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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$468.97 -0.68%

(10/8 09:40) ◀

Thursday, October 8, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:45am) 13,534

Calls: 6,493 (48%)

Puts: 7,041 (52%)

Prior (10/07) 12,749

Calls: 7,033 (55%)

Puts: 5,716 (45%)

Current vs Prior +6.16%

Calls: -7.68% (Calls)

Puts: +23.18% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 665,769

Calls: 376,962 (57%)

Puts: 288,807 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 95,109

Calls: 53,851 (57%)

Puts: 41,258 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -85.77%

Calls: -87.94%

Puts: -82.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08 9:45am) $5.89M

Calls: $4.59M (78%)

Puts: $1.30M (22%)

Prior (10/07) $13.02M

Calls: $9.56M (73%)

Puts: $3.47M (27%)

Current vs Prior -54.79%

Calls: -52.01%

Puts: -62.42%

Prior 7-Day Total $925.11M

Calls: $687.05M (74%)

Puts: $238.06M (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average $132.16M

Calls: $98.15M (74%)

Puts: $34.01M (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -95.54%

Calls: -95.33%

Puts: -96.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:45am) 1.08

Prior (10/07) 0.81

Current vs Prior +33.43%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +36.84%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08 9:45am) 1,860,325

Calls: 897,407 (48%)

Puts: 962,918 (52%)

Prior (10/07) 1,844,698

Calls: 887,855 (48%)

Puts: 956,843 (52%)

Current vs Prior +0.85%

Prior 7-Day Total 12,591,471

Calls: 6,151,796 (49%)

Puts: 6,439,675 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,798,781

Calls: 878,828 (49%)

Puts: 919,953 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (10/09) | Next (10/16)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.68% | 4.76%4.76% | 10.07%

Prior 2.15% | 4.82%4.82% | 9.93%

Current vs Prior -21.48% | -1.24%-1.24% | +1.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.63% | 4.74%5.94% | 10.91%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.85% | +0.40%-19.79% | -7.66%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.15% | 4.82%5.01% | 10.21%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.48% | -1.24%-4.97% | -1.34%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 7.54% | 3.37%

Calls: 8.29% | 3.02%

Puts: 6.79% | 3.72%

Prior 4.42% | 2.83%

Calls: 4.40% | 2.87%

Puts: 4.44% | 2.80%

Current vs Prior +70.59% | +19.08%

Prior 7-Day Avg 5.05% | 3.28%

Calls: 4.80% | 2.53%

Puts: 5.31% | 4.04%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +49.22% | +2.74%

Liquidity Acceptable

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Strong bullish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in calls ($4.59M) vs puts ($1.30M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 55% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.08. P/C ratio rising 33% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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 BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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	NEUTRAL	MIXED
09:40	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 280 of results (avg 5.7%, best 0.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Nov 20	13.25	13.45	$13.35	1.5%	59	0.38	2.4K
$450.00	Nov 20	32.80	33.30	$33.05	1.5%	5	0.67	3.6K
$460.00	Nov 20	26.80	27.25	$27.03	1.7%	11	0.60	3.9K
$470.00	Nov 20	21.55	21.95	$21.75	1.8%	24	0.52	3.5K
$455.00	Nov 6	25.55	26.10	$25.83	2.1%	--	0.65	38

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Nov 20	38.85	39.20	$39.03	0.9%	3	0.69	517
$490.00	Nov 20	31.75	32.20	$31.98	1.4%	--	0.62	670
$480.00	Nov 20	25.45	25.95	$25.70	1.9%	5	0.55	924
$482.50	Oct 16	18.25	18.65	$18.45	2.2%	5	0.68	258
$490.00	Nov 6	28.50	29.20	$28.85	2.4%	--	0.66	26

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 14 found (avg $0.63, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 9	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	62	0.02	5.3K
$480.00	Oct 9	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	371	0.10	4.5K
$477.50	Oct 9	0.67	0.74	$0.71	9.9%	65	0.16	3.5K
$512.50	Oct 16	0.90	1.05	$0.98	15.3%	--	0.08	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Oct 9	0.54	0.59	$0.56	8.9%	121	0.13	1.4K
$462.50	Oct 9	0.92	1.03	$0.98	11.2%	125	0.21	836
$420.00	Oct 16	0.49	0.57	$0.53	15.1%	34	0.04	8.3K
$405.00	Oct 16	0.23	0.28	$0.26	19.2%	11	0.02	1.2K
$422.50	Oct 16	0.56	0.68	$0.62	19.4%	3	0.05	403

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 187 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Oct 9	67.45	70.55	$69.00	4.5%	--	1.00	90
$380.00	Oct 9	87.75	90.45	$89.10	3.0%	--	1.00	45
$417.50	Oct 9	50.30	53.10	$51.70	5.4%	--	1.00	44
$390.00	Oct 9	77.80	80.55	$79.18	3.5%	--	0.99	25
$410.00	Oct 9	57.50	60.60	$59.05	5.2%	--	0.99	321

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Oct 9	17.15	19.70	$18.42	13.8%	--	1.00	135
$490.00	Oct 9	19.85	22.65	$21.25	13.2%	1	1.00	117
$492.50	Oct 9	22.15	24.95	$23.55	11.9%	--	1.00	172
$495.00	Oct 9	24.65	27.45	$26.05	10.7%	--	1.00	78
$497.50	Oct 9	27.10	29.95	$28.53	10.0%	--	1.00	185

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 245 active (total vol 12.8K, top 5.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Oct 23	2.06	2.27	$2.17	9.7%	2.3K	0.13	2.4K
$480.00	Oct 9	0.38	0.44	$0.41	14.6%	371	0.10	4.5K
$485.00	Oct 16	4.70	5.00	$4.85	6.2%	300	0.29	1.7K
$485.00	Oct 9	0.15	0.19	$0.17	23.5%	204	0.04	1.3K
$475.00	Oct 9	1.13	1.22	$1.17	7.7%	185	0.24	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Oct 9	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	5.1K	0.01	654
$465.00	Oct 9	1.52	1.63	$1.58	7.0%	152	0.30	1.4K
$462.50	Oct 9	0.92	1.03	$0.98	11.2%	125	0.21	836
$460.00	Oct 9	0.54	0.59	$0.56	8.9%	121	0.13	1.4K
$460.00	Nov 20	15.30	15.80	$15.55	3.2%	75	0.41	2.0K

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

No setups found for this strategy

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 254 found (best R:R 0.51, avg 7.21)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$445.00	$450.00	Oct 23	$3.32	$1.68	$3.32	79%	0.51	$448.32
$530.00	$540.00	Nov 13	$0.49	$9.51	$0.49	12%	19.41	$530.49
$450.00	$452.50	Oct 16	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	78%	0.81	$451.38
$540.00	$550.00	Nov 6	$0.13	$9.87	$0.13	7%	75.92	$540.13
$450.00	$460.00	Nov 20	$6.02	$3.98	$6.02	67%	0.66	$456.02

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$400.00	$390.00	Nov 13	$0.19	$9.81	$0.19	6%	51.63	$399.81
$390.00	$380.00	Nov 20	$0.26	$9.74	$0.26	6%	37.46	$389.74
$465.00	$462.50	Oct 16	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	42%	1.94	$464.15
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 23	$0.75	$4.25	$0.75	21%	5.67	$444.25
$467.50	$465.00	Oct 23	$1.00	$1.50	$1.00	47%	1.50	$466.50

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 199 found (best R:R 0.14, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$525.00	$530.00	Oct 9	$0.61	$0.61	$4.39	95%	0.14	$525.61
$525.00	$530.00	Nov 13	$1.04	$1.04	$3.96	84%	0.26	$526.04
$495.00	$497.50	Oct 16	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	81%	0.46	$495.79
$530.00	$540.00	Nov 6	$1.09	$1.09	$8.91	89%	0.12	$531.09
$530.00	$535.00	Oct 30	$0.61	$0.61	$4.39	92%	0.14	$530.61

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$450.00	$440.00	Nov 20	$3.15	$3.15	$6.85	67%	0.46	$446.85
$405.00	$400.00	Nov 13	$0.62	$0.62	$4.38	92%	0.14	$404.38
$440.00	$430.00	Nov 20	$2.45	$2.45	$7.55	74%	0.32	$437.55
$420.00	$415.00	Oct 23	$0.50	$0.50	$4.50	93%	0.11	$419.50
$460.00	$450.00	Nov 20	$3.85	$3.85	$6.15	60%	0.63	$456.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $7.16, cheapest $6.77)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$465.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.15	29.5%	36.8%
$467.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.36	28.7%	36.8%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.34	29.6%	38.2%
$470.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.48	29.6%	38.3%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$465.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.77	29.5%	36.8%
$467.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.12	28.7%	36.8%
$472.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$6.97	29.6%	38.2%
$470.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$7.07	29.6%	38.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 141 found (cheapest 1.41% of stock, avg 6.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$467.50	Oct 9	$4.22	$2.38	$6.60	$460.90	$474.10	1.41%
$470.00	Oct 9	$2.92	$3.68	$6.60	$463.40	$476.60	1.41%
$472.50	Oct 9	$1.89	$5.13	$7.02	$465.48	$479.52	1.50%
$465.00	Oct 9	$5.80	$1.58	$7.38	$457.62	$472.38	1.57%
$475.00	Oct 9	$1.17	$6.93	$8.10	$466.90	$483.10	1.73%
$462.50	Oct 9	$7.70	$0.98	$8.68	$453.82	$471.18	1.85%
$477.50	Oct 9	$0.71	$8.98	$9.69	$467.81	$487.19	2.07%
$460.00	Oct 9	$9.85	$0.56	$10.41	$449.59	$470.41	2.22%
$457.50	Oct 9	$11.85	$0.34	$12.19	$445.31	$469.69	2.60%
$480.00	Oct 9	$0.41	$11.83	$12.24	$467.76	$492.24	2.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 4.03%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$480.00	$457.50	Oct 9	$0.41	$0.34	$0.75	$456.75	$480.75
$480.00	$460.00	Oct 9	$0.41	$0.56	$0.97	$459.03	$480.97
$477.50	$457.50	Oct 9	$0.71	$0.34	$1.05	$456.45	$478.55
$477.50	$460.00	Oct 9	$0.71	$0.56	$1.27	$458.73	$478.77
$480.00	$462.50	Oct 9	$0.41	$0.98	$1.39	$461.11	$481.39
$477.50	$462.50	Oct 9	$0.71	$0.98	$1.69	$460.81	$479.19
$475.00	$457.50	Oct 9	$1.17	$0.34	$1.51	$455.99	$476.51
$475.00	$460.00	Oct 9	$1.17	$0.56	$1.73	$458.27	$476.73
$475.00	$462.50	Oct 9	$1.17	$0.98	$2.15	$460.35	$477.15
$480.00	$465.00	Oct 9	$0.41	$1.58	$1.99	$463.01	$481.99

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 366 found (best R:R 0.20, avg credit $1.39)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
400/402	525/530	Oct 9	$0.85	$4.15	93%	0.20	$401.65	$525.85
390/395	525/530	Oct 9	$0.82	$4.18	93%	0.20	$394.18	$525.82
410/412	525/530	Oct 9	$0.76	$4.24	93%	0.18	$411.74	$525.76
405/408	525/530	Oct 9	$0.75	$4.25	93%	0.18	$406.75	$525.75
400/402	512/515	Oct 9	$0.52	$1.98	94%	0.26	$401.98	$513.02
400/402	508/510	Oct 9	$0.46	$2.04	95%	0.23	$402.04	$507.96
410/412	512/515	Oct 9	$0.43	$2.07	95%	0.21	$412.07	$512.93
405/408	512/515	Oct 9	$0.42	$2.08	94%	0.20	$407.08	$512.92
410/412	508/510	Oct 9	$0.37	$2.13	95%	0.17	$412.13	$507.87
390/395	512/515	Oct 9	$0.49	$4.51	95%	0.11	$394.51	$512.99

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 254 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$465.00	$470.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$490.00	$500.00	$510.00	Nov 20	$0.45	$9.55	12%	21.22
$530.00	$540.00	$550.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$9.83	6%	57.82
$495.00	$500.00	$505.00	Oct 23	$0.08	$4.92	7%	61.50
$470.00	$480.00	$490.00	Nov 20	$0.64	$9.36	14%	14.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$510.00	$520.00	$530.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$9.80	9%	49.00
$467.50	$470.00	$472.50	Oct 9	$0.15	$2.35	24%	15.67
$455.00	$460.00	$465.00	Nov 6	$0.09	$4.91	9%	54.56
$510.00	$520.00	$530.00	Nov 20	$0.33	$9.67	9%	29.30
$450.00	$455.00	$460.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$4.86	10%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 205 found (best net $-1.67, 193 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$420.00	$455.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$1.67	$33.33
$530.00	$540.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.12	$9.88
$472.50	$475.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.45	$2.05
$540.00	$550.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.52	$9.48
$475.00	$477.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.25	$2.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$462.50	$460.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.14	$2.36
$465.00	$462.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.38	$2.12
$420.00	$415.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.06	$4.94
$460.00	$457.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.12	$2.38
$470.00	$467.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.08	$1.42

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 99 found (best yield 4.60%, avg 1.24%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$470.00	Nov 20	$21.55	0.52	0.2%	4.60%	4.81%	24	3.5K
$480.00	Nov 20	$17.00	0.45	2.4%	3.62%	5.98%	49	6.1K
$490.00	Nov 20	$13.25	0.38	4.5%	2.83%	7.31%	59	2.4K
$475.00	Nov 13	$17.00	0.48	1.3%	3.62%	4.91%	2	81
$470.00	Nov 13	$19.30	0.51	0.2%	4.12%	4.34%	2	58
$500.00	Nov 20	$10.20	0.31	6.6%	2.17%	8.79%	11	6.7K
$480.00	Nov 13	$14.80	0.44	2.4%	3.16%	5.51%	--	84
$485.00	Nov 13	$13.00	0.40	3.4%	2.77%	6.19%	--	76
$490.00	Nov 13	$11.15	0.36	4.5%	2.38%	6.86%	1	43
$510.00	Nov 20	$7.70	0.26	8.8%	1.64%	10.39%	43	2.4K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,493

Total Puts 7,041

Put/Call Ratio 1.08

Net Difference -548

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,033

Total Puts 5,716

Put/Call Ratio 0.81

Net Difference 1,317

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 376,962

Total Puts 288,807

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.79

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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