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
Economists don’t know if inflation will increase or not, and I certainly don’t pretend to know. But like many traders, I am worried about what would happen if inflation picks up. Some traders turn to gold as an inflation… Read More
Would you pay $2.14 for a gallon of gas? I know I would. According to AAA, the nationwide average for a gallon of gasoline is $3.80… Diesel is even more expensive at $4.06. Yet despite high fuel costs across the country, a select group… Read More
To build wealth in the stock market, it takes time, study, and a little bit of good fortune. It pays to find a tactic or strategy that has been proven to work time and again. Combining two or more successful… Read More
Among the biggest winners in Thursday’s early trading are Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Zale Corp. (NYSE: ZLC). The initial public offering (IPO) of Pandora Media, a provider of online music streaming services, had all the makings of a dud. Though its… Read More
Among the biggest losers in Thursday’s early trading are Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) and Vera Bradley (NYSE: VRA). Women’s accesory maker Vera Bradley is making its second appearance in the “losers” list in just one week. On Monday, Aug. 27, I noted that a recent drop in the stock “implies an… Read More
Many people toss and turn each night. They’re restless. They can’t sleep. Or maybe they snore or wake up constantly. Is this you or someone you know? Sleep consumes about one-third of our lives, yet an estimated 70 million Americans suffer from some kind of sleep-disordered breathing… Read More
Catching a great company as it’s just beginning an impressive wave of growth can lead to a decade’s worth of solid returns. Early investors in Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), for example, scored stunning gains. Yet these investors were eventually compelled to book profits… Read More
The equity markets have been relatively quite over the past couple of weeks, no doubt due to the summer lull. But things have been anything but quiet in the precious metals complex, with traders springing into action and buffing up the shine on gold and silver. In… Read More
I keep track of indicators that often signal warnings before market crashes. In reviewing the current market, there are a number of sectors that seem to be in danger of a collapse. But most worrisome, is that two sectors that are considered… Read More
On July 30, I recommended a cash-secured put strategy in Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) in which traders sold Facebook Aug. 22 puts for $1. This setup was meant to allow traders to buy Facebook at a 10% discount from where it was trading at the time, or get paid not to own it… Read More
