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
Defensive stocks are always popular among conservative investors. These are stocks that are believed to have some degree of immunity to the business cycle. Consumer staples are favorites of defensive investors… Read More
Last Wednesday, I told you about one of the best strategies in the world for beating an overvalued market. I use it to generate thousands of dollars in “Instant Income” from the best companies in the world. … Read More
For many years, traders have been looking for the next Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) or the next Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT). They want to find a small company that is about to become a market leader and the dominant force in its field. Finding winners that… Read More
Retirement planners usually advise investors to hold a combination of stock market and fixed income investments in their portfolio. Investments could include mutual funds,… Read More
It’s usually good news when a company delivers quarterly results that beat analysts’ expectations, especially when they beat on earnings and revenue. That’s exactly what Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) did on Friday, Jan. 11, but the… Read More
Although it doesn’t make for a very interesting story, providing replacement parts for consumers can be just as profitable as unlocking the creative innovation that launches a new industry. Case in point: Cooper Tire & Rubber (NYSE: CTB). This company makes replacement tires for cars and trucks. It is the… Read More
My colleague at StreetAuthority, Paul Tracy, has been finding low-risk and profitable investments for more than a decade. Lately, he has become concerned about the risks of the stock… Read More
Bond yields are at record lows, which has caused many income-seeking investors to turn to high-yield stocks, while others have supplemented dividend payments with income from… Read More
Value investors look for stocks that offer low risk. The idea is to buy a stock at a price level that should be near a low as measured by the fundamentals. Some value investors look for stocks with sound business models… Read More
Investors can be rewarded handsomely by buying beaten-down sectors at the right time. In 2008, financial stocks were at the center of the storm that threatened the global financial system. An ETF that tracks an… Read More
