Frederic Ruffy

Frederic Ruffy

Frederic Ruffy is the Senior Options Strategist at Whatstrading.com, a site dedicated to helping traders make sense of the complex and fragmented nature of listed options trading. In addition to writing market commentary and trading-related books and articles, Fred has also worked as an instructor, educating investors on advanced topics like measuring volatility, the benefits of sector rotation and the risks and potential profits from trading around earnings. An active trader himself, with over 15 years securities industry experience, his market observations and analysis of the options market are featured regularly in the financial press including Barron’s, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Futures Magazine.

Recent Articles

Qualcomm, Human Genome See Busy Options

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) active in options trading today, along with Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR).

VIX Up, Western Digital Rises, ARMH Down

The market sell off has the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) jumping 10% and put options selling briskly.

Option Bulls Like TIVO, Bears Bite Sachs

Options trading moderate as call buyers liked TIVO (NASDAQ: TIVO) while bears slammed Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and Central European Distribution (NASDAQ: CEDC).

Citi Busy, Chiquita Slips in Options Trading

Options trading average but Citigroup (NYSE: C) sees bulls take charge. Chiquita Brands (NYSE: CQB) stock slips and falls while options rise.

Spyders, Silver Miners Spark Option Trading

Options trading was light but traders bought calls on Endeavour Silver Corp. (AMEX: EXK), and implemented an S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) trade.