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

Selecting Your Strike Price

Deciding which strike prices to use can be difficult. Randy Frederick explains how to choose strike prices according to you level of bullishness or bearishness.

Trading Options for Retirement — Part Two

Covered and Collar calls are two of the three strategies Randy Frederick discusses when it comes to trading options for retirement.