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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$430.26 +3.00%

$429.70 (-0.13%)🌙

as of 09/17 06:05 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 128,608

Calls: 77,358 (60%)

Puts: 51,250 (40%)

Prior (09/16) 82,933

Calls: 45,056 (54%)

Puts: 37,877 (46%)

Current vs Prior +55.07%

Calls: +71.69% (Calls)

Puts: +35.31% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 821,315

Calls: 484,991 (59%)

Puts: 336,324 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 117,330

Calls: 69,284 (59%)

Puts: 48,046 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.61%

Calls: +11.65%

Puts: +6.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) $127.37M

Calls: $93.32M (73%)

Puts: $34.05M (27%)

Prior (09/16) $111.42M

Calls: $83.78M (75%)

Puts: $27.65M (25%)

Current vs Prior +14.31%

Calls: +11.40%

Puts: +23.16%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.99B

Calls: $1.74B (87%)

Puts: $250.24M (13%)

Prior 7-Day Average $284.09M

Calls: $248.34M (87%)

Puts: $35.75M (13%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -55.17%

Calls: -62.42%

Puts: -4.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 0.66

Prior (09/16) 0.84

Current vs Prior -21.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.95

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.32%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17) 1,967,310

Calls: 897,155 (46%)

Puts: 1,070,155 (54%)

Prior (09/16) 1,944,272

Calls: 884,612 (45%)

Puts: 1,059,660 (55%)

Current vs Prior +1.18%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,430,880

Calls: 6,268,072 (47%)

Puts: 7,162,808 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,918,697

Calls: 895,438 (47%)

Puts: 1,023,258 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.71% | 3.72%1.71% | 8.53%

Prior 2.45% | 4.24%2.45% | 8.93%

Current vs Prior -30.38% | -12.18%-30.38% | -4.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.85% | 4.56%3.70% | 9.63%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -40.06% | -18.39%-53.78% | -11.45%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.45% | 4.24%2.45% | 8.93%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -30.38% | -12.18%-30.38% | -4.50%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 4.63% | 2.48%

Calls: 6.13% | 2.93%

Puts: 3.13% | 2.03%

Prior 2.54% | 1.67%

Calls: 2.51% | 1.63%

Puts: 2.57% | 1.71%

Current vs Prior +82.28% | +48.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 8.61% | 3.89%

Calls: 9.56% | 3.61%

Puts: 7.66% | 4.18%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -46.23% | -36.27%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($93.32M). Above-average activity with volume up 55% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.66. P/C ratio dropping 21% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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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 214 of results (avg 6.2%, best 1.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$350.00	Oct 16	81.40	82.85	$82.13	1.8%	2	0.97	489
$380.00	Sep 18	49.75	50.70	$50.23	1.9%	24	1.00	101
$360.00	Oct 16	71.65	73.10	$72.38	2.0%	10	0.96	422
$370.00	Sep 25	60.10	61.40	$60.75	2.1%	2	1.00	10
$370.00	Oct 16	62.10	63.55	$62.83	2.3%	63	0.94	572

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$500.00	Oct 16	69.00	70.80	$69.90	2.6%	--	0.92	55
$470.00	Oct 16	41.75	43.10	$42.43	3.2%	1	0.81	108
$490.00	Oct 16	59.30	61.25	$60.28	3.2%	--	0.90	91
$480.00	Oct 9	49.20	51.10	$50.15	3.8%	2	0.91	3
$480.00	Oct 16	50.00	52.00	$51.00	3.9%	6	0.86	132

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 29 found (avg $0.62, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$442.50	Sep 18	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	296	0.06	644
$440.00	Sep 18	0.35	0.38	$0.37	8.1%	3.4K	0.10	9.2K
$437.50	Sep 18	0.64	0.70	$0.67	9.0%	2.1K	0.17	3.2K
$470.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.24	$0.22	18.2%	63	0.03	659
$462.50	Sep 25	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	7	0.06	67

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Sep 18	0.38	0.42	$0.40	10.0%	1.0K	0.10	10.9K
$422.50	Sep 18	0.61	0.71	$0.66	15.2%	820	0.16	308
$397.50	Sep 25	0.46	0.54	$0.50	16.0%	84	0.05	502
$400.00	Sep 25	0.56	0.66	$0.61	16.4%	633	0.07	2.9K
$405.00	Sep 25	0.86	1.00	$0.93	15.1%	274	0.10	944

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 148 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$350.00	Sep 18	78.35	81.45	$79.90	3.9%	34	1.00	110
$360.00	Sep 18	68.30	71.60	$69.95	4.7%	37	1.00	140
$370.00	Sep 18	59.30	61.00	$60.15	2.8%	14	1.00	81
$380.00	Sep 18	49.75	50.70	$50.23	1.9%	24	1.00	101
$387.50	Sep 18	41.70	43.55	$42.63	4.3%	--	1.00	55

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$510.00	Sep 25	78.50	82.20	$80.35	4.6%	1	1.00	--
$505.00	Sep 25	73.70	76.75	$75.22	4.1%	1	1.00	1
$460.00	Sep 18	28.50	31.95	$30.23	11.4%	57	0.99	35
$450.00	Sep 18	19.15	20.85	$20.00	8.5%	54	0.99	1.0K
$470.00	Sep 25	39.15	40.85	$40.00	4.3%	1	0.97	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 403 active (total vol 95.2K, top 11.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$430.00	Sep 18	3.00	3.20	$3.10	6.5%	11.6K	0.51	16.2K
$430.00	Oct 16	16.20	16.80	$16.50	3.6%	6.9K	0.52	7.6K
$480.00	Oct 23	3.50	3.80	$3.65	8.2%	3.4K	0.16	71
$440.00	Sep 18	0.35	0.38	$0.37	8.1%	3.4K	0.10	9.2K
$475.00	Sep 25	0.12	0.17	$0.15	33.3%	2.2K	0.02	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	2.8K	0.01	24.5K
$370.00	Oct 16	1.11	1.20	$1.16	7.8%	1.9K	0.06	5.4K
$430.00	Oct 16	14.40	15.10	$14.75	4.7%	1.8K	0.48	2.3K
$430.00	Sep 25	6.70	7.40	$7.05	9.9%	1.5K	0.49	1.6K
$425.00	Sep 18	1.08	1.18	$1.13	8.8%	1.3K	0.25	1.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 14 strikes (avg 15.2%, max 25.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$422.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	36.2%	28.8%	25.9%	376	598
$427.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	34.7%	28.5%	21.8%	1.4K	1.1K
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	34.6%	28.8%	20.1%	771	3.5K
$437.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	34.7%	30.0%	15.5%	2.2K	3.3K
$425.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	35.5%	31.5%	12.6%	1.4K	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$422.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	36.2%	28.8%	25.9%	895	340
$427.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	34.7%	28.5%	21.8%	950	405
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	34.6%	28.8%	20.1%	105	555
$437.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	34.7%	30.0%	15.5%	52	281
$425.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	35.5%	31.5%	12.6%	1.4K	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 221 found (best R:R 1.94, avg 7.95)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$432.50	$435.00	Oct 2	$0.72	$1.78	$0.72	48%	2.47	$433.22
$415.00	$420.00	Oct 30	$2.77	$2.23	$2.77	65%	0.81	$417.77
$410.00	$420.00	Oct 16	$6.53	$3.47	$6.53	72%	0.53	$416.53
$485.00	$490.00	Oct 30	$0.45	$4.55	$0.45	16%	10.11	$485.45
$450.00	$455.00	Oct 30	$1.46	$3.54	$1.46	37%	2.42	$451.46

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$430.00	$425.00	Oct 9	$1.70	$3.30	$1.70	48%	1.94	$428.30
$450.00	$445.00	Oct 23	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	64%	0.66	$446.98
$410.00	$405.00	Oct 23	$1.22	$3.78	$1.22	30%	3.10	$408.78
$435.00	$432.50	Sep 25	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	59%	0.89	$433.68
$385.00	$380.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	5%	44.45	$384.89

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 178 found (best R:R 0.55, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$495.00	$500.00	Sep 18	$0.23	$0.23	$4.77	98%	0.05	$495.23
$485.00	$490.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$0.17	$4.83	97%	0.04	$485.17
$432.50	$435.00	Sep 25	$1.15	$1.15	$1.35	54%	0.85	$433.65
$500.00	$505.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$0.16	$4.84	97%	0.03	$500.16
$442.50	$445.00	Sep 25	$0.64	$0.64	$1.86	74%	0.34	$443.14

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$405.00	$400.00	Oct 30	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	73%	0.55	$403.23
$425.00	$420.00	Oct 9	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	58%	0.92	$422.60
$410.00	$400.00	Oct 16	$2.48	$2.48	$7.52	72%	0.33	$407.52
$430.00	$425.00	Oct 23	$2.55	$2.55	$2.45	52%	1.04	$427.45
$415.00	$410.00	Oct 23	$1.83	$1.83	$3.17	66%	0.58	$413.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $4.28, cheapest $4.01)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$427.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.38	34.7%	28.3%
$430.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.53	34.4%	28.3%
$432.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.45	34.6%	29.7%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$427.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.01	34.7%	28.3%
$430.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.16	34.4%	28.3%
$432.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.13	34.6%	29.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 122 found (cheapest 1.39% of stock, avg 6.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$430.00	Sep 18	$3.10	$2.89	$5.99	$424.01	$435.99	1.39%
$432.50	Sep 18	$1.98	$4.25	$6.23	$426.27	$438.73	1.45%
$427.50	Sep 18	$4.60	$1.84	$6.44	$421.06	$433.94	1.50%
$435.00	Sep 18	$1.17	$5.93	$7.10	$427.90	$442.10	1.65%
$425.00	Sep 18	$6.35	$1.13	$7.48	$417.52	$432.48	1.74%
$437.50	Sep 18	$0.67	$8.02	$8.69	$428.81	$446.19	2.02%
$422.50	Sep 18	$8.55	$0.66	$9.21	$413.29	$431.71	2.14%
$440.00	Sep 18	$0.37	$10.20	$10.57	$429.43	$450.57	2.46%
$420.00	Sep 18	$10.68	$0.40	$11.08	$408.92	$431.08	2.58%
$442.50	Sep 18	$0.20	$12.40	$12.60	$429.90	$455.10	2.93%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 3.61%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$442.50	$420.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.40	$0.60	$419.40	$443.10
$440.00	$420.00	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.40	$0.77	$419.23	$440.77
$442.50	$422.50	Sep 18	$0.20	$0.66	$0.86	$421.64	$443.36
$440.00	$422.50	Sep 18	$0.37	$0.66	$1.03	$421.47	$441.03
$437.50	$420.00	Sep 18	$0.67	$0.40	$1.07	$418.93	$438.57
$437.50	$422.50	Sep 18	$0.67	$0.66	$1.33	$421.17	$438.83
$442.50	$425.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$1.13	$1.33	$423.67	$443.83
$440.00	$425.00	Sep 18	$0.37	$1.13	$1.50	$423.50	$441.50
$435.00	$420.00	Sep 18	$1.17	$0.40	$1.57	$418.43	$436.57
$437.50	$425.00	Sep 18	$0.67	$1.13	$1.80	$423.20	$439.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 378 found (best R:R 0.37, avg credit $1.23)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
350/355	475/480	Oct 30	$1.35	$3.65	73%	0.37	$353.65	$476.35
392/395	442/445	Sep 25	$0.75	$1.75	69%	0.43	$394.25	$443.25
385/390	475/480	Oct 30	$1.90	$3.10	61%	0.61	$388.10	$476.90
400/402	442/445	Sep 25	$0.80	$1.70	66%	0.47	$401.70	$443.30
392/395	448/450	Sep 25	$0.51	$1.99	77%	0.26	$394.49	$448.01
398/400	442/445	Sep 25	$0.75	$1.75	67%	0.43	$399.25	$443.25
392/395	452/455	Sep 25	$0.36	$2.14	82%	0.17	$394.64	$452.86
392/395	455/458	Sep 25	$0.30	$2.20	85%	0.14	$394.70	$455.30
395/398	455/458	Oct 2	$0.65	$1.85	71%	0.35	$396.85	$455.65
395/398	448/450	Oct 2	$0.85	$1.65	63%	0.52	$396.65	$448.35

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 232 found (best R:R 44.45, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$410.00	$420.00	$430.00	Oct 16	$0.93	$9.07	20%	9.75
$480.00	$490.00	$500.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$9.81	7%	51.63
$440.00	$445.00	$450.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$4.83	11%	28.41
$390.00	$400.00	$410.00	Oct 16	$0.66	$9.34	14%	14.15
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Oct 30	$0.11	$4.89	8%	44.45

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$460.00	$470.00	$480.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$9.78	12%	44.45
$400.00	$410.00	$420.00	Oct 16	$0.79	$9.21	18%	11.66
$435.00	$437.50	$440.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$2.41	16%	26.78
$390.00	$395.00	$400.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	6%	99.00
$420.00	$430.00	$440.00	Oct 16	$1.00	$9.00	20%	9.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 227 found (best net $-4.78, 219 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$432.50	$435.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.36	$2.14
$435.00	$437.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.17	$2.33
$430.00	$432.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.86	$1.64
$437.50	$440.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.07	$2.43
$490.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.48	$9.52

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$505.00	$470.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$4.78	$30.22
$450.00	$442.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.80	$2.70
$465.00	$450.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$11.99	$3.01
$427.50	$425.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.42	$2.08
$425.00	$422.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.19	$2.31

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 84 found (best yield 4.04%, avg 1.06%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$435.00	Oct 30	$17.40	0.49	1.1%	4.04%	5.15%	7	17
$440.00	Oct 30	$15.20	0.45	2.3%	3.53%	5.80%	79	272
$445.00	Oct 30	$13.25	0.41	3.4%	3.08%	6.51%	25	47
$450.00	Oct 30	$11.40	0.37	4.6%	2.65%	7.24%	36	23
$455.00	Oct 30	$9.85	0.34	5.8%	2.29%	8.04%	5	13
$435.00	Oct 23	$15.65	0.48	1.1%	3.64%	4.74%	16	142
$440.00	Oct 23	$13.50	0.44	2.3%	3.14%	5.40%	44	140
$460.00	Oct 30	$8.60	0.30	6.9%	2.00%	8.91%	123	44
$445.00	Oct 23	$11.55	0.40	3.4%	2.68%	6.11%	57	34
$450.00	Oct 23	$9.85	0.35	4.6%	2.29%	6.88%	76	172

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 77,358

Total Puts 51,250

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 26,108

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 45,056

Total Puts 37,877

Put/Call Ratio 0.84

Net Difference 7,179

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 484,991

Total Puts 336,324

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.95

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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