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

Use Trailing Stops to Protect Option Profits

By Ken Trester

Traditional stop-losses help you cut your losses, but trailing stops help you to keep your profits.

Use Limit Orders on Options Trades

By Ken Trester

Instead of a market order, take advantage of the options world and get a better price by using a limit order.

Trade Options With ‘Fun’ Money

By Ken Trester

Options can be so inexpensive that it's hard to remember that you're playing with 'real' money.

Take Options Losses in Stride

By Ken Trester

You can't win every trade, but we'll show you how acting quickly will keep you from losing all your money.

Generate Substantial Returns

By Ken Trester

The less you spend on your options trades, the bigger your profits can be. Today we talk about how to get big payoffs for less money.

Look for Momentum

By Ken Trester

Boring stocks are for buy-and-hold investors. When you're buying options, you want stocks with some serious "get up and go."

Short-Term Gains Using Long-Term Options

By Ken Trester

Stock options are excellent speculative vehicles and can be inexpensive to boot!

10 Commandments: Buying and Selling Options

By Ken Trester

Limit your risk when trading options. Learn Ken Trester's 10 commandments to ensure you bank money in both bull and bear markets.

4 Factors in Play With Options Trades

By Ken Trester

Frenzied market activity and volatile price action can be a option trader's friend or foe.

Making Consistent Option Returns

By Ken Trester

Enhance your chances of turning a win into a winning streak with these "tricks of the trade."

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