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TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR ADR

$430.53 +0.06%

(9/17 18:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:05pm) 122,997

Calls: 52,976 (43%)

Puts: 70,021 (57%)

Prior (09/17) 111,077

Calls: 66,848 (60%)

Puts: 44,229 (40%)

Current vs Prior +10.73%

Calls: -20.75% (Calls)

Puts: +58.31% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 719,928

Calls: 420,115 (58%)

Puts: 299,813 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 102,846

Calls: 60,016 (58%)

Puts: 42,830 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +19.59%

Calls: -11.73%

Puts: +63.48%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18 3:05pm) $101.91M

Calls: $69.73M (68%)

Puts: $32.18M (32%)

Prior (09/17) $114.43M

Calls: $83.84M (73%)

Puts: $30.59M (27%)

Current vs Prior -10.95%

Calls: -16.83%

Puts: +5.20%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.65B

Calls: $1.42B (86%)

Puts: $237.40M (14%)

Prior 7-Day Average $236.42M

Calls: $202.51M (86%)

Puts: $33.91M (14%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.90%

Calls: -65.57%

Puts: -5.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:05pm) 1.32

Prior (09/17) 0.66

Current vs Prior +99.77%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.96

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +37.13%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18 3:05pm) 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 13,416,030

Calls: 6,311,995 (47%)

Puts: 7,104,035 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,916,575

Calls: 901,713 (47%)

Puts: 1,014,862 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.37%

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% | 3.29%0.78% | 8.43%

Prior 2.85% | 4.34%2.85% | 9.04%

Current vs Prior -72.69% | -24.16%-72.69% | -6.74%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.19% | 4.12%4.35% | 9.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -64.48% | -20.14%-82.11% | -15.53%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.85% | 4.34%1.71% | 8.53%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -72.69% | -24.16%-54.45% | -1.21%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

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 2.54% | 1.67%

Calls: 2.51% | 1.63%

Puts: 2.57% | 1.71%

Current vs Prior +859.45% | +130.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 9.25% | 4.56%

Calls: 9.47% | 4.34%

Puts: 9.03% | 4.79%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +163.38% | -15.62%

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Moderately bullish flow with 68% call dollar volume ($69.73M). Bearish P/C ratio of 1.32 indicates protective positioning. P/C ratio rising 100% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 293 of results (avg 4.9%, best 0.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$420.00	Oct 16	21.90	22.10	$22.00	0.9%	401	0.63	3.3K
$430.00	Oct 16	16.30	16.50	$16.40	1.2%	346	0.53	12.3K
$360.00	Oct 16	72.15	73.05	$72.60	1.2%	2	0.96	427
$420.00	Oct 9	18.60	18.85	$18.73	1.3%	24	0.66	319
$430.00	Oct 23	18.25	18.55	$18.40	1.6%	77	0.53	609

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$442.50	Oct 2	16.15	16.45	$16.30	1.8%	4	0.67	--
$437.50	Sep 25	10.25	10.45	$10.35	1.9%	228	0.66	37
$420.00	Oct 16	9.80	10.00	$9.90	2.0%	395	0.37	14.3K
$440.00	Oct 2	14.45	14.75	$14.60	2.1%	39	0.64	95
$425.00	Oct 9	8.70	8.90	$8.80	2.3%	166	0.41	74

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 57 found (avg $0.50, cheapest $0.52)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$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%	292	0.04	71
$460.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.39	$0.38	5.3%	236	0.05	713
$457.50	Sep 25	0.47	0.50	$0.49	6.1%	67	0.07	91

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$430.00	Sep 18	0.48	0.55	$0.52	13.5%	4.8K	0.39	5.4K
$400.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.38	$0.38	2.6%	352	0.05	3.0K
$385.00	Sep 25	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	83	0.02	831
$392.50	Sep 25	0.20	0.23	$0.22	13.6%	40	0.03	169
$395.00	Sep 25	0.24	0.27	$0.26	11.5%	88	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	80.90	$79.72	2.9%	3	1.00	110
$360.00	Sep 18	69.00	71.15	$70.08	3.1%	3	1.00	140
$370.00	Sep 18	59.65	60.90	$60.28	2.1%	5	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	18.55	20.35	$19.45	9.3%	26	1.00	972
$442.50	Sep 18	11.65	12.85	$12.25	9.8%	1	1.00	34
$440.00	Sep 18	9.25	10.35	$9.80	11.2%	35	0.99	11.4K
$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 96.1K, top 8.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$435.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	5.4K	0.01	2.8K
$430.00	Sep 18	0.99	1.10	$1.05	10.5%	5.2K	0.61	12.2K
$450.00	Oct 16	8.20	8.40	$8.30	2.4%	2.2K	0.34	7.8K
$432.50	Sep 18	0.13	0.17	$0.15	26.7%	1.8K	0.15	3.3K
$445.00	Sep 25	1.80	1.87	$1.84	3.8%	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	0.48	0.55	$0.52	13.5%	4.8K	0.39	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	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	2.3K	0.00	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 29.2%, max 33.4%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	39.0%	29.2%	33.4%	1.9K	3.6K
$430.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.4%	30.7%	25.1%	5.2K	12.2K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$432.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	39.0%	29.2%	33.4%	882	506
$430.00	Sep 18	Oct 30	38.4%	30.7%	25.1%	4.8K	5.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 204 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 7.74)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$410.00	$415.00	Oct 9	$3.34	$1.66	$3.34	77%	0.50	$413.34
$410.00	$415.00	Oct 23	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	71%	0.60	$413.12
$417.50	$420.00	Sep 25	$1.61	$0.89	$1.61	79%	0.55	$419.11
$450.00	$455.00	Oct 30	$1.43	$3.57	$1.43	37%	2.50	$451.43
$430.00	$435.00	Oct 30	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	53%	1.22	$432.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 9	$3.08	$1.92	$3.08	66%	0.62	$441.92
$432.50	$430.00	Sep 25	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	54%	1.17	$431.35
$445.00	$440.00	Oct 23	$2.83	$2.17	$2.83	60%	0.77	$442.17
$430.00	$427.50	Sep 25	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	48%	1.45	$428.98
$435.00	$432.50	Oct 2	$1.26	$1.24	$1.26	56%	0.98	$433.74

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 163 found (best R:R 1.11, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$455.00	$460.00	Oct 30	$1.67	$1.67	$3.33	66%	0.50	$456.67
$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.14	$0.14	$2.36	85%	0.06	$432.64
$435.00	$437.50	Sep 25	$1.02	$1.02	$1.48	60%	0.69	$436.02
$455.00	$460.00	Oct 23	$1.52	$1.52	$3.48	68%	0.44	$456.52
$432.50	$435.00	Oct 2	$1.19	$1.19	$1.31	51%	0.91	$433.69

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$430.00	$425.00	Oct 23	$2.63	$2.63	$2.37	53%	1.11	$427.37
$430.00	$425.00	Oct 30	$2.57	$2.57	$2.43	53%	1.06	$427.43
$420.00	$410.00	Oct 16	$3.30	$3.30	$6.70	63%	0.49	$416.70
$405.00	$400.00	Oct 30	$1.47	$1.47	$3.53	73%	0.42	$403.53
$415.00	$410.00	Oct 30	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	66%	0.59	$413.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $5.73, cheapest $5.53)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$430.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$5.93	38.4%	26.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$430.00	Sep 18	Sep 25	$5.53	38.4%	26.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 120 found (cheapest 0.36% of stock, avg 6.39%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$430.00	Sep 18	$1.05	$0.52	$1.57	$428.43	$431.57	0.36%
$432.50	Sep 18	$0.15	$2.30	$2.45	$430.05	$434.95	0.57%
$427.50	Sep 18	$3.10	$0.08	$3.18	$424.32	$430.68	0.74%
$435.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$4.68	$4.69	$430.31	$439.69	1.09%
$425.00	Sep 18	$5.65	$0.03	$5.68	$419.32	$430.68	1.32%
$437.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$7.23	$7.24	$430.26	$444.74	1.68%
$422.50	Sep 18	$8.15	$0.02	$8.17	$414.33	$430.67	1.90%
$440.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$9.80	$9.81	$430.19	$449.81	2.28%
$420.00	Sep 18	$10.55	$0.02	$10.57	$409.43	$430.57	2.46%
$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 0.05% of stock, avg 3.85%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$432.50	$427.50	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.08	$0.23	$427.27	$432.73
$432.50	$430.00	Sep 18	$0.15	$0.52	$0.67	$429.33	$433.17
$442.50	$420.00	Sep 25	$2.34	$2.51	$4.85	$415.15	$447.35
$480.00	$390.00	Oct 16	$2.52	$2.67	$5.19	$384.81	$485.19
$440.00	$420.00	Sep 25	$3.01	$2.51	$5.52	$414.48	$445.52
$442.50	$422.50	Sep 25	$2.34	$3.13	$5.47	$417.03	$447.97
$440.00	$422.50	Sep 25	$3.01	$3.13	$6.14	$416.36	$446.14
$470.00	$390.00	Oct 16	$3.78	$2.67	$6.45	$383.55	$476.45
$437.50	$420.00	Sep 25	$3.68	$2.51	$6.19	$413.81	$443.69
$442.50	$425.00	Sep 25	$2.34	$3.95	$6.29	$418.71	$448.79

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 352 found (best R:R 1.02, avg credit $1.30)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
385/390	455/460	Oct 30	$2.52	$2.48	49%	1.02	$387.48	$457.52
360/365	455/460	Oct 30	$2.01	$2.99	59%	0.67	$362.99	$457.01
350/355	455/460	Oct 30	$1.88	$3.12	61%	0.60	$353.12	$456.88
380/385	455/460	Oct 30	$2.34	$2.66	52%	0.88	$382.66	$457.34
345/350	455/460	Oct 30	$1.82	$3.18	62%	0.57	$348.18	$456.82
385/390	455/460	Oct 23	$2.27	$2.73	53%	0.83	$387.73	$457.27
370/375	455/460	Oct 30	$2.11	$2.89	56%	0.73	$372.89	$457.11
375/380	455/460	Oct 30	$2.20	$2.80	54%	0.79	$377.80	$457.20
365/370	455/460	Oct 30	$2.02	$2.98	58%	0.68	$367.98	$457.02
355/360	455/460	Oct 30	$1.88	$3.12	60%	0.60	$358.12	$456.88

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 190 found (best R:R 3.17, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$380.00	$390.00	$400.00	Oct 16	$0.25	$9.75	10%	39.00
$427.50	$430.00	$432.50	Sep 18	$1.15	$1.35	77%	1.17
$430.00	$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.76	$1.74	60%	2.29
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	9%	49.00
$450.00	$460.00	$470.00	Oct 16	$0.68	$9.32	15%	13.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$430.00	$432.50	$435.00	Sep 18	$0.60	$1.90	60%	3.17
$430.00	$440.00	$450.00	Oct 16	$0.77	$9.23	19%	11.99
$440.00	$450.00	$460.00	Oct 16	$0.75	$9.25	18%	12.33
$410.00	$420.00	$430.00	Oct 16	$0.93	$9.07	20%	9.75
$425.00	$430.00	$435.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 238 found (best net $-5.05, 229 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$425.00	$427.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.55	$1.95
$480.00	$490.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.72	$9.28
$490.00	$500.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.48	$9.52
$470.00	$480.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.26	$8.74
$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	-$5.05	$2.45
$460.00	$450.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$9.27	$0.73
$465.00	$450.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$11.76	$3.24
$437.50	$435.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.13	$0.37
$400.00	$390.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$1.09	$8.91

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 81 found (best yield 3.58%, avg 1.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$440.00	Oct 30	$15.40	0.45	2.2%	3.58%	5.78%	11	283
$435.00	Oct 30	$17.25	0.49	1.0%	4.01%	5.04%	11	19
$445.00	Oct 30	$13.15	0.41	3.4%	3.05%	6.42%	33	70
$450.00	Oct 30	$11.50	0.37	4.5%	2.67%	7.19%	17	54
$455.00	Oct 30	$9.90	0.34	5.7%	2.30%	7.98%	2	17
$435.00	Oct 23	$15.85	0.48	1.0%	3.68%	4.72%	18	141
$440.00	Oct 23	$13.65	0.44	2.2%	3.17%	5.37%	29	124
$445.00	Oct 23	$11.70	0.40	3.4%	2.72%	6.08%	28	84
$460.00	Oct 30	$8.35	0.30	6.8%	1.94%	8.78%	4	109
$450.00	Oct 23	$10.00	0.36	4.5%	2.32%	6.85%	53	191

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 52,976

Total Puts 70,021

Put/Call Ratio 1.32

Net Difference -17,045

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 66,848

Total Puts 44,229

Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Net Difference 22,619

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 420,115

Total Puts 299,813

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.96

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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