TSM

mayorolivia

I imagine Buffett understands ASML. Remember he invested in TSM but closed the position a few months later due to geopolitical risk.

KanedaSBU

TSM

568Byourself

You’re welcome I have TSM, open, PL, APLD, and of course spy puts for next week Just so have so many calls right now like nbis, Orcl, smci, bull, lulu, wbd, psky, PL, snps

woome

I would extend that notion to most companies in semis including NVDA, AMD, INTC, TSM, etc. The field is a highly complicated intersection between nanotechnology, computer science and more. Judging by what most Redditors post, it's hard not to eye roll at the naivety, which is just a child's interpretation of news headlines and ChatGPT. Self-proclaimed "analysts" included.

StatisticalMan

To be clear there is no requirement to be a tech company to be listed on the NASDAQ. NASDAQ simply aggressively recruited a lot of startups in the tech boom and thus got a reputation for being synonymous with tech despite not really being the case or having any actual requirement. TSM for example is on NYSE and Pepsi is on NASDAQ.

568Byourself

If just some of my plays could gravitate towards max pain, then I hit big today TSLA 342.50 TSM 245 MDB 310

568Byourself

I want aapl, nbis, and Orcl up today and tsla, Mdb, and TSM down

pacificbeachRay

Over 15 years for me: AAPL, KO, MRK, and CVX all in DRPs. Not that I’d make those same plays today. ETFs for long term. Playing with RBLX, RIVN, NVDA, and TSM

Wooden-Reward3050

SOFI, RKLB, TSM, TPR, NVDA. Good luck. This is a diversified group, all with great CEO's and management.

fungoodtrade

GOOG, AMZN, TSM, NVDA - these are my current favorite large cap techs. I sold much of my GOOG too early, but my portfolio was pretty imbalanced, so I don't really regret it. It was a good decision, but not a great outcome. GOOG is gonna run past 300 in my opinion before it really corrects. I think it is by far still the safest large cap tech play. META would also make it on my list of large cap tech, but with a lower exposure.

DipSniper69

Not gonna lie. I am just best at picking winners and selling them FAAAR too early and holding my losers too long Palantir bought at 7 sold at 17 Rocket lab bought at 3.70 and sold at 6 Open bought at 0.9 sold a 2.70 Cameco bought at 9.70 sold at 19 TSM bought at 80 sold at 120 Why the fuck can't I just hold a winner

Indra_Sx

9/26 $120$HOOD Call 10/17 $120 $CRWV Call and $1k of $TSM stock ( will wait for a little more dip to get calls and try to play earnings momentum ) best of luck to me !

0K-go

I’m still building my position in TSM and HOOD. Stocks that support addictions are one of my guilty agendas, and HOOD is moving into online gambling and building a social platform. This is just the beginning of the retail trader, and the value of the dollar is likely to fall further with more rate cuts. Many companies are still valued the same as they were a year ago (in USD) but their absolute value is lower still. I don’t have an excuse for TSM. The fundamentals are solid and their profit margin is wacky? The chart is handsome?

Indra_Sx

$HIMS, $TSM, $HOOD, $TEM, $CRWV, all up over 10% the past week. Do I fomo or be a pussy :(

looool_k_libtard

TSM quietly putting up monster numbers since tariff bottom. Has even been green while nvidia goes down. I love Taiwan 🥰

Misaka9615

I'm agonizing over deploying into MU or TSM, TSM is probably much safer but the upside right now doesn't seem too gigantic

Josepth_Blowsepth

Up 1530% on my Dec 19 TSM calls. All roads lead to TSM in the semiconductor world

Conscious-Foot-518

If you have a lot of China exposure, it isn't the worse idea to sell a little & take some profits off the table. I bought TSM & Baba sometime ago and remain bullish overall so don't plan on selling anytime soon. Total exposure is 10%.

Rencomox

TSM, biggest manufacturer of chips(benefits the most out of AI boom), trading at a PE of 28, morningstar has their fair value at 305 while it's currently trading at 258, and their earnings are coming up mid october

Midas_touch03

ETN 👍🏼, TSM instead of AMD/INTC. SOUN instead of PLTR.

wavrdn

I see, not meaning to throw shade or anything. I hold TSM as well, and it is one of the last of my positions to get a 52wk high since April. I don't mind that it moves with a steadier pace

Longjumping_Touch_58

And APP , and CRWD , and TSM , GLD , QQQ , SMCI , PLTR , TSLA , NBIS , there’s more I forget

568Byourself

I need ORCL and TSM down $10 and NBIS and AAPL up $10

568Byourself

TSM just never gonna dip huh

OddRelationship9695

Jesus TSM just doesn’t stop

type_error

Being prudent, hurts when shit goes up after you sell… still make money. Being a degenerate, feels good seeing spikes… loses big in the end. This is me selling my TSM $240 9/26c’s slowly… Yesterday at $14, 1 hour ago at $20… now it’s at $25 First world problema

purpleinme

I sold TSM calls yesterday for huge profits. Should have waited a day lol.

jnas_19

Dump TSM based on what? Let algos make you rich then sell at the first sign of any real weakness. China/Taiwan drama is a nothing burger and I assume your cost basis is deep itm

AluminiumCaffeine

TSM is my last large AI holding I have been able to hold due to valuation, so I am loath to lose it since with it goes the last bit of my "main line" ai exposure other than COHR.

deadcowww

God damn I want to dump my TSM so bad but every ounce of blood in me is telling me not to.

Glittering_Water3645

Based on prices of stocks today 20% healthcare ETF (historical low forward PE and decent estimated EPS growth) 20% MID 400 ETF (as above) 20% Stoxx Europe 600 ETF 10% brookfield corporation (fantastic CAGR of +20% for the last 30 years and I have high conviction in Bruce Flatt) 10% Alphabet (high innovation, good EPS growth, fantastic balance sheet to a reasonable valuation) 5% Amazon (as above but a bit more stretched valuation) 5% AMD (estimated growth coming years is very high relative to forward PE. Good PEG ratio) 5% TSM (will continue to be a giant within the semi-conductor industry. Reasonable valuation) 5% betsson (growth, dividend and buybacks to a low valuation in a growing market)

WiseIndustry2895

anyone bought my alert for TSM calls? The whales always know 10/17 $250 calls at 9milly.

AluminiumCaffeine

"Taiwan Semiconductor $TSM just reported August Revenue of  - $11.09B up 33.8% YoY So far in 2025 (Through August) TSMC has brought in total revenue of  - $80.33B up 37.1% YoY" Solid numbers

Funny_Ad6043

TSM is a fucking machine... up 77% since early April

UnObtainium17

Nah, one of the best international companies you could get after ASML and TSM.

568Byourself

If we get another big gap up from NVDA or NBIS tomorrow my port is saved A big gap down on TSM or MDB port is also saved Huge gap up or down on AAPL and port is saved This shows what the rest of the week will be like

dvegas2000

IVV. S&P 500 ETF low risk average 10% return. QQQ higher risk. Individual stocks - pick your poison. What might still be doing well in 5 years and will like have a great return without changing your position - maybe GOOGL or AMZN. If you think AI train will still be chugging along TSM, AVGO, maybe NVDA.

deadcowww

TSM hitting its ATH this week was unexpected.

Morocier

sold some TSM calls during the april dip with a year out expirey. I'm gonna end up selling a $300 stock for $200. Good one!

bearhunter429

#Literally the moment I decided to take profit on my TSM is the moment it topped and decided to drill LMAO🤌

bearhunter429

#And now comes the death of TSM LMAO🤌

Flashy_Negotiation52

Where $TSM goin?

OddRelationship9695

Wow TSM on a fucking HEATER

oioiiii4

This is very no TSM like lol

bearhunter429

#TSM rippin LMAO🤌

delayplusreverb

Remember when regards were clowning TSM? Good times

OddRelationship9695

yeah TSM is going to feed my family for generations to come lmao

FarResponsibility417

TSM

Inflation_2022

You will have concentration risk in NVIDIA if it makes up 57% of your portfolio. You will live and die by the performance of it. I love TSM, long NVDIA, but would not allocate that much to one stock, or even one industry. Over the past month Nvidia is down 8%. The Nasdaq is up 1.6% during that time. You would be underperforming significantly. Hope you catch my drift. Stock picking is not for the faint of heart.

skymagic

WSBs favorite stock: *TSM

EggIsGettingRekt

You’ve already got a solid start, but right now you’re super concentrated in tech. With that $75k, I’d personally spread most of it into VOO/VXUS (or VT if you want one-fund simplicity) and just let your NVDA/TSM be the spice in your portfolio. Keeps you diversified while still giving you upside from tech

DJ_LilSmoke

TSM died when Reginald left

Otterpoopie

TSM at ATH and nobody saying shit LOL

Fun-Sundae4060

Diversify into QQQ at least if you’re not insanely bullish on NVDA or TSM. Learn about LETFs to go beyond 1x leverage and how to hedge with other asset classes like gold and bonds. Historically, the optimal leverage lies between 1.5x to 2x on the overall portfolio for the US market. VXUS is often recommended, but doesn’t serve as any sort of good hedge during financial crises or bear markets since it is simply another equities market and falls as soon as the US market falls. See 2008 for an example of where VXUS absolutely got wrecked more than VOO while historically returning much less.

WiseIndustry2895

TSM going 9milly call flow $250

WiseIndustry2895

Will there be news TSM? Almost 9million for $250

Jolly-Seat4325

Dumped ASML after flat to negative movement for TSM…best move of the year for me.

therossboss

TSM time

Teralek77

My prep is just building up a cash position. I have had CVS but sold it of recently. Otherwise I am absolutely convinced that my positions are not overvalued and I can keep cool on a market collapse. If that happens I will just buy more of what I am invested in. I am specially bullish on AMZ and TSM so if there is a retraction I will buy more of those. There is no preparation of portfolio. Either you believe on those companies long term or you don't. If you don't then sell, independently of what the market in general does. If you do believe in them, hold them and do not sell, even if there is a total market meltdown.

SlfImpr

Total addressable market (TAM) for AI chips will continue to grow for next 5 years due to GPU/compute demand. NVDA, AVGO, AMD, MRVL, TSM, VRT, MU, INTC, ASML will all get to eat. I own stocks in all of them and many more

Ambitious-Strength28

Google, TSM. Got in at $164.68 on GOOG.

chatrep

Lot of luck. Lot of gut punches too. This particular IRA account was old and I decided to use my aggressive tactics here. I do momentum trading and really got lucky picking stocks like NVDA, TSM, PLTR, HOOD. In March after that huge drop, I felt it was an over reaction. I didn’t have money to buy the dip so I increased leverage. Sold stocks and bought leaps. Now I’m reversing away from options back to stocks. I am the type of person if QQQ drops 20-25% and there is panic, I go all-in on TQQQ. Part of me is saying to keep doing what I’m doing as it’s been working. But the saner part of me is freaked out by the bigger numbers and moving towards safety now.

SlfImpr

I own GOOG, NVDA, AVGO, AMD, TSM, VRT, MU, INTC, and many more. All of these will do well over next 5 years

FarResponsibility417

TSM

mayorolivia

It makes complete sense. They have smaller margins than the industry (just 25%) while AVGO and TSM are 50%+ and Nvda is 75%. ASML can only sell maybe 600 machines per year and can’t produce much more since it’s super hard to make the machines. Even if they made way more, you only have 3 customers: TSM, Samsung, Intel, and they don’t need that many machines. Once you buy them, you just need to maintain them. ASML might be the most overrated name in semiconductor investing. If people really drilled down they’d understand it makes little sense to invest in it over TSM, AVGO, Nvda, and even AMD as well as the networking players. Follow the margins and revenue scalability.

chatrep

Everyone will have their own system and risk tolerance. I very rarely will do anything shorter than a month. My sweet spot is 3-6 months based on the stock and thesis. Then longer term I go 6-12 months out. Most of what I have now are Jan26 and TSM is Jan27. I entered most back in June or so. Sold along the way. The short term play was the LULU and FIG puts. I bought those on 9/2 specifically for earnings but still chose a 9/19 expiration. That is super rare for me. I just had the extra buying power and saw the opportunity. I am winding down from straight options and going into shares and doing my version of a wheel strategy.

chatrep

Just my opinion but not a fan of either. I used to work at Intel about 25 years ago. My option strike price was about $30 and had they not expired would still be under water. Lol. I like positive momentum so that rules out Intel for me. For chip sector, I’m a fan of TSM. Even when AVGO steals share from NVDA, it goes to TSM. As for Klarna… could be okay if they perform like AFRM but I don’t like their fundamentals and the recent IPO’s seem to be rushed and greedy. CRCL had a good run but that was huge hype of stablecoin. They have all wound down. If Klarna runs up huge and valuation is at or higher than AFRM, I’d go short with something like a slightly ITM put 3-6 months out.

chatrep

Have no idea what qualifications HOOD used for summit. Not sure if it is balance or activity. I have a personal style if trading that works for me. Usually about 3-6 months. This past year, it was NVDA, then PLTR, then HOOD. Hard to summarize it all but basically when bullish, I look for best of the best. Then I set some milestones for exits. My next milestone for HOOD exit is 9/19 (maybe a few days after). I also shift my strategy based on risk. 1 wheel (low) 2. Leaps (mid) 3 shorter term ITM options (high). I am transitioning from 2 & 3 to low risk wheel. I will likely just hold CRSP, HOOD, ASTS, TSM and maybe RDDT (nervous about recent runup). Maybe even look into something like GDX as a hedge. I really like the income generation of wheeling sticks with some bit of volatility like above.

joe4942

TSM still has upside, only because it's been undervalued for so long, but part of that is also due to geopolitical risk.

AluminiumCaffeine

I generally agree with this take and I think its basically the bull case for TSM from here, they are going to begin to get to diversify their HPC segment clients away from NVDA and gain pricing power as they do so

568Byourself

Hit some decent baggers on TSM puts 0.07->0.50

R50cent

And he's also lost people tons when he decides to say or do stupid shit. Go look at the 5 year line. Suuuure hope you bought at the right time, my dude. I get it though, this sub is for fucking morons who wanna bet quick and make cash without understanding just exactly how fucking idiotic their decisions were. I'll be over here with TSM and you can have your stock being manipulated by a Nazi. Allllll good.

Automatic-Phrase-761

NVdA AMD GOOG AAPL TSM IVES SMR OKLO ASTS NBIS BRKB AZO

Few-Chemist-3463

All chip designers use TSM… AMD, NVDA, ARM, etc. Apple is in early talks to produce custom ASICs with Broadcom. There must be a reason companies are willing to partner with Broadcom vs going at it alone. Also Amazon is partnered with Marvell for their custom chips.

delayplusreverb

TSM to the moon

grouseOfChards

> so I will maintain a higher NVDA weight than AVGO. I'm looking at more google and more TSM, slightly more down-to-earth vehicles, plus weak hedges, to get me through any Sept selloffs without panic selling. What indicators are you watching for NVDA and when do you think you will be exiting or reducing your position size. I am interested in the same space, trying to figure out how to deploy or shift investments between NVDA, AVGO, TSM, GOOG

Fauster

AVGO jumped during the call. These are my crude notes about what the market was moving in response to so you can find that part of the transcript later: Start: around 312. Our accelerators from our 3 customers continues to grow as each moves towards self sufficiently. Further to these 3 customers we are working with other prospects on our own AI accelerators. Last quarter, one released production to Broadcom and have characterized them as a customer for XBUs. And have secured 10 billion of AI revenue for XBUs and reflecting this we reflect outlook for AI revenue to imporve significantly vs. last quarter. Jump from 306 to 312. Turning to networking. 3 tiers of networking. Tomahawk scales to two tiers, lower latency more output. Now need to scale across data centers. Cx are facing challenges as they scale to beyond 200k compute notes. Scale up is a difficult challenge when you try to create substantial bandwidth to share memory between clusters. Mentions NV-link. However, we have ethernet with OpenAI that can …Today lunching Jericho 4 to handle clusters beyond 200k. 51.2 TB/sec buffering, intelligent congestion closes to handle clusters beyond 200k compute nodes crossing bigger data centers. Know the biggest challenges of larger scale compute will be in networking. In the past 3 years, everything AVGO has developed for Eth networking is designed for scale up, scale out, q4 2025, expect networking.., Jump from 312-316 CFO Guidance, operating margins 70%, inventory up 8% in anticipation of demand next quarter. Cash dividends, guidance for Q$ blah, jumping to 318.35. 316-318 So, a short section of the call transcript is correlated with the enthusiasm. I am happy with earnings. I am locked-in considering capital gains taxes in most accounts. However, I overweighted AVGO over the last week in my retirement account. Given the bump in the call, and its very high PE, I am scaling back AH. I think AVGO is the most overvalued stock I own. It will take a lot of growth over a long period of time to get them to a PE in the high 20's range if the price doesn't move. I do think ASICs will become increasing crucial and eat market share of NVDA eventually, if Jensen doesn't do a lot with energy efficient ASICs. NVDA data center growth was 5% sequential quarter for NVDA which is BAD for NVDA. The CFO implied this was China data center missing and they might have 50%-ish annual growth. I think NVDA is still growing faster, so I will maintain a higher NVDA weight than AVGO. I'm looking at more google and more TSM, slightly more down-to-earth vehicles, plus weak hedges, to get me through any Sept selloffs without panic selling.

Stunning-Narwhal1884

Let’s see shitty TSLA off the board pls put my dawg MU or TSM

Stunning-Narwhal1884

Will AVGO direction mean that MU AMD TSM NVDA all go with the same direction?

bananastock

Second part. Low float, obviously a strategy behind moving brands to it. I imagine GTII being the low margin grower/retailer and RYTM being the high margin brand portfolio. Kinda like NVDIA designs the products but TSM makes the product.

martine500

Good or bad, I only own $NVDA... but I think my AVGO and TSM are probably riding on the hood of the car behind them.

louis10643

Agreed, also semi tariffs hasn’t been announced yet. Last time Trump mentioned it sounded like TSM was exempted but we all know Trump is unpredictable.

Stunning-Narwhal1884

AMD and MU and maybeee TSM tm thoughts ?

NonStopGravyTrain

I think trading the company with perhaps the most solid moat on the entire planet (ASML) for companies that either are extremely richly valued, face strong competition, or both, is one of the worst recommendations I've seen here in a while. TSM is really the only one on that list that might be an equal pick to ASML considering their utter dominance in the fab business.

568Byourself

TSM does not want to drop

CommonRemarkable7633

Desperate attempts to show strength against China's victory day. Throws tantrum using TSM and calling this "exciting annoucement" [https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-victory-day-parade-start-9-am-local-time-september-3-xinhua-says-2025-09-01/](https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-victory-day-parade-start-9-am-local-time-september-3-xinhua-says-2025-09-01/)

568Byourself

On TSM Not the play

568Byourself

TSM puts were not the move

568Byourself

How is TSM recovering wtf

pain474

Of course the TSM dip gets bought up before open. Unlucky.

Wowmuchrya

TSM was doing fine and then this clown admin was like “nah AMD AND NVIDIA ARE -3% BETTER CANCEL WAIVER”. Clowns. Hope he’s actually gone.

cbusoh66

TSM is in the crosshairs now that the U.S. has a new shiny 10% stake in Intel

568Byourself

Damn TSM is recovering to give us a chance to buy puts how kind

CanadianAbroad7

You mean TSM not TMC I assume

TheOnlySafeCult

I'm glad I cut my losses on those TSM calls instead of rolling them 😬

Rootlevelprivileges

TSM got their licence pulled

looool_k_libtard

Genuinely what the fuck just happened. TSM went literally straight down 6%

I_am_Nerman

TSM is already building. Apple is building. Novartis is building. Hyundai is building. Roche, John Deere, Gilead, Sanofi, Blackstone, Google, Amazon, Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers, IBM, Micron, Nvidia and the list goes on for companies that are investing huge sums. This isn't even the countries. Your politics will keep you poor.

FarResponsibility417

TSM

Fun-Crow6284

You need TSM