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.
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My years in the military have allowed me to see the world in a totally different way. While...
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My years in the military have allowed me to see the world in a totally different way. While deployed overseas I tracked IED locations, went on convoy missions and gathered intelligence from local...
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Let’s be frank for a minute. After the pain and suffering caused by the global financial...
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Let’s be frank for a minute. After the pain and suffering caused by the global financial crisis, not to mention the losses many investors experienced, a lot of people still feel disillusioned...
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Most people think investing success is a matter of finding good stocks and buying them when the...
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Most people think investing success is a matter of finding good stocks and buying them when the odds favor a rise in the price. They buy a blue-chip stock like Procter & Gamble, Amazon, Philip...
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Most people think investing success is a matter of finding good stocks and buying them when the...
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Most people think investing success is a matter of finding good stocks and buying them when the odds favor a rise in the price. They buy a blue-chip stock like Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG),...
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The week after options expire is one of my favorite times of each month. That’s because, as...
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The week after options expire is one of my favorite times of each month. That’s because, as usual, it means it’s time for readers of my premium advisory, Income Trader, and I to review...
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Bear markets bring lower prices and increased volatility. The increase in volatility is at least...
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Bear markets bring lower prices and increased volatility. The increase in volatility is at least partly caused by the lower prices. As prices fall in a bear market, investors become worried that...
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Today, I’m going to let you in on one of the market’s best-kept secrets… It turns...
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Today, I’m going to let you in on one of the market’s best-kept secrets… It turns out investors are willing to pay you to sell stocks you already own at a profit. You read...
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Risk is a fundamental part of investing. It might be easiest to understand by using bonds as an...
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Risk is a fundamental part of investing. It might be easiest to understand by using bonds as an example.#-ad_banner-# With bonds, the only investment that is considered to be risk free is...
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For the past year, I’ve shown you how to generate hundreds or even thousands of dollars in...
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For the past year, I’ve shown you how to generate hundreds or even thousands of dollars in income a week without relying on dividends. Using my “Instant Income” strategy,...
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After a big year, many investors are wondering whether they should lock in their gains. The SPDR...
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After a big year, many investors are wondering whether they should lock in their gains. The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) exchange-traded fund (ETF) provided a total return of 32.3% in...
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