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: Guggenheim CurrencyShares Australian Dollar ETF (FXA)

By Ken Trester

I think the U.S. dollar is going to fall from here, so I’m more interested in foreign currencies.

Trade of the Day: iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)

By Ken Trester

With a looming “debt bomb” around the world, I’m always looking for a chance to short interest-rate plays.

Trade of the Day: SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB)

By Ken Trester

The consumer stocks I've got my eye on now are homebuilders. They’ve been hit pretty hard, but I think we’re going to get a bounce-back in those. Despite the rate hikes, we’re in the initial stages of rates going up, and it’s not increasing the mortgages right now.

Trade of the Day: CME Group Inc (CME)

By Ken Trester

The Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 small-caps have made dramatic moves to the upside over the past few weeks and have set new all-time highs. I don't like to see the crowd all on one side of a trade — but I do think it's a good time for the trading exchanges themselves.

Trade of the Day: Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK)

By Ken Trester

The Nasdaq has made a new high, and there’s a lot of money flowing into tech — it’s been a popular place to be for a while.

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