Frederic Ruffy

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

Home Depot, Chinese Net Firms Lead Options

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

Slow options trading is led by Home Depot (NYSE: HD) as it announces $1 billion stock buyback.

Citi, Wells Fargo Top Options Monday

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

Citi (NYSE: C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) see busy options trading.

Kodak, Yahoo, SPY Spark Options Action

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

Options trading today active in Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) and SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY).

Apple, Citi Top Options Trading Action

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

Options volume picks up due to trading in Citigroup (NYSE: C), Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY).

Baidu Up, BofA Down in Slow Options Trading

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

Baidu.com (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) were volume leaders in the options markets today.

Option Traders Dig Rare Earth Molycorp

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

China rare earth firms like Molycorp (NYSE: MCP) provide a little action in today’s quiet options market.

Sprint Hammered, VIX Slows in Options Today

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

Options trading slows as Japan fears diminish, AT&T (NYSE: T) plans takeover, and Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) says it will acquire OptionsXpress (NASDAQ: OXPS).

Cisco, Yen, Lorillard Lead Options Today

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

Your daily options trading wrap up. Sentiment Overall market action has been orderly on the Quadruple Witch options expiration Friday. With no economic news or…

Market Rebounds With Strong Options Volume

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

Options trading very busy as broad market, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rebound. Option expiration drive action in SPDR Financial ETF (NYSE: XLF).

Asian Indexes Lead Huge Options Volume

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com

The options market saw huge volume in South Korea Index (NYSE: EWY) and iShares Japan Index (NYSE: EWJ). The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) rose above 27.

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