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 didn’t expect to win the award. I was really looking for feedback from other financial...
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I didn’t expect to win the award. I was really looking for feedback from other financial professionals regarding my trading ideas. But a group of market experts critically reviewed my work and...
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You would be shocked to know how many accepted “facts” in the financial world are...
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You would be shocked to know how many accepted “facts” in the financial world are simply not true. For example, you may have been told that asset allocation — the amount of...
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It’s a simple way to look at trading. But to me, a successful trade is one that makes money....
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It’s a simple way to look at trading. But to me, a successful trade is one that makes money. For most investors, this means you see a stock you like, do some research and then decide to pull...
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Last week, I shared some research with you that I submitted to the Market Technicians Association...
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Last week, I shared some research with you that I submitted to the Market Technicians Association (MTA). My paper, “Fixing the VIX: An Indicator to Beat Fear,” earned me the 2015 Charles...
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Dear StreetAuthority readers, Next week, I’m headed to the 2015 Market Technicians...
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Dear StreetAuthority readers, Next week, I’m headed to the 2015 Market Technicians Association’s (MTA) Gala Awards Dinner in New York City. The event is hosted by the MTA, a global...
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One of the best ways to lose money in the markets is to be a perma-bear. We all know that there...
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One of the best ways to lose money in the markets is to be a perma-bear. We all know that there will be another bear market in stocks one day — nothing goes up forever — but we have no...
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Right now, we’re facing one of the most challenging environments for income investors in...
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Right now, we’re facing one of the most challenging environments for income investors in history. #-ad_banner-#The average one-year CD yields just 0.28%. Yields on 20-year Treasuries have...
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Income investments are an important portion of any retirement portfolio. Historically,...
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Income investments are an important portion of any retirement portfolio. Historically, they’ve provided retirees monthly or quarterly income distributions to help cover expenses, healthcare and...
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But I’ve been very successful in this low-interest-rate environment. I’ve closed 85...
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But I’ve been very successful in this low-interest-rate environment. I’ve closed 85 straight winning trades in my Income Trader newsletter since its inception in February 2013. And...
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One of the most important lessons I learned during my days in the Army was the KISS principle: Keep...
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One of the most important lessons I learned during my days in the Army was the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid. #-ad_banner-#Outside of the military, one of the greatest minds of all time...
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