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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$479.70 +1.46%

(10/5 10:20) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:25am) 57,150

Calls: 27,755 (49%)

Puts: 29,395 (51%)

Prior (09/10) 22,583

Calls: 8,566 (38%)

Puts: 14,017 (62%)

Current vs Prior +153.07%

Calls: +224.01% (Calls)

Puts: +109.71% (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 -45.58%

Calls: -53.60%

Puts: -34.97%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:25am) $54.55M

Calls: $41.35M (76%)

Puts: $13.21M (24%)

Prior (09/10) $17.70M

Calls: $9.88M (56%)

Puts: $7.83M (44%)

Current vs Prior +208.15%

Calls: +318.65%

Puts: +68.74%

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 -62.83%

Calls: -62.05%

Puts: -65.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:25am) 1.06

Prior (09/10) 1.64

Current vs Prior -35.28%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +35.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:25am) 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 3.00% | 5.41%5.41% | 10.51%

Prior 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs Prior -9.54% | -8.99%-8.99% | -1.07%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +35.04% | +25.79%-15.54% | -7.45%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.54% | -8.99%-8.99% | -1.07%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 3.50% | 2.14%

Calls: 3.17% | 1.81%

Puts: 3.83% | 2.47%

Prior 11.46% | 3.62%

Calls: 14.01% | 4.14%

Puts: 8.92% | 3.11%

Current vs Prior -69.46% | -40.88%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.24% | 3.54%

Calls: 5.66% | 2.78%

Puts: 6.81% | 4.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.87% | -39.62%

Liquidity Good

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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($41.35M) vs puts ($13.21M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 208% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 153% vs prior - elevated interest. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.06.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

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
10:25	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
10:20	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:15	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 324 of results (avg 4.8%, best 1.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Nov 13	32.85	33.25	$33.05	1.2%	1	0.68	15
$470.00	Oct 30	22.40	22.70	$22.55	1.3%	19	0.61	523
$470.00	Nov 13	26.70	27.10	$26.90	1.5%	17	0.60	27
$465.00	Oct 23	23.20	23.55	$23.38	1.5%	17	0.68	239
$467.50	Oct 16	19.55	19.85	$19.70	1.5%	31	0.67	288

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 13	31.15	31.55	$31.35	1.3%	8	0.62	--
$490.00	Oct 16	17.80	18.05	$17.93	1.4%	41	0.61	166
$495.00	Nov 13	27.90	28.40	$28.15	1.8%	4	0.59	--
$485.00	Nov 13	22.10	22.50	$22.30	1.8%	4	0.52	--
$487.50	Oct 16	16.20	16.50	$16.35	1.8%	35	0.58	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 44 found (avg $0.54, cheapest $0.36)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 9	0.33	0.39	$0.36	16.7%	174	0.05	1.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.60	0.64	$0.62	6.5%	494	0.08	942
$540.00	Oct 16	0.63	0.71	$0.67	11.9%	42	0.05	1.9K
$560.00	Oct 23	0.44	0.53	$0.49	18.4%	--	0.03	311
$550.00	Oct 23	0.72	0.81	$0.77	11.7%	11	0.05	194

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$445.00	Oct 9	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	367	0.03	759
$452.50	Oct 9	0.42	0.46	$0.44	9.1%	72	0.06	151
$447.50	Oct 9	0.26	0.29	$0.28	10.7%	133	0.04	502
$442.50	Oct 9	0.17	0.18	$0.18	5.6%	32	0.02	302
$450.00	Oct 9	0.34	0.37	$0.36	8.3%	381	0.05	771

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 160 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 9	87.90	90.80	$89.35	3.2%	--	1.00	25
$395.00	Oct 9	82.90	85.55	$84.23	3.1%	--	1.00	17
$397.50	Oct 9	80.40	83.25	$81.83	3.5%	2	1.00	--
$400.00	Oct 9	78.75	80.40	$79.58	2.1%	1	1.00	92
$405.00	Oct 9	73.55	75.55	$74.55	2.7%	--	1.00	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$540.00	Oct 23	60.40	63.00	$61.70	4.2%	--	0.93	15
$505.00	Oct 9	25.30	27.85	$26.58	9.6%	--	0.93	20
$530.00	Oct 16	50.40	53.00	$51.70	5.0%	--	0.92	15
$500.00	Oct 9	20.75	23.35	$22.05	11.8%	--	0.88	49
$520.00	Oct 16	41.05	43.75	$42.40	6.4%	--	0.88	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 360 active (total vol 42.2K, top 10.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 9	1.03	1.08	$1.06	4.7%	3.4K	0.13	1.3K
$510.00	Oct 23	4.50	4.90	$4.70	8.5%	2.3K	0.23	182
$490.00	Oct 9	2.78	2.89	$2.84	3.9%	2.2K	0.28	2.8K
$480.00	Oct 9	6.45	6.70	$6.58	3.8%	1.3K	0.50	4.9K
$480.00	Oct 16	12.35	12.60	$12.48	2.0%	525	0.51	3.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Oct 16	0.47	0.51	$0.49	8.2%	10.2K	0.03	14.8K
$470.00	Oct 23	9.35	10.00	$9.68	6.7%	2.5K	0.38	84
$450.00	Oct 16	2.60	2.69	$2.65	3.4%	531	0.16	2.1K
$440.00	Oct 16	1.42	1.52	$1.47	6.8%	488	0.09	5.3K
$475.00	Oct 9	4.20	4.45	$4.33	5.8%	426	0.38	99

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 1.6%, max 1.8%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.2%	31.6%	1.8%	64	2.5K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	31.9%	31.5%	1.3%	179	1.1K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.2%	31.7%	1.7%	274	1.4K
$470.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	31.9%	31.3%	1.7%	272	366

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 238 found (best R:R 1.20, avg 7.45)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$460.00	$465.00	Oct 30	$2.27	$2.73	$2.27	70%	1.20	$462.27
$467.50	$470.00	Oct 23	$0.83	$1.67	$0.83	65%	2.01	$468.33
$455.00	$460.00	Nov 6	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	73%	0.72	$457.90
$455.00	$460.00	Nov 13	$2.90	$2.10	$2.90	71%	0.72	$457.90
$447.50	$450.00	Oct 16	$1.66	$0.84	$1.66	86%	0.51	$449.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$475.00	$472.50	Oct 23	$0.68	$1.82	$0.68	43%	2.68	$474.32
$490.00	$485.00	Nov 13	$2.38	$2.62	$2.38	55%	1.10	$487.62
$480.00	$477.50	Oct 23	$0.91	$1.59	$0.91	49%	1.75	$479.09
$500.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	66%	0.66	$496.98
$485.00	$482.50	Oct 16	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	55%	1.08	$483.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 184 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 0.31)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$560.00	$570.00	Oct 9	$0.19	$0.19	$9.81	98%	0.02	$560.19
$540.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$2.52	$2.52	$27.48	84%	0.09	$542.52
$492.50	$495.00	Oct 23	$1.02	$1.02	$1.48	62%	0.69	$493.52
$500.00	$505.00	Oct 9	$0.44	$0.44	$4.56	87%	0.10	$500.44
$510.00	$515.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.16	$4.84	95%	0.03	$510.16

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$475.00	$465.00	Nov 13	$4.30	$4.30	$5.70	56%	0.75	$470.70
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 23	$1.12	$1.12	$1.38	65%	0.81	$466.38
$445.00	$440.00	Nov 13	$1.25	$1.25	$3.75	78%	0.33	$443.75
$475.00	$470.00	Nov 6	$2.33	$2.33	$2.67	56%	0.87	$472.67
$460.00	$455.00	Nov 13	$1.68	$1.68	$3.32	68%	0.51	$458.32

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $5.62, cheapest $5.58)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.90	31.3%	35.9%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.83	31.3%	36.0%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.65	31.3%	36.0%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.90	31.1%	35.8%
$487.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.63	32.2%	37.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.58	31.3%	35.9%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.45	31.3%	36.0%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.25	31.3%	36.0%
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.62	31.1%	35.8%
$487.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.30	32.2%	37.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 114 found (cheapest 2.73% of stock, avg 6.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$480.00	Oct 9	$6.58	$6.53	$13.11	$466.89	$493.11	2.73%
$477.50	Oct 9	$7.88	$5.35	$13.23	$464.27	$490.73	2.76%
$482.50	Oct 9	$5.40	$7.93	$13.33	$469.17	$495.83	2.78%
$475.00	Oct 9	$9.32	$4.33	$13.65	$461.35	$488.65	2.85%
$485.00	Oct 9	$4.40	$9.43	$13.83	$471.17	$498.83	2.88%
$472.50	Oct 9	$10.90	$3.45	$14.35	$458.15	$486.85	2.99%
$487.50	Oct 9	$3.55	$11.05	$14.60	$472.90	$502.10	3.04%
$470.00	Oct 9	$12.80	$2.73	$15.53	$454.47	$485.53	3.24%
$490.00	Oct 9	$2.84	$12.88	$15.72	$474.28	$505.72	3.28%
$467.50	Oct 9	$14.68	$2.13	$16.81	$450.69	$484.31	3.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.91% of stock, avg 4.45%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$492.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$2.25	$2.13	$4.38	$463.12	$496.88
$492.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.25	$2.73	$4.98	$465.02	$497.48
$490.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$2.84	$2.13	$4.97	$462.53	$494.97
$490.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.84	$2.73	$5.57	$464.43	$495.57
$492.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.25	$3.45	$5.70	$466.80	$498.20
$487.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$3.55	$2.13	$5.68	$461.82	$493.18
$490.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.84	$3.45	$6.29	$466.21	$496.29
$487.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.55	$2.73	$6.28	$463.72	$493.78
$487.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.55	$3.45	$7.00	$465.50	$494.50
$492.50	$475.00	Oct 9	$2.25	$4.33	$6.58	$468.42	$499.08

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 286 found (best R:R 0.52, avg credit $1.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
420/425	515/520	Nov 6	$1.71	$3.29	64%	0.52	$423.29	$516.71
420/425	505/510	Nov 6	$2.03	$2.97	57%	0.68	$422.97	$507.03
400/405	515/520	Nov 6	$1.42	$3.58	69%	0.40	$403.58	$516.42
400/405	505/510	Nov 6	$1.74	$3.26	63%	0.53	$403.26	$506.74
455/458	498/500	Oct 9	$0.49	$2.01	75%	0.24	$457.01	$497.99
452/455	498/500	Oct 9	$0.44	$2.06	77%	0.21	$454.56	$497.94
455/458	492/495	Oct 9	$0.67	$1.83	68%	0.37	$456.83	$493.17
455/458	495/498	Oct 9	$0.57	$1.93	72%	0.30	$456.93	$495.57
420/425	525/530	Nov 6	$1.38	$3.62	70%	0.38	$423.62	$526.38
430/435	515/520	Nov 6	$1.89	$3.11	59%	0.61	$433.11	$516.89

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 215 found (best R:R 15.85, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$540.00	$550.00	$560.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$9.89	5%	89.91
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Nov 6	$0.08	$4.92	8%	61.50
$460.00	$465.00	$470.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$4.90	8%	49.00
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 23	$0.21	$9.79	6%	46.62
$550.00	$560.00	$570.00	Nov 6	$0.14	$9.86	5%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$515.00	$530.00	Oct 30	$0.89	$14.11	19%	15.85
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$475.00	$480.00	$485.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Oct 30	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$470.00	$475.00	$480.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$4.89	9%	44.45

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 $-0.24, 161 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.24	$9.76
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.18	$4.82
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.56	$9.44
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.30	$9.70
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.13	$9.87

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$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	-$0.02	$4.98
$402.50	$400.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$2.47
$400.00	$397.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.04	$2.46

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 81 found (best yield 3.96%, avg 1.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$485.00	Nov 13	$19.00	0.48	1.1%	3.96%	5.07%	24	7
$480.00	Nov 13	$21.35	0.52	0.1%	4.45%	4.51%	2	26
$490.00	Nov 13	$16.80	0.45	2.1%	3.50%	5.65%	4	15
$495.00	Nov 13	$14.80	0.41	3.2%	3.09%	6.27%	1	2
$500.00	Nov 13	$13.00	0.38	4.2%	2.71%	6.94%	9	32
$505.00	Nov 13	$11.40	0.34	5.3%	2.38%	7.65%	6	5
$480.00	Nov 6	$19.20	0.52	0.1%	4.00%	4.07%	73	263
$510.00	Nov 13	$9.90	0.31	6.3%	2.06%	8.38%	14	6
$485.00	Nov 6	$16.70	0.48	1.1%	3.48%	4.59%	56	42
$490.00	Nov 6	$14.65	0.44	2.1%	3.05%	5.20%	56	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 27,755

Total Puts 29,395

Put/Call Ratio 1.06

Net Difference -1,640

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,566

Total Puts 14,017

Put/Call Ratio 1.64

Net Difference -5,451

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

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