About

Kevin Matras is the Executive Vice President in charge of Zacks.com and its subscription services for individual investors. He is also the fundamental stock screening and technical chart patterns expert. In addition, he heads the Research Wizard Division at Zacks, which focuses on stock screening and backtesting. Matras also runs the Options Trader service, which applies his stock-picking techniques through the use of options. He also manages the Zacks Method for Trading: Home Study Course.

He has been seen on television and quoted in magazines, and his stock-picking articles can be found on various financial sites. He is the author of the book Finding #1 Stocks: Screening, Backtesting and Time-Proven Strategies, published by Wiley & Sons, Inc. Matras can be read and seen weekly in his popular ‘Screen of the Week’ articles, ‘Know Your Options’ articles, and Zacks Confidential subscriptions service, as well as the daily Profit from the Pros newsletter.