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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$480.04 +1.54%

(10/5 09:35) ◀

Monday, October 5, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:40am) 13,313

Calls: 7,275 (55%)

Puts: 6,038 (45%)

Prior (09/10) 5,837

Calls: 2,663 (46%)

Puts: 3,174 (54%)

Current vs Prior +128.08%

Calls: +173.19% (Calls)

Puts: +90.23% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 735,135

Calls: 418,724 (57%)

Puts: 316,411 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 105,019

Calls: 59,817 (57%)

Puts: 45,201 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -87.32%

Calls: -87.84%

Puts: -86.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 9:40am) $15.58M

Calls: $12.80M (82%)

Puts: $2.78M (18%)

Prior (09/10) $5.02M

Calls: $3.13M (62%)

Puts: $1.89M (38%)

Current vs Prior +210.45%

Calls: +309.57%

Puts: +46.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.03B

Calls: $762.68M (74%)

Puts: $264.67M (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average $146.76M

Calls: $108.95M (74%)

Puts: $37.81M (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -89.39%

Calls: -88.25%

Puts: -92.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:40am) 0.83

Prior (09/10) 1.19

Current vs Prior -30.37%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.19%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:40am) 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 12,448,467

Calls: 6,075,839 (49%)

Puts: 6,372,628 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,778,352

Calls: 867,977 (49%)

Puts: 910,375 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 3.12% | 5.57%5.57% | 10.66%

Prior 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs Prior -6.15% | -6.25%-6.25% | +0.39%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.22% | 4.30%6.40% | 11.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +40.10% | +29.58%-12.99% | -6.08%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -6.15% | -6.25%-6.25% | +0.39%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 5.95% | 2.79%

Calls: 5.01% | 2.31%

Puts: 6.89% | 3.28%

Prior 11.46% | 3.62%

Calls: 14.01% | 4.14%

Puts: 8.92% | 3.11%

Current vs Prior -48.08% | -22.93%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.24% | 3.54%

Calls: 5.66% | 2.78%

Puts: 6.81% | 4.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -4.58% | -21.28%

Liquidity Good

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Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($12.80M) vs puts ($2.78M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 210% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 128% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 30% - 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 NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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
09:40	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 293 of results (avg 5.0%, best 1.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$475.00	Oct 23	17.70	18.00	$17.85	1.7%	27	0.57	429
$470.00	Oct 16	18.40	18.75	$18.58	1.9%	47	0.64	3.1K
$460.00	Nov 13	33.30	33.95	$33.63	1.9%	--	0.68	15
$470.00	Oct 30	22.75	23.20	$22.98	2.0%	1	0.61	523
$470.00	Nov 6	24.95	25.45	$25.20	2.0%	2	0.61	436

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Nov 13	25.00	25.45	$25.23	1.8%	2	0.55	--
$490.00	Nov 6	23.20	23.65	$23.42	1.9%	--	0.56	10
$490.00	Oct 16	17.90	18.25	$18.08	1.9%	1	0.61	166
$485.00	Oct 23	16.65	17.00	$16.83	2.1%	1	0.54	4
$485.00	Nov 6	20.35	20.80	$20.58	2.2%	--	0.52	27

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 27 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.28)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 9	0.43	0.46	$0.45	6.7%	52	0.06	1.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.72	0.77	$0.75	6.7%	96	0.09	942
$540.00	Oct 16	0.73	0.80	$0.77	9.1%	4	0.05	1.9K
$550.00	Oct 23	0.83	0.93	$0.88	11.4%	4	0.05	194

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$447.50	Oct 9	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	93	0.04	502
$450.00	Oct 9	0.36	0.38	$0.37	5.4%	4	0.05	771
$452.50	Oct 9	0.44	0.50	$0.47	12.8%	2	0.06	151
$440.00	Oct 9	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	38	0.02	679
$455.00	Oct 9	0.59	0.62	$0.61	4.9%	97	0.07	1.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 148 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 9	89.10	91.70	$90.40	2.9%	--	1.00	25
$395.00	Oct 9	84.10	86.65	$85.38	3.0%	--	1.00	17
$400.00	Oct 9	79.05	81.60	$80.32	3.2%	--	1.00	92
$397.50	Oct 9	81.60	84.25	$82.93	3.2%	2	0.99	--
$405.00	Oct 9	74.10	76.90	$75.50	3.7%	--	0.99	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 23	59.25	62.05	$60.65	4.6%	--	0.91	15
$530.00	Oct 16	49.55	52.10	$50.83	5.0%	--	0.91	15
$505.00	Oct 9	24.45	26.90	$25.67	9.5%	--	0.91	20
$520.00	Oct 16	40.35	43.00	$41.68	6.4%	--	0.86	15
$500.00	Oct 9	19.80	21.95	$20.88	10.3%	--	0.86	49

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 276 active (total vol 9.4K, top 714)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 9	3.10	3.25	$3.18	4.7%	714	0.29	2.8K
$480.00	Oct 9	6.80	7.15	$6.98	5.0%	669	0.51	4.9K
$510.00	Oct 23	4.80	5.10	$4.95	6.1%	602	0.23	182
$480.00	Oct 30	17.40	17.75	$17.58	2.0%	315	0.52	409
$485.00	Oct 9	4.65	4.90	$4.78	5.2%	268	0.40	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	655	0.04	14.8K
$470.00	Oct 23	9.45	9.90	$9.68	4.6%	601	0.37	84
$445.00	Oct 9	0.20	0.25	$0.23	21.7%	211	0.03	759
$460.00	Oct 9	0.98	1.08	$1.03	9.7%	161	0.12	994
$400.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	135	0.01	5.2K

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 2.1%, max 3.1%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	33.1%	32.1%	3.1%	42	2.5K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.7%	31.9%	2.3%	66	1.1K
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.4%	31.7%	2.2%	670	4.9K
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.2%	31.9%	0.7%	148	4.6K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.1%	32.2%	2.8%	21	1.4K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.7%	32.0%	2.2%	69	366
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.4%	31.7%	2.2%	110	87
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.4%	31.9%	1.5%	94	104

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 225 found (best R:R 0.71, avg 7.13)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$465.00	Oct 23	$2.93	$2.07	$2.93	73%	0.71	$462.93
$450.00	$452.50	Oct 16	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	84%	0.50	$451.67
$460.00	$470.00	Nov 13	$6.20	$3.80	$6.20	68%	0.61	$466.20
$455.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$3.30	$1.70	$3.30	73%	0.52	$458.30
$530.00	$540.00	Nov 13	$1.48	$8.52	$1.48	21%	5.76	$531.48

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$495.00	$490.00	Nov 6	$2.66	$2.34	$2.66	60%	0.88	$492.34
$480.00	$477.50	Oct 9	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	49%	1.27	$478.90
$405.00	$400.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	4%	40.67	$404.88
$420.00	$415.00	Oct 30	$0.26	$4.74	$0.26	7%	18.23	$419.74
$415.00	$410.00	Oct 23	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	4%	34.71	$414.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 178 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.30)

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
$550.00	$560.00	Oct 16	$0.30	$0.30	$9.70	96%	0.03	$550.30
$540.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$2.65	$2.65	$27.35	84%	0.10	$542.65
$485.00	$487.50	Oct 16	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	55%	0.85	$486.15
$510.00	$520.00	Oct 16	$1.45	$1.45	$8.55	80%	0.17	$511.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$475.00	$465.00	Nov 13	$4.25	$4.25	$5.75	56%	0.74	$470.75
$450.00	$440.00	Nov 13	$2.38	$2.38	$7.62	74%	0.31	$447.62
$440.00	$430.00	Nov 13	$1.80	$1.80	$8.20	80%	0.22	$438.20
$465.00	$460.00	Nov 13	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	64%	0.61	$463.10
$407.50	$405.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	97%	0.09	$407.29

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $5.75, cheapest $5.35)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.73	32.6%	36.9%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.02	32.4%	36.8%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.04	32.2%	36.9%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.90	32.2%	36.9%
$482.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.02	33.3%	38.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.35	32.6%	36.9%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.80	32.4%	36.8%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.48	32.4%	36.9%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.68	32.4%	36.9%
$482.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.75	33.3%	38.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 99 found (cheapest 2.83% of stock, avg 6.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$480.00	Oct 9	$6.98	$6.60	$13.58	$466.42	$493.58	2.83%
$477.50	Oct 9	$8.23	$5.50	$13.73	$463.77	$491.23	2.86%
$482.50	Oct 9	$5.78	$7.98	$13.76	$468.74	$496.26	2.87%
$475.00	Oct 9	$9.73	$4.47	$14.20	$460.80	$489.20	2.96%
$485.00	Oct 9	$4.78	$9.48	$14.26	$470.74	$499.26	2.97%
$472.50	Oct 9	$11.35	$3.53	$14.88	$457.62	$487.38	3.10%
$487.50	Oct 9	$3.90	$11.08	$14.98	$472.52	$502.48	3.12%
$470.00	Oct 9	$13.13	$2.83	$15.96	$454.04	$485.96	3.32%
$490.00	Oct 9	$3.18	$12.88	$16.06	$473.94	$506.06	3.35%
$467.50	Oct 9	$14.98	$2.22	$17.20	$450.30	$484.70	3.58%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.11% of stock, avg 4.40%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$492.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.50	$2.83	$5.33	$464.67	$497.83
$490.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.18	$2.83	$6.01	$463.99	$496.01
$492.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.50	$3.53	$6.03	$466.47	$498.53
$490.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.18	$3.53	$6.71	$465.79	$496.71
$487.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.90	$2.83	$6.73	$463.27	$494.23
$487.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.90	$3.53	$7.43	$465.07	$494.93
$492.50	$475.00	Oct 9	$2.50	$4.47	$6.97	$468.03	$499.47
$490.00	$475.00	Oct 9	$3.18	$4.47	$7.65	$467.35	$497.65
$487.50	$475.00	Oct 9	$3.90	$4.47	$8.37	$466.63	$495.87
$485.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$4.78	$2.83	$7.61	$462.39	$492.61

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 354 found (best R:R 0.54, avg credit $1.48)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
455/458	490/492	Oct 9	$0.88	$1.62	61%	0.54	$456.62	$490.88
462/465	490/492	Oct 9	$1.09	$1.41	53%	0.77	$463.91	$491.09
452/455	490/492	Oct 9	$0.82	$1.68	63%	0.49	$454.18	$490.82
468/470	490/492	Oct 9	$1.29	$1.21	44%	1.07	$468.71	$491.29
460/462	490/492	Oct 9	$0.98	$1.52	56%	0.64	$461.52	$490.98
455/458	495/498	Oct 9	$0.63	$1.87	70%	0.34	$456.87	$495.63
458/460	490/492	Oct 9	$0.90	$1.60	59%	0.56	$459.10	$490.90
465/468	490/492	Oct 9	$1.16	$1.34	49%	0.87	$466.34	$491.16
462/465	495/498	Oct 9	$0.84	$1.66	61%	0.51	$464.16	$495.84
455/458	492/495	Oct 9	$0.72	$1.78	66%	0.40	$456.78	$493.22

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 203 found (best R:R 17.87, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$477.50	$480.00	$482.50	Oct 9	$0.05	$2.45	12%	49.00
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 13	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$4.91	7%	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$510.00	$520.00	Oct 16	$0.53	$9.47	15%	17.87
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 23	$0.18	$4.82	11%	26.78
$475.00	$477.50	$480.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	12%	34.71
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 165 found (best net $-4.22, 160 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$510.00	$520.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.60	$9.40
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.28	$9.72
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.27	$4.73
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.61	$9.39
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.19	$9.81

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$4.22	$25.78
$397.50	$395.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$2.50
$407.50	$405.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.05	$2.45
$395.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$4.97
$402.50	$400.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$2.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 76 found (best yield 4.05%, avg 1.35%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$485.00	Nov 13	$19.45	0.49	1.0%	4.05%	5.08%	2	7
$490.00	Nov 13	$17.25	0.45	2.1%	3.59%	5.67%	3	15
$500.00	Nov 13	$13.40	0.38	4.2%	2.79%	6.95%	--	32
$505.00	Nov 13	$11.75	0.35	5.2%	2.45%	7.65%	2	5
$510.00	Nov 13	$10.25	0.32	6.2%	2.14%	8.38%	2	6
$485.00	Nov 6	$17.20	0.48	1.0%	3.58%	4.62%	--	42
$490.00	Nov 6	$15.05	0.44	2.1%	3.14%	5.21%	13	115
$495.00	Nov 6	$13.10	0.40	3.1%	2.73%	5.85%	11	212
$515.00	Nov 13	$8.90	0.29	7.3%	1.85%	9.14%	11	2
$500.00	Nov 6	$11.15	0.36	4.2%	2.32%	6.48%	40	189

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 7,275

Total Puts 6,038

Put/Call Ratio 0.83

Net Difference 1,237

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,663

Total Puts 3,174

Put/Call Ratio 1.19

Net Difference -511

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 418,724

Total Puts 316,411

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.78

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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