is heading towards the lower part of its trading range - a good time to bet on weakness in United States Steel (NYSE:X)

Trade of the Day: Sears Holding (NASDAQ:SHLD)

By Ken Trester

With the economy softening, I’ve flagged a play in Sears (SHLD) that has been on the downward slide going all the way back to early 2010.

Trade of the Day: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)

By Ken Trester

The company is a great acquisition at only $10 billion when you think about the number of users. Let's see if we can profit from this bullish thesis with a call debit spread.

Trade of the Day: Powershares DB US Dollar Index (NYSEARCA:UUP)

By Ken Trester

My indicators reflect bearish sentiment in the market at this time, and we're beginning to see the "sell in May and go away" mantra place pressure on equities over a broad front.

Trade of the Day: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA)

By Ken Trester

think there's a very, very short-term window to get some quick bullish profits, so I have a call option recommendation for you today in Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA).

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