Check out what whales are doing for Mar. 1: TSM halted chip sales to Russia

Options Newsman wrote a column · Mar 1, 2022 00:14

Unusual options activity, or large volume orders in stocks, is one way to understand what whales are doing with their "smart money". It often indicates a potentially large price movement for the stock.

Here is a look at the top five active stock options from yesterday:

Check out what whales are doing for Mar. 1: TSM halted chip sales to Russia

Top traded option for ticker in the graph

The writer of this option contract expects $Citigroup (C.US)$ to rise to $57.5 by 2024/1/19

The writer of this option contract expects $Occidental Petroleum (OXY.US)$ to rise to $38 by 2022/03/18

The writer of this option contract expects $Cameco (CCJ.US)$ to rise to $23 by 2022/3/18

The writer of this option contract expect $Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM.US)$ to drop to $95 by 2022/10/21

The writer of this option contract expect $Plug Power (PLUG.US)$ to rise to $20 by 2022/9/16

How to read the chart

· The chart shows stocks with unusual options volume compared to their average volume, ranking from highest volume to the lowest.

· Option volume indicates the number of contracts traded for the day.

· Put/Call ratio >0.7 means more the stock attracts more bears than bulls. Put/Call ratio<0.7 means the stock attracts more bulls than bears.