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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$479.66 +1.46%

(10/5 09:40) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:45am) 21,229

Calls: 11,790 (56%)

Puts: 9,439 (44%)

Prior (09/10) 10,577

Calls: 3,289 (31%)

Puts: 7,288 (69%)

Current vs Prior +100.71%

Calls: +258.47% (Calls)

Puts: +29.51% (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 -79.79%

Calls: -80.29%

Puts: -79.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 9:45am) $23.07M

Calls: $18.06M (78%)

Puts: $5.01M (22%)

Prior (09/10) $7.57M

Calls: $3.96M (52%)

Puts: $3.61M (48%)

Current vs Prior +204.84%

Calls: +356.44%

Puts: +38.68%

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 -84.28%

Calls: -83.42%

Puts: -86.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:45am) 0.80

Prior (09/10) 2.22

Current vs Prior -63.87%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.43%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:45am) 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 3.10% | 5.52%5.52% | 10.68%

Prior 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs Prior -6.77% | -7.05%-7.05% | +0.61%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +39.18% | +28.47%-13.74% | -5.88%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -6.77% | -7.05%-7.05% | +0.61%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 4.80% | 3.17%

Calls: 3.73% | 3.91%

Puts: 5.88% | 2.42%

Prior 11.46% | 3.62%

Calls: 14.01% | 4.14%

Puts: 8.92% | 3.11%

Current vs Prior -58.12% | -12.43%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.24% | 3.54%

Calls: 5.66% | 2.78%

Puts: 6.81% | 4.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.02% | -10.56%

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Strong bullish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in calls ($18.06M) vs puts ($5.01M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 205% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 101% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 64% - 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 BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 273 of results (avg 5.1%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$467.50	Oct 16	19.70	20.00	$19.85	1.5%	16	0.66	288
$470.00	Oct 16	18.20	18.50	$18.35	1.6%	76	0.63	3.1K
$480.00	Oct 30	17.15	17.45	$17.30	1.7%	327	0.51	409
$475.00	Oct 30	19.70	20.05	$19.88	1.8%	6	0.56	383
$472.50	Oct 16	16.60	16.90	$16.75	1.8%	4	0.60	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 30	28.25	28.70	$28.48	1.6%	--	0.67	48
$490.00	Oct 30	21.75	22.15	$21.95	1.8%	--	0.58	10
$485.00	Oct 30	18.85	19.20	$19.02	1.8%	1	0.54	20
$490.00	Nov 13	25.30	25.80	$25.55	2.0%	2	0.56	--
$495.00	Oct 30	24.80	25.30	$25.05	2.0%	1	0.62	19

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 24 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 9	0.37	0.43	$0.40	15.0%	66	0.05	1.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.64	0.69	$0.67	7.5%	135	0.08	942
$540.00	Oct 16	0.67	0.73	$0.70	8.6%	8	0.05	1.9K
$550.00	Oct 16	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	38	0.03	625
$550.00	Oct 23	0.76	0.89	$0.83	15.7%	4	0.05	194

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Oct 9	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	65	0.02	679
$447.50	Oct 9	0.26	0.30	$0.28	14.3%	97	0.04	502
$452.50	Oct 9	0.43	0.49	$0.46	13.0%	32	0.06	151
$455.00	Oct 9	0.57	0.65	$0.61	13.1%	140	0.08	1.1K
$450.00	Oct 9	0.36	0.39	$0.38	7.9%	123	0.05	771

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 149 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 9	88.50	90.90	$89.70	2.7%	--	1.00	25
$395.00	Oct 9	83.25	85.90	$84.58	3.1%	--	1.00	17
$400.00	Oct 9	78.35	80.90	$79.63	3.2%	--	1.00	92
$405.00	Oct 9	73.50	75.90	$74.70	3.2%	--	1.00	50
$410.00	Oct 9	68.55	70.90	$69.72	3.4%	--	1.00	323

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 9	25.55	27.30	$26.43	6.6%	--	0.92	20
$530.00	Oct 16	50.05	52.90	$51.47	5.5%	--	0.92	15
$540.00	Oct 23	60.00	63.15	$61.58	5.1%	--	0.91	15
$500.00	Oct 9	20.20	22.60	$21.40	11.2%	--	0.88	49
$520.00	Oct 16	40.75	43.35	$42.05	6.2%	--	0.88	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 309 active (total vol 15.3K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 23	4.70	5.15	$4.93	9.1%	1.7K	0.23	182
$490.00	Oct 9	2.85	3.05	$2.95	6.8%	1.0K	0.27	2.8K
$480.00	Oct 9	6.60	6.85	$6.73	3.7%	957	0.48	4.9K
$485.00	Oct 9	4.45	4.70	$4.58	5.5%	334	0.37	1.0K
$480.00	Oct 30	17.15	17.45	$17.30	1.7%	327	0.51	409

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 23	9.65	10.00	$9.82	3.6%	1.7K	0.39	84
$420.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.54	$0.51	11.8%	671	0.04	14.8K
$400.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.25	$0.23	21.7%	320	0.01	5.2K
$460.00	Oct 9	0.99	1.10	$1.05	10.5%	296	0.12	994
$445.00	Oct 9	0.20	0.25	$0.23	21.7%	220	0.03	759

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 1.5%, max 4.2%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.2%	31.9%	4.2%	958	4.9K
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.5%	32.3%	0.7%	45	2.5K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.2%	32.0%	0.6%	82	1.1K
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.0%	32.0%	0.2%	211	4.6K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.2%	31.9%	4.2%	215	87
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.5%	32.2%	1.0%	53	1.4K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.2%	31.9%	0.8%	95	366
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.0%	32.0%	0.2%	131	104

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 232 found (best R:R 4.26, avg 6.91)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$500.00	$505.00	Nov 6	$0.95	$4.05	$0.95	35%	4.26	$500.95
$455.00	$460.00	Oct 30	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	74%	0.64	$458.05
$460.00	$470.00	Nov 13	$5.98	$4.02	$5.98	67%	0.67	$465.98
$460.00	$465.00	Oct 23	$3.13	$1.87	$3.13	72%	0.60	$463.13
$505.00	$510.00	Nov 13	$1.27	$3.73	$1.27	34%	2.94	$506.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$465.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$1.39	$3.61	$1.39	36%	2.60	$463.61
$447.50	$445.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	18%	11.50	$447.30
$440.00	$435.00	Nov 6	$0.67	$4.33	$0.67	18%	6.46	$439.33
$420.00	$415.00	Nov 13	$0.36	$4.64	$0.36	11%	12.89	$419.64
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 30	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	19%	5.94	$444.28

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 183 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$495.00	$500.00	Nov 6	$2.30	$2.30	$2.70	60%	0.85	$497.30
$560.00	$570.00	Oct 9	$0.22	$0.22	$9.78	98%	0.02	$560.22
$550.00	$560.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$0.29	$9.71	97%	0.03	$550.29
$540.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$2.56	$2.56	$27.44	84%	0.09	$542.56
$505.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	70%	0.40	$506.43

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$470.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$2.28	$2.28	$2.72	60%	0.84	$467.72
$460.00	$455.00	Nov 13	$1.83	$1.83	$3.17	67%	0.58	$458.17
$460.00	$455.00	Nov 6	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	68%	0.53	$458.27
$475.00	$472.50	Oct 23	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	56%	1.00	$473.75
$460.00	$455.00	Oct 30	$1.55	$1.55	$3.45	70%	0.45	$458.45

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $5.68, cheapest $5.32)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.65	32.1%	36.1%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.93	32.0%	36.1%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.00	33.2%	38.1%
$485.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.92	33.0%	38.0%
$487.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.67	33.0%	38.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.32	32.1%	36.1%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.52	32.0%	36.1%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.60	33.2%	38.1%
$485.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.52	33.0%	38.0%
$487.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.23	33.0%	38.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 101 found (cheapest 2.82% of stock, avg 6.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$480.00	Oct 9	$6.73	$6.80	$13.53	$466.47	$493.53	2.82%
$477.50	Oct 9	$8.05	$5.60	$13.65	$463.85	$491.15	2.85%
$482.50	Oct 9	$5.60	$8.18	$13.78	$468.72	$496.28	2.87%
$475.00	Oct 9	$9.50	$4.55	$14.05	$460.95	$489.05	2.93%
$485.00	Oct 9	$4.58	$9.68	$14.26	$470.74	$499.26	2.97%
$472.50	Oct 9	$11.10	$3.68	$14.78	$457.72	$487.28	3.08%
$487.50	Oct 9	$3.73	$11.35	$15.08	$472.42	$502.58	3.14%
$470.00	Oct 9	$12.83	$2.93	$15.76	$454.24	$485.76	3.29%
$490.00	Oct 9	$2.95	$13.18	$16.13	$473.87	$506.13	3.36%
$467.50	Oct 9	$14.83	$2.29	$17.12	$450.38	$484.62	3.57%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.09% of stock, avg 4.41%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$490.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$2.95	$2.29	$5.24	$462.26	$495.24
$490.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.95	$2.93	$5.88	$464.12	$495.88
$487.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$3.73	$2.29	$6.02	$461.48	$493.52
$487.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.73	$2.93	$6.66	$463.34	$494.16
$490.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.95	$3.68	$6.63	$465.87	$496.63
$487.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.73	$3.68	$7.41	$465.09	$494.91
$485.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$4.58	$2.29	$6.87	$460.63	$491.87
$485.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$4.58	$2.93	$7.51	$462.49	$492.51
$485.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$4.58	$3.68	$8.26	$464.24	$493.26
$490.00	$475.00	Oct 9	$2.95	$4.55	$7.50	$467.50	$497.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 286 found (best R:R 0.35, avg credit $1.37)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
390/395	510/515	Oct 23	$1.30	$3.70	75%	0.35	$393.70	$511.30
390/395	505/510	Oct 23	$1.45	$3.55	71%	0.41	$393.55	$506.45
430/435	505/510	Oct 30	$2.10	$2.90	57%	0.72	$432.90	$507.10
435/440	510/515	Oct 23	$1.74	$3.26	64%	0.53	$438.26	$511.74
420/425	505/510	Oct 30	$1.88	$3.12	62%	0.60	$423.12	$506.88
435/440	505/510	Oct 30	$2.23	$2.77	55%	0.81	$437.77	$507.23
410/415	505/510	Oct 30	$1.72	$3.28	65%	0.52	$413.28	$506.72
420/425	515/520	Nov 13	$1.98	$3.02	59%	0.66	$423.02	$516.98
452/455	488/490	Oct 9	$0.93	$1.57	60%	0.59	$454.07	$488.43
420/425	520/525	Nov 13	$1.83	$3.17	62%	0.58	$423.17	$521.83

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 197 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Oct 16	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 6	$0.05	$4.95	7%	99.00
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Nov 6	$0.18	$9.82	6%	54.56
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$9.79	6%	46.62
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	9%	37.46
$445.00	$450.00	$455.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	7%	49.00
$485.00	$490.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	4%	99.00

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 $-4.01, 160 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.23	$9.77
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.22	$4.78
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.34	$9.66
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.62	$9.38
$505.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.13	$4.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$4.01	$25.99
$395.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.01	$4.99
$412.50	$410.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$2.50
$397.50	$395.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$2.50
$402.50	$400.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.01	$2.49

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 82 found (best yield 4.46%, avg 1.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Nov 13	$21.40	0.51	0.1%	4.46%	4.53%	1	26
$485.00	Nov 13	$19.00	0.48	1.1%	3.96%	5.07%	2	7
$490.00	Nov 13	$16.85	0.45	2.2%	3.51%	5.67%	3	15
$495.00	Nov 13	$14.85	0.41	3.2%	3.10%	6.29%	1	2
$500.00	Nov 13	$13.05	0.38	4.2%	2.72%	6.96%	8	32
$505.00	Nov 13	$11.45	0.34	5.3%	2.39%	7.67%	6	5
$480.00	Nov 6	$19.40	0.51	0.1%	4.04%	4.12%	42	263
$485.00	Nov 6	$17.05	0.47	1.1%	3.55%	4.67%	40	42
$510.00	Nov 13	$10.05	0.31	6.3%	2.10%	8.42%	10	6
$490.00	Nov 6	$14.90	0.43	2.2%	3.11%	5.26%	26	115

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 11,790

Total Puts 9,439

Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Net Difference 2,351

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,289

Total Puts 7,288

Put/Call Ratio 2.22

Net Difference -3,999

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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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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