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Todd Salamone
Senior Vice President,
Schaeffer's Investment Research, Inc.
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About Todd
Todd is the SVP at Schaeffer's Investment Research and has been with the research firm since 1993. Mr. Salamone is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a double major in finance and insurance and risk management. He has over 25 years of options trading experience, emphasizing technical and sentiment analysis in his equity, broad market and sector research. Mr. Salamone is the author of Schaeffer's Monday Morning Outlook, and he has been interviewed on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, Fox Business Network and quoted in several national media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, the Associated Press and others.
Todd's Articles
History has shown that vicious rallies do occur in the context of bear markets and, as such, the mid-March breakout above a trendline connecting lower highs has an uncertainty to its sustainability, explains Todd Salamone, senior V.P. of research at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
Todd Salamone
STRATEGIES
The pullback to multi-month lows in the CBOE Market Volatility Index — or VIX — proved to be an opportune time to hedge long positions. That is, if the decline in equity’s last week continues in both duration and/or magnitude, asserts Todd Salamone, technical expert and senior vice president of research at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
Todd Salamone
MARKETS
With only weeks until the election, anticipated volatility is loud and clear in terms of how options are priced, observes Todd Salamone, technical expert and senior vice president of research at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
Todd Salamone
MARKETS