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: Health Care SPDR (ETF) (NYSEARCA:XLV)

By Ken Trester

Health care stocks have been lagging the S&P 500 lately, so I’m anticipating a rebound eventually.

Trade of the Day: Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE:HBI)

By Ken Trester

I am becoming more cautious at this point because sentiment indicators are at extremes.

Best Stocks for 2017: Citigroup Inc (C) Stock Is Undervalued

By Ken Trester

With interest rates rising and C stock already undervalued, look for Citigroup to make real strides in 2017.

Trade of the Day: Viacom (NASDAQ:VIAB)

By Ken Trester

Viacom (VIAB) is no longer exploring a merger deal with CBS (CBS).

Trade of the Day: Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU)

By Ken Trester

This should be a good season for the sector, with companies doing lots of tech purchasing. And techs have not really participated in this rally, so they still have room to run.

Trade of the Day: PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSEARCA:UUP)

By Ken Trester

We are currently experiencing bubbles in bonds, stocks and the U.S. dollar, the last of which has nearly brought the euro to parity with the dollar.

Trade of the Day: Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG)

By Ken Trester

I’m bearish on the yellow metal over the near term, and today’s trade will try to take advantage of that outlook.

Trade of the Day: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA)

By Ken Trester

While I do expect the market to remain strong short-term, I think a lot of this stock rally is an overestimation of what's going to happen in 2017. And I'm interested in longer-term bearish plays on stocks like BABA.

Trade of the Day: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD)

By Ken Trester

Based on what's happened in the past, I expect the market to remain strong until President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20. So, today I'm recommending a call option to take advantage of the short-term upside.

Trade of the Day: Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT)

By Ken Trester

Caterpillar is very overpriced, and I would say that, sometime in the next several months, it's going to go down.

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