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: Macy’s (M)

By Ken Trester

Fed-generated momentum could continue to push stocks higher, but slowing growth could cause the market to make an about-face very quickly. Here's a trade for the bullish side of the equation.

Trade of the Day: A.H. Belo (AHC)

By Ken Trester

For those seeking trading advice, our index indicators are giving neutral readings, a downgrade from last week’s bullish readings.

Trade of the Day: Wisconsin Energy (WEC)

By Ken Trester

My best trading advice: Naked puts are as close to free money as you're likely to get.

Trade of the Day: Kellogg (K)

By Ken Trester

With the rally in major stock indexes beginning to look stretched, today’s recommendation is for a put option on Kellogg.

Trade of the Day: Crown Holdings (CCK)

By Ken Trester

In a change from their steady decline during the past few weeks, Treasury bonds (TLT) are trying to rebound and recover.

Trade of the Day: Advanced Micro Devices

By Ken Trester

With the major stock indexes retaining bullish readings and volatility indexes continuing to move lower, traders should lean toward bullish positions overall. Here’s one such bullish trade from the strongest market index.

Trade of the Day: QLogic (QLGC)

By Ken Trester

Volatility may be easing, but it always best to err on the side of caution.

Trade of the Day: FireEye (FEYE)

By Ken Trester

FEYE is an application software company that has been building a nice trading channel and recently broke out above both that and the 200-day moving average.

Trade of the Day: Cooper Tire & Rubber (CTB)

By Ken Trester

With major U.S. stock market indexes regaining bullish readings and volatility perhaps beginning to ebb, options traders can begin to feel more comfortable with bullish positions.

Trade of the Day: Tenet Healthcare (THC)

By Ken Trester

Until a bullish or bearish market trend replaces the whipsaw action, take smaller positions than normal but don't sit out completely.

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