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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$429.43 +2.80%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 111,077

Calls: 66,848 (60%)

Puts: 44,229 (40%)

Prior (09/15) 188,100

Calls: 152,647 (81%)

Puts: 35,453 (19%)

Current vs Prior -40.95%

Calls: -56.21% (Calls)

Puts: +24.75% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 587,199

Calls: 301,448 (51%)

Puts: 285,751 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 83,885

Calls: 43,064 (51%)

Puts: 40,821 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.41%

Calls: +55.23%

Puts: +8.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/17 3:05pm) $114.43M

Calls: $83.84M (73%)

Puts: $30.59M (27%)

Prior (09/15) $1.10B

Calls: $1.07B (98%)

Puts: $26.68M (2%)

Current vs Prior -89.61%

Calls: -92.19%

Puts: +14.66%

Prior 7-Day Total $603.71M

Calls: $374.41M (62%)

Puts: $229.30M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $86.24M

Calls: $53.49M (62%)

Puts: $32.76M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.68%

Calls: +56.75%

Puts: -6.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 0.66

Prior (09/15) 0.23

Current vs Prior +184.87%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.02

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/17 3:05pm) 1,967,310

Calls: 897,155 (46%)

Puts: 1,070,155 (54%)

Prior (09/15) 1,935,617

Calls: 893,371 (46%)

Puts: 1,042,246 (54%)

Current vs Prior +1.64%

Prior 7-Day Total 13,317,623

Calls: 6,289,827 (47%)

Puts: 7,027,796 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,902,517

Calls: 898,546 (47%)

Puts: 1,003,970 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.70% | 3.70%1.70% | 8.62%

Prior 3.25% | 4.62%3.25% | 9.27%

Current vs Prior -47.80% | -19.89%-47.80% | -7.01%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.22% | 4.14%4.76% | 10.25%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.47% | -10.47%-64.39% | -15.93%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.25% | 4.62%2.45% | 8.93%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -47.80% | -19.89%-30.91% | -3.53%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 4.63% | 2.48%

Calls: 6.13% | 2.93%

Puts: 3.13% | 2.03%

Prior 4.03% | 5.62%

Calls: 4.18% | 5.41%

Puts: 3.87% | 5.83%

Current vs Prior +14.89% | -55.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 9.93% | 5.02%

Calls: 10.43% | 4.89%

Puts: 9.42% | 5.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -53.36% | -50.63%

Liquidity Good

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($83.84M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 90% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 41% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.66.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 299 of results (avg 4.7%, best 1.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$425.00	Oct 9	15.35	15.55	$15.45	1.3%	46	0.57	216
$420.00	Oct 16	21.60	21.90	$21.75	1.4%	486	0.62	3.2K
$415.00	Oct 23	26.65	27.10	$26.88	1.7%	8	0.65	80
$450.00	Oct 16	8.25	8.40	$8.32	1.8%	1.8K	0.33	7.2K
$430.00	Oct 16	16.10	16.40	$16.25	1.8%	6.9K	0.51	7.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Oct 16	27.25	27.55	$27.40	1.1%	775	0.67	438
$430.00	Oct 16	15.15	15.35	$15.25	1.3%	1.8K	0.49	2.3K
$410.00	Oct 16	7.25	7.35	$7.30	1.4%	354	0.29	2.4K
$420.00	Oct 16	10.65	10.80	$10.73	1.4%	218	0.38	14.3K
$445.00	Oct 9	21.10	21.40	$21.25	1.4%	3	0.67	7

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 60 found (avg $0.50, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$442.50	Sep 18	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	277	0.05	644
$440.00	Sep 18	0.30	0.32	$0.31	6.5%	3.1K	0.09	9.2K
$437.50	Sep 18	0.55	0.59	$0.57	7.0%	2.0K	0.15	3.2K
$470.00	Sep 25	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	55	0.03	659
$467.50	Sep 25	0.26	0.30	$0.28	14.3%	4	0.04	107

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$415.00	Sep 18	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	601	0.04	2.9K
$417.50	Sep 18	0.24	0.27	$0.26	11.5%	398	0.07	836
$420.00	Sep 18	0.43	0.48	$0.45	11.1%	786	0.12	10.9K
$422.50	Sep 18	0.73	0.79	$0.76	7.9%	765	0.18	308
$385.00	Sep 25	0.21	0.24	$0.22	13.6%	93	0.02	859

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 146 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$360.00	Oct 9	70.05	72.10	$71.07	2.9%	9	1.00	2
$360.00	Sep 18	68.20	70.80	$69.50	3.7%	36	1.00	140
$370.00	Sep 18	58.85	60.65	$59.75	3.0%	14	1.00	81
$380.00	Sep 18	48.80	50.65	$49.72	3.7%	23	1.00	101
$350.00	Sep 18	79.10	80.70	$79.90	2.0%	31	1.00	110

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$450.00	Sep 18	19.55	21.50	$20.53	9.5%	53	1.00	1.0K
$460.00	Sep 18	29.35	31.55	$30.45	7.2%	57	1.00	35
$470.00	Sep 25	39.50	41.15	$40.33	4.1%	1	1.00	2
$442.50	Sep 18	12.55	14.05	$13.30	11.3%	--	0.94	45
$465.00	Sep 25	34.50	36.00	$35.25	4.3%	--	0.94	11

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 397 active (total vol 81.2K, top 11.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$430.00	Sep 18	2.68	2.77	$2.73	3.3%	11.1K	0.47	16.2K
$430.00	Oct 16	16.10	16.40	$16.25	1.8%	6.9K	0.51	7.6K
$440.00	Sep 18	0.30	0.32	$0.31	6.5%	3.1K	0.09	9.2K
$437.50	Sep 18	0.55	0.59	$0.57	7.0%	2.0K	0.15	3.2K
$450.00	Oct 16	8.25	8.40	$8.32	1.8%	1.8K	0.33	7.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$400.00	Sep 18	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	2.7K	0.01	24.5K
$370.00	Oct 16	1.10	1.24	$1.17	12.0%	1.8K	0.06	5.4K
$430.00	Oct 16	15.15	15.35	$15.25	1.3%	1.8K	0.49	2.3K
$405.00	Sep 18	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	1.0K	0.01	2.1K
$425.00	Sep 18	1.25	1.31	$1.28	4.7%	1.0K	0.27	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. 10 strikes (avg 8.9%, max 16.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$422.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	33.8%	29.1%	16.1%	351	598
$427.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	32.2%	28.2%	14.1%	1.3K	1.1K
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	32.4%	30.4%	6.6%	695	3.5K
$425.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	32.8%	31.1%	5.6%	1.3K	2.0K
$430.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	32.5%	31.8%	2.3%	11.1K	16.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$422.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	33.8%	29.1%	16.1%	833	340
$427.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	32.2%	28.2%	14.1%	589	405
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	32.4%	30.4%	6.6%	26	555
$425.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	32.8%	31.1%	5.6%	1.0K	1.2K
$430.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	32.5%	31.8%	2.3%	758	5.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 222 found (best R:R 1.33, avg 7.32)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$430.00	$435.00	Oct 30	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	52%	1.33	$432.15
$490.00	$495.00	Oct 30	$0.33	$4.67	$0.33	14%	14.15	$490.33
$410.00	$415.00	Oct 30	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	68%	0.66	$413.02
$470.00	$475.00	Oct 30	$0.78	$4.22	$0.78	24%	5.41	$470.78
$455.00	$460.00	Oct 23	$1.12	$3.88	$1.12	31%	3.46	$456.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$440.00	$437.50	Oct 2	$1.23	$1.27	$1.23	64%	1.03	$438.77
$435.00	$430.00	Oct 23	$2.22	$2.78	$2.22	52%	1.25	$432.78
$425.00	$420.00	Oct 30	$1.80	$3.20	$1.80	44%	1.78	$423.20
$430.00	$427.50	Sep 25	$0.98	$1.52	$0.98	50%	1.55	$429.02
$427.50	$425.00	Oct 2	$0.90	$1.60	$0.90	46%	1.78	$426.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 176 found (best R:R 0.81, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$445.00	$450.00	Oct 30	$2.23	$2.23	$2.77	59%	0.81	$447.23
$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.70	$0.70	$1.80	66%	0.39	$433.20
$430.00	$432.50	Sep 18	$1.03	$1.03	$1.47	53%	0.70	$431.03
$450.00	$455.00	Oct 23	$1.65	$1.65	$3.35	65%	0.49	$451.65
$435.00	$440.00	Oct 30	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	52%	0.89	$437.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$400.00	$390.00	Oct 16	$1.78	$1.78	$8.22	79%	0.22	$398.22
$410.00	$400.00	Oct 16	$2.50	$2.50	$7.50	71%	0.33	$407.50
$405.00	$400.00	Oct 30	$1.50	$1.50	$3.50	72%	0.43	$403.50
$420.00	$410.00	Oct 16	$3.43	$3.43	$6.57	62%	0.52	$416.57
$410.00	$405.00	Oct 23	$1.62	$1.62	$3.38	69%	0.48	$408.38

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $4.33, cheapest $4.32)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$427.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.45	32.2%	28.9%
$430.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.47	32.5%	29.4%
$432.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.33	32.4%	29.2%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$427.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.32	32.2%	28.9%
$430.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.18	32.5%	29.4%
$432.50	Sep 18	Sep 25	$4.22	32.4%	29.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 122 found (cheapest 1.38% of stock, avg 6.69%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$430.00	Sep 18	$2.73	$3.20	$5.93	$424.07	$435.93	1.38%
$427.50	Sep 18	$4.08	$2.08	$6.16	$421.34	$433.66	1.43%
$432.50	Sep 18	$1.70	$4.68	$6.38	$426.12	$438.88	1.49%
$425.00	Sep 18	$5.75	$1.28	$7.03	$417.97	$432.03	1.64%
$435.00	Sep 18	$1.00	$6.53	$7.53	$427.47	$442.53	1.75%
$422.50	Sep 18	$7.78	$0.76	$8.54	$413.96	$431.04	1.99%
$437.50	Sep 18	$0.57	$8.50	$9.07	$428.43	$446.57	2.11%
$420.00	Sep 18	$9.85	$0.45	$10.30	$409.70	$430.30	2.40%
$440.00	Sep 18	$0.31	$10.70	$11.01	$428.99	$451.01	2.56%
$417.50	Sep 18	$12.43	$0.26	$12.69	$404.81	$430.19	2.96%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 3.67%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$440.00	$417.50	Sep 18	$0.31	$0.26	$0.57	$416.93	$440.57
$440.00	$420.00	Sep 18	$0.31	$0.45	$0.76	$419.24	$440.76
$437.50	$417.50	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.26	$0.83	$416.67	$438.33
$437.50	$420.00	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.45	$1.02	$418.98	$438.52
$440.00	$422.50	Sep 18	$0.31	$0.76	$1.07	$421.43	$441.07
$437.50	$422.50	Sep 18	$0.57	$0.76	$1.33	$421.17	$438.83
$435.00	$417.50	Sep 18	$1.00	$0.26	$1.26	$416.24	$436.26
$435.00	$420.00	Sep 18	$1.00	$0.45	$1.45	$418.55	$436.45
$435.00	$422.50	Sep 18	$1.00	$0.76	$1.76	$420.74	$436.76
$440.00	$425.00	Sep 18	$0.31	$1.28	$1.59	$423.41	$441.59

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 342 found (best R:R 0.59, avg credit $1.28)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
395/398	445/448	Oct 2	$0.93	$1.57	60%	0.59	$396.57	$445.93
395/398	452/455	Oct 2	$0.72	$1.78	68%	0.40	$396.78	$453.22
402/405	452/455	Oct 2	$0.84	$1.66	63%	0.51	$404.16	$453.34
402/405	445/448	Oct 2	$1.05	$1.45	54%	0.72	$403.95	$446.05
405/408	452/455	Oct 2	$0.89	$1.61	60%	0.55	$406.61	$453.39
405/408	445/448	Oct 2	$1.10	$1.40	52%	0.79	$406.40	$446.10
400/402	452/455	Oct 2	$0.77	$1.73	65%	0.45	$401.73	$453.27
400/402	445/448	Oct 2	$0.98	$1.52	56%	0.64	$401.52	$445.98
380/385	460/465	Oct 30	$2.17	$2.83	54%	0.77	$382.83	$462.17
395/398	452/455	Sep 25	$0.33	$2.17	82%	0.15	$397.17	$452.83

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 223 found (best R:R 19.83, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$400.00	$410.00	$420.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$9.52	18%	19.83
$380.00	$390.00	$400.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$9.72	11%	34.71
$435.00	$440.00	$445.00	Oct 23	$0.09	$4.91	8%	54.56
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Oct 23	$0.11	$4.89	9%	44.45
$420.00	$425.00	$430.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	8%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$430.00	$440.00	$450.00	Oct 16	$0.65	$9.35	18%	14.38
$470.00	$480.00	$490.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$9.80	8%	49.00
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	12%	49.00
$450.00	$460.00	$470.00	Oct 16	$0.60	$9.40	14%	15.67
$432.50	$435.00	$437.50	Sep 18	$0.12	$2.38	20%	19.83

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 224 found (best net $-6.07, 218 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$432.50	$435.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.30	$2.20
$430.00	$432.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.67	$1.83
$435.00	$437.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$2.36
$437.50	$440.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.05	$2.45
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.86	$9.14

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$450.00	$442.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$6.07	$1.43
$427.50	$425.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.48	$2.02
$400.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.24	$8.76
$425.00	$422.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.24	$2.26
$390.00	$380.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.74	$9.26

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 91 found (best yield 4.68%, avg 1.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$430.00	Oct 30	$20.10	0.52	0.1%	4.68%	4.81%	5	8
$435.00	Oct 30	$17.75	0.48	1.3%	4.13%	5.43%	5	17
$440.00	Oct 30	$15.60	0.45	2.5%	3.63%	6.09%	77	272
$445.00	Oct 30	$13.70	0.41	3.6%	3.19%	6.82%	14	47
$450.00	Oct 30	$11.50	0.37	4.8%	2.68%	7.47%	22	23
$430.00	Oct 23	$18.25	0.52	0.1%	4.25%	4.38%	55	604
$455.00	Oct 30	$9.85	0.34	6.0%	2.29%	8.25%	4	13
$435.00	Oct 23	$15.85	0.47	1.3%	3.69%	4.99%	7	142
$440.00	Oct 23	$13.70	0.43	2.5%	3.19%	5.65%	40	140
$460.00	Oct 30	$8.95	0.30	7.1%	2.08%	9.20%	14	44

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 66,848

Total Puts 44,229

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 22,619

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 152,647

Total Puts 35,453

Put/Call Ratio 0.23

Net Difference 117,194

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 301,448

Total Puts 285,751

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.02

Ratio Trend Rising

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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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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