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

Visa, Semi-Conductors Lead Options Volume

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

Silver Tanks, Option Traders Adjust

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

Sirius, Citi See Heavy Options Trading

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

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

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