John Jagerson

John Jagerson

John Jagerson has worked in the capital markets and private equity for most of his career — including investing, writing, education and money management. He was a vice president for thinkorswim Group, Inc. and is currently a co-founder of PFX Global and Learning Markets.

John has a B.S. in Business Administration from Utah Valley University and completed the PLD at Harvard Business School in 2006. He is actively involved in managing his own stock, options, futures and forex portfolio.

John is the co-author of the book Profiting with Forex published in 2006 by McGraw Hill. He has been the featured trader in BusinessWeek’s Stock Trader newsletter and has written for numerous online and offline financial publications. John’s commentary and educational articles are regularly featured across the web and at www.learningmarkets.com.

But John also has another skill set that is equally important to your trading success. He is both a natural-born teacher and coach, talents he also showcases at Strategic Trader, Learning Markets and PFX Global, which he co-founded with fellow Strategic Trader editor and strategist S. Wade Hansen.

John is co-editor of Strategic Trader where he combines two great passions in order to help investors gain more confidence and make bigger profits trading stocks, covered calls, short puts and both levered and unlevered exchange-traded funds. He lives and breathes investing — virtually every aspect of it, from stocks and options to futures and Forex. He has never “met a market” that failed to fascinate him.

Recent Articles

10 Things to Know Before Choosing a Forex Dealer

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52-Week Highs and Lows: Hype or Helpful?

Besides an actual stock price quote the most available and commonly published piece of stock market information is what stocks have hit a new 52-week high or low today. Most financial newspapers will print the list, which is also available from just about any finance website. However, does this metric have any meaning or usefulness?

The Truth Behind Broker Commissions

Learn what commission rates you should be paying the most attention to, and get three steps to help you find the lowest broker commissions available.

How to Use Insider Trading to Your Advantage

Insider trading is an often misunderstood investing tool. Find out how you can implement strategies around insider buying within your portfolio.

Trading Option Straddles During Earnings Releases: Part 2

If an underlying stock does not move far enough to make your straddle profitable after an earnings announcement, you have two alternatives for exiting the position.