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: MSG Networks Inc. (MSGN)

By Ken Trester

While there have been some exceptions in the past, I think the end of October is a good time to buy stocks. This is usually when the market hits its lows for the year before making a rally into year-end. I think that will be the case this time as well, but it’s hard to say how big of a rally we might get. If MSGN follows the market, it should close well above our strike price at the Nov. 16th expiration.

Trade of the Day: Semtech Corp (SMTC)

By Ken Trester

This morning I am recommending a bearish trade on Semtech Corp (NASDAQ:SMTC), an analog and mixed signal semiconductor supplier. With China still playing tough on trade, semiconductor stocks are still weak.

Trade of the Day: STORE Capital Corporation (STOR)

By Ken Trester

This morning I am recommending a bullish trade on the publicly traded real estate investment trust, STORE Capital Corporation (NYSE:STOR). While there have been some exceptions in the past, I think the end of October is a good time to buy stocks. This is usually when the market hits its lows for the year before making a rally into year-end.

Trade of the Day: V.F. Corporation (VFC)

By Ken Trester

Today I am recommending a bullish trade on apparel maker V.F Corporation (NYSE:VFC). VFC beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter as demand for its Vans and North Face brands offset losses in other businesses like Timberland or Wrangler.

Trade of the Day: iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI)

By Ken Trester

Today, I am recommending a bearish trade on the iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSE:FXI), a fund that tracks the results of an index made up of large-cap Chinese equities traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

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