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: iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSEARCA:IWM)

By Ken Trester

While my stock market indicators are giving bullish readings, my outlook remains bearish over the longer term.

Trade of the Day: iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ)

By Ken Trester

Brazil’s market has mirrored the U.S. stock market in that it has gone up a long way very quickly…too sharply, if you look at the chart.

Trade of the Day: Campbell’s Soup Co. (CPB)

By Ken Trester

One of my time-tested strategies is options spreads that combine two or more long and short options to collect options premium while lowering our risk and capital required.

Trade of the Day: Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI)

By Ken Trester

The stock market is extremely over-bought and over-extended at this point in time, but oil patch is offering some opportunities to nibble on longs.

Trade of the Day: Cheniere Energy (LNG)

By Ken Trester

My advice is to buy put options, inverse ETFs or other bearish investment vehicles at the peaks of these relief rallies when they are relatively cheap. And, given the continued instability in the energy market, today's bearish trade in that area is looking particularly compelling.

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