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

Options Wrap Focus on BofA, Target

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

Options wrap finds some bulls buying Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) calls, while bears buy target (NYSE: TGT) puts.

Tenet, Community Spat Spurs Option Volume

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

Options trading moderate as CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) drops, Tenet Healthcare (NYSE: THC) sues Community Health (NYSE: CYH).

BofA Finds a Believer in Options Pits

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 8, 2011

Quiet options trading day as Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) finds a call buyer and the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) adds .82 to 17.93.

Citi Dominates Options Trading

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 7, 2011

Options trading slow but Citigroup (NYSE: C) easily dominates equity option trading.

Cisco Breaks Bearish Funk, Rocks Options

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

Options trading today dominated by Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSC)) and retailers The Gap (NYSE: GPS), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ: URBN).

Goldcorp, Silver Top Options Volume

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

Options volume picked up with precious metals firms Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) and Endeavour Silver Corp. (NYSE: EXK) drawing traders.

BofA, Clean Energy Top Options Activity

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

Quiet options trading dominated by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE), and Duoyuan Global Water (NYSE: DGW).

Citi, Yahoo, Boston Sci Lead Option Wrap

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Apr 1, 2011

Generally quiet options trading led by Citi (NYSE: C), Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) trails down.

Dell, RIMM Top the Options Wrap on Dull Day

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Mar 31, 2011

Options wrap up on slow day as Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) trade down, and Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU) rises.

Options Wrap – Visa, MasterCard Charged Up

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Mar 30, 2011

Options trading mild though MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V) rise as the Federal Reserve delays decision on debit card fees.