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

This Stock Is Literally a Cash Machine

Cardtronics' ATM business is churning out big profits. Here's how to play CATM for short-term gains.

Profit as Gas and Silver Rebound

Options traders should buy calls on U.S. Gasoline Fund (NYSE: UGA), DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE: DBA), Silver Wheaton (NYSE: SLW).

Selling Puts vs. Covered Calls – Which Is Better?

Many investors are surprised to learn that the benefits of covered calls can be had without increasing risk by selling short or naked puts.

Covered Calls: 5 Things You Need to Know About Covered Calls

There are a few things you need to keep in mind when selling covered calls, including ways to keep your commission and transaction costs down.

The Advantages of Covered Calls

Covered calls are a great way to limit your liability as an option writer and hedge risk on your stock holdings.