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

VIX Rises Quickly as Market Tanks

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

The CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) rose rapidly as the broad stock market fell. Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Lorillard (NYSE: LO) saw busy options trading.

Hewlett, HSBC Busy in Options Action

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

Options markets quiet today though Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Coeur D’Alene (NYSE: CDE), Power-One (NASDAQ: PWER) see action.

CBOE Buy Speculation Tops Options Action

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

Options trading mild but takeover speculations drives action in CBOE, and high volume spreads laid out in Ford (NYSE: F), and SPDR Financial Select (NYSE: XLF).

MGM, Clean Energy Spark Options Action

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Feb 24, 2011

The options markets were busy, driven by MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE), and IShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (NYSE: EEM).

Option Bulls Opt for Intel Despite Downturn

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Feb 23, 2011

Options trading was very active with Citi (NYSE: C), and Longtop Financial Technologies (NYSE: LFT) declining but Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) options rallying.

VIX is Back as Delta, Ford See Options Action

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Feb 22, 2011

Options trading was busy as the broad market fell. CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), F (NYSE: F) and Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL) top the active list.

Wal-Mart, Target Jump in Options Trading

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

Options of retailers like Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), and Target (NYSE: TGT) were active before reporting earnings next week.

Human Genome, Family Dollar Top Options

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Feb 17, 2011

Nabors Industries (NYSE: NBR), Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI), Family Dollar Stores (NYSE: FDO) see busy options action. Quiet despite Expiration week.

Options get Sirius, Dell Rallies, AMD Up

By Frederic Ruffy, Options Strategist, Whatstrading.com Feb 16, 2011

Options trading busy, led by Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), Sirius (NASDAQ: SIRI), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), NVidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).

Option Traders Dress Up The Gap, Citi

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

Options trading modest but investors active in Citi (NYSE: C), Gap Stores (NYSE: GPS), Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: SPPI), and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA).