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
I believe the stock market has changed for the better in the past few weeks. Fundamentals are still...
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I believe the stock market has changed for the better in the past few weeks. Fundamentals are still bearish, but the economic news has been a little better. Most importantly, the technicals have...
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Experts all seem to agree that the stock market is overvalued from a fundamental perspective. This...
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Experts all seem to agree that the stock market is overvalued from a fundamental perspective. This conclusion can be reached based on almost any fundamental ratio. The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio...
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In July, on my instruction, a few thousand traders walked away with thousands of dollars in...
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In July, on my instruction, a few thousand traders walked away with thousands of dollars in cash. I’m not saying that to brag or boast — I wasn’t brought up that way. ...
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Many people seem to believe that history began when they first became aware of the world around...
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Many people seem to believe that history began when they first became aware of the world around them. At least, that’s how everyone acts. In some areas, we never seem to learn from history. Too...
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Alan Greenspan is back in the news. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve is now 91 years old...
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Alan Greenspan is back in the news. The former chairman of the Federal Reserve is now 91 years old but still sounds just like he did 30 years ago when he burst onto the world stage....
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Change can be difficult. I was reminded of this when I saw Spencer Johnson’s obituary in The...
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Change can be difficult. I was reminded of this when I saw Spencer Johnson’s obituary in The New York Times. I didn’t recognize the name at first, but after reading the headline, I...
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Federal Reserve officials are great at making forecasts. Unfortunately, their forecasts...
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Federal Reserve officials are great at making forecasts. Unfortunately, their forecasts aren’t always very good. That’s probably why their forecasts attract so much...
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Compared to the past, there’s something fundamentally different about the challenges central...
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Compared to the past, there’s something fundamentally different about the challenges central banks face today — further proof that we’re in uncharted economic waters. Low interest...
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Earnings season is an emotional time on Wall Street, and I think it’s the perfect time to...
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Earnings season is an emotional time on Wall Street, and I think it’s the perfect time to revisit Ben Graham’s famous description of “Mr. Market.” Ben Graham was Warren...
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An old trader once told me, “Trading is the hardest easy money you’ll ever make.”...
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An old trader once told me, “Trading is the hardest easy money you’ll ever make.” In theory, trading is easy enough — all you have to do is buy low and sell high, right? After...
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