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: Ryder System (R)

I expect heavy tax-loss selling in the next week or two to cause the stock market to decline.

Trade of the Day: Lowe’s (LOW)

I don’t think we’ll see any great gains because stocks and indices are running into an area of huge resistance.

Trade of the Day: Nordstrom (JWN)

Given the pickle that retailers have with high inventories and recession threats, I have a bearish play on a high-end name, Nordstrom (JWN).

Trade of the Day: U.S. Steel (X)

We're at a point at which it's smart to include some positions that will profit if things fall apart, as the near-term picture looks grim. As such, today I’m recommending a bearish option play.

Trade of the Day: Wyndham (WYN)

To take advantage of what I think are probably the last legs of this market rally, let's get long Wyndham (WYN).

Trade of the Day: Mattel (MAT)

There may be some quick money to be made on the bullish side in the short term. Today’s trade is along those lines.

Trade of the Day: DuPont (DD)

As I start to see signs of a bottoming process, I would expect investors to use any downdrafts in the next few weeks as a way to pick up bullish plays at a discount.

Trade of the Day: Pilgrim’s Pride (PPC)

I don't like to see these kinds of sharp market rallies with the indices in a downward bias.

Trade of the Day: H&R Block (HRB)

Bullish or bearish, my approach is that I am always looking for the best chances of winning. Probability is my biggest factor, and I rely on the software I built to tell me that probability.

Trade of the Day: Ryder System (R)

We are in what I now consider to be a bear market.