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MCDONALDS CORP

$278.25 -1.40%

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as of 07/08 06:46 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08) 16,687

Calls: 11,751 (70%)

Puts: 4,936 (30%)

Prior (07/07) 32,262

Calls: 22,798 (71%)

Puts: 9,464 (29%)

Current vs Prior -48.28%

Calls: -48.46% (Calls)

Puts: -47.84% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 180,836

Calls: 126,958 (70%)

Puts: 53,878 (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,833

Calls: 18,136 (70%)

Puts: 7,696 (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.41%

Calls: -35.21%

Puts: -35.87%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08) $7.16M

Calls: $5.41M (76%)

Puts: $1.75M (24%)

Prior (07/07) $15.51M

Calls: $11.60M (75%)

Puts: $3.91M (25%)

Current vs Prior -53.85%

Calls: -53.34%

Puts: -55.37%

Prior 7-Day Total $83.99M

Calls: $59.24M (71%)

Puts: $24.75M (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average $12.00M

Calls: $8.46M (71%)

Puts: $3.54M (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.34%

Calls: -36.05%

Puts: -50.63%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08) 0.42

Prior (07/07) 0.42

Current vs Prior +1.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.47

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.21%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/08) 151,658

Calls: 98,396 (65%)

Puts: 53,262 (35%)

Prior (07/07) 178,673

Calls: 114,005 (64%)

Puts: 64,668 (36%)

Current vs Prior -15.12%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,057,543

Calls: 663,001 (63%)

Puts: 394,542 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 151,077

Calls: 94,714 (63%)

Puts: 56,363 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +0.38%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/10) | Next (07/17)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 2.04% | 3.43%3.43% | 8.01%

Prior 2.37% | 3.59%3.59% | 7.92%

Current vs Prior -13.87% | -4.38%-4.38% | +1.20%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.37% | 3.55%3.69% | 8.00%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.55% | -3.44%-7.01% | +0.19%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.37% | 3.59%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.87% | -4.38%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 64.01% | 23.27%

Calls: 41.35% | 22.86%

Puts: 86.67% | 23.68%

Prior 64.01% | 23.27%

Calls: 41.35% | 22.86%

Puts: 86.67% | 23.68%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 57.62% | 24.98%

Calls: 38.80% | 23.50%

Puts: 76.44% | 26.47%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +11.09% | -6.86%

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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($5.41M) vs puts ($1.75M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 54% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 48% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.42 - heavy call buying (11,751 calls vs 4,936 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 17 of results (avg 7.8%, best 5.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Aug 21	39.60	41.85	$40.73	5.5%	1	0.95	7
$270.00	Aug 21	14.70	15.75	$15.23	6.9%	5	0.66	899
$275.00	Aug 21	11.85	12.70	$12.27	6.9%	70	0.57	513
$260.00	Jul 31	19.40	20.80	$20.10	7.0%	15	0.87	--
$250.00	Jul 31	28.35	30.65	$29.50	7.8%	11	0.95	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	9.75	10.30	$10.03	5.5%	126	0.51	1.6K
$275.00	Aug 21	7.40	7.85	$7.63	5.9%	133	0.43	455
$285.00	Jul 31	9.95	10.60	$10.27	6.3%	56	0.63	195
$270.00	Aug 21	5.45	5.90	$5.68	7.9%	313	0.34	1.2K
$280.00	Jul 31	7.00	7.60	$7.30	8.2%	13	0.53	--

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 43 found (avg delta 0.73, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Jul 10	12.50	14.05	$13.28	11.7%	1	1.00	60
$260.00	Jul 17	18.20	20.50	$19.35	11.9%	10	0.95	49
$240.00	Aug 21	39.60	41.85	$40.73	5.5%	1	0.95	7
$250.00	Jul 31	28.35	30.65	$29.50	7.8%	11	0.95	15
$270.00	Jul 10	7.95	9.15	$8.55	14.0%	2	0.93	456

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Jul 10	10.20	12.30	$11.25	18.7%	35	0.93	25
$295.00	Jul 17	15.35	17.55	$16.45	13.4%	1	0.92	83
$285.00	Jul 10	5.45	8.00	$6.73	37.9%	2	0.86	48
$290.00	Jul 17	10.70	13.30	$12.00	21.7%	2	0.85	224
$282.50	Jul 10	3.70	5.90	$4.80	45.8%	3	0.76	132

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 180 active (total vol 13.0K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	5.45	6.00	$5.73	9.6%	1.1K	0.35	1.1K
$300.00	Aug 21	3.00	3.40	$3.20	12.5%	1.0K	0.22	3.8K
$300.00	Jul 17	0.20	0.29	$0.25	36.0%	694	0.05	4.0K
$277.50	Jul 17	4.40	5.00	$4.70	12.8%	597	0.54	188
$285.00	Jul 31	3.95	5.30	$4.63	29.2%	583	0.37	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 10	0.69	0.98	$0.84	34.5%	527	0.26	338
$270.00	Jul 17	1.04	1.36	$1.20	26.7%	371	0.20	1.5K
$270.00	Aug 21	5.45	5.90	$5.68	7.9%	313	0.34	1.2K
$267.50	Jul 17	0.48	0.92	$0.70	62.9%	226	0.13	382
$265.00	Jul 17	0.25	0.63	$0.44	86.4%	152	0.09	2.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 39 strikes (avg 82.0%, max 400.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$325.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	140.6%	28.1%	400.0%	20	321
$320.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	106.5%	27.8%	283.2%	42	313
$330.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	135.9%	37.7%	260.1%	26	659
$300.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	59.3%	26.9%	120.5%	1.0K	4.3K
$305.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	43.7%	26.8%	62.7%	21	682

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	111.7%	27.0%	314.1%	4	233
$225.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	120.8%	31.7%	280.5%	4	96
$245.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	98.9%	26.8%	269.3%	62	960
$252.50	Jul 10	Jul 24	88.1%	28.1%	213.3%	2	10
$257.50	Jul 10	Jul 24	56.5%	24.3%	132.6%	18	10

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 113 found (best R:R 51.63, avg 7.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$305.00	$315.00	Aug 7	$0.19	$9.81	$0.19	51.63	$305.19
$295.00	$300.00	Jul 24	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$295.17
$300.00	$310.00	Jul 24	$0.36	$9.64	$0.36	26.78	$300.36
$300.00	$305.00	Jul 10	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$300.19
$305.00	$315.00	Jul 31	$0.39	$9.61	$0.39	24.64	$305.39

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$240.00	$225.00	Aug 21	$0.31	$14.69	$0.31	47.39	$239.69
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$249.86
$257.50	$255.00	Jul 10	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$257.40
$230.00	$225.00	Jul 10	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$229.78
$257.50	$255.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$257.38

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 135 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 1.59)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$267.50	Jul 17	$7.35	$7.35	$0.15	49.00	$267.35
$265.00	$270.00	Jul 10	$4.73	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$269.73
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 17	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$269.85
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$4.47	$4.47	$0.53	8.43	$254.47
$270.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$2.22	$2.22	$0.28	7.93	$272.22

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$290.00	$285.00	Jul 10	$4.52	$4.52	$0.48	9.42	$285.48
$295.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$4.45	$4.45	$0.55	8.09	$290.55
$290.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$3.87	$3.87	$1.13	3.42	$286.13
$285.00	$282.50	Jul 10	$1.93	$1.93	$0.57	3.39	$283.07
$285.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$1.73	$1.73	$0.77	2.25	$283.27

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 33 found (avg debit $0.92, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$315.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.14	35.9%	26.3%
$305.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.17	43.7%	31.6%
$310.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.26	35.6%	31.4%
$295.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.41	36.3%	26.7%
$290.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.64	38.8%	25.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.12	51.9%	30.0%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	33.4%	28.9%
$257.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.14	56.5%	30.4%
$260.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.16	45.0%	26.1%
$225.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	$0.22	120.8%	31.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 43 found (cheapest 1.54% of stock, avg 5.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$277.50	Jul 10	$2.54	$1.75	$4.29	$273.21	$281.79	1.54%
$280.00	Jul 10	$1.54	$3.15	$4.69	$275.31	$284.69	1.69%
$275.00	Jul 10	$4.63	$0.84	$5.47	$269.53	$280.47	1.97%
$282.50	Jul 10	$0.79	$4.80	$5.59	$276.91	$288.09	2.01%
$272.50	Jul 10	$6.33	$0.41	$6.74	$265.76	$279.24	2.42%
$285.00	Jul 10	$0.41	$6.73	$7.14	$277.86	$292.14	2.57%
$277.50	Jul 17	$4.70	$3.58	$8.28	$269.22	$285.78	2.98%
$280.00	Jul 17	$3.48	$4.85	$8.33	$271.67	$288.33	2.99%
$275.00	Jul 17	$5.98	$2.65	$8.63	$266.37	$283.63	3.10%
$270.00	Jul 10	$8.55	$0.14	$8.69	$261.31	$278.69	3.12%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 2.19%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$290.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.41	$0.66	$271.84	$290.66
$287.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.28	$0.41	$0.69	$271.81	$288.19
$290.00	$252.50	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.48	$0.73	$251.77	$290.73
$287.50	$252.50	Jul 10	$0.28	$0.48	$0.76	$251.74	$288.26
$285.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.41	$0.41	$0.82	$271.68	$285.82
$285.00	$252.50	Jul 10	$0.41	$0.48	$0.89	$251.61	$285.89
$290.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.84	$1.09	$273.91	$291.09
$287.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.28	$0.84	$1.12	$273.88	$288.62
$282.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.79	$0.41	$1.20	$271.30	$283.70
$285.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.41	$0.84	$1.25	$273.75	$286.25

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 362 found (best R:R 28.41, avg credit $2.16)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/258	265/270	Jul 10	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$252.67	$269.83
270/272	275/278	Jul 10	$2.36	$0.14	16.86	$270.14	$277.36
285/290	300/305	Jul 10	$4.71	$0.29	16.24	$285.29	$304.71
250/255	260/265	Aug 21	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$250.32	$264.68
255/258	270/272	Jul 10	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$255.18	$272.32
255/260	265/270	Aug 21	$4.52	$0.48	9.42	$255.48	$269.52
272/275	278/280	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$272.75	$279.75
245/250	260/265	Aug 21	$4.48	$0.52	8.62	$245.52	$264.48
282/285	288/290	Jul 24	$2.21	$0.29	7.62	$282.79	$289.71
250/255	265/270	Aug 21	$4.42	$0.58	7.62	$250.58	$269.42

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 92 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$315.00	$320.00	$325.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$275.00	$277.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$310.00	$315.00	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$4.90	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 138 found (best net $-5.33, 124 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$5.33	$14.67
$307.50	$320.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$0.63	$11.87
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.06	$9.94
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.33	$9.67
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.70	$9.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$235.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.14	$9.86
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$0.28	$9.72
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.05	$4.95
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.05	$4.95
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.22	$4.78

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 50 found (best yield 3.25%, avg 0.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	$9.05	0.49	0.6%	3.25%	3.88%	70	1.5K
$280.00	Aug 14	$8.50	0.50	0.6%	3.05%	3.68%	26	7
$280.00	Aug 7	$7.55	0.50	0.6%	2.71%	3.34%	57	26
$285.00	Aug 21	$6.80	0.41	2.4%	2.44%	4.87%	14	922
$285.00	Aug 14	$6.05	0.41	2.4%	2.17%	4.60%	7	24
$280.00	Jul 31	$5.60	0.47	0.6%	2.01%	2.64%	27	110
$290.00	Aug 21	$5.45	0.35	4.2%	1.96%	6.18%	1.1K	1.1K
$285.00	Aug 7	$5.40	0.41	2.4%	1.94%	4.37%	20	162
$280.00	Jul 24	$4.60	0.47	0.6%	1.65%	2.28%	47	1.2K
$290.00	Aug 7	$4.15	0.33	4.2%	1.49%	5.71%	42	125

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,751

Total Puts 4,936

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 6,815

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 22,798

Total Puts 9,464

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 13,334

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 126,958

Total Puts 53,878

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.47

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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