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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$476.74 +0.84%

(10/5 09:45) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:50am) 26,791

Calls: 15,183 (57%)

Puts: 11,608 (43%)

Prior (09/10) 11,480

Calls: 3,806 (33%)

Puts: 7,674 (67%)

Current vs Prior +133.37%

Calls: +298.92% (Calls)

Puts: +51.26% (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 -74.49%

Calls: -74.62%

Puts: -74.32%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 9:50am) $26.63M

Calls: $19.80M (74%)

Puts: $6.83M (26%)

Prior (09/10) $8.31M

Calls: $4.47M (54%)

Puts: $3.84M (46%)

Current vs Prior +220.38%

Calls: +342.70%

Puts: +77.94%

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 -81.86%

Calls: -81.83%

Puts: -81.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 9:50am) 0.76

Prior (09/10) 2.02

Current vs Prior -62.08%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.19%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 9:50am) 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 3.06% | 5.51%5.51% | 10.62%

Prior 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs Prior -7.72% | -7.19%-7.19% | +0.04%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +37.77% | +28.28%-13.87% | -6.41%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -7.72% | -7.19%-7.19% | +0.04%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 4.08% | 3.29%

Calls: 4.50% | 2.17%

Puts: 3.66% | 4.42%

Prior 11.46% | 3.62%

Calls: 14.01% | 4.14%

Puts: 8.92% | 3.11%

Current vs Prior -64.40% | -9.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.24% | 3.54%

Calls: 5.66% | 2.78%

Puts: 6.81% | 4.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.57% | -7.17%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($19.80M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 220% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 133% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 62% - 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
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 307 of results (avg 4.7%, best 1.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 6	29.20	29.60	$29.40	1.4%	14	0.67	11.8K
$460.00	Nov 13	31.25	31.75	$31.50	1.6%	1	0.66	15
$465.00	Nov 6	26.10	26.55	$26.33	1.7%	20	0.63	67
$465.00	Oct 16	19.50	19.85	$19.68	1.8%	23	0.67	384
$465.00	Oct 23	21.65	22.05	$21.85	1.8%	2	0.65	239

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$495.00	Oct 16	23.20	23.55	$23.38	1.5%	4	0.70	1
$500.00	Oct 30	29.95	30.45	$30.20	1.7%	--	0.68	48
$490.00	Oct 16	19.75	20.10	$19.93	1.8%	26	0.64	166
$490.00	Nov 6	25.00	25.45	$25.23	1.8%	--	0.58	10
$492.50	Oct 16	21.45	21.85	$21.65	1.8%	9	0.67	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 27 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 9	0.28	0.33	$0.31	16.1%	78	0.04	1.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.48	0.53	$0.51	9.8%	173	0.07	942
$500.00	Oct 9	0.82	0.88	$0.85	7.1%	1.2K	0.10	1.3K
$570.00	Oct 16	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	26	0.01	1.0K
$550.00	Oct 16	0.36	0.41	$0.39	12.8%	41	0.03	625

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$447.50	Oct 9	0.33	0.38	$0.36	13.9%	132	0.05	502
$450.00	Oct 9	0.43	0.50	$0.47	14.9%	126	0.06	771
$452.50	Oct 9	0.57	0.63	$0.60	10.0%	33	0.07	151
$455.00	Oct 9	0.77	0.82	$0.80	6.2%	140	0.10	1.1K
$420.00	Oct 9	0.06	0.07	$0.07	14.3%	20	0.01	947

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 152 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 9	86.85	89.25	$88.05	2.7%	--	1.00	25
$395.00	Oct 9	81.70	84.30	$83.00	3.1%	--	1.00	17
$400.00	Oct 9	76.60	79.25	$77.93	3.4%	1	1.00	92
$397.50	Oct 9	79.30	81.75	$80.53	3.0%	2	0.99	--
$405.00	Oct 9	71.70	74.10	$72.90	3.3%	--	0.99	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 9	26.40	29.00	$27.70	9.4%	--	0.93	20
$530.00	Oct 16	51.75	54.45	$53.10	5.1%	--	0.92	15
$540.00	Oct 23	61.55	64.55	$63.05	4.8%	--	0.92	15
$500.00	Oct 9	21.80	24.35	$23.08	11.0%	--	0.90	49
$520.00	Oct 16	42.55	44.70	$43.63	4.9%	--	0.89	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 320 active (total vol 20.0K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 23	4.15	4.35	$4.25	4.7%	2.3K	0.21	182
$490.00	Oct 9	2.19	2.30	$2.25	4.9%	1.6K	0.23	2.8K
$500.00	Oct 9	0.82	0.88	$0.85	7.1%	1.2K	0.10	1.3K
$480.00	Oct 9	5.25	5.50	$5.38	4.6%	1.0K	0.44	4.9K
$485.00	Oct 9	3.50	3.65	$3.58	4.2%	344	0.33	1.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$470.00	Oct 23	10.70	11.00	$10.85	2.8%	2.3K	0.41	84
$420.00	Oct 16	0.55	0.61	$0.58	10.3%	681	0.04	14.8K
$467.50	Oct 9	2.81	3.05	$2.93	8.2%	360	0.27	342
$400.00	Oct 16	0.20	0.27	$0.24	29.2%	322	0.02	5.2K
$460.00	Oct 9	1.32	1.39	$1.36	5.1%	318	0.15	994

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 1.6%, max 2.8%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.1%	32.2%	2.8%	1.0K	4.9K
$460.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.0%	32.5%	1.3%	30	856
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.3%	31.9%	1.2%	49	2.5K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.1%	32.2%	2.8%	295	87
$460.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	33.0%	32.5%	1.3%	319	1.0K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	31.9%	31.9%	0.2%	154	366

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 234 found (best R:R 1.44, avg 7.03)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$470.00	$475.00	Nov 13	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	58%	1.44	$472.05
$440.00	$442.50	Oct 16	$1.61	$0.89	$1.61	89%	0.55	$441.61
$480.00	$485.00	Nov 13	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	51%	1.56	$481.95
$455.00	$457.50	Oct 16	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	78%	0.75	$456.43
$460.00	$470.00	Nov 13	$6.02	$3.98	$6.02	66%	0.66	$466.02

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$497.50	$495.00	Oct 9	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	87%	0.72	$496.05
$500.00	$495.00	Oct 16	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	75%	0.54	$496.75
$475.00	$472.50	Oct 23	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	46%	1.72	$474.08
$470.00	$467.50	Oct 16	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	40%	2.33	$469.25
$490.00	$480.00	Nov 13	$5.22	$4.78	$5.22	57%	0.92	$484.78

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 184 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$570.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$0.23	$9.77	98%	0.02	$560.23
$485.00	$490.00	Nov 13	$2.41	$2.41	$2.59	53%	0.93	$487.41
$540.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$2.42	$2.42	$27.58	85%	0.09	$542.42
$515.00	$520.00	Nov 6	$1.15	$1.15	$3.85	75%	0.30	$516.15
$520.00	$525.00	Nov 13	$1.12	$1.12	$3.88	76%	0.29	$521.12

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 16	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	63%	0.85	$466.35
$435.00	$430.00	Nov 6	$0.92	$0.92	$4.08	84%	0.23	$434.08
$475.00	$472.50	Oct 16	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	54%	1.14	$473.67
$445.00	$440.00	Nov 6	$1.17	$1.17	$3.83	78%	0.31	$443.83
$460.00	$455.00	Nov 13	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	66%	0.55	$458.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $5.68, cheapest $5.60)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.08	32.8%	36.7%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.93	32.0%	36.7%
$470.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.70	31.9%	36.7%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.07	31.7%	37.1%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.02	33.1%	38.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.60	32.8%	36.7%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.35	32.0%	36.7%
$470.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.33	31.9%	36.7%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.60	31.7%	37.1%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.38	33.1%	38.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 109 found (cheapest 2.80% of stock, avg 7.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$477.50	Oct 9	$6.50	$6.83	$13.33	$464.17	$490.83	2.80%
$475.00	Oct 9	$7.78	$5.63	$13.41	$461.59	$488.41	2.81%
$480.00	Oct 9	$5.38	$8.20	$13.58	$466.42	$493.58	2.85%
$472.50	Oct 9	$9.25	$4.55	$13.80	$458.70	$486.30	2.89%
$482.50	Oct 9	$4.43	$9.68	$14.11	$468.39	$496.61	2.96%
$470.00	Oct 9	$10.85	$3.65	$14.50	$455.50	$484.50	3.04%
$485.00	Oct 9	$3.58	$11.40	$14.98	$470.02	$499.98	3.14%
$467.50	Oct 9	$12.58	$2.93	$15.51	$451.99	$483.01	3.25%
$487.50	Oct 9	$2.85	$13.28	$16.13	$471.37	$503.63	3.38%
$465.00	Oct 9	$14.45	$2.30	$16.75	$448.25	$481.75	3.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.08% of stock, avg 4.52%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$487.50	$465.00	Oct 9	$2.85	$2.30	$5.15	$459.85	$492.65
$487.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$2.85	$2.93	$5.78	$461.72	$493.28
$485.00	$465.00	Oct 9	$3.58	$2.30	$5.88	$459.12	$490.88
$487.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.85	$3.65	$6.50	$463.50	$494.00
$485.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$3.58	$2.93	$6.51	$460.99	$491.51
$485.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.58	$3.65	$7.23	$462.77	$492.23
$482.50	$465.00	Oct 9	$4.43	$2.30	$6.73	$458.27	$489.23
$482.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$4.43	$2.93	$7.36	$460.14	$489.86
$487.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.85	$4.55	$7.40	$465.10	$494.90
$482.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$4.43	$3.65	$8.08	$461.92	$490.58

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 303 found (best R:R 0.71, avg credit $1.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
430/435	515/520	Nov 6	$2.07	$2.93	59%	0.71	$432.93	$517.07
440/445	515/520	Nov 6	$2.32	$2.68	53%	0.87	$442.68	$517.32
410/415	515/520	Nov 6	$1.59	$3.41	67%	0.47	$413.41	$516.59
400/405	515/520	Nov 6	$1.42	$3.58	70%	0.40	$403.58	$516.42
430/435	520/525	Nov 6	$1.80	$3.20	62%	0.56	$433.20	$521.80
430/435	520/525	Nov 13	$2.02	$2.98	58%	0.68	$432.98	$522.02
448/450	492/495	Oct 9	$0.53	$1.97	75%	0.27	$449.47	$493.03
452/455	492/495	Oct 9	$0.62	$1.88	71%	0.33	$454.38	$493.12
420/425	520/525	Nov 13	$1.78	$3.22	62%	0.55	$423.22	$521.78
460/462	492/495	Oct 9	$0.84	$1.66	62%	0.51	$461.66	$493.34

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 218 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	10%	49.00
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$9.90	4%	99.00
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$9.72	7%	34.71
$505.00	$510.00	$515.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	6%	61.50

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	10%	32.33
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$4.83	9%	28.41
$435.00	$440.00	$445.00	Nov 13	$0.09	$4.91	6%	54.56
$420.00	$425.00	$430.00	Nov 13	$0.06	$4.94	4%	82.33

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 $-6.40, 160 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.25	$9.75
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.49	$9.51
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.17	$4.83
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.15	$9.85
$505.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.11	$4.89

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$6.40	$23.60
$397.50	$395.00	1:2	Oct 9	$0.00	$2.50
$407.50	$405.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$2.48
$412.50	$410.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$2.48
$395.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$4.97

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 84 found (best yield 4.26%, avg 1.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Nov 13	$20.30	0.51	0.7%	4.26%	4.94%	1	26
$485.00	Nov 13	$18.00	0.47	1.7%	3.78%	5.51%	2	7
$490.00	Nov 13	$15.95	0.44	2.8%	3.35%	6.13%	3	15
$495.00	Nov 13	$14.05	0.40	3.8%	2.95%	6.78%	1	2
$500.00	Nov 13	$12.35	0.37	4.9%	2.59%	7.47%	8	32
$505.00	Nov 13	$10.80	0.33	5.9%	2.27%	8.19%	6	5
$480.00	Nov 6	$18.05	0.50	0.7%	3.79%	4.47%	43	263
$485.00	Nov 6	$15.85	0.46	1.7%	3.32%	5.06%	40	42
$490.00	Nov 6	$13.85	0.42	2.8%	2.91%	5.69%	27	115
$510.00	Nov 13	$9.40	0.30	7.0%	1.97%	8.95%	10	6

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 15,183

Total Puts 11,608

Put/Call Ratio 0.76

Net Difference 3,575

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,806

Total Puts 7,674

Put/Call Ratio 2.02

Net Difference -3,868

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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