Darlene Powell, BetterTrades' Downside Diva

Darlene Powell has earned a couple of nicknames among students of BetterTrades. She's been called the "Queen of the Qs" and the "Downside Diva" for her ability to make money when the market is in a downtrend. Darlene Powell is one of the popular specialty coaches on the BetterTrades staff.

After years of owning her own businesses, Darlene looked for a career change that would enable her to spend more time with her family. Darlene eventually made her way to a financial seminar that taught stock market principles. Although she resisted attending the workshop, the information began to seep into her mind and Darlene's analytical brain began to take over. She began to seek how the stock market could be used to change her life, replace income and give her the freedom for which she sought.

Darlene has traded through both bull and bear markets and has become one of the most popular speakers in the BetterTrades family. She offers two live workshops throughout the country: Trading the QQQQ, a one-day class that shows individuals how it's possible to master the market by learning to trade the Qs exchange traded fund; and Lifestyle Trading with LEAPS, a two-day class that teaches students the ins and outs of trading with long-term options. The LEAPS class also explains Darlene's funnel system for picking promising stocks to trade and discarding those with less potential.

In addition to regular free and paid online classes that are available through the BetterTrades.com website, Darlene has also taught the class 40 Cents to Financial Freedom, available on DVD. In this class, she demonstrates how it's possible to grow a relatively small trading account using small but consistent gains. Another distance learning class, Falling Stocks, shows students why a falling market isn't always a bad thing.

Through her years of trading, Darlene has traded many stock splits and her book "Stock Split Secrets" is a recommended read for students interested in learning how it's possible to monetize these stock market occurrences. In fact, Darlene believes the stock doesn't actually need to split in order to be profitable; it only needs the potential to split.