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

VIX Rises Quickly as Market Tanks

The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) rose rapidly as the broad stock market fell. Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Lorillard (NYSE: LO) saw busy options trading.

Hewlett, HSBC Busy in Options Action

Options markets quiet today though Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Coeur D’Alene (NYSE: CDE), Power-One (NASDAQ: PWER) see action.

CBOE Buy Speculation Tops Options Action

Options trading mild but takeover speculations drives action in CBOE, and high volume spreads laid out in Ford (NYSE: F), and SPDR Financial Select (NYSE: XLF).

MGM, Clean Energy Spark Options Action

The options markets were busy, driven by MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE), and IShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (NYSE: EEM).

Option Bulls Opt for Intel Despite Downturn

Options trading was very active with Citi (NYSE: C), and Longtop Financial Technologies (NYSE: LFT) declining but Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) options rallying.