Mitch Firestone

• Full-time professional trader (equities, ETFs, futures and options) and educator
• Trading styles:
  • short term income: intraday stock, ETF and futures trading; intraweek stock and ETF swing trading and options spreads
  • medium- and long-term income and capital appreciation: swing and position trading of stocks and ETFs, and the use of options, including spreads
• Works with financial planners/advisors to blend tactical asset allocation with a strategic approach to enhance returns via:
  • Intelligent entries and exits (lacking in a strategic-only strategy), and using options to enhance underlying stock and ETF positions
  • Portfolio protection through the use of simple options strategies, e.g., collars