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

Expedia, Freeport Grab Option Spotlight

Options trading mild for expiration Thursday though Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) grab some volume.

Traders Buy BofA Calls, XLI Industrial Puts

Options trading quiet while volume flows to Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Hershey (NYSE: HSY) and SPDR Industrials ETF (NYSE: XLI).

Hewlett, Dell See Huge Option Trading

Options trading was active in Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) as personal computer market contracts.

Yahoo, Morgan Busy in Options Today

Options trading quiet though Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) grab some volume.

Nvidia, Sachs Hit in Options Trading

Options trading moderate as bears take control of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Nvdia (NASDAQ: NVDA).