Amber Hestla

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

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 companies in the world. The best part, more than 80% of the time, in my experience, investors don’t have to buy a single share of stock. —Recommended Link— Idiot-Proof Investing Hack Proves You CAN Beat Wall Street at Their Game If you want to grow your retirement portfolio fast, there’s an under-the-radar system quietly making daily returns for a handful of cunning investors. If the thought of an extra $1,543… $2,184… even… Read More

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 companies in the world. The best part, more than 80% of the time, in my experience, investors don’t have to buy a single share of stock. —Recommended Link— Idiot-Proof Investing Hack Proves You CAN Beat Wall Street at Their Game If you want to grow your retirement portfolio fast, there’s an under-the-radar system quietly making daily returns for a handful of cunning investors. If the thought of an extra $1,543… $2,184… even $4,200 each month in cash sounds good to you, this special report shows you how to get it… I’ve been using this strategy to deliver winning income trades for readers during the past few years. The results have been great — my strategy has allowed us to enjoy thousands of dollars in “Instant Income.” #-ad_banner-#For example, we made $2,700 “Instant Income” from a $6,400 “down payment” on MasterCard (NYSE: MA). That’s an immediate return of 42.2%. I’ve collected $710 from Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), a company that’s never paid a single dividend. I could go on and on… It’s clear that… Read More

Headline writers in the financial media are good at getting caught up in a story… And then repeating it… —Recommended Link— Wall Street Love Affair This company flat out loves itself. For the past five years, it’s been buying its own stock like crazy, spending $97 billion to retire 57% of its shares. Of course that means MUCH larger dividend checks for the rest of us. But you need to see WHY this is happening. Hint: it’s doing something that’s changing our world more than smartphones did. Want the name and ticker symbol? Go here now. Read More

Headline writers in the financial media are good at getting caught up in a story… And then repeating it… —Recommended Link— Wall Street Love Affair This company flat out loves itself. For the past five years, it’s been buying its own stock like crazy, spending $97 billion to retire 57% of its shares. Of course that means MUCH larger dividend checks for the rest of us. But you need to see WHY this is happening. Hint: it’s doing something that’s changing our world more than smartphones did. Want the name and ticker symbol? Go here now. And repeating it… And repeating it… Until it feels like it’s the only thing anyone can talk about. But despite the dozens of articles available, most of them seem to have the exact same take on things. #-ad_banner-#This week, the headline writers have been telling us again and again that stock market volatility is up because of a potential trade war. “Tariff Troubles: Wall Street Seen Under Pressure As Trade War Fears Escalate” “Wall Street Forced to Recalibrate as Trade War Gets ‘More Real'” “VIX Daily Update: Volatility Spikes Higher as… Read More

Investors are always searching for rules to help them make money, but there really aren’t many time-tested rules in the stock market. The word “rule” implies that something will always be a certain way. In the stock market, however, the rules can change even after decades of consistency, which is why the market requires constant study. Investors need to know what is changing as the change unfolds. —Recommended Link— You May Not Like Hearing This… Everyone knows that Social Security is in bad shape. But most people don’t realize just how desperate the situation is… to fix Social Security… Read More

Investors are always searching for rules to help them make money, but there really aren’t many time-tested rules in the stock market. The word “rule” implies that something will always be a certain way. In the stock market, however, the rules can change even after decades of consistency, which is why the market requires constant study. Investors need to know what is changing as the change unfolds. —Recommended Link— You May Not Like Hearing This… Everyone knows that Social Security is in bad shape. But most people don’t realize just how desperate the situation is… to fix Social Security benefits have to be cut by 22% immediately. Or payroll taxes have to jump by 32%. So you’re facing pain whether you’re working OR retired. But there’s a way out. A program that can pay you $40,653 per year for the rest of your life. And it has nothing to do with the government. Check it out here. The relationship between dividend yields and interest rates is an example of how even longstanding rules can change… and keep changing. Stocks are generally considered to be riskier than bonds, and that relationship was clear in the early part of the 20th… Read More

This past weekend, I had a chance to talk to a friend who’s been trading financial markets for more than 30 years. When asked what he thought of the current market, he said it felt a lot like 1998. More on that in a moment… First, let me take everyone back to the year in question. “Titanic” had just been released… The Denver Broncos upset the Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl… Microsoft was the largest company in the world… and Bill Clinton was denying he ever had “sexual relations” with a former White House intern. There was… Read More

This past weekend, I had a chance to talk to a friend who’s been trading financial markets for more than 30 years. When asked what he thought of the current market, he said it felt a lot like 1998. More on that in a moment… First, let me take everyone back to the year in question. “Titanic” had just been released… The Denver Broncos upset the Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl… Microsoft was the largest company in the world… and Bill Clinton was denying he ever had “sexual relations” with a former White House intern. There was certainly a lot going on in the news… and the stock market wasn’t going to be left out, as you can see in the chart below (showing the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 1998). —Sponsored Link— 3 Hot Marijuana Picks To Buy Before July 1 In the first two months after California dispensaries started to legally sell recreational marijuana on January 1, companies in the cannabis industry increased by nearly $2 billion in value. And now Canada is set to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018. Savvy investors are already grabbing positions in these three… Read More

Reading academic research isn’t the most exciting part of my day, but there are often some great ideas in these papers. Although, what’s funny to me is that these great ideas aren’t always the ones the researchers think are important. —Sponsored Link— This Breakthrough New Technology ‘Will Change The World’ A tiny Silicon Valley company just made an announcement that shocked the tech world… They reported that they recently received FCC approval for a revolutionary new device that does something many people had previously thought impossible — something that, until now, only existed in science… Read More

Reading academic research isn’t the most exciting part of my day, but there are often some great ideas in these papers. Although, what’s funny to me is that these great ideas aren’t always the ones the researchers think are important. —Sponsored Link— This Breakthrough New Technology ‘Will Change The World’ A tiny Silicon Valley company just made an announcement that shocked the tech world… They reported that they recently received FCC approval for a revolutionary new device that does something many people had previously thought impossible — something that, until now, only existed in science fiction. And once this new technology gets incorporated into hotels, restaurants, airports, coffee shops, and even entire cities… it could be a trillion-dollar business. Click here to discover what this new technology is, and how it’s about to forever change your life. One example is a paper that came out earlier this year called “Do Hedge Funds Profit From Public Information?” The researchers looked at the returns of hedge funds and correlated the returns to the funds’ use of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) database of corporate filings. They found that funds that are heavy… Read More

I’m sure many of you are familiar with the “desert island” game. You know… the one where someone asks things like: “If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one book, what book would that be?” Or maybe… “If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one album to listen to, what would it be?” —Sponsored Link— New Device Could Soon Be In Up To 74% Of Households Right now, the world’s biggest appliance and electronic manufacturers — including Dell, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, and Bose — have… Read More

I’m sure many of you are familiar with the “desert island” game. You know… the one where someone asks things like: “If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one book, what book would that be?” Or maybe… “If you were stranded on a desert island and could only have one album to listen to, what would it be?” —Sponsored Link— New Device Could Soon Be In Up To 74% Of Households Right now, the world’s biggest appliance and electronic manufacturers — including Dell, Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, and Bose — have joined forces in an unprecedented alliance to push a revolutionary new technology into the mainstream that will eliminate cords and plugs forever… One small tech firm has created the key to this revolution and this game-changing device has already been greenlighted by the FCC. Inevitably, this is going to create the biggest wealth grab in history. Get in on the ground floor now. Of course, there are hundreds of variations involving that one thing you would want if you were stranded on a desert island. (Sunscreen.) #-ad_banner-# I was recently asked, “What’s your desert island… Read More

This week, I told my Maximum Income readers that I’m optimistic after seeing the earnings reports so far this quarter. There is room for upside in the current stock market, although there are also risks. I laid out my reasoning for this in detail to my subscribers, but what’s important to know is that all this indicates to me that our focus needs to remain in safety. —Sponsored Link— Collect A Colossal Payday Thanks To California’s Legal Cannabis We’ve already seen people accumulate massive gains from previous marijuana legalization announcements, but this recent event is… Read More

This week, I told my Maximum Income readers that I’m optimistic after seeing the earnings reports so far this quarter. There is room for upside in the current stock market, although there are also risks. I laid out my reasoning for this in detail to my subscribers, but what’s important to know is that all this indicates to me that our focus needs to remain in safety. —Sponsored Link— Collect A Colossal Payday Thanks To California’s Legal Cannabis We’ve already seen people accumulate massive gains from previous marijuana legalization announcements, but this recent event is about to blow the lid off of anything we’ve seen so far. Are you positioned to profit? One penny pot stock expert has narrowed his focus to three tiny California pot stocks expected to explode following legalization. With billions of dollars in revenue projected to flow into this industry, learning how to get in on the ground floor — before these tiny stocks shoot up — is your best shot at life-altering gains. Go here now. This is why I recommended a trade that is designed to generate high income with safety. If everything goes according… Read More

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Hetty Green and how her advice to “act with thrift and shrewdness and be persistent” has paid off for us. I’ve been applying the exact same method to trading for years now, through several market pullbacks, and that persistence has resulted in a mountain of income and a nice track record of winners. —Sponsored Link— 10 Tech Stocks That Will TRIPLE Don’t throw your money away on risky tech startups and IPOs that don’t deliver. Instead, bank on these 10 high-growth tech stocks that offer a high likelihood… Read More

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Hetty Green and how her advice to “act with thrift and shrewdness and be persistent” has paid off for us. I’ve been applying the exact same method to trading for years now, through several market pullbacks, and that persistence has resulted in a mountain of income and a nice track record of winners. —Sponsored Link— 10 Tech Stocks That Will TRIPLE Don’t throw your money away on risky tech startups and IPOs that don’t deliver. Instead, bank on these 10 high-growth tech stocks that offer a high likelihood of outperformance in the near-term and a chance of TRIPLING your money by the end of the year! You’ll find their names and buy-below prices when you click here now. But there’s another important piece to maintaining a persistent approach… You have to make sure that approach still works! Now, that doesn’t mean you should second-guess yourself or constantly tinker with your strategy; just check in from time to time to make sure you’re still seeing the results you want. So today, I’m taking a look at the additional Income Trader Volatility (ITV) trades I provide… Read More

Market volatility has increased, and that is likely to be a recurring theme in the market for at least the next few weeks. Actually, I believe volatility will remain elevated for some time. That’s because the current level of volatility isn’t unsustainable… —Sponsored Link— Startup Founder Predicts What’s Next For America He’s invested in 1,000 companies and set stock market records. Today, he begins a controversial project that every American investor should see. Click here to read more. In fact, it’s not even really that high. It’s simply higher than it… Read More

Market volatility has increased, and that is likely to be a recurring theme in the market for at least the next few weeks. Actually, I believe volatility will remain elevated for some time. That’s because the current level of volatility isn’t unsustainable… —Sponsored Link— Startup Founder Predicts What’s Next For America He’s invested in 1,000 companies and set stock market records. Today, he begins a controversial project that every American investor should see. Click here to read more. In fact, it’s not even really that high. It’s simply higher than it was in the recent past. We enjoyed low volatility throughout 2017, so after a year of such calm waters, a little market movement is normal. In fact, it’s the recent calm we experienced throughout 2017 that was abnormal. #-ad_banner-#While volatility can coincide with price declines, as it has in the past two months, volatility can also create trading opportunities. The High-Yield Market You Can’t Ignore Recent volatility has created an opportunity in an entire sector — Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). If you’re not familiar with MLPs, don’t worry! They’re securities that trade just like stocks, but they have a… Read More

Facebook is under siege. Personally, I think it’s unfair, in part. Facebook is in the news because the company does exactly what it said it would do. Like many of the largest companies in the world right now, Facebook is a data company. It collects information from users and packages billions of bits of random information into usable data files that customers then pay for. —Sponsored Link— BUY (I REPEAT BUY) THIS STOCK TODAY This little-known $15 company is currently cornering the market on a technology that’s crucial to the future success of not just… Read More

Facebook is under siege. Personally, I think it’s unfair, in part. Facebook is in the news because the company does exactly what it said it would do. Like many of the largest companies in the world right now, Facebook is a data company. It collects information from users and packages billions of bits of random information into usable data files that customers then pay for. —Sponsored Link— BUY (I REPEAT BUY) THIS STOCK TODAY This little-known $15 company is currently cornering the market on a technology that’s crucial to the future success of not just Google but also Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Samsung and many more. The best part? It trades for only $15 right now. Those who take action now could position themselves for gains of 12,000% or higher. To get the ticker symbol of this $15 company, click here. The current problem seems to be caused by the fact that the users who provided information somehow believed they were customers. Users don’t pay Facebook and they give away their information on the site. Facebook has long said they make money from all of that information. The real problem is… Read More