Taiwan Semiconductor Unusual Options Activity For March 27


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A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bullish stance on Taiwan Semiconductor.

Looking at options history for Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM) we detected 19 strange trades.

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If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 52% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 47% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 7 are puts, for a total amount of $331,099 and 12, calls, for a total amount of $1,120,173.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $85.0 to $110.0 for Taiwan Semiconductor over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Taiwan Semiconductor options trades today is 4185.09 with a total volume of 4,164.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Taiwan Semiconductor's big money trades within a strike price range of $85.0 to $110.0 over the last 30 days.


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Taiwan Semiconductor Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
TSMCALLSWEEPBULLISH05/19/23$90.00$279.6K4.6K675
TSMCALLTRADEBULLISH05/19/23$90.00$208.2K4.6K518
TSMCALLSWEEPBULLISH05/19/23$90.00$111.3K4.6K1.1K
TSMCALLSWEEPBEARISH07/21/23$100.00$97.5K2.9K3
TSMCALLSWEEPBULLISH05/19/23$90.00$93.0K4.6K518

Where Is Taiwan Semiconductor Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 3,872,867, the price of TSM is down -1.82% at $91.1.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 17 days.

What The Experts Say On Taiwan Semiconductor:

  • Needham downgraded its action to Buy with a price target of $110

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

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27% profits every 20 days?

This is what Nic Chahine averages with his options buys. Not selling covered calls or spreads... BUYING options. Most traders don't even have a winning percentage of 27% buying options. He has an 83% win rate. Here's how he does it.


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