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Todd Salamone

Senior Vice President,

Schaeffer's Investment Research, Inc.

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.
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.
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. 
I often advise readers to gravitate toward options to limit risk during periods of particularly tumultuous market action, explains Todd Salomone, technical expert at Schaeffer's Investment Research and editor of Money Morning Outlook.

Todd's Videos

Join Schaeffer's SVP, Todd Salamone, for a review of an underutilized but incredibly powerful options-buying strategy that they have employed for over a decade to help subscribers manage risk and produce serious profit in a world of surprises. In times of major market uncertainty like we find ourselves in today, there is good news! There is a simple strategy that you can use to manage the risk of the unknowns while also positioning yourself to profit in the triple digits at the same time (targeting returns of +100% on each trade).
Did you know you can buy options to reduce risk and potentially enhance your portfolio returns, whether you're using options to speculate or hedge? In today's environment, where we're constantly bombarded with a multitude of risks that could negatively impact stocks, it's an ideal time to utilize the flexibility of options. But the myriad of "options" available can be quite confusing, whether you're new to the market or have some experience-how do you pick the right strike price? What's the best way to play events? How much should you allocate to each trade? What expiration, or time frame, should you play? Join Todd Salamone, who has more than 25 years of experience in buying options, as he walks you through these concepts and more. See real-world trade examples to bring Schaeffer's contrarian trading methodology to life and discover the bullish and bearish options plays designed to keep the gains coming in even as volatility rises.


Join Todd Salamone for this in-depth session, designed to bring you the latest intelligence available so you can identify and profit from the opportunities in today's markets. The knowledge you gain by attending this session can help you make better investing or trading decisions tomorrow.


Did you know you can buy options to reduce risk and potentially enhance your portfolio returns, whether you're using options to speculate or hedge? In today's environment, where we're constantly bombarded with a multitude of risks that could negatively impact stocks, it's an ideal time to utilize the flexibility of options. But the myriad of "options" available can be quite confusing, whether you're new to the market or have some experience-how do you pick the right strike price? What's the best way to play events? How much should you allocate to each trade? What expiration, or time frame, should you play? Join Todd Salamone, who has 25 years of experience in buying options, as he walks you through these concepts and more.See real-world trade examples to bring Schaeffer's contrarian trading methodology to life and discover the bullish and bearish options plays designed to keep the gains coming in even as volatility rises.