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 next bear market will show that HODL is a bull market strategy. When gains turn to losses, brave talk turns to selling. But there's a better way... Read More
The next bear market will show that HODL is a bull market strategy. When gains turn to losses, brave talk turns to selling. But there's a better way... Read More
At some point, we'll see a company in this industry become a trillion-dollar company. And it could very well be my latest pick... Read More
At some point, we'll see a company in this industry become a trillion-dollar company. And it could very well be my latest pick... Read More
Today I want to take a step back from the minutiae happening in the markets and focus on the bigger picture. We could spend all day dissecting the disappointing jobs report, reading the tea leaves from Janet Yellen or Jerome Powell’s words, or talking about vaccinations, inflation fears, or otherwise. Read More
Berkshire vice-chairman Charlie Munger had a few choice words for bitcoin that he shared over the weekend. Is he right? Or could he be missing something... Read More
Berkshire vice-chairman Charlie Munger had a few choice words for bitcoin that he shared over the weekend. Is he right? Or could he be missing something... Read More
Warren Buffett and vice-chairman Charlie Munger sat down for an extensive Q&A session this weekend at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting. The event was different in many ways this year. It was held in L.A., for example, rather than the usual setting in Omaha. The two nonagenarians were especially candid,… Read More
This divergence in bullish and bearish signals for the major averages is unusual. And it almost certainly indicates a big move is ahead... Read More
This divergence in bullish and bearish signals for the major averages is unusual. And it almost certainly indicates a big move is ahead... Read More
This serves as a good reminder to all of us that success in business or investing is still possible -- simple, in fact. But here's what it takes... Read More
This serves as a good reminder to all of us that success in business or investing is still possible -- simple, in fact. But here's what it takes... Read More
While reviewing charts of last week's price action, I thought of something I learned from an old friend (and master trader)... Read More
While reviewing charts of last week's price action, I thought of something I learned from an old friend (and master trader)... Read More
To move or not to move… and when? These are the questions my wife and I are pondering these days. All around Austin, just about every spare tract of land is marked for development. A new billion-dollar Apple campus here… Tesla gigafactory there… Giant mix-use office and commercial developments down the street. Take a drive out of city limits, and there’s houses springing up all over the hill country like wildflowers. This may sound exciting, but there’s just one problem… Locals like us who are looking to move are getting priced out of the market. Homes in our area are… Read More
To move or not to move… and when? These are the questions my wife and I are pondering these days. All around Austin, just about every spare tract of land is marked for development. A new billion-dollar Apple campus here… Tesla gigafactory there… Giant mix-use office and commercial developments down the street. Take a drive out of city limits, and there’s houses springing up all over the hill country like wildflowers. This may sound exciting, but there’s just one problem… Locals like us who are looking to move are getting priced out of the market. Homes in our area are routinely selling for 15% above asking price or more. This has made it tough for folks like us… after all, how do you compete with someone moving here from California who’s making an all-cash offer? Chalk it up to the warm weather, the low taxes, the barbecue, or maybe all three (and more). But they’re coming here in droves. And our little corner of the Lone Star State isn’t alone in this… home prices are gaining steam everywhere. There are a few key factors driving up home prices. And people moving from one place to another is just one of… Read More
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced that it is keeping interest rates near zero. This wasn’t a particular surprise to anyone who’s been following along. After all, Fed Chair Jerome Powel has sent clear signals that the central bank wants to see clear signs of recovery from the Covid pandemic… Read More
