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

A Quick Trade for a Neutral Market

By Ken Trester

Options strategies to take now that the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq have fallen below their 50-day MAs.

Don’t Knock on Wood this Earnings Season

By Ken Trester

Weyerhaeuser's earnings showed off the strength of the lumber industry right now. Take this backdoor into the housing recovery through this stock's call options.

A Bullish Play in Bearish Techs

By Ken Trester

Smaller names, like Take-Two Interactive, offer upside opportunity for call options while the bigger names continue to slide.

Favor Calls, But Don’t Forget Puts

By Ken Trester

Markets are gaining strength as investors rotate into more risk, so you should favor calls, but still take advantage of cheap puts. Here's one potential trade:

2 Bullish Insurance Options

By Ken Trester

Insurance stocks are primed to do well this quarter. Aetna and AIG are two front-runners with exciting call options.

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