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: Dynegy (DYN)

By Ken Trester

It is common for a bear market to experience very sharp rallies that can be much more extreme than you might think, so use strength to establish bearish trades.

Trade of the Day: Deutsche Bank (DB)

By Ken Trester

Europe will get hit hardest because its financial institutions don't have the reserves that U.S. banks do. Additionally, the European banks are heavily invested in Asian debt, a huge problem, and they have a lot of derivative exposure.

Trade of the Day: Anadarko Petroleum (APC)

By Ken Trester

I'm of the mind that there's about a 70% chance that the U.S. economy will fall into recession again, which aligns with my bearish stance.

Trade of the Day: VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ETN (XIV)

By Ken Trester

Looking at a chart of the S&P 500, I see a “head-and-shoulders” pattern forming over the last two years,

Trade of the Day: Teucrium Corn ETF (CORN)

By Ken Trester

If we're talking about commodities that I like for upside potential for the longer-term, I am focusing on silver and corn.

Trade of the Day: United States Oil ETF (USO)

By Ken Trester

We are now in a confirmed bear market, and that means that the major trend is to the downside.

Trade of the Day: Olin (OLN)

By Ken Trester

While we are not officially in a bear market, many individual stocks are already down 20% from their highs, so it’s certainly felt like a bear market for the last few months. In this environment, I’m recommending a bearish play on a materials (specifically, chemicals) stock.

Trade of the Day: Halliburton (HAL)

By Ken Trester

We're in the middle of a "Santa Claus rally,” which has almost an 80% chance of occurring each year.

Trade of the Day: iShares US Medical Devices ETF (IHI)

By Ken Trester

You could buy IHI shares, of course, but my favorite way to trade is by writing options.

Trade of the Day: Delta Airlines (DAL)

By Ken Trester

My outlook is pretty neutral at the moment, although that could change as the market fully digests the FOMC news.

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