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
Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished lower for the fifth week in a row. That...
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Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished lower for the fifth week in a row. That sounds important — and it is — but I will get to that in a moment. First, I want to step...
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I’ve been thinking a lot about October 1987 recently. I’m sure many of you...
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I’ve been thinking a lot about October 1987 recently. I’m sure many of you remember that month. But for those of you might be a little too young (or maybe the memory just...
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Last week, traders seemed focused on two important news stories — the potential trade war...
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Last week, traders seemed focused on two important news stories — the potential trade war with China and Uber’s disappointing IPO. But the stories weren’t all that important to the...
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One of the defining characteristics of the current world is that economic change unfolds faster...
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One of the defining characteristics of the current world is that economic change unfolds faster than ever. For thousands of years, the average person survived, eking out a living from farming...
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Last week, I read a paper called “How the Wealth Was Won: Factor Shares as Market...
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Last week, I read a paper called “How the Wealth Was Won: Factor Shares as Market Fundamentals.” For a slightly wonky student of the markets like me, this paper is the equivalent of a...
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If you’ve been following along with me lately, then you know I’m concerned about the...
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If you’ve been following along with me lately, then you know I’m concerned about the market right now for a number of reasons. Nevertheless, the bull market remains intact. For now. ...
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Let’s get one thing straight… Stock prices continue moving higher — and...
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Let’s get one thing straight… Stock prices continue moving higher — and that is bullish. I’m not going to suggest anyone fight the trend. As long as stocks are rising,...
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While reviewing some major indexes recently, I saw an important signal in the Baltic Dry...
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While reviewing some major indexes recently, I saw an important signal in the Baltic Dry Index. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is an index of shipping costs that shows the cost of moving materials...
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This week, I want to address two important points that I’ve been hearing a lot about lately...
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This week, I want to address two important points that I’ve been hearing a lot about lately — IPOs and earnings. First, I want to note that the initial public offering (IPO) market...
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You may not like what I’m about to say, but the fact of the matter is that if you want a...
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You may not like what I’m about to say, but the fact of the matter is that if you want a “true” retirement… The kind where you sleep well at night, travel freely and still...
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