Notable Put Options Activity in Total System Services

Shares of Total System Services

are lower on the session by 0.77%, currently trading at $20.64. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past two months and is currently trading above the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on puts today. The strike seeing the heaviest action is the February 2012 $20.00 put, which has traded 1,250 times on open interest of 20 contracts. The puts were purchased for $0.40. Put volume is outpacing call volume by 28 to 1. Total System Services, Inc. is a global payment solutions provider. The company provides services to financial and non-financial institutions. The services it provided were divided into three segments: North America Services, International Services and Merchant Services.