Frederic Ruffy

Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

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

Apple Weekly Options Draw Interest

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 12, 2011

Weekly options on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) get trader interest as Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) gaps down, and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) gets a sell signal.

Crude Drop Sends SPDR Oil Options Down

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 11, 2011

Broad sell off hits options trading in SPDR Oil Exploration and Production Fund (NYSE: XOP), while hope lives in SPDR Technology ETF (NYSE: XLK).

Options Traders Bullish on MicroSoft

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 10, 2011

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) finds bullish options traders as market volume distorted by ex-dividend trading in equities.

RIMM Hung Up, Dollar Thrifty Gassed Up

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 9, 2011

Options quiet but action seen in Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Dollar Thrifty (NYSE: DTG) is Sysco Corp. (NYSE: SYY).

Options Active With Deutsche Bank Under Fire

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 6, 2011

Options active with CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) rising again and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB), Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN) dropping.

Visa, Semi-Conductors Lead Options Volume

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 5, 2011

Visa (NYSE: V), Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) busy options trading before earnings. CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) rallies again.

Silver Tanks, Option Traders Adjust

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 4, 2011

The iShares Silver Fund (NYSE: SLV) saw heavy downside trading in the options market today.

Sirius, Citi See Heavy Options Trading

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 3, 2011

CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) is up as uncertain market sees option volume in Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI), Citigroup (NYSE: C).

Telephone, Vegas Sands Send Options Higher

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com May 2, 2011

Options pick up volume with action in AT&T, (NYSE: T), Yahoo, (NASDAQ: YYHOO), Las Vegas Sands ((NYSE: LVS).

SPDR Industrials Up, RIMM Down in Options

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 29, 2011

Options trading moderate as Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) fall out.