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
The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average are at all-time highs. The same is true for...
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The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average are at all-time highs. The same is true for the NASDAQ 100 Index and many other market averages. But some important averages remain well below...
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I recently ran through a little exercise with my premium Income Trader readers, looking at the...
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I recently ran through a little exercise with my premium Income Trader readers, looking at the potential upside in the stock market. And I’d like to share it with you… I’m starting...
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On Saturday, President Trump met with China’s President Xi. They reached an agreement...
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On Saturday, President Trump met with China’s President Xi. They reached an agreement that seems like it should be important. But the top story on CNBC wasn’t about that...
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We definitely experienced volatility last week. I had spotted a signal to expect volatility, and we...
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We definitely experienced volatility last week. I had spotted a signal to expect volatility, and we met that target in just a week. The S&P 500 gained more than 2% for the week....
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One of the biggest misconceptions about trading involves the idea of risk. No matter how you define...
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One of the biggest misconceptions about trading involves the idea of risk. No matter how you define risk in specific terms, the concept always involves the idea of losses. High risk is associated...
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Last week’s market action was relatively dull. And by dull, I mean there wasn’t much...
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Last week’s market action was relatively dull. And by dull, I mean there wasn’t much price volatility. Now, just because the market was “dull” doesn’t mean it...
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Recently, I realized almost everyone I talk to expects tomorrow to look a lot like today. As...
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Recently, I realized almost everyone I talk to expects tomorrow to look a lot like today. As an investor, that’s a sign I like to see. People generally seem to believe their jobs...
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Babies cry sometimes. Now, I know all of you already know that. As a parent to young boys, I...
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Babies cry sometimes. Now, I know all of you already know that. As a parent to young boys, I certainly know it. But when babies cry, there’s something we often don’t know:...
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I spent considerable time this weekend trying to find something bullish to share with you. In...
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I spent considerable time this weekend trying to find something bullish to share with you. In the end, I decided to share the chart below. It tells us to expect more gains in the stock...
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Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished lower for the fifth week in a row. That...
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Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished lower for the fifth week in a row. That sounds important — and it is — but I will get to that in a moment. First, I want to step...
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