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: Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (XLE)

By Ken Trester

Perhaps the biggest story last week was the surge in the price of WTI crude oil to a two-year high over $57 per barrel. Oil stocks, curiously, have not been moving up with the price of oil.

Trade of the Day: Aetna Inc (AET)

By Ken Trester

The potential takeover of Aetna would make CVS more like a medical center at the same time as it’s operating its drug stores.

Trade of the Day: TiVo Corp (TIVO)

By Ken Trester

A lot of people have now "cut the cord” --and now TiVo is adjusting to that situation; I think that’s going to be very advantageous.

Trade of the Day: Mattel, Inc. (MAT)

By Ken Trester

This is a good market for a bearish trade -- particularly in one of the companies that hasn't been able to hack it in terms of earnings. That's certainly the story for Mattel.

Trade of the Day: Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)

By Ken Trester

WMT has had a huge gain this year, and I thought that it probably overdid it.

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