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
Value investors tend to be conservative, while emerging-market investors are often thought of as aggressive. Many investors place these limits on themselves. Value investors might only consider dividend-paying large-cap stocks, for example. In doing so, they could be severely limiting their profits. When looking at emerging markets recently, we noticed… Read More
Each week, my readers and I are generating an average return of 7.8% on margin. Here’s how...
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Each week, my readers and I are generating an average return of 7.8% on margin. Here’s how you can do it too. For the seventh month in a row, the options trades I’ve recommended to my...
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Thanks to the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, the decades-long ban on hedge fund advertising ended Monday. The question you need to consider is whether you should pay attention. Hedge funds have almost been a secretive society in the investment world. Individual investors are largely prohibited from buying… Read More
Traders did not seem to be impressed by the newest products introduced by Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL). A less expensive, more colorful iPhone and thumbprint security measures might not drive a significant sales increase for Apple, a company that reported… Read More
Investors define income stocks in different ways. We target those with dividend yields higher than the interest rate of the 10-year Treasury note, which is currently at about 2.7%. Safety can also be defined in different ways. We… Read More
Stocks are definitely overbought. Overbought markets occur when prices move up sharply, and based...
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Stocks are definitely overbought. Overbought markets occur when prices move up sharply, and based on current charts, prices appear to be too high.#-ad_banner-# This situation actually occurs fairly...
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One of the best income strategies in the world involves a “glitch” in the financial...
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One of the best income strategies in the world involves a “glitch” in the financial markets. It allows individual investors to generate “Instant Income” from the best...
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Stock prices are definitely overbought. Overbought markets occur when prices move up sharply, and...
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Stock prices are definitely overbought. Overbought markets occur when prices move up sharply, and based on current charts, prices appear to be too high. This situation actually occurs fairly often....
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In a bear market, diversification reduces losses. In a bull market, diversification can reduce your...
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In a bear market, diversification reduces losses. In a bull market, diversification can reduce your gains. This is the trade-off all investors face. The price… Read More
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Successful investors buy low and sell high. It sounds simple, but neither task is easy to do in...
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Successful investors buy low and sell high. It sounds simple, but neither task is easy to do in real time. I am constantly singing the praises of put selling as a strategy for generating consistent...
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