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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$477.51 +1.00%

(10/5 10:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 10:05am) 39,362

Calls: 20,534 (52%)

Puts: 18,828 (48%)

Prior (09/10) 14,510

Calls: 4,709 (32%)

Puts: 9,801 (68%)

Current vs Prior +171.27%

Calls: +336.06% (Calls)

Puts: +92.10% (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 -62.52%

Calls: -65.67%

Puts: -58.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05 10:05am) $40.21M

Calls: $29.34M (73%)

Puts: $10.87M (27%)

Prior (09/10) $11.75M

Calls: $6.03M (51%)

Puts: $5.72M (49%)

Current vs Prior +242.27%

Calls: +387.00%

Puts: +89.89%

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 -72.60%

Calls: -73.07%

Puts: -71.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05 10:05am) 0.92

Prior (09/10) 2.08

Current vs Prior -55.95%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.31%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:05am) 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 3.04% | 5.46%5.46% | 10.58%

Prior 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs Prior -8.37% | -8.04%-8.04% | -0.42%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +36.79% | +27.09%-14.66% | -6.84%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -8.37% | -8.04%-8.04% | -0.42%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 3.74% | 2.11%

Calls: 2.92% | 1.96%

Puts: 4.56% | 2.26%

Prior 11.46% | 3.62%

Calls: 14.01% | 4.14%

Puts: 8.92% | 3.11%

Current vs Prior -67.36% | -41.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.24% | 3.54%

Calls: 5.66% | 2.78%

Puts: 6.81% | 4.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -40.02% | -40.47%

Liquidity Good

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($29.34M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 242% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 171% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 56% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

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
10:05	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 328 of results (avg 4.3%, best 1.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$467.50	Oct 23	20.45	20.70	$20.58	1.2%	3	0.63	--
$462.50	Oct 23	23.60	23.90	$23.75	1.3%	1	0.68	--
$480.00	Oct 16	11.45	11.60	$11.52	1.3%	479	0.48	3.4K
$475.00	Oct 30	18.50	18.75	$18.63	1.3%	13	0.55	383
$470.00	Oct 30	21.25	21.55	$21.40	1.4%	16	0.59	523

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Nov 13	26.25	26.55	$26.40	1.1%	2	0.57	--
$487.50	Oct 16	17.55	17.80	$17.68	1.4%	32	0.61	--
$492.50	Oct 16	20.85	21.15	$21.00	1.4%	14	0.66	--
$495.00	Nov 6	27.60	28.00	$27.80	1.4%	5	0.62	16
$485.00	Oct 30	19.65	19.95	$19.80	1.5%	17	0.55	20

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 36 found (avg $0.58, cheapest $0.11)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 9	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	52	0.02	553
$515.00	Oct 9	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	241	0.03	564
$510.00	Oct 9	0.28	0.33	$0.31	16.1%	86	0.04	1.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.49	0.53	$0.51	7.8%	195	0.07	942
$500.00	Oct 9	0.83	0.87	$0.85	4.7%	2.3K	0.11	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$445.00	Oct 9	0.25	0.28	$0.27	11.1%	345	0.04	759
$450.00	Oct 9	0.40	0.47	$0.44	15.9%	256	0.06	771
$452.50	Oct 9	0.53	0.59	$0.56	10.7%	37	0.07	151
$455.00	Oct 9	0.70	0.75	$0.73	6.8%	157	0.09	1.1K
$457.50	Oct 9	0.91	0.99	$0.95	8.4%	40	0.11	350

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 154 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 9	86.95	89.50	$88.23	2.9%	--	1.00	25
$400.00	Oct 9	77.45	79.10	$78.28	2.1%	1	1.00	92
$395.00	Oct 9	81.95	84.50	$83.23	3.1%	--	1.00	17
$397.50	Oct 9	79.50	82.00	$80.75	3.1%	2	0.99	--
$405.00	Oct 9	72.40	74.00	$73.20	2.2%	--	0.99	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 9	26.25	28.90	$27.58	9.6%	--	0.93	20
$540.00	Oct 23	61.50	64.10	$62.80	4.1%	--	0.92	15
$530.00	Oct 16	51.40	54.05	$52.72	5.0%	--	0.92	15
$500.00	Oct 9	21.60	24.00	$22.80	10.5%	--	0.90	49
$520.00	Oct 16	42.05	44.35	$43.20	5.3%	--	0.88	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 342 active (total vol 29.3K, top 3.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 23	4.20	4.40	$4.30	4.7%	2.3K	0.21	182
$500.00	Oct 9	0.83	0.87	$0.85	4.7%	2.3K	0.11	1.3K
$490.00	Oct 9	2.28	2.37	$2.33	3.9%	2.2K	0.24	2.8K
$480.00	Oct 9	5.50	5.75	$5.63	4.4%	1.1K	0.46	4.9K
$480.00	Oct 16	11.45	11.60	$11.52	1.3%	479	0.48	3.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Oct 16	0.54	0.58	$0.56	7.1%	3.6K	0.04	14.8K
$470.00	Oct 23	10.20	10.70	$10.45	4.8%	2.3K	0.40	84
$450.00	Oct 16	3.00	3.10	$3.05	3.3%	511	0.17	2.1K
$467.50	Oct 9	2.57	2.75	$2.66	6.8%	373	0.26	342
$460.00	Oct 9	1.23	1.28	$1.25	4.0%	349	0.14	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 3.0%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.4%	31.6%	2.8%	59	2.5K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.0%	31.3%	2.1%	134	1.1K
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	31.7%	31.7%	0.2%	288	4.6K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.4%	31.5%	3.0%	238	1.4K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.0%	31.5%	1.3%	185	366
$475.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	31.7%	31.7%	0.2%	410	104

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 242 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 7.74)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$450.00	$455.00	Oct 23	$2.95	$2.05	$2.95	80%	0.69	$452.95
$460.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$2.87	$2.13	$2.87	67%	0.74	$462.87
$460.00	$470.00	Nov 13	$5.90	$4.10	$5.90	66%	0.69	$465.90
$460.00	$462.50	Oct 16	$1.48	$1.02	$1.48	73%	0.69	$461.48
$455.00	$457.50	Oct 16	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	78%	0.52	$456.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$482.50	$480.00	Oct 23	$0.97	$1.53	$0.97	54%	1.58	$481.53
$490.00	$480.00	Nov 13	$5.15	$4.85	$5.15	57%	0.94	$484.85
$477.50	$475.00	Oct 23	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	48%	1.27	$476.40
$485.00	$482.50	Oct 9	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	66%	0.61	$483.45
$410.00	$405.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	5%	32.33	$409.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 188 found (best R:R 0.89, avg 0.30)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$570.00	Oct 9	$0.19	$0.19	$9.81	98%	0.02	$560.19
$540.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$2.38	$2.38	$27.62	85%	0.09	$542.38
$482.50	$485.00	Oct 23	$1.18	$1.18	$1.32	54%	0.89	$483.68
$520.00	$525.00	Nov 13	$1.15	$1.15	$3.85	76%	0.30	$521.15
$487.50	$490.00	Oct 9	$0.66	$0.66	$1.84	71%	0.36	$488.16

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$475.00	$465.00	Nov 13	$4.72	$4.72	$5.28	54%	0.89	$470.28
$470.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$2.15	$2.15	$2.85	59%	0.75	$467.85
$475.00	$470.00	Nov 6	$2.32	$2.32	$2.68	54%	0.87	$472.68
$450.00	$445.00	Nov 13	$1.38	$1.38	$3.62	73%	0.38	$448.62
$470.00	$465.00	Oct 23	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	60%	0.65	$468.03

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $5.62, cheapest $5.45)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.90	31.7%	36.0%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.75	31.8%	36.2%
$470.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.57	32.0%	36.4%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.93	31.6%	36.2%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.89	32.7%	37.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.45	31.7%	36.0%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.40	31.8%	36.2%
$470.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.22	32.0%	36.4%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.58	31.6%	36.2%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.62	32.7%	37.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 112 found (cheapest 2.77% of stock, avg 7.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$477.50	Oct 9	$6.85	$6.40	$13.25	$464.25	$490.75	2.77%
$480.00	Oct 9	$5.63	$7.68	$13.31	$466.69	$493.31	2.79%
$475.00	Oct 9	$8.18	$5.25	$13.43	$461.57	$488.43	2.81%
$482.50	Oct 9	$4.60	$9.18	$13.78	$468.72	$496.28	2.89%
$472.50	Oct 9	$9.70	$4.25	$13.95	$458.55	$486.45	2.92%
$485.00	Oct 9	$3.72	$10.73	$14.45	$470.55	$499.45	3.03%
$470.00	Oct 9	$11.33	$3.38	$14.71	$455.29	$484.71	3.08%
$487.50	Oct 9	$2.99	$12.55	$15.54	$471.96	$503.04	3.25%
$467.50	Oct 9	$13.13	$2.66	$15.79	$451.71	$483.29	3.31%
$490.00	Oct 9	$2.33	$14.43	$16.76	$473.24	$506.76	3.51%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.05% of stock, avg 4.53%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$490.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$2.33	$2.66	$4.99	$462.51	$494.99
$487.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$2.99	$2.66	$5.65	$461.85	$493.15
$490.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.33	$3.38	$5.71	$464.29	$495.71
$487.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.99	$3.38	$6.37	$463.63	$493.87
$485.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$3.72	$2.66	$6.38	$461.12	$491.38
$485.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.72	$3.38	$7.10	$462.90	$492.10
$490.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.33	$4.25	$6.58	$465.92	$496.58
$487.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.99	$4.25	$7.24	$465.26	$494.74
$485.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.72	$4.25	$7.97	$464.53	$492.97
$482.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$4.60	$2.66	$7.26	$460.24	$489.76

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 324 found (best R:R 0.59, avg credit $1.29)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
415/418	492/495	Oct 16	$0.93	$1.57	63%	0.59	$416.57	$493.43
405/410	520/525	Nov 13	$1.60	$3.40	68%	0.47	$408.40	$521.60
432/435	492/495	Oct 16	$0.99	$1.51	58%	0.66	$434.01	$493.49
390/395	520/525	Nov 13	$1.38	$3.62	71%	0.38	$393.62	$521.38
440/442	492/495	Oct 16	$1.06	$1.44	54%	0.74	$441.44	$493.56
448/450	492/495	Oct 16	$1.19	$1.31	49%	0.91	$448.81	$493.69
428/430	492/495	Oct 16	$0.91	$1.59	60%	0.57	$429.09	$493.41
442/445	492/495	Oct 16	$1.09	$1.41	53%	0.77	$443.91	$493.59
415/420	520/525	Nov 13	$1.68	$3.32	65%	0.51	$418.32	$521.68
410/415	520/525	Nov 13	$1.59	$3.41	66%	0.47	$413.41	$521.59

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 213 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$445.00	$450.00	$455.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	7%	61.50
$500.00	$505.00	$510.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$4.84	10%	30.25
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$9.72	7%	34.71
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$9.93	3%	141.86

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Oct 30	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$480.00	$482.50	$485.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$2.45	12%	49.00
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Nov 6	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 164 found (best net $-1.05, 161 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.22	$9.78
$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 23	-$0.34	$9.66
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.18	$9.82

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$520.00	$492.50	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.05	$26.45
$530.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$5.03	$24.97
$412.50	$410.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$2.48
$395.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$4.97
$420.00	$417.50	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. 80 found (best yield 4.29%, avg 1.42%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Nov 13	$20.50	0.50	0.5%	4.29%	4.81%	1	26
$485.00	Nov 13	$18.20	0.47	1.6%	3.81%	5.38%	12	7
$490.00	Nov 13	$16.10	0.43	2.6%	3.37%	5.99%	3	15
$495.00	Nov 13	$14.15	0.40	3.7%	2.96%	6.63%	1	2
$500.00	Nov 13	$12.40	0.36	4.7%	2.60%	7.31%	8	32
$505.00	Nov 13	$10.90	0.33	5.8%	2.28%	8.04%	6	5
$485.00	Nov 6	$16.00	0.46	1.6%	3.35%	4.92%	42	42
$480.00	Nov 6	$18.10	0.50	0.5%	3.79%	4.31%	43	263
$510.00	Nov 13	$9.50	0.30	6.8%	1.99%	8.79%	13	6
$490.00	Nov 6	$13.95	0.42	2.6%	2.92%	5.54%	31	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 20,534

Total Puts 18,828

Put/Call Ratio 0.92

Net Difference 1,706

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,709

Total Puts 9,801

Put/Call Ratio 2.08

Net Difference -5,092

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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