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Shawn Howell

Senior Strategist of Investor Education,

E*TRADE Securities

About Shawn

Shawn Howell is a senior strategist of investor education with E*TRADE Securities. He joins the E*TRADE education team after two decades as a trader, author, educator, and executive for some of the financial industry's leading brokerage and training firms, including Charles Schwab, Investools, and thinkorswim Group. In 2009 Mr. Howell co-founded Pro Market Advisors, E*TRADE's education partner for many years. In 2012 he co-authored Trading by Numbers: Scoring Strategies for Every Market (Wiley).

Shawn's Videos

suggests investors who want to protect themselves in a down draft can use a protective put that does not have to be individualized to their stock.
Shawn Howell explains how to use a covered call or a diagonal spread for a covered position. "It's how you can use an option on an option, for less equity risk."
Exchange traded funds continue to find new ground for investors and traders, even when they do not have the skills or time for complicated strategies, says Shawn Howell of Pro Market Advisors.
Shawn Howell discusses the difference between good and bad traders and how the trader needs to trade with the trend in order to be successful.