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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$470.96 +2.56%

(10/1 18:02) ◀

Friday, October 2, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/02 2:00pm) 157,306

Calls: 92,027 (59%)

Puts: 65,279 (41%)

Prior (09/10) 60,666

Calls: 27,637 (46%)

Puts: 33,029 (54%)

Current vs Prior +159.30%

Calls: +232.98% (Calls)

Puts: +97.64% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 669,172

Calls: 346,069 (52%)

Puts: 323,103 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 95,596

Calls: 49,438 (52%)

Puts: 46,157 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +64.55%

Calls: +86.14%

Puts: +41.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/02 2:00pm) $158.94M

Calls: $125.71M (79%)

Puts: $33.23M (21%)

Prior (09/10) $51.29M

Calls: $29.91M (58%)

Puts: $21.38M (42%)

Current vs Prior +209.86%

Calls: +320.30%

Puts: +55.41%

Prior 7-Day Total $924.96M

Calls: $650.12M (70%)

Puts: $274.84M (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average $132.14M

Calls: $92.87M (70%)

Puts: $39.26M (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.28%

Calls: +35.35%

Puts: -15.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/02 2:00pm) 0.71

Prior (09/10) 1.20

Current vs Prior -40.65%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.95

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.31%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/02 2:00pm) 1,850,630

Calls: 913,861 (49%)

Puts: 936,769 (51%)

Prior (09/10) 1,932,976

Calls: 911,354 (47%)

Puts: 1,021,622 (53%)

Current vs Prior -4.26%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,470,091

Calls: 6,009,216 (48%)

Puts: 6,460,875 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,781,441

Calls: 858,459 (48%)

Puts: 922,982 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 0.71% | 3.37%6.00% | 10.71%

Prior 2.38% | 4.14%6.30% | 11.34%

Current vs Prior -70.17% | -18.73%-4.63% | -5.56%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.98% | 3.98%5.83% | 11.20%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -64.04% | -15.43%+3.07% | -4.40%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.38% | 4.14%6.02% | 10.95%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -70.17% | -18.73%-0.20% | -2.21%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 10.32% | 2.52%

Calls: 8.28% | 2.50%

Puts: 12.36% | 2.55%

Prior 3.71% | 4.12%

Calls: 3.31% | 2.42%

Puts: 4.12% | 5.81%

Current vs Prior +178.17% | -38.83%

Prior 7-Day Avg 7.80% | 3.27%

Calls: 4.97% | 2.47%

Puts: 10.63% | 4.07%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +32.38% | -22.90%

Liquidity Good

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Strong bullish conviction with 79% of dollar volume in calls ($125.71M) vs puts ($33.23M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 210% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 159% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 41% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
15:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 319 of results (avg 4.7%, best 1.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$430.00	Oct 30	45.60	46.20	$45.90	1.3%	9	0.85	124
$380.00	Oct 16	91.60	92.90	$92.25	1.4%	8	0.99	726
$460.00	Oct 16	19.25	19.55	$19.40	1.5%	1.4K	0.65	5.2K
$455.00	Nov 6	28.70	29.15	$28.92	1.6%	31	0.66	24
$455.00	Oct 30	26.60	27.05	$26.83	1.7%	161	0.67	225

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Nov 6	32.20	32.65	$32.42	1.4%	9	0.67	10
$485.00	Oct 16	20.55	20.85	$20.70	1.4%	64	0.65	45
$490.00	Oct 30	27.20	27.60	$27.40	1.5%	3	0.65	--
$480.00	Nov 6	22.55	22.90	$22.73	1.5%	9	0.55	2
$480.00	Oct 16	17.30	17.60	$17.45	1.7%	90	0.59	180

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 42 found (avg $0.61, cheapest $0.39)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$472.50	Oct 2	0.37	0.41	$0.39	10.3%	4.8K	0.27	2.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.37	0.41	$0.39	10.3%	1.5K	0.05	2.1K
$500.00	Oct 9	0.63	0.68	$0.66	7.6%	1.1K	0.08	1.4K
$497.50	Oct 9	0.80	0.86	$0.83	7.2%	68	0.09	15
$550.00	Oct 16	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	62	0.02	577

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 2	0.50	0.55	$0.53	9.4%	2.6K	0.34	189
$435.00	Oct 9	0.30	0.36	$0.33	18.2%	330	0.04	443
$437.50	Oct 9	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	62	0.05	395
$440.00	Oct 9	0.48	0.53	$0.51	9.8%	466	0.06	768
$442.50	Oct 9	0.59	0.65	$0.62	9.7%	168	0.07	287

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 191 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$380.00	Oct 2	90.00	92.05	$91.03	2.3%	--	1.00	58
$385.00	Oct 2	84.95	87.20	$86.08	2.6%	1	1.00	35
$395.00	Oct 2	74.95	76.65	$75.80	2.2%	2	1.00	22
$415.00	Oct 2	55.00	57.25	$56.13	4.0%	2	1.00	350
$420.00	Oct 2	49.95	52.30	$51.13	4.6%	406	1.00	505

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$477.50	Oct 2	5.55	7.55	$6.55	30.5%	47	1.00	--
$480.00	Oct 2	7.80	10.10	$8.95	25.7%	6	1.00	--
$485.00	Oct 2	12.95	15.10	$14.02	15.3%	5	1.00	--
$487.50	Oct 2	15.50	17.60	$16.55	12.7%	3	1.00	--
$490.00	Oct 2	18.00	20.05	$19.02	10.8%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 444 active (total vol 113.9K, top 6.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	3.80	4.00	$3.90	5.1%	6.2K	0.33	2.0K
$470.00	Oct 2	1.50	1.63	$1.57	8.3%	5.0K	0.67	2.6K
$475.00	Oct 2	0.05	0.08	$0.07	42.9%	4.9K	0.06	1.1K
$472.50	Oct 2	0.37	0.41	$0.39	10.3%	4.8K	0.27	2.5K
$440.00	Oct 16	34.15	35.00	$34.58	2.5%	4.8K	0.84	6.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$405.00	Oct 16	0.43	0.48	$0.45	11.1%	2.8K	0.03	3.4K
$470.00	Oct 2	0.50	0.55	$0.53	9.4%	2.6K	0.34	189
$472.50	Oct 2	1.67	1.89	$1.78	12.4%	1.6K	0.74	23
$467.50	Oct 2	0.08	0.12	$0.10	40.0%	1.4K	0.09	85
$405.00	Oct 9	0.07	0.10	$0.09	33.3%	1.3K	0.01	2.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 7.0%, max 11.7%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$472.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	31.8%	28.4%	11.7%	5.2K	2.5K
$470.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	31.8%	31.1%	2.3%	5.0K	2.6K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$472.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	31.8%	28.4%	11.7%	1.9K	33
$470.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	31.8%	31.1%	2.3%	2.6K	190

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 245 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 7.76)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$440.00	$445.00	Nov 6	$2.87	$2.13	$2.87	77%	0.74	$442.87
$455.00	$460.00	Nov 13	$2.42	$2.58	$2.42	65%	1.07	$457.42
$500.00	$505.00	Nov 13	$0.93	$4.07	$0.93	32%	4.38	$500.93
$530.00	$540.00	Nov 13	$0.85	$9.15	$0.85	16%	10.76	$530.85
$455.00	$457.50	Oct 16	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	71%	0.92	$456.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$480.00	$475.00	Nov 13	$2.30	$2.70	$2.30	54%	1.17	$477.70
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 9	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	42%	2.57	$466.80
$482.50	$480.00	Oct 9	$1.57	$0.93	$1.57	72%	0.59	$480.93
$495.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	69%	0.54	$491.75
$460.00	$457.50	Oct 16	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	35%	2.57	$459.30

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 191 found (best R:R 0.89, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$505.00	$510.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.30	$4.70	96%	0.06	$505.30
$530.00	$540.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.30	$9.70	97%	0.03	$530.30
$510.00	$515.00	Nov 13	$1.40	$1.40	$3.60	73%	0.39	$511.40
$495.00	$500.00	Nov 13	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	64%	0.57	$496.82
$485.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$1.98	$1.98	$3.02	60%	0.66	$486.98

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$470.00	$460.00	Nov 13	$4.72	$4.72	$5.28	53%	0.89	$465.28
$462.50	$460.00	Oct 16	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	62%	1.00	$461.25
$450.00	$440.00	Nov 13	$2.98	$2.98	$7.02	68%	0.42	$447.02
$387.50	$385.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.30	$2.20	98%	0.14	$387.20
$417.50	$415.00	Oct 2	$0.30	$0.30	$2.20	97%	0.14	$417.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $6.25, cheapest $6.07)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$470.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.43	31.8%	27.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$470.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$6.07	31.8%	27.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 138 found (cheapest 0.45% of stock, avg 6.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$470.00	Oct 2	$1.57	$0.53	$2.10	$467.90	$472.10	0.45%
$472.50	Oct 2	$0.39	$1.78	$2.17	$470.33	$474.67	0.46%
$467.50	Oct 2	$3.85	$0.10	$3.95	$463.55	$471.45	0.84%
$475.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$3.90	$3.97	$471.03	$478.97	0.84%
$477.50	Oct 2	$0.02	$6.55	$6.57	$470.93	$484.07	1.40%
$465.00	Oct 2	$6.63	$0.03	$6.66	$458.34	$471.66	1.41%
$462.50	Oct 2	$8.88	$0.02	$8.90	$453.60	$471.40	1.89%
$480.00	Oct 2	$0.02	$8.95	$8.97	$471.03	$488.97	1.90%
$460.00	Oct 2	$11.18	$0.02	$11.20	$448.80	$471.20	2.38%
$457.50	Oct 2	$13.65	$0.02	$13.67	$443.83	$471.17	2.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 154 found (cheapest 0.04% of stock, avg 4.28%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$475.00	$467.50	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.10	$0.17	$467.33	$475.17
$472.50	$467.50	Oct 2	$0.39	$0.10	$0.49	$467.01	$472.99
$475.00	$470.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$0.53	$0.60	$469.40	$475.60
$472.50	$470.00	Oct 2	$0.39	$0.53	$0.92	$469.08	$473.42
$482.50	$460.00	Oct 9	$3.15	$3.00	$6.15	$453.85	$488.65
$482.50	$462.50	Oct 9	$3.15	$3.75	$6.90	$455.60	$489.40
$480.00	$460.00	Oct 9	$3.90	$3.00	$6.90	$453.10	$486.90
$480.00	$462.50	Oct 9	$3.90	$3.75	$7.65	$454.85	$487.65
$477.50	$460.00	Oct 9	$4.68	$3.00	$7.68	$452.32	$485.18
$482.50	$465.00	Oct 9	$3.15	$4.80	$7.95	$457.05	$490.45

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 424 found (best R:R 0.14, avg credit $1.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
385/388	505/510	Oct 2	$0.60	$4.40	94%	0.14	$386.90	$505.60
395/398	505/510	Oct 2	$0.59	$4.41	94%	0.13	$396.91	$505.59
415/418	505/510	Oct 2	$0.60	$4.40	93%	0.14	$416.90	$505.60
402/405	505/510	Oct 2	$0.57	$4.43	94%	0.13	$404.43	$505.57
410/412	505/510	Oct 2	$0.54	$4.46	94%	0.12	$411.96	$505.54
420/422	505/510	Oct 2	$0.54	$4.46	94%	0.12	$421.96	$505.54
390/392	505/510	Oct 2	$0.50	$4.50	94%	0.11	$392.00	$505.50
410/415	510/515	Nov 13	$2.10	$2.90	61%	0.72	$412.90	$512.10
385/388	530/540	Oct 2	$0.60	$9.40	95%	0.06	$386.90	$530.60
395/398	530/540	Oct 2	$0.59	$9.41	95%	0.06	$396.91	$530.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 232 found (best R:R 2.05, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	9%	82.33
$470.00	$472.50	$475.00	Oct 2	$0.86	$1.64	60%	1.91
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$467.50	$470.00	$472.50	Oct 2	$0.82	$1.68	65%	2.05
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$4.95	12%	99.00
$470.00	$472.50	$475.00	Oct 2	$0.87	$1.63	62%	1.87
$450.00	$455.00	$460.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$4.91	10%	54.56
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$4.87	10%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 228 found (best net $-8.93, 210 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$465.00	$467.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.07	$1.43
$510.00	$520.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.52	$9.48
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.22	$9.78
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.45	$9.55
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.11	$9.89

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$8.93	$21.07
$520.00	$495.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$8.40	$16.60
$477.50	$475.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.25	$1.25
$485.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.88	$1.12
$465.00	$462.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.01	$2.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 79 found (best yield 4.13%, avg 1.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$475.00	Nov 13	$19.45	0.50	0.9%	4.13%	4.99%	7	2
$480.00	Nov 13	$17.10	0.46	1.9%	3.63%	5.55%	41	2
$490.00	Nov 13	$13.25	0.39	4.0%	2.81%	6.86%	7	3
$475.00	Nov 6	$17.60	0.49	0.9%	3.74%	4.59%	51	129
$495.00	Nov 13	$11.15	0.35	5.1%	2.37%	7.47%	1	1
$480.00	Nov 6	$15.40	0.45	1.9%	3.27%	5.19%	80	213
$485.00	Nov 6	$13.50	0.41	3.0%	2.87%	5.85%	34	32
$500.00	Nov 13	$9.70	0.32	6.2%	2.06%	8.23%	30	3
$490.00	Nov 6	$11.60	0.37	4.0%	2.46%	6.51%	44	90
$495.00	Nov 6	$10.05	0.34	5.1%	2.13%	7.24%	71	158

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 92,027

Total Puts 65,279

Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Net Difference 26,748

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 27,637

Total Puts 33,029

Put/Call Ratio 1.20

Net Difference -5,392

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 346,069

Total Puts 323,103

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.95

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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