TSM - Options Database

TSM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$479.25 +1.37%

(10/5 10:25) ◀

Monday, October 5, 2026 (10:30am)

▶ (10/5 10:35)

◀ 10/5 10:30 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:30am) 62,495

Calls: 32,554 (52%)

Puts: 29,941 (48%)

Prior (09/10) 23,270

Calls: 8,823 (38%)

Puts: 14,447 (62%)

Current vs Prior +168.56%

Calls: +268.97% (Calls)

Puts: +107.25% (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 -40.49%

Calls: -45.58%

Puts: -33.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:30am) $60.17M

Calls: $46.72M (78%)

Puts: $13.44M (22%)

Prior (09/10) $18.12M

Calls: $10.32M (57%)

Puts: $7.80M (43%)

Current vs Prior +232.09%

Calls: +352.88%

Puts: +72.34%

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 -59.00%

Calls: -57.12%

Puts: -64.44%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:30am) 0.92

Prior (09/10) 1.64

Current vs Prior -43.83%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.78

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.67%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05 10:30am) 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 2.97% | 5.40%5.40% | 10.52%

Prior 3.32% | 5.94%5.94% | 10.62%

Current vs Prior -10.59% | -9.15%-9.15% | -0.92%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +33.48% | +25.57%-15.69% | -7.31%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -10.59% | -9.15%-9.15% | -0.92%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 3.96% | 2.75%

Calls: 2.63% | 1.84%

Puts: 5.28% | 3.66%

Prior 11.46% | 3.62%

Calls: 14.01% | 4.14%

Puts: 8.92% | 3.11%

Current vs Prior -65.45% | -24.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.24% | 3.54%

Calls: 5.66% | 2.78%

Puts: 6.81% | 4.31%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -36.49% | -22.41%

Liquidity Good

Add Card

🤖 AI Insights

Strong bullish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in calls ($46.72M) vs puts ($13.44M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 232% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 169% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio dropping 44% - 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
10:30	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
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

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads

💰 Best Value Under $1

📊 High Delta (ITM)

🔥 High Volume

⏰ Backwardation

📈 Debit Spreads

📉 Credit Spreads

📅 Calendar Spreads

⚡ Straddles

🔀 Strangles

🦅 Iron Condors

🦋 Butterflies

⚖️ Ratio Spreads

🛡️ Covered Calls

🎯

Tightest Spreads

💰

Best Value <$1

📊

High Delta

⚖️

Ratio Spreads

🛡️

Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 339 of results (avg 4.2%, best 1.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$467.50	Oct 16	19.30	19.50	$19.40	1.0%	32	0.67	288
$460.00	Nov 13	32.60	33.00	$32.80	1.2%	1	0.68	15
$472.50	Oct 16	16.20	16.40	$16.30	1.2%	8	0.61	--
$475.00	Nov 13	23.80	24.10	$23.95	1.3%	65	0.56	42
$472.50	Oct 23	18.40	18.65	$18.52	1.3%	1	0.60	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 13	31.30	31.65	$31.48	1.1%	8	0.62	--
$495.00	Oct 16	21.35	21.60	$21.48	1.2%	24	0.67	1
$490.00	Nov 6	23.40	23.70	$23.55	1.3%	2	0.56	10
$495.00	Nov 13	28.10	28.50	$28.30	1.4%	4	0.59	--
$495.00	Nov 6	26.45	26.85	$26.65	1.5%	44	0.60	16

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 53 found (avg $0.48, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$520.00	Oct 9	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	59	0.02	553
$525.00	Oct 9	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	41	0.01	57
$515.00	Oct 9	0.19	0.22	$0.21	14.3%	248	0.03	564
$510.00	Oct 9	0.33	0.37	$0.35	11.4%	174	0.05	1.5K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.57	0.61	$0.59	6.8%	2.2K	0.08	942

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$442.50	Oct 9	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	32	0.02	302
$440.00	Oct 9	0.15	0.18	$0.16	18.8%	118	0.02	679
$445.00	Oct 9	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	372	0.03	759
$452.50	Oct 9	0.42	0.47	$0.44	11.4%	87	0.06	151
$447.50	Oct 9	0.26	0.29	$0.28	10.7%	138	0.04	502

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 162 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$390.00	Oct 9	88.00	90.80	$89.40	3.1%	--	1.00	25
$395.00	Oct 9	83.00	85.55	$84.28	3.0%	--	1.00	17
$397.50	Oct 9	80.50	83.25	$81.88	3.4%	2	1.00	--
$400.00	Oct 9	78.75	80.45	$79.60	2.1%	1	1.00	92
$405.00	Oct 9	73.55	75.55	$74.55	2.7%	--	0.99	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$505.00	Oct 9	25.30	27.15	$26.23	7.1%	--	0.92	20
$530.00	Oct 16	50.40	52.30	$51.35	3.7%	--	0.92	15
$540.00	Oct 23	60.40	62.25	$61.33	3.0%	--	0.92	15
$500.00	Oct 9	20.75	21.80	$21.28	4.9%	1	0.88	49
$520.00	Oct 16	41.05	42.95	$42.00	4.5%	--	0.88	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 365 active (total vol 46.9K, top 10.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 9	0.97	1.02	$1.00	5.0%	5.2K	0.12	1.3K
$510.00	Oct 23	4.45	4.70	$4.58	5.5%	2.3K	0.22	182
$490.00	Oct 9	2.64	2.72	$2.68	3.0%	2.3K	0.27	2.8K
$505.00	Oct 9	0.57	0.61	$0.59	6.8%	2.2K	0.08	942
$480.00	Oct 9	6.20	6.40	$6.30	3.2%	1.5K	0.50	4.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.50	$0.49	4.1%	10.2K	0.03	14.8K
$470.00	Oct 23	9.25	9.70	$9.48	4.7%	2.5K	0.38	84
$450.00	Oct 16	2.63	2.73	$2.68	3.7%	534	0.16	2.1K
$440.00	Oct 16	1.44	1.51	$1.48	4.7%	494	0.10	5.3K
$475.00	Oct 9	4.30	4.55	$4.43	5.6%	427	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 2.0%, max 2.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.0%	31.2%	2.6%	1.5K	4.9K
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 6	32.0%	31.6%	1.3%	69	2.5K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$480.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.0%	31.2%	2.6%	365	87
$465.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	32.0%	31.5%	1.6%	288	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 240 found (best R:R 0.77, avg 7.52)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$455.00	$460.00	Nov 13	$2.83	$2.17	$2.83	71%	0.77	$457.83
$445.00	$447.50	Oct 16	$1.53	$0.97	$1.53	88%	0.63	$446.53
$500.00	$505.00	Nov 6	$1.25	$3.75	$1.25	36%	3.00	$501.25
$460.00	$470.00	Nov 13	$6.07	$3.93	$6.07	68%	0.65	$466.07
$475.00	$480.00	Nov 6	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	56%	1.11	$477.37

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$485.00	$482.50	Oct 9	$1.41	$1.09	$1.41	62%	0.77	$483.59
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 16	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	33%	2.57	$466.80
$415.00	$410.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	4%	44.45	$414.89
$475.00	$470.00	Oct 30	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	44%	1.50	$473.00
$410.00	$405.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	3%	49.00	$409.90

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 185 found (best R:R 0.77, 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
$540.00	$570.00	Nov 13	$2.53	$2.53	$27.47	84%	0.09	$542.53
$525.00	$530.00	Oct 30	$0.74	$0.74	$4.26	83%	0.17	$525.74
$495.00	$500.00	Nov 6	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	60%	0.60	$496.87
$500.00	$505.00	Oct 9	$0.41	$0.41	$4.59	88%	0.09	$500.41

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$475.00	$465.00	Nov 13	$4.36	$4.36	$5.64	56%	0.77	$470.64
$470.00	$465.00	Oct 30	$2.03	$2.03	$2.97	61%	0.68	$467.97
$455.00	$450.00	Nov 13	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	71%	0.43	$453.50
$440.00	$435.00	Nov 6	$0.93	$0.93	$4.07	82%	0.23	$439.07
$465.00	$462.50	Oct 16	$0.87	$0.87	$1.63	70%	0.53	$464.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 14 found (avg debit $5.68, cheapest $5.65)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.00	32.0%	35.8%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.67	31.3%	36.0%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.98	31.0%	35.9%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.88	31.0%	35.9%
$487.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.67	32.1%	37.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$480.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.65	32.0%	35.8%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.33	31.3%	36.0%
$477.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.60	31.0%	35.9%
$475.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.52	31.0%	35.9%
$487.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$5.27	32.1%	37.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 114 found (cheapest 2.70% of stock, avg 6.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$480.00	Oct 9	$6.30	$6.63	$12.93	$467.07	$492.93	2.70%
$477.50	Oct 9	$7.60	$5.45	$13.05	$464.45	$490.55	2.72%
$482.50	Oct 9	$5.18	$8.07	$13.25	$469.25	$495.75	2.76%
$475.00	Oct 9	$9.05	$4.43	$13.48	$461.52	$488.48	2.81%
$485.00	Oct 9	$4.20	$9.48	$13.68	$471.32	$498.68	2.85%
$472.50	Oct 9	$10.63	$3.47	$14.10	$458.40	$486.60	2.94%
$487.50	Oct 9	$3.38	$11.28	$14.66	$472.84	$502.16	3.06%
$470.00	Oct 9	$12.43	$2.76	$15.19	$454.81	$485.19	3.17%
$490.00	Oct 9	$2.68	$13.13	$15.81	$474.19	$505.81	3.30%
$467.50	Oct 9	$14.28	$2.17	$16.45	$451.05	$483.95	3.43%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 1.01% of stock, avg 4.47%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$490.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$2.68	$2.17	$4.85	$462.65	$494.85
$490.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$2.68	$2.76	$5.44	$464.56	$495.44
$487.50	$467.50	Oct 9	$3.38	$2.17	$5.55	$461.95	$493.05
$490.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$2.68	$3.47	$6.15	$466.35	$496.15
$487.50	$470.00	Oct 9	$3.38	$2.76	$6.14	$463.86	$493.64
$487.50	$472.50	Oct 9	$3.38	$3.47	$6.85	$465.65	$494.35
$485.00	$467.50	Oct 9	$4.20	$2.17	$6.37	$461.13	$491.37
$485.00	$470.00	Oct 9	$4.20	$2.76	$6.96	$463.04	$491.96
$490.00	$475.00	Oct 9	$2.68	$4.43	$7.11	$467.89	$497.11
$485.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$4.20	$3.47	$7.67	$464.83	$492.67

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 286 found (best R:R 0.91, avg credit $1.33)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
435/440	505/510	Nov 6	$2.38	$2.62	50%	0.91	$437.62	$507.38
455/458	498/500	Oct 9	$0.48	$2.02	76%	0.24	$457.02	$497.98
455/458	495/498	Oct 9	$0.56	$1.94	72%	0.29	$456.94	$495.56
435/440	525/530	Oct 30	$1.45	$3.55	68%	0.41	$438.55	$526.45
452/455	498/500	Oct 9	$0.42	$2.08	78%	0.20	$454.58	$497.92
452/455	495/498	Oct 9	$0.50	$2.00	74%	0.25	$454.50	$495.50
465/468	498/500	Oct 9	$0.79	$1.71	62%	0.46	$466.71	$498.29
455/458	492/495	Oct 9	$0.65	$1.85	68%	0.35	$456.85	$493.15
458/460	498/500	Oct 9	$0.52	$1.98	73%	0.26	$459.48	$498.02
400/405	525/530	Oct 30	$0.87	$4.13	80%	0.21	$404.13	$525.87

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 221 found (best R:R 25.79, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$490.00	$495.00	$500.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$4.94	8%	82.33
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Oct 30	$0.21	$9.79	7%	46.62
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45
$467.50	$470.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$0.05	$2.45	10%	49.00
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.17	$4.83	10%	28.41

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$500.00	$515.00	$530.00	Oct 30	$0.56	$14.44	19%	25.79
$510.00	$520.00	$530.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$9.68	10%	30.25
$480.00	$485.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	9%	40.67
$472.50	$475.00	$477.50	Oct 9	$0.06	$2.44	12%	40.67
$485.00	$487.50	$490.00	Oct 9	$0.05	$2.45	11%	49.00

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 $-0.24, 162 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.24	$9.76
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.53	$9.47
$500.00	$505.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.18	$4.82
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.14	$9.86
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.35	$9.65

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$412.50	$410.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$2.48
$395.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.02	$4.98
$390.00	$385.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$4.97
$402.50	$400.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.03	$2.47
$407.50	$405.00	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 3.93%, avg 1.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$485.00	Nov 13	$18.85	0.48	1.2%	3.93%	5.13%	24	7
$480.00	Nov 13	$21.15	0.52	0.2%	4.41%	4.57%	2	26
$490.00	Nov 13	$16.70	0.45	2.2%	3.48%	5.73%	4	15
$495.00	Nov 13	$14.70	0.41	3.3%	3.07%	6.35%	1	2
$500.00	Nov 13	$12.90	0.38	4.3%	2.69%	7.02%	9	32
$505.00	Nov 13	$11.25	0.34	5.4%	2.35%	7.72%	6	5
$485.00	Nov 6	$16.70	0.48	1.2%	3.48%	4.68%	57	42
$480.00	Nov 6	$19.05	0.52	0.2%	3.97%	4.13%	73	263
$510.00	Nov 13	$9.80	0.31	6.4%	2.04%	8.46%	14	6
$490.00	Nov 6	$14.55	0.43	2.2%	3.04%	5.28%	57	115

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 32,554

Total Puts 29,941

Put/Call Ratio 0.92

Net Difference 2,613

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,823

Total Puts 14,447

Put/Call Ratio 1.64

Net Difference -5,624

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
Loading data...

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Loading earnings data...

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Loading earnings data...

Earnings This Week

Loading earnings data...

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Loading earnings data...

Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
Loading data...

Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

🤖 AI Insights

📈 Options Analysis

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

Chart Title

Price — Past 7 Days

Add Card