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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$430.47 +0.05%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 124,856

Calls: 53,796 (43%)

Puts: 71,060 (57%)

Prior (09/17) 128,608

Calls: 77,358 (60%)

Puts: 51,250 (40%)

Current vs Prior -2.92%

Calls: -30.46% (Calls)

Puts: +38.65% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 814,098

Calls: 479,246 (59%)

Puts: 334,852 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 116,299

Calls: 68,463 (59%)

Puts: 47,836 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.36%

Calls: -21.42%

Puts: +48.55%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $103.47M

Calls: $70.84M (68%)

Puts: $32.62M (32%)

Prior (09/17) $127.37M

Calls: $93.32M (73%)

Puts: $34.05M (27%)

Current vs Prior -18.77%

Calls: -24.09%

Puts: -4.18%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.90B

Calls: $1.65B (87%)

Puts: $244.80M (13%)

Prior 7-Day Average $270.73M

Calls: $235.75M (87%)

Puts: $34.97M (13%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.78%

Calls: -69.95%

Puts: -6.71%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 1.32

Prior (09/17) 0.66

Current vs Prior +99.38%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.95

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +38.34%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 2,000,301

Calls: 919,576 (46%)

Puts: 1,080,725 (54%)

Prior (09/17) 1,967,310

Calls: 897,155 (46%)

Puts: 1,070,155 (54%)

Current vs Prior +1.68%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,527,392

Calls: 6,283,437 (46%)

Puts: 7,243,955 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,932,484

Calls: 897,633 (46%)

Puts: 1,034,850 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.78% | 3.33%0.78% | 8.42%

Prior 1.71% | 3.72%1.71% | 8.53%

Current vs Prior -54.17% | -10.41%-54.17% | -1.33%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.65% | 4.39%3.23% | 9.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -70.49% | -23.99%-75.80% | -10.04%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.71% | 3.72%1.71% | 8.53%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.17% | -10.41%-54.17% | -1.33%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 9.57% | 4.06%

Calls: 6.25% | 1.46%

Puts: 12.89% | 6.67%

Prior 4.63% | 2.48%

Calls: 6.13% | 2.93%

Puts: 3.13% | 2.03%

Current vs Prior +106.70% | +63.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.49% | 3.77%

Calls: 6.80% | 3.64%

Puts: 6.18% | 3.91%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +47.39% | +7.69%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($70.84M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.32 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 99% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 305 of results (avg 4.5%, best 0.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Oct 16	21.85	22.05	$21.95	0.9%	406	0.63	3.3K
$360.00	Oct 16	72.00	73.05	$72.53	1.4%	2	0.96	427
$430.00	Sep 25	6.80	6.90	$6.85	1.5%	659	0.52	652
$430.00	Oct 16	16.20	16.45	$16.33	1.5%	363	0.53	12.3K
$430.00	Oct 9	12.70	12.90	$12.80	1.6%	135	0.52	564

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Oct 16	4.25	4.30	$4.28	1.2%	1.0K	0.19	9.2K
$450.00	Oct 23	27.60	27.95	$27.78	1.3%	12	0.65	83
$455.00	Oct 23	31.10	31.55	$31.33	1.4%	47	0.69	12
$445.00	Oct 9	19.95	20.25	$20.10	1.5%	10	0.66	10
$442.50	Oct 2	16.25	16.50	$16.38	1.5%	4	0.68	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 58 found (avg $0.49, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$432.50	Sep 18	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	1.9K	0.16	3.3K
$467.50	Sep 25	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	31	0.02	106
$465.00	Sep 25	0.19	0.22	$0.21	14.3%	28	0.03	234
$462.50	Sep 25	0.26	0.29	$0.28	10.7%	294	0.04	71
$460.00	Sep 25	0.34	0.38	$0.36	11.1%	238	0.05	713

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$430.00	Sep 18	0.61	0.73	$0.67	17.9%	5.0K	0.42	5.4K
$400.00	Sep 25	0.36	0.38	$0.37	5.4%	383	0.05	3.0K
$402.50	Sep 25	0.45	0.47	$0.46	4.3%	191	0.06	296
$392.50	Sep 25	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	40	0.03	169
$395.00	Sep 25	0.25	0.27	$0.26	7.7%	99	0.03	652

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 144 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$350.00	Sep 18	78.55	80.75	$79.65	2.8%	3	1.00	110
$360.00	Sep 18	69.00	71.15	$70.08	3.1%	3	1.00	140
$370.00	Sep 18	59.75	60.90	$60.33	1.9%	6	1.00	80
$380.00	Sep 18	49.65	50.95	$50.30	2.6%	7	1.00	98
$387.50	Sep 18	42.15	43.55	$42.85	3.3%	--	1.00	55

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Sep 18	28.90	30.35	$29.63	4.9%	--	1.00	28
$450.00	Sep 18	18.75	20.35	$19.55	8.2%	26	1.00	972
$440.00	Sep 18	9.25	10.25	$9.75	10.3%	39	1.00	11.4K
$442.50	Sep 18	11.65	12.85	$12.25	9.8%	1	1.00	34
$437.50	Sep 18	6.60	7.85	$7.23	17.3%	29	0.99	292

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 381 active (total vol 97.7K, top 8.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$435.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	5.4K	0.01	2.8K
$430.00	Sep 18	1.08	1.15	$1.12	6.2%	5.4K	0.58	12.2K
$450.00	Oct 16	8.20	8.40	$8.30	2.4%	2.2K	0.33	7.8K
$432.50	Sep 18	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	1.9K	0.16	3.3K
$445.00	Sep 25	1.77	1.81	$1.79	2.2%	1.4K	0.20	558

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	8.2K	0.00	24.6K
$420.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	6.3K	0.01	10.9K
$430.00	Sep 18	0.61	0.73	$0.67	17.9%	5.0K	0.42	5.4K
$402.50	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	4.4K	0.00	756
$415.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.07	$0.04	175.0%	2.3K	0.01	3.0K

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 64.3%, max 66.0%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	48.2%	29.0%	66.0%	2.0K	3.6K
$430.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	50.1%	30.8%	62.6%	5.4K	12.2K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	48.2%	29.0%	66.0%	889	506
$430.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	50.1%	30.8%	62.6%	5.0K	5.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 208 found (best R:R 0.52, avg 7.71)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$410.00	$415.00	Oct 9	$3.28	$1.72	$3.28	77%	0.52	$413.28
$425.00	$430.00	Oct 23	$2.45	$2.55	$2.45	57%	1.04	$427.45
$410.00	$415.00	Oct 23	$3.20	$1.80	$3.20	71%	0.56	$413.20
$420.00	$425.00	Oct 23	$2.73	$2.27	$2.73	62%	0.83	$422.73
$420.00	$430.00	Oct 16	$5.62	$4.38	$5.62	63%	0.78	$425.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 23	$2.65	$2.35	$2.65	60%	0.89	$442.35
$447.50	$445.00	Oct 2	$1.56	$0.94	$1.56	74%	0.60	$445.94
$435.00	$432.50	Sep 25	$1.23	$1.27	$1.23	60%	1.03	$433.77
$442.50	$440.00	Sep 25	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	76%	0.50	$440.83
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 9	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	66%	0.66	$441.98

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 165 found (best R:R 1.25, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.17	$0.17	$2.33	84%	0.07	$432.67
$440.00	$442.50	Sep 25	$0.71	$0.71	$1.79	71%	0.40	$440.71
$435.00	$437.50	Sep 25	$0.93	$0.93	$1.57	60%	0.59	$435.93
$480.00	$485.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$0.13	$4.87	96%	0.03	$480.13
$442.50	$445.00	Sep 25	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	76%	0.26	$443.01

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$430.00	$425.00	Oct 23	$2.78	$2.78	$2.22	52%	1.25	$427.22
$410.00	$400.00	Oct 16	$2.40	$2.40	$7.60	73%	0.32	$407.60
$420.00	$410.00	Oct 16	$3.30	$3.30	$6.70	63%	0.49	$416.70
$400.00	$390.00	Oct 16	$1.59	$1.59	$8.41	81%	0.19	$398.41
$430.00	$420.00	Oct 16	$4.35	$4.35	$5.65	52%	0.77	$425.65

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $5.57, cheapest $5.41)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$430.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$5.73	50.1%	26.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$430.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$5.41	50.1%	26.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 120 found (cheapest 0.42% of stock, avg 6.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$430.00	Sep 18	$1.12	$0.67	$1.79	$428.21	$431.79	0.42%
$432.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$2.25	$2.43	$430.07	$434.93	0.56%
$427.50	Sep 18	$3.05	$0.12	$3.17	$424.33	$430.67	0.74%
$435.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$4.55	$4.56	$430.44	$439.56	1.06%
$425.00	Sep 18	$5.50	$0.03	$5.53	$419.47	$430.53	1.28%
$437.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$7.23	$7.24	$430.26	$444.74	1.68%
$422.50	Sep 18	$7.98	$0.02	$8.00	$414.50	$430.50	1.86%
$440.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$9.75	$9.76	$430.24	$449.76	2.27%
$420.00	Sep 18	$10.38	$0.02	$10.40	$409.60	$430.40	2.42%
$442.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$12.25	$12.26	$430.24	$454.76	2.85%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 152 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 3.86%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$432.50	$427.50	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.12	$0.30	$427.20	$432.80
$432.50	$430.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$0.67	$0.85	$429.15	$433.35
$442.50	$420.00	Sep 25	$2.30	$2.48	$4.78	$415.22	$447.28
$480.00	$390.00	Oct 16	$2.47	$2.69	$5.16	$384.84	$485.16
$440.00	$420.00	Sep 25	$3.01	$2.48	$5.49	$414.51	$445.49
$442.50	$422.50	Sep 25	$2.30	$3.15	$5.45	$417.05	$447.95
$440.00	$422.50	Sep 25	$3.01	$3.15	$6.16	$416.34	$446.16
$470.00	$390.00	Oct 16	$3.75	$2.69	$6.44	$383.56	$476.44
$437.50	$420.00	Sep 25	$3.70	$2.48	$6.18	$413.82	$443.68
$442.50	$425.00	Sep 25	$2.30	$4.00	$6.30	$418.70	$448.80

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 360 found (best R:R 0.50, avg credit $1.27)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
402/405	440/442	Sep 25	$0.83	$1.67	64%	0.50	$404.17	$440.83
405/408	440/442	Sep 25	$0.86	$1.64	62%	0.52	$406.64	$440.86
415/418	440/442	Sep 25	$1.15	$1.35	50%	0.85	$416.35	$441.15
410/412	440/442	Sep 25	$0.97	$1.53	57%	0.63	$411.53	$440.97
408/410	440/442	Sep 25	$0.90	$1.60	60%	0.56	$409.10	$440.90
420/422	440/442	Sep 25	$1.38	$1.12	41%	1.23	$421.12	$441.38
412/415	440/442	Sep 25	$1.04	$1.46	54%	0.71	$413.96	$441.04
388/390	448/450	Oct 2	$0.67	$1.83	69%	0.37	$389.33	$448.17
400/402	448/450	Oct 2	$0.83	$1.67	62%	0.50	$401.67	$448.33
402/405	452/455	Sep 25	$0.32	$2.18	82%	0.15	$404.68	$452.82

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 203 found (best R:R 33.48, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$400.00	$410.00	$420.00	Oct 16	$0.57	$9.43	18%	16.54
$427.50	$430.00	$432.50	Sep 18	$0.99	$1.51	73%	1.53
$430.00	$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.77	$1.73	57%	2.25
$440.00	$450.00	$460.00	Oct 16	$0.81	$9.19	18%	11.35
$450.00	$455.00	$460.00	Oct 30	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$440.00	$450.00	$460.00	Oct 16	$0.29	$9.71	18%	33.48
$470.00	$480.00	$490.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$9.87	9%	75.92
$427.50	$430.00	$432.50	Sep 18	$1.03	$1.47	73%	1.43
$430.00	$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.72	$1.78	57%	2.47
$415.00	$420.00	$425.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	9%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 236 found (best net $-4.95, 227 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$425.00	$427.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.60	$1.90
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.75	$9.25
$470.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.19	$8.81
$490.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.49	$9.51
$500.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.31	$9.69

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$442.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.95	$2.55
$465.00	$450.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$11.26	$3.74
$437.50	$435.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.87	$0.63
$460.00	$450.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$9.47	$0.53
$400.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.10	$8.90

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 80 found (best yield 4.07%, avg 1.08%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$435.00	Oct 30	$17.50	0.49	1.1%	4.07%	5.12%	11	19
$440.00	Oct 30	$15.40	0.45	2.2%	3.58%	5.79%	11	283
$445.00	Oct 30	$13.40	0.41	3.4%	3.11%	6.49%	33	70
$450.00	Oct 30	$11.50	0.37	4.5%	2.67%	7.21%	17	54
$455.00	Oct 30	$10.05	0.34	5.7%	2.33%	8.03%	2	17
$435.00	Oct 23	$15.80	0.48	1.1%	3.67%	4.72%	18	141
$440.00	Oct 23	$13.55	0.44	2.2%	3.15%	5.36%	29	124
$460.00	Oct 30	$8.60	0.30	6.9%	2.00%	8.86%	4	109
$445.00	Oct 23	$11.60	0.39	3.4%	2.69%	6.07%	34	84
$450.00	Oct 23	$9.90	0.35	4.5%	2.30%	6.84%	53	191

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 53,796

Total Puts 71,060

Put/Call Ratio 1.32

Net Difference -17,264

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 77,358

Total Puts 51,250

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 26,108

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 479,246

Total Puts 334,852

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.95

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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