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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$417.72 +1.23%

$418.40 (+0.16%)🌙

as of 09/16 06:05 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16) 82,933

Calls: 45,056 (54%)

Puts: 37,877 (46%)

Prior (09/15) 224,593

Calls: 182,423 (81%)

Puts: 42,170 (19%)

Current vs Prior -63.07%

Calls: -75.30% (Calls)

Puts: -10.18% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 887,980

Calls: 526,395 (59%)

Puts: 361,585 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 126,854

Calls: 75,199 (59%)

Puts: 51,655 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.62%

Calls: -40.08%

Puts: -26.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/16) $111.42M

Calls: $83.78M (75%)

Puts: $27.65M (25%)

Prior (09/15) $1.32B

Calls: $1.29B (98%)

Puts: $31.55M (2%)

Current vs Prior -91.55%

Calls: -93.49%

Puts: -12.38%

Prior 7-Day Total $2.05B

Calls: $1.79B (87%)

Puts: $263.79M (13%)

Prior 7-Day Average $292.93M

Calls: $255.25M (87%)

Puts: $37.68M (13%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.96%

Calls: -67.18%

Puts: -26.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16) 0.84

Prior (09/15) 0.23

Current vs Prior +263.66%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.94

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.09%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/16) 1,944,272

Calls: 884,612 (45%)

Puts: 1,059,660 (55%)

Prior (09/15) 1,935,617

Calls: 893,371 (46%)

Puts: 1,042,246 (54%)

Current vs Prior +0.45%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,427,795

Calls: 6,303,417 (47%)

Puts: 7,124,378 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,918,256

Calls: 900,488 (47%)

Puts: 1,017,768 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 2.45% | 4.24%2.45% | 8.93%

Prior 2.82% | 4.32%2.82% | 8.97%

Current vs Prior -12.85% | -1.89%-12.85% | -0.39%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.01% | 4.67%4.07% | 9.86%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.35% | -9.35%-39.65% | -9.37%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.82% | 4.32%2.82% | 8.97%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -12.85% | -1.89%-12.85% | -0.39%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 2.54% | 1.67%

Calls: 2.51% | 1.63%

Puts: 2.57% | 1.71%

Prior 2.54% | 1.67%

Calls: 2.51% | 1.63%

Puts: 2.57% | 1.71%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 11.03% | 4.13%

Calls: 12.84% | 3.76%

Puts: 9.21% | 4.50%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -76.96% | -59.55%

Liquidity Good

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Strong bullish conviction with 75% of dollar volume in calls ($83.78M) vs puts ($27.65M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 92% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 63% vs prior. P/C ratio rising 264% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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 NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 147 of results (avg 6.6%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$350.00	Sep 25	67.60	69.35	$68.47	2.6%	1	0.99	2
$340.00	Sep 18	76.75	78.80	$77.78	2.6%	1	1.00	35
$355.00	Oct 9	63.70	65.45	$64.58	2.7%	2	0.96	1
$340.00	Oct 2	78.00	80.15	$79.08	2.7%	2	0.98	1
$340.00	Oct 16	79.00	81.20	$80.10	2.7%	8	0.97	884

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Sep 18	81.00	83.50	$82.25	3.0%	--	1.00	62
$480.00	Oct 16	61.95	63.95	$62.95	3.2%	1	0.90	132
$465.00	Sep 25	46.45	48.05	$47.25	3.4%	--	1.00	11
$470.00	Oct 2	51.45	53.30	$52.38	3.5%	125	0.93	14
$490.00	Sep 18	71.30	74.05	$72.68	3.8%	--	1.00	52

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.72, cheapest $0.76)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$430.00	Sep 18	0.86	1.00	$0.93	15.1%	3.8K	0.16	15.1K
$470.00	Sep 25	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	144	0.01	608
$447.50	Sep 25	0.82	0.96	$0.89	15.7%	24	0.09	56

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$405.00	Sep 18	0.70	0.82	$0.76	15.8%	292	0.13	2.0K
$350.00	Oct 16	0.86	0.95	$0.91	9.9%	809	0.05	4.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 154 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$340.00	Sep 18	76.75	78.80	$77.78	2.6%	1	1.00	35
$350.00	Sep 18	66.75	68.85	$67.80	3.1%	35	0.99	111
$370.00	Sep 18	46.55	48.70	$47.63	4.5%	2	0.99	82
$360.00	Sep 18	57.25	59.35	$58.30	3.6%	17	0.99	146
$350.00	Sep 25	67.60	69.35	$68.47	2.6%	1	0.99	2

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$442.50	Sep 18	23.35	25.55	$24.45	9.0%	--	1.00	45
$445.00	Sep 18	26.55	28.00	$27.28	5.3%	40	1.00	18
$447.50	Sep 18	29.05	30.50	$29.78	4.9%	--	1.00	15
$450.00	Sep 18	31.55	33.00	$32.28	4.5%	10	1.00	1.7K
$455.00	Sep 18	35.90	38.00	$36.95	5.7%	--	1.00	26

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 380 active (total vol 55.1K, top 4.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$440.00	Oct 16	7.95	8.25	$8.10	3.7%	4.5K	0.32	4.8K
$430.00	Sep 18	0.86	1.00	$0.93	15.1%	3.8K	0.16	15.1K
$450.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	2.6K	0.01	8.3K
$435.00	Sep 18	0.38	0.47	$0.43	20.9%	1.4K	0.08	2.4K
$425.00	Sep 25	5.15	5.55	$5.35	7.5%	1.3K	0.38	588

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$375.00	Sep 25	0.30	0.48	$0.39	46.2%	2.2K	0.04	513
$350.00	Sep 25	0.05	0.21	$0.13	123.1%	1.2K	0.01	362
$400.00	Sep 18	0.31	0.39	$0.35	22.9%	1.1K	0.07	24.6K
$390.00	Oct 16	4.90	5.55	$5.23	12.4%	922	0.22	5.1K
$410.00	Sep 18	1.45	1.72	$1.59	17.0%	893	0.24	13.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 20 strikes (avg 14.9%, max 21.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$417.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	37.1%	30.6%	21.3%	435	494
$412.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	37.4%	31.1%	20.4%	123	209
$407.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	37.7%	31.7%	19.0%	126	190
$427.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	38.0%	32.2%	18.0%	696	1.1K
$422.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	38.0%	32.3%	17.5%	525	517

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$417.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	37.1%	30.6%	21.3%	374	767
$412.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	37.4%	31.1%	20.4%	252	650
$407.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	37.7%	31.7%	19.0%	413	868
$427.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	38.0%	32.2%	18.0%	143	412
$422.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	38.0%	32.3%	17.5%	98	321

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 235 found (best R:R 0.56, avg 7.74)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$425.00	$430.00	Oct 9	$1.55	$3.45	$1.55	43%	2.23	$426.55
$410.00	$415.00	Oct 9	$2.52	$2.48	$2.52	62%	0.98	$412.52
$480.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$0.71	$9.29	$0.71	14%	13.08	$480.71
$455.00	$460.00	Oct 23	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	24%	5.94	$455.72
$430.00	$435.00	Oct 30	$1.68	$3.32	$1.68	43%	1.98	$431.68

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$445.00	$442.50	Sep 25	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	89%	0.56	$443.40
$412.50	$410.00	Sep 25	$0.47	$2.03	$0.47	38%	4.32	$412.03
$415.00	$412.50	Oct 2	$0.70	$1.80	$0.70	45%	2.57	$414.30
$410.00	$405.00	Oct 9	$1.40	$3.60	$1.40	38%	2.57	$408.60
$432.50	$430.00	Oct 2	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	69%	0.81	$431.12

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 186 found (best R:R 0.94, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$430.00	$435.00	Oct 9	$2.08	$2.08	$2.92	62%	0.71	$432.08
$432.50	$435.00	Sep 25	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	74%	0.46	$433.29
$495.00	$500.00	Sep 18	$0.11	$0.11	$4.89	99%	0.02	$495.11
$430.00	$432.50	Oct 2	$0.90	$0.90	$1.60	65%	0.56	$430.90
$465.00	$470.00	Oct 30	$1.00	$1.00	$4.00	79%	0.25	$466.00

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$410.00	$405.00	Oct 30	$2.42	$2.42	$2.58	59%	0.94	$407.58
$415.00	$412.50	Sep 25	$1.43	$1.43	$1.07	57%	1.34	$413.57
$410.00	$400.00	Oct 16	$3.78	$3.78	$6.22	60%	0.61	$406.22
$417.50	$415.00	Oct 2	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	52%	1.50	$416.00
$412.50	$410.00	Oct 2	$1.27	$1.27	$1.23	59%	1.03	$411.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 10 found (avg debit $3.52, cheapest $2.96)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$412.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.65	37.4%	29.7%
$417.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.83	37.1%	30.6%
$415.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.90	37.4%	31.1%
$422.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.59	38.0%	31.8%
$420.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.77	37.8%	32.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$412.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.96	37.4%	29.7%
$417.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.45	37.1%	30.6%
$415.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.48	37.4%	31.1%
$422.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$2.95	38.0%	31.8%
$420.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$3.62	37.8%	32.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 118 found (cheapest 2.17% of stock, avg 6.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$417.50	Sep 18	$4.80	$4.28	$9.08	$408.42	$426.58	2.17%
$420.00	Sep 18	$3.63	$5.45	$9.08	$410.92	$429.08	2.17%
$415.00	Sep 18	$6.13	$3.20	$9.33	$405.67	$424.33	2.23%
$422.50	Sep 18	$2.69	$7.23	$9.92	$412.58	$432.42	2.37%
$412.50	Sep 18	$7.83	$2.29	$10.12	$402.38	$422.62	2.42%
$425.00	Sep 18	$2.00	$8.88	$10.88	$414.12	$435.88	2.60%
$410.00	Sep 18	$9.70	$1.59	$11.29	$398.71	$421.29	2.70%
$427.50	Sep 18	$1.36	$10.58	$11.94	$415.56	$439.44	2.86%
$407.50	Sep 18	$11.60	$1.08	$12.68	$394.82	$420.18	3.04%
$430.00	Sep 18	$0.93	$12.70	$13.63	$416.37	$443.63	3.26%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.48% of stock, avg 3.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$430.00	$407.50	Sep 18	$0.93	$1.08	$2.01	$405.49	$432.01
$427.50	$407.50	Sep 18	$1.36	$1.08	$2.44	$405.06	$429.94
$430.00	$410.00	Sep 18	$0.93	$1.59	$2.52	$407.48	$432.52
$427.50	$410.00	Sep 18	$1.36	$1.59	$2.95	$407.05	$430.45
$425.00	$407.50	Sep 18	$2.00	$1.08	$3.08	$404.42	$428.08
$425.00	$410.00	Sep 18	$2.00	$1.59	$3.59	$406.41	$428.59
$430.00	$412.50	Sep 18	$0.93	$2.29	$3.22	$409.28	$433.22
$427.50	$412.50	Sep 18	$1.36	$2.29	$3.65	$408.85	$431.15
$425.00	$412.50	Sep 18	$2.00	$2.29	$4.29	$408.21	$429.29
$422.50	$407.50	Sep 18	$2.69	$1.08	$3.77	$403.73	$426.27

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 376 found (best R:R 0.57, avg credit $1.32)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
378/380	432/435	Sep 25	$0.91	$1.59	68%	0.57	$379.09	$433.41
375/380	465/470	Oct 30	$2.10	$2.90	60%	0.72	$377.90	$467.10
388/390	432/435	Sep 25	$1.00	$1.50	64%	0.67	$389.00	$433.50
390/392	432/435	Sep 25	$1.05	$1.45	62%	0.72	$391.45	$433.55
398/400	432/435	Sep 25	$1.23	$1.27	55%	0.97	$398.77	$433.73
340/345	465/470	Oct 30	$1.45	$3.55	73%	0.41	$343.55	$466.45
382/385	432/435	Sep 25	$0.91	$1.59	67%	0.57	$384.09	$433.41
400/402	432/435	Sep 25	$1.30	$1.20	51%	1.08	$401.20	$433.80
385/388	432/435	Sep 25	$0.94	$1.56	66%	0.60	$386.56	$433.44
392/395	432/435	Sep 25	$1.06	$1.44	60%	0.74	$393.94	$433.56

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 215 found (best R:R 44.45, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$390.00	$400.00	$410.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$9.78	18%	44.45
$450.00	$460.00	$470.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$9.60	11%	24.00
$430.00	$440.00	$450.00	Oct 16	$0.73	$9.27	16%	12.70
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$390.00	$395.00	$400.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	8%	99.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$410.00	$415.00	$420.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$4.88	13%	40.67
$415.00	$420.00	$425.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$4.88	12%	40.67
$400.00	$410.00	$420.00	Oct 16	$0.92	$9.08	20%	9.87
$400.00	$405.00	$410.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43
$350.00	$360.00	$370.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$9.84	6%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 211 found (best net $-10.58, 199 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$340.00	$375.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$10.58	$24.42
$490.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.30	$9.70
$460.00	$470.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.19	$8.81
$470.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.91	$9.09
$435.00	$437.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.11	$2.39

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$360.00	$350.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.30	$9.70
$390.00	$380.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.57	$8.43
$375.00	$370.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.01	$4.99
$402.50	$400.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.15	$2.35
$390.00	$387.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.03	$2.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 96 found (best yield 4.48%, avg 1.13%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$420.00	Oct 30	$18.70	0.51	0.6%	4.48%	5.02%	32	81
$425.00	Oct 30	$16.30	0.47	1.7%	3.90%	5.64%	1	14
$430.00	Oct 30	$14.20	0.43	2.9%	3.40%	6.34%	5	7
$435.00	Oct 30	$12.25	0.40	4.1%	2.93%	7.07%	--	17
$440.00	Oct 30	$10.60	0.36	5.3%	2.54%	7.87%	9	271
$420.00	Oct 23	$17.05	0.51	0.6%	4.08%	4.63%	74	345
$425.00	Oct 23	$14.75	0.47	1.7%	3.53%	5.27%	4	89
$445.00	Oct 30	$9.20	0.33	6.5%	2.20%	8.73%	3	44
$430.00	Oct 23	$12.70	0.42	2.9%	3.04%	5.98%	1	604
$435.00	Oct 23	$10.85	0.38	4.1%	2.60%	6.73%	2	142

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 45,056

Total Puts 37,877

Put/Call Ratio 0.84

Net Difference 7,179

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 182,423

Total Puts 42,170

Put/Call Ratio 0.23

Net Difference 140,253

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 526,395

Total Puts 361,585

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.94

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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

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Price — Past 7 Days

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