Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg (TSM) are down .59 to 19.96 today.? TSM is trading near the top of the 52 week range.
Today paper traded the TSM Jun 20 puts for .80 9900x. The ADV is 3342 contracts. The OI is 295 in May and 7106 in Jun.
The paper went up in one large block. At the time the puts traded just .05 off of the ask price which most likely means buy.? This would be a larger buy to open transaction if so. There was buying in the Jul 20 puts as well.? The Jun puts are already offered at .75 so the early buy is a .05 loser.
30-day implied volatility is 22%. ? 10-day implied volatility is 24%.? 30 day implied volatility is trading below the 10 Day Historical volatility.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is principally engaged in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of integrated circuit (IC) related products.