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Frederic Ruffy is a Senior Options Strategist at Trade Alert, a New York-based provider of data and research for institutional investors in the U.S. and international markets. He’s written extensively on volatility for The Ticker Tape®, and shared insight as a guest on Bloomberg TV and Business News Network and as a market commentator for CBOE-TV.

It happened during my senior year in college at the University of Utah when I wrote a paper called “Stock Around the Clock.” I became fascinated with financial markets and how technology was changing the way people invest. I wanted to learn more.


Be open to new ideas and to change. You can't predict the future and, like a surfer on a wave, it's important to remain flexible to better handle life's many unexpected events.


George Soros.


Fly fishing, skiing, traveling or spending time with family.


I sing in the shower.
