MasterCard (NYSE: MA) reported that worldwide purchase volume was up 17% in the most recent quarter compared with the same three-month period in 2011. As of March 31, the company had issued 1.8 billion credit and debit cards, and those cards were… Read More

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
Everyone will be watching Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) this week as it reports earnings for the first time as a public company. Many traders suffered losses in the FB initial… Read More
Gold has gone nowhere for months, but I think it is about to make a big move. And I have an investment for you that will allow you to profit double gold’s move. Many traders have strong opinions about gold. Some argue… Read More
It seems as though no one is particularly fond of the oil and gas sector recently. Oil is down more than 50% during the past four years, while natural gas has been in a bear market since the end of 2000, with… Read More