Amber Hestla

Amber Hestla is Lead Investment Strategist behind Profitable Trading's Income Trader, Profit Amplifier and Maximum Income. She specializes in generating income using options strategies that minimize risk by applying skills she learned on military deployments and intelligence training to the markets.

While deployed overseas with the military, Amber learned the importance of analyzing data to forecast what is likely to happen in the future, a skill she now applies to financial markets. Prior to that, Amber studied risk management working undercover. While risk management is no longer a matter of life and death, she believes it is the most important factor in long-term trading success.

And although she makes her living in the markets, she continues to study the markets and trading daily. Her writing has been featured in trading magazines including the Market Technicians Association newsletter, Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities and Stocks, Futures and Options in the United States, and Shares, a weekly trading magazine published in the United Kingdom.

Analyst Articles

Why This Latest Fed Cut Is Different…

Amber Hestla
November 7, 2019

The big story last week was the Federal Reserve. The Fed meets every six weeks, and, for the third... Read More

The big story last week was the Federal Reserve. The Fed meets every six weeks, and, for the third consecutive meeting, they cut rates. That’s the story. As investors, we need to dig behind the... Read More

3 Important Charts You Need To See

Amber Hestla
October 24, 2019

Last week, I wrote about the Federal Reserve and how their plans to buy bonds was a form of... Read More

Last week, I wrote about the Federal Reserve and how their plans to buy bonds was a form of quantitative easing that should boost the economy. Since then, some new economic data has shown that this... Read More

Should Investors Worry About Impeachment?

Amber Hestla
October 3, 2019

For investors, an important question seems to be whether impeachment will affect the stock market.... Read More

For investors, an important question seems to be whether impeachment will affect the stock market. But I believe that’s the wrong question. To reframe the question, I looked back to see what... Read More