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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$434.67 +1.02%

$433.22 (-0.33%)🌙

as of 09/18 06:04 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) 143,482

Calls: 64,946 (45%)

Puts: 78,536 (55%)

Prior (09/17) 128,608

Calls: 77,358 (60%)

Puts: 51,250 (40%)

Current vs Prior +11.57%

Calls: -16.04% (Calls)

Puts: +53.24% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 853,036

Calls: 500,411 (59%)

Puts: 352,625 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 121,862

Calls: 71,487 (59%)

Puts: 50,375 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.74%

Calls: -9.15%

Puts: +55.90%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $119.43M

Calls: $88.79M (74%)

Puts: $30.63M (26%)

Prior (09/17) $127.37M

Calls: $93.32M (73%)

Puts: $34.05M (27%)

Current vs Prior -6.24%

Calls: -4.85%

Puts: -10.03%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.92B

Calls: $1.67B (87%)

Puts: $245.76M (13%)

Prior 7-Day Average $274.06M

Calls: $238.95M (87%)

Puts: $35.11M (13%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.42%

Calls: -62.84%

Puts: -12.75%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 1.21

Prior (09/17) 0.66

Current vs Prior +82.53%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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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 13,624,940

Calls: 6,300,883 (46%)

Puts: 7,324,057 (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,946,420

Calls: 900,126 (46%)

Puts: 1,046,293 (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 0.69% | 3.17%0.69% | 8.34%

Prior 1.71% | 3.72%1.71% | 8.53%

Current vs Prior +85.58% | +28.42%-59.73% | -2.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.66% | 4.36%3.02% | 9.21%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +19.38% | +9.47%-77.24% | -9.52%

Prior 7-Day Eod 0.78% | 3.33%1.71% | 8.53%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +304.95% | +43.34%-59.73% | -2.28%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 24.37% | 3.85%

Calls: 10.48% | 2.15%

Puts: 38.26% | 5.56%

Prior 4.63% | 2.48%

Calls: 6.13% | 2.93%

Puts: 3.13% | 2.03%

Current vs Prior +426.35% | +55.24%

Prior 7-Day Avg 6.80% | 3.95%

Calls: 7.00% | 3.88%

Puts: 5.69% | 3.97%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +258.16% | -2.43%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($88.79M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.21 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 83% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 129 of results (avg 6.3%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$370.00	Sep 25	64.00	65.60	$64.80	2.5%	6	1.00	12
$370.00	Sep 18	63.55	65.20	$64.38	2.6%	8	1.00	80
$380.00	Sep 18	53.55	54.95	$54.25	2.6%	60	1.00	98
$350.00	Oct 16	85.20	87.50	$86.35	2.7%	4	1.00	490
$375.00	Sep 25	59.00	60.60	$59.80	2.7%	--	1.00	31

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$490.00	Oct 16	55.85	57.70	$56.78	3.3%	--	0.90	91
$500.00	Oct 16	64.80	67.15	$65.97	3.6%	10	0.92	55
$470.00	Oct 2	35.45	37.25	$36.35	5.0%	--	0.90	131
$480.00	Oct 16	45.95	48.60	$47.28	5.6%	15	0.85	138
$465.00	Oct 9	32.00	33.90	$32.95	5.8%	--	0.82	16

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.44, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$385.00	Sep 25	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	89	0.01	831
$380.00	Sep 25	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	70	0.01	1.7K
$385.00	Oct 9	0.77	0.94	$0.86	19.8%	116	0.06	293
$360.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.72	$0.66	18.2%	468	0.04	8.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 145 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$350.00	Sep 18	82.50	85.30	$83.90	3.3%	4	1.00	110
$360.00	Sep 18	72.50	75.25	$73.88	3.7%	6	1.00	140
$370.00	Sep 18	63.55	65.20	$64.38	2.6%	8	1.00	80
$375.00	Sep 18	58.55	60.20	$59.38	2.8%	2	1.00	2
$380.00	Sep 18	53.55	54.95	$54.25	2.6%	60	1.00	98

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$460.00	Sep 18	24.95	26.45	$25.70	5.8%	--	1.00	28
$450.00	Sep 18	15.05	16.45	$15.75	8.9%	27	1.00	972
$442.50	Sep 18	7.00	8.95	$7.98	24.4%	1	0.99	34
$440.00	Sep 18	5.05	6.45	$5.75	24.3%	43	0.99	11.4K
$465.00	Sep 25	29.45	31.60	$30.53	7.0%	--	0.96	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 387 active (total vol 112.4K, top 8.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$435.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.49	$0.25	196.0%	7.7K	0.32	2.8K
$430.00	Sep 18	3.65	4.95	$4.30	30.2%	7.1K	1.00	12.2K
$432.50	Sep 18	1.40	2.66	$2.03	62.1%	3.0K	0.93	3.3K
$450.00	Oct 16	9.45	9.95	$9.70	5.2%	2.2K	0.37	7.8K
$442.50	Sep 25	3.05	3.80	$3.43	21.9%	1.8K	0.32	553

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
$430.00	Sep 18	0.01	0.19	$0.10	180.0%	6.8K	0.07	5.4K
$420.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.02	$0.01	200.0%	6.4K	0.01	10.9K
$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%	2.4K	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 44.7%, max 130.1%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$435.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.4%	31.0%	23.9%	7.7K	2.8K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	63.0%	27.4%	130.1%	1.1K	506
$435.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.4%	31.0%	23.9%	553	650
$480.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	33.8%	33.5%	0.9%	16	138

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 203 found (best R:R 1.84, avg 7.51)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$425.00	$427.50	Oct 2	$0.88	$1.62	$0.88	67%	1.84	$425.88
$435.00	$437.50	Sep 25	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	49%	4.56	$435.45
$440.00	$450.00	Oct 16	$3.40	$6.60	$3.40	46%	1.94	$443.40
$420.00	$422.50	Oct 2	$1.33	$1.17	$1.33	74%	0.88	$421.33
$450.00	$455.00	Oct 23	$1.33	$3.67	$1.33	38%	2.76	$451.33

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$452.50	$450.00	Sep 25	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	86%	0.52	$450.85
$437.50	$435.00	Oct 2	$0.93	$1.57	$0.93	54%	1.69	$436.57
$432.50	$430.00	Oct 2	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	45%	1.94	$431.65
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 23	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	57%	0.96	$442.45
$380.00	$375.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	10%	17.52	$379.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 165 found (best R:R 0.45, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$437.50	$440.00	Sep 25	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	57%	1.17	$438.85
$460.00	$465.00	Oct 23	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	69%	0.50	$461.67
$490.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$0.94	$0.94	$4.06	84%	0.23	$490.94
$435.00	$437.50	Oct 2	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	50%	1.38	$436.45
$445.00	$447.50	Oct 2	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	65%	0.72	$446.05

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$420.00	$410.00	Oct 16	$3.11	$3.11	$6.89	66%	0.45	$416.89
$355.00	$350.00	Oct 23	$0.43	$0.43	$4.57	96%	0.09	$354.57
$410.00	$405.00	Oct 23	$1.47	$1.47	$3.53	73%	0.42	$408.53
$410.00	$400.00	Oct 16	$2.07	$2.07	$7.93	76%	0.26	$407.93
$430.00	$420.00	Oct 16	$3.95	$3.95	$6.05	56%	0.65	$426.05

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $5.73, cheapest $5.73)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$435.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$5.73	38.4%	26.8%

PUTS (0)

No puts found

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 113 found (cheapest 0.28% of stock, avg 6.29%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$435.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.96	$1.21	$433.79	$436.21	0.28%
$432.50	Sep 18	$2.03	$0.22	$2.25	$430.25	$434.75	0.52%
$437.50	Sep 18	$0.04	$3.10	$3.14	$434.36	$440.64	0.72%
$430.00	Sep 18	$4.30	$0.10	$4.40	$425.60	$434.40	1.01%
$440.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$5.75	$5.76	$434.24	$445.76	1.33%
$427.50	Sep 18	$7.10	$0.11	$7.21	$420.29	$434.71	1.66%
$442.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$7.98	$7.99	$434.51	$450.49	1.84%
$425.00	Sep 18	$9.40	$0.05	$9.45	$415.55	$434.45	2.17%
$422.50	Sep 18	$11.90	$0.09	$11.99	$410.51	$434.49	2.76%
$435.00	Sep 25	$5.98	$6.55	$12.53	$422.47	$447.53	2.88%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 153 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 3.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$435.00	$430.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.10	$0.35	$429.65	$435.35
$435.00	$427.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.11	$0.36	$427.14	$435.36
$435.00	$432.50	Sep 18	$0.25	$0.22	$0.47	$432.03	$435.47
$445.00	$422.50	Sep 25	$2.61	$2.21	$4.82	$417.68	$449.82
$445.00	$425.00	Sep 25	$2.61	$2.86	$5.47	$419.53	$450.47
$480.00	$390.00	Oct 16	$3.12	$2.38	$5.50	$384.50	$485.50
$442.50	$422.50	Sep 25	$3.43	$2.21	$5.64	$416.86	$448.14
$445.00	$427.50	Sep 25	$2.61	$3.48	$6.09	$421.41	$451.09
$442.50	$425.00	Sep 25	$3.43	$2.86	$6.29	$418.71	$448.79
$442.50	$427.50	Sep 25	$3.43	$3.48	$6.91	$420.59	$449.41

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 339 found (best R:R 0.72, avg credit $1.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
350/355	460/465	Oct 23	$2.10	$2.90	65%	0.72	$352.90	$462.10
365/370	460/465	Oct 23	$2.08	$2.92	62%	0.71	$367.92	$462.08
370/375	460/465	Oct 23	$2.16	$2.84	61%	0.76	$372.84	$462.16
395/398	448/450	Sep 18	$0.31	$2.19	93%	0.14	$397.19	$447.81
410/412	452/455	Oct 2	$1.21	$1.29	57%	0.94	$411.29	$453.71
385/390	460/465	Oct 23	$2.34	$2.66	56%	0.88	$387.66	$462.34
375/378	452/455	Oct 2	$0.82	$1.68	72%	0.49	$376.68	$453.32
390/395	460/465	Oct 23	$2.47	$2.53	53%	0.98	$392.53	$462.47
385/390	470/475	Oct 30	$2.21	$2.79	58%	0.79	$387.79	$472.21
392/395	452/455	Oct 2	$0.90	$1.60	68%	0.56	$394.10	$453.40

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 211 found (best R:R 4.10, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$430.00	$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.49	$2.01	68%	4.10
$420.00	$430.00	$440.00	Oct 16	$0.58	$9.42	20%	16.24
$440.00	$450.00	$460.00	Oct 16	$0.45	$9.55	18%	21.22
$470.00	$480.00	$490.00	Oct 16	$0.23	$9.77	10%	42.48
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	13%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$430.00	$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.62	$1.88	63%	3.03
$440.00	$450.00	$460.00	Oct 16	$0.68	$9.32	18%	13.71
$420.00	$430.00	$440.00	Oct 16	$0.85	$9.15	20%	10.76
$410.00	$420.00	$430.00	Oct 16	$0.84	$9.16	19%	10.90
$410.00	$415.00	$420.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$4.87	10%	37.46

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 $-0.21, 220 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$427.50	$430.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.50	$1.00
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.72	$9.28
$510.00	$520.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.29	$9.71
$500.00	$510.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.54	$9.46
$482.50	$485.00	1:2	Sep 25	$0.00	$2.50

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$442.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.21	$7.29
$460.00	$450.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$5.80	$4.20
$465.00	$450.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$9.51	$5.49
$440.00	$437.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.45	$2.05
$400.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.01	$8.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 85 found (best yield 3.82%, avg 1.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$440.00	Oct 30	$16.60	0.48	1.2%	3.82%	5.05%	12	283
$435.00	Oct 30	$18.95	0.52	0.1%	4.36%	4.44%	15	19
$445.00	Oct 30	$14.45	0.44	2.4%	3.32%	5.70%	44	70
$450.00	Oct 30	$12.50	0.40	3.5%	2.88%	6.40%	23	54
$455.00	Oct 30	$11.00	0.36	4.7%	2.53%	7.21%	2	17
$460.00	Oct 30	$9.20	0.33	5.8%	2.12%	7.94%	4	109
$435.00	Oct 23	$17.10	0.51	0.1%	3.93%	4.01%	29	141
$440.00	Oct 23	$14.70	0.47	1.2%	3.38%	4.61%	30	124
$445.00	Oct 23	$12.80	0.43	2.4%	2.94%	5.32%	34	84
$465.00	Oct 30	$7.85	0.29	7.0%	1.81%	8.78%	6	22

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 64,946

Total Puts 78,536

Put/Call Ratio 1.21

Net Difference -13,590

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 500,411

Total Puts 352,625

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.91

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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