This Is What Whales Are Betting On Taiwan Semiconductor

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Taiwan Semiconductor TSM.

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with TSM, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 10 options trades for Taiwan Semiconductor.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 70% bullish and 30%, bearish.

Out of all of the options we uncovered, 9 are puts, for a total amount of $499,097, and there was 1 call, for a total amount of $117,000.

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 $60.0 to $105.0 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 5200.71 with a total volume of 1,783.00.

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 $60.0 to $105.0 over the last 30 days.

Taiwan Semiconductor Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

 

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
TSM PUT SWEEP BULLISH 11/18/22 $70.00 $172.1K 3.6K 22
TSM CALL SWEEP BEARISH 10/14/22 $66.00 $117.0K 1.6K 1.0K
TSM PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/19/24 $105.00 $82.5K 701 0
TSM PUT SWEEP BULLISH 12/16/22 $60.00 $61.6K 4.7K 57
TSM PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/19/24 $105.00 $45.3K 701 20

Where Is Taiwan Semiconductor Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 1,305,591, the price of TSM is up 1.18% at $64.2.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 1 days.

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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