Randy Frederick

Randy Frederick

Randy Frederick is Director of Derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research. He is one of the chief architects of Schwab’s option trading platforms and analytics tools.

Randy, a respected industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, writes monthly columns for Schwab’s client newsletters and is the author of the book The Trader’s Guide to Equity Spreads (McGraw-Hill, 2007).

He has been published in trade magazines such as Active Trader, SFO and Futures. He is a frequent guest on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, and his comments appear regularly in the financial news media including The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Reuters, USA Today and TheStreet.com.

Randy also contributes content to TheOptionsInsider.com.

Recent Articles

How to Track Options Volatility – Part II

By Randy Frederick

In Part II of his article on volatility, Randy Frederick further explores the use of put/call ratios in options trading.

How to Track Options Volatility – Part I

By Randy Frederick

If the market is driven by "fear and greed," then understanding the best way to measure these emotions could improve your trading.

Predicting the Volatility of Volatility

By Randy Frederick

Randy Frederick discusses how to use volatility and the VIX in options trading.

Covered Calls and Covered Puts – Managing Risk Using Options

By Randy Frederick

Even the best traders make bad trades, but managing risk helps them survive to trade another day. Learn how to minimize losses with covered calls and puts.

Putting Options to Work

By Randy Frederick

Once you have a grasp of the basics, it's time to put some simple options strategies to work. Randy Frederick covers how to use long and short calls and puts.

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