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

Microsoft, Silver Top Options Volume

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 28, 2011

Options trading moderately active with earnings names include Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX), Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU).

Baker Hughes, Ericsson Tops in Options

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 27, 2011

Options trading picks up after Bernanke speaks. Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) see action.

Yahoo, Microsoft Lead Options Trading

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 26, 2011

Option volume picks up with traders active in Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Allied Nevada Gold (AMEX: ANV).

Silver Options Busy on Slow Day

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 25, 2011

Options trading slow but IShares Silver Fund (NYSE: SLV) trades more than 1 million contracts.

Yahoo, Baidu, SPY Spur Options Trading

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 21, 2011

Options trading volume seen in Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO), Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU), and SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY).

Options Wrap – Blackboard’s a Jungle

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 19, 2011

Mostly quiet options trading though Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Blackboard (NASDAQ: BBBB), Hanesbrands ((NYSE: HBI) see some action.

Cisco Puts Hot as VIX Springs Back

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 18, 2011

A market sell off spurs activity in the options market with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), and Las Vegas Sand (NYSE: LVS) leading the volume.

Some Bold Souls Buy Google Call Options

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 15, 2011

Options expiration mostly quiet except Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) slammed and options volume reaches 343,000 contracts.

Microsoft Tops Equity Options, VIX Down

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 14, 2011

Options busy today led by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX).

Alcoa, Yahoo, Citi Lead Options Today

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 13, 2011

Options volume picks up on Alcoa (NYSE: AA), CitiGroup (NYSE: C) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) trading. VIX falls below 17.