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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$479.43 +1.41%

(10/2 18:03) ◀

Monday, October 5, 2026 (9:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:35am) 7,809

Calls: 4,604 (59%)

Puts: 3,205 (41%)

Prior (09/10) 2,526

Calls: 1,468 (58%)

Puts: 1,058 (42%)

Current vs Prior +209.14%

Calls: +213.62% (Calls)

Puts: +202.93% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 619,925

Calls: 334,057 (54%)

Puts: 285,868 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 88,560

Calls: 47,722 (54%)

Puts: 40,838 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -91.18%

Calls: -90.35%

Puts: -92.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 9:35am) $10.77M

Calls: $8.91M (83%)

Puts: $1.86M (17%)

Prior (09/10) $3.05M

Calls: $2.07M (68%)

Puts: $985.8K (32%)

Current vs Prior +252.70%

Calls: +330.68%

Puts: +89.05%

Prior 7-Day Total $922.72M

Calls: $656.56M (71%)

Puts: $266.16M (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average $131.82M

Calls: $93.79M (71%)

Puts: $38.02M (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -91.83%

Calls: -90.50%

Puts: -95.10%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 9:35am) 0.70

Prior (09/10) 0.72

Current vs Prior -3.41%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.46%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:35am) 1,804,732

Calls: 892,605 (49%)

Puts: 912,127 (51%)

Prior (09/10) 1,932,976

Calls: 911,354 (47%)

Puts: 1,021,622 (53%)

Current vs Prior -6.63%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,296,531

Calls: 5,988,083 (49%)

Puts: 6,308,448 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,756,647

Calls: 855,440 (49%)

Puts: 901,206 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 3.11% | 5.60%5.60% | 10.66%

Prior 1.71% | 3.82%6.04% | 11.05%

Current vs Prior +81.35% | +46.57%-7.40% | -3.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.11% | 4.05%6.58% | 11.57%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +47.25% | +38.03%-14.93% | -7.86%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.71% | 3.82%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +81.35% | +46.57%-5.78% | +0.42%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 5.34% | 3.18%

Calls: 5.64% | 2.84%

Puts: 5.05% | 3.53%

Prior 5.05% | 4.00%

Calls: 3.97% | 1.71%

Puts: 6.13% | 6.30%

Current vs Prior +5.74% | -20.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.04% | 3.29%

Calls: 4.04% | 2.41%

Puts: 6.04% | 4.17%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +6.04% | -3.34%

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Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($8.91M) vs puts ($1.86M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 253% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 209% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.70.

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 BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 267 of results (avg 5.7%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 13	32.95	33.70	$33.33	2.3%	--	0.68	15
$410.00	Oct 23	70.40	72.15	$71.28	2.5%	--	0.97	220
$410.00	Oct 16	69.85	71.60	$70.72	2.5%	11	0.98	2.0K
$465.00	Nov 6	27.80	28.50	$28.15	2.5%	--	0.65	67
$460.00	Nov 6	30.95	31.75	$31.35	2.6%	9	0.69	11.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Oct 30	24.90	25.50	$25.20	2.4%	1	0.62	19
$495.00	Nov 6	26.70	27.35	$27.03	2.4%	--	0.60	16
$485.00	Oct 16	15.25	15.65	$15.45	2.6%	--	0.55	84
$500.00	Oct 30	28.30	29.05	$28.68	2.6%	--	0.66	48
$490.00	Nov 6	23.60	24.25	$23.93	2.7%	--	0.56	10

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 18 found (avg $0.66, cheapest $0.41)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 9	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	39	0.06	1.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.66	0.73	$0.70	10.0%	59	0.09	942
$550.00	Oct 16	0.41	0.49	$0.45	17.8%	34	0.03	625
$550.00	Oct 23	0.79	0.93	$0.86	16.3%	4	0.05	194

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 9	0.34	0.40	$0.37	16.2%	1	0.05	771
$452.50	Oct 9	0.44	0.51	$0.48	14.6%	--	0.06	151
$455.00	Oct 9	0.59	0.67	$0.63	12.7%	96	0.08	1.1K
$457.50	Oct 9	0.82	0.91	$0.87	10.3%	9	0.10	350
$425.00	Oct 16	0.59	0.69	$0.64	15.6%	--	0.04	507

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 144 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 9	88.50	91.10	$89.80	2.9%	--	1.00	25
$395.00	Oct 9	83.50	86.60	$85.05	3.6%	--	1.00	17
$400.00	Oct 9	78.50	81.30	$79.90	3.5%	--	1.00	92
$397.50	Oct 9	81.00	83.70	$82.35	3.3%	2	0.99	--
$405.00	Oct 9	73.55	76.75	$75.15	4.3%	--	0.99	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 9	24.85	27.35	$26.10	9.6%	--	0.91	20
$540.00	Oct 23	60.00	62.45	$61.23	4.0%	--	0.91	15
$530.00	Oct 16	50.05	52.55	$51.30	4.9%	--	0.91	15
$520.00	Oct 16	40.90	43.35	$42.13	5.8%	--	0.86	15
$500.00	Oct 9	20.00	23.05	$21.53	14.2%	--	0.86	49

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 226 active (total vol 6.1K, top 645)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 23	4.75	5.20	$4.97	9.1%	602	0.23	182
$480.00	Oct 9	6.50	6.90	$6.70	6.0%	342	0.50	4.9K
$490.00	Oct 9	2.89	3.10	$3.00	7.0%	338	0.29	2.8K
$480.00	Oct 30	17.05	17.70	$17.38	3.7%	300	0.51	409
$485.00	Oct 9	4.45	4.70	$4.58	5.5%	192	0.39	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.55	$0.52	13.5%	645	0.04	14.8K
$470.00	Oct 23	9.75	10.30	$10.03	5.5%	599	0.38	84
$455.00	Oct 9	0.59	0.67	$0.63	12.7%	96	0.08	1.1K
$460.00	Oct 9	1.05	1.12	$1.09	6.4%	94	0.12	994
$405.00	Oct 16	0.19	0.28	$0.24	37.5%	74	0.02	1.4K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 2.0%, max 3.3%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	33.4%	32.4%	3.1%	7	2.5K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.0%	32.2%	2.6%	51	1.1K
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.6%	32.1%	1.8%	74	4.6K
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.2%	31.9%	1.0%	342	4.9K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.4%	32.3%	3.3%	16	1.4K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.9%	32.3%	2.0%	43	366
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.6%	32.1%	1.6%	30	133
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.1%	31.9%	0.6%	64	87

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 218 found (best R:R 0.53, avg 7.11)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$450.00	$455.00	Oct 23	$3.27	$1.73	$3.27	81%	0.53	$453.27
$460.00	$470.00	Nov 13	$6.03	$3.97	$6.03	68%	0.66	$466.03
$460.00	$465.00	Oct 23	$3.13	$1.87	$3.13	72%	0.60	$463.13
$457.50	$460.00	Oct 16	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	77%	0.58	$459.08
$490.00	$500.00	Nov 13	$3.75	$6.25	$3.75	45%	1.67	$493.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$490.00	$480.00	Nov 13	$5.03	$4.97	$5.03	55%	0.99	$484.97
$460.00	$457.50	Oct 9	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	12%	10.36	$459.78
$405.00	$400.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	4%	37.46	$404.87
$430.00	$427.50	Oct 16	$0.11	$2.39	$0.11	6%	21.73	$429.89
$440.00	$437.50	Oct 16	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	10%	11.50	$439.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 175 found (best R:R 0.65, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$570.00	Oct 9	$0.22	$0.22	$9.78	98%	0.02	$560.22
$540.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$2.69	$2.69	$27.31	84%	0.10	$542.69
$490.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$2.03	$2.03	$2.97	57%	0.68	$492.03
$480.00	$482.50	Oct 16	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	49%	1.00	$481.25
$487.50	$490.00	Oct 16	$1.02	$1.02	$1.48	58%	0.69	$488.52

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$465.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	65%	0.65	$463.03
$450.00	$440.00	Nov 13	$2.43	$2.43	$7.57	74%	0.32	$447.57
$422.50	$420.00	Oct 9	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	97%	0.15	$422.18
$440.00	$430.00	Nov 13	$1.82	$1.82	$8.18	80%	0.22	$438.18
$407.50	$405.00	Oct 16	$0.24	$0.24	$2.26	97%	0.11	$407.26

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 11 found (avg debit $6.00, cheapest $7.23)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.00	32.6%	37.1%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.12	32.5%	37.3%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.10	32.2%	37.3%
$485.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.87	33.5%	38.9%
$482.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.97	33.4%	39.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	$7.23	32.6%	33.7%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.70	32.6%	37.2%
$485.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.65	33.6%	38.8%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.80	32.1%	37.3%
$482.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.73	33.6%	38.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 94 found (cheapest 2.84% of stock, avg 7.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$480.00	Oct 9	$6.70	$6.93	$13.63	$466.37	$493.63	2.84%
$477.50	Oct 9	$7.98	$5.68	$13.66	$463.84	$491.16	2.85%
$482.50	Oct 9	$5.58	$8.32	$13.90	$468.60	$496.40	2.90%
$475.00	Oct 9	$9.43	$4.65	$14.08	$460.92	$489.08	2.94%
$485.00	Oct 9	$4.58	$9.80	$14.38	$470.62	$499.38	3.00%
$472.50	Oct 9	$11.05	$3.80	$14.85	$457.65	$487.35	3.10%
$487.50	Oct 9	$3.70	$11.53	$15.23	$472.27	$502.73	3.18%
$470.00	Oct 9	$12.68	$2.99	$15.67	$454.33	$485.67	3.27%
$490.00	Oct 9	$3.00	$13.33	$16.33	$473.67	$506.33	3.41%
$467.50	Oct 9	$14.50	$2.38	$16.88	$450.62	$484.38	3.52%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.12% of stock, avg 4.27%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$492.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.36	$2.99	$5.35	$464.65	$497.85
$490.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.00	$2.99	$5.99	$464.01	$495.99
$492.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.36	$3.80	$6.16	$466.34	$498.66
$490.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.00	$3.80	$6.80	$465.70	$496.80
$487.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.70	$2.99	$6.69	$463.31	$494.19
$487.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.70	$3.80	$7.50	$465.00	$495.00
$492.50	$475.00	Oct 9	$2.36	$4.65	$7.01	$467.99	$499.51
$490.00	$475.00	Oct 9	$3.00	$4.65	$7.65	$467.35	$497.65
$485.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$4.58	$2.99	$7.57	$462.43	$492.57
$487.50	$475.00	Oct 9	$3.70	$4.65	$8.35	$466.65	$495.85

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 330 found (best R:R 0.62, avg credit $1.44)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
420/422	490/492	Oct 9	$0.96	$1.54	68%	0.62	$421.54	$490.96
420/422	498/500	Oct 9	$0.65	$1.85	80%	0.35	$421.85	$498.15
420/422	495/498	Oct 9	$0.72	$1.78	77%	0.40	$421.78	$495.72
420/422	492/495	Oct 9	$0.79	$1.71	73%	0.46	$421.71	$493.29
420/422	488/490	Oct 9	$1.02	$1.48	63%	0.69	$421.48	$488.52
420/422	505/510	Oct 9	$0.61	$4.39	88%	0.14	$421.89	$505.61
420/422	500/505	Oct 9	$0.78	$4.22	84%	0.18	$421.72	$500.78
455/458	490/492	Oct 9	$0.88	$1.62	62%	0.54	$456.62	$490.88
470/472	490/492	Oct 9	$1.45	$1.05	39%	1.38	$471.05	$491.45
455/458	498/500	Oct 9	$0.57	$1.93	74%	0.30	$456.93	$498.07

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 203 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$4.91	11%	54.56
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	10%	40.67
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$4.89	9%	44.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$510.00	$520.00	$530.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$9.63	10%	26.03
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Oct 16	$0.23	$4.77	12%	20.74
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$4.80	11%	24.00
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41
$485.00	$487.50	$490.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	10%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 163 found (best net $-4.76, 158 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$520.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.68	$9.32
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.18	$9.82
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.24	$4.76
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.61	$9.39
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.37	$9.63

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$4.76	$25.24
$407.50	$405.00	1:2	Oct 16	$0.00	$2.50
$397.50	$395.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$2.50
$402.50	$400.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$2.50
$427.50	$425.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$2.48

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 80 found (best yield 4.03%, avg 1.45%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$485.00	Nov 13	$19.30	0.49	1.2%	4.03%	5.19%	1	7
$480.00	Nov 13	$21.65	0.52	0.1%	4.52%	4.63%	--	26
$490.00	Nov 13	$17.10	0.45	2.2%	3.57%	5.77%	--	15
$500.00	Nov 13	$13.35	0.38	4.3%	2.78%	7.08%	--	32
$505.00	Nov 13	$11.70	0.35	5.3%	2.44%	7.77%	2	5
$510.00	Nov 13	$10.20	0.32	6.4%	2.13%	8.50%	2	6
$485.00	Nov 6	$17.10	0.48	1.2%	3.57%	4.73%	--	42
$480.00	Nov 6	$19.45	0.52	0.1%	4.06%	4.18%	6	263
$490.00	Nov 6	$14.95	0.44	2.2%	3.12%	5.32%	7	115
$515.00	Nov 13	$9.00	0.29	7.4%	1.88%	9.30%	11	2

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,604

Total Puts 3,205

Put/Call Ratio 0.70

Net Difference 1,399

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,468

Total Puts 1,058

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 410

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 334,057

Total Puts 285,868

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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