Ron Ianieri

Ron Ianieri

Just before the crash of 1987, Ron Ianieri began his options career on the floor of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He worked for Cooper, Neff and Associates, a highly respected technical and analytical trading firm. During his career, Ron worked on the Equity Options floor and the Foreign Currency Options floor as both a market maker and a specialist.

Ron was best known for his years spent as the Options Specialist in Dell (DELL) in the early and mid-1990s, when DELL was one of the busiest equity options books ever.

Ron earned the respect of the Options floor for the development and teaching of his Option Trader Trainee Course. Since starting Options University with his partner, Brett Fogle, in 2004, Ron travels the world teaching individual investors the same options class he developed on the trading floor.

Ron is regularly seen on CNBC, CNBC Asia, Fox News, Fox Business News, Bloomberg Asia and BNN delivering his market commentary. He is also frequently quoted in many financial publications and Web sites including CNBC.com, CNN.com, Dow Jones MarketWatch, Barron’s, Wall Street Journal, ABC News and countless radio talk shows.

Recent Articles

How the Government Manipulates the Unemployment Rate to Bolster the Market

By Ron Ianieri

While the U.S. government may not be as blatantly conniving in their skewing of data as Wall Street is, they are guilty of manipulating the truth to fit their agenda, especially the jobs number.

Vertical Roll – How to Roll an Option Position

By Ron Ianieri

Learn how a vertical rolling technique allows you to capture profits without giving up a winning position, and get the secret to exactly when to use it.

Earnings Estimates – Why Wall Street Has a Bullish Skew

By Ron Ianieri

In Wall Street's insatiable quest to make the market go up, they are willing to lie to individual investors. Find out how they've been pulling one over on you.

Corporate Earnings – How China Will Bring Down the U.S. Market

By Ron Ianieri

Several of the bigger blue-chip stocks owe their earnings outcome to China's rapidly increasing demand, but this can no longer be counted on to carry U.S. companies.

January Barometer – Is 2010 Doomed?

By Ron Ianieri

A very reliable indicator is predicting that the markets are in for a tough year ahead.

Managing Your Money – How to Take Back Control From Wall Street and Uncle Sam

By Ron Ianieri

While we make sacrifice after sacrifice, Wall Street insists on getting paid obscene bonuses, and the government allows them to. And there's only one productive thing we can do about it.

Wall Street Bonuses – Why Wall Street Screwed You Over

By Ron Ianieri

After bailing the financials out, and saving them from themselves and their uncontrollable greed, they pay us back by treating themselves.

Wall Street Bonuses – The Scariest Thing About Wall Street Bonuses

By Ron Ianieri

Am I the only one wondering how the banks paying back TARP can be construed as a positive thing? First of all, you must realize that the repayment of the TARP money is simply for one reason ...

Option Writing – Collect Option Premium the Safe Way

By Ron Ianieri

Selling options allows you to profit even when stocks don't move, but some strategies expose you to unlimited risk. Learn the key to successful premium collection.

Vertical Option Spreads – 4 Advantages of Trading Vertical Spreads

By Ron Ianieri

In a market such as this, it is incredibly important that investors be prepared for the downside, and this strategy offers you a way to do just that for a lot less cash.

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