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MCDONALDS CORP

$264.95 -1.48%

$265.41 (+0.18%)🌙

as of 07/15 06:51 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 26,023

Calls: 17,516 (67%)

Puts: 8,507 (33%)

Prior (07/14) 19,994

Calls: 11,629 (58%)

Puts: 8,365 (42%)

Current vs Prior +30.15%

Calls: +50.62% (Calls)

Puts: +1.70% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 150,193

Calls: 99,940 (67%)

Puts: 50,253 (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average 21,456

Calls: 14,277 (67%)

Puts: 7,179 (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +21.28%

Calls: +22.69%

Puts: +18.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/15) $12.64M

Calls: $6.93M (55%)

Puts: $5.71M (45%)

Prior (07/14) $11.03M

Calls: $4.69M (42%)

Puts: $6.35M (58%)

Current vs Prior +14.50%

Calls: +47.87%

Puts: -10.12%

Prior 7-Day Total $73.27M

Calls: $48.98M (67%)

Puts: $24.29M (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.47M

Calls: $7.00M (67%)

Puts: $3.47M (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.72%

Calls: -0.97%

Puts: +64.47%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 0.49

Prior (07/14) 0.72

Current vs Prior -32.48%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.54

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.32%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/15) 188,203

Calls: 113,393 (60%)

Puts: 74,810 (40%)

Prior (07/14) 163,446

Calls: 104,457 (64%)

Puts: 58,989 (36%)

Current vs Prior +15.15%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,137,957

Calls: 720,615 (63%)

Puts: 417,342 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 162,565

Calls: 102,945 (63%)

Puts: 59,620 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.77%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 2.20% | 3.45%2.20% | 7.69%

Prior 2.30% | 3.83%2.30% | 7.91%

Current vs Prior -4.41% | -9.94%-4.41% | -2.70%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.35% | 3.66%3.11% | 7.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.50% | -5.78%-29.31% | -3.07%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.30% | 3.83%2.30% | 7.91%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -4.41% | -9.94%-4.41% | -2.70%

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 64.01% | 23.27%

Calls: 41.35% | 22.86%

Puts: 86.67% | 23.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.49 - heavy call buying (17,516 calls vs 8,507 puts). P/C ratio dropping 32% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (113,393 calls vs 74,810 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 51 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 14	11.15	11.55	$11.35	3.5%	10	0.62	2
$260.00	Aug 21	11.90	12.35	$12.13	3.7%	12	0.61	--
$255.00	Aug 7	13.50	14.15	$13.83	4.7%	2	0.72	3
$265.00	Aug 14	8.35	8.80	$8.57	5.3%	13	0.52	--
$270.00	Aug 21	6.85	7.25	$7.05	5.7%	169	0.43	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 21	5.80	6.10	$5.95	5.0%	253	0.39	832
$270.00	Aug 21	10.65	11.25	$10.95	5.5%	314	0.57	1.3K
$300.00	Jul 17	33.80	35.75	$34.78	5.6%	2	1.00	--
$270.00	Aug 14	10.20	10.80	$10.50	5.7%	7	0.57	58
$265.00	Aug 28	8.35	8.85	$8.60	5.8%	12	0.48	8

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.96, cheapest $0.94)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 24	0.87	1.00	$0.94	13.8%	232	0.17	424
$300.00	Aug 21	0.90	1.06	$0.98	16.3%	131	0.09	3.9K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 64 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	24.10	26.30	$25.20	8.7%	2	1.00	19
$250.00	Jul 17	14.20	16.05	$15.13	12.2%	1	1.00	41
$245.00	Aug 21	22.45	24.05	$23.25	6.9%	7	0.84	2
$250.00	Aug 7	16.85	18.60	$17.73	9.9%	1	0.81	--
$255.00	Aug 7	13.50	14.15	$13.83	4.7%	2	0.72	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Jul 17	33.80	35.75	$34.78	5.6%	2	1.00	--
$290.00	Jul 17	23.80	26.05	$24.93	9.0%	1	0.99	--
$295.00	Jul 17	28.85	30.95	$29.90	7.0%	4	0.99	71
$285.00	Jul 17	18.90	21.25	$20.08	11.7%	6	0.99	709
$282.50	Jul 17	16.20	18.55	$17.38	13.5%	3	0.98	43

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 205 active (total vol 18.8K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 17	0.02	0.17	$0.10	150.0%	1.2K	0.04	1.4K
$280.00	Aug 21	3.65	4.00	$3.83	9.1%	1.0K	0.28	1.2K
$272.50	Jul 17	0.20	0.31	$0.26	42.3%	885	0.10	791
$270.00	Jul 24	1.84	2.08	$1.96	12.2%	874	0.31	108
$267.50	Jul 17	0.95	1.20	$1.08	23.1%	847	0.32	128

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Aug 21	8.00	8.50	$8.25	6.1%	545	0.48	815
$255.00	Jul 24	0.55	0.85	$0.70	42.9%	442	0.14	283
$250.00	Aug 21	2.67	3.05	$2.86	13.3%	433	0.22	752
$265.00	Jul 17	1.76	2.38	$2.07	30.0%	352	0.50	2.5K
$270.00	Aug 21	10.65	11.25	$10.95	5.5%	314	0.57	1.3K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 43 strikes (avg 51.6%, max 157.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$315.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	78.0%	30.3%	157.8%	10	902
$310.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	71.4%	29.3%	143.5%	28	2.2K
$305.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	69.0%	28.7%	140.5%	34	2.1K
$297.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	68.3%	30.6%	123.4%	42	194
$300.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	57.8%	26.9%	115.0%	32	4.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	55.9%	24.2%	130.7%	3	7
$295.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	56.4%	27.6%	104.5%	9	215
$290.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	48.2%	27.5%	75.3%	13	--
$225.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	48.3%	29.2%	65.4%	21	262
$277.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	39.4%	25.0%	57.6%	222	363

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 121 found (best R:R 82.33, avg 7.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$300.00	$310.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$300.12
$300.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$300.11
$310.00	$315.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$310.11
$300.00	$305.00	Aug 14	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$300.16
$305.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$305.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$254.88
$230.00	$225.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$229.88
$225.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$224.82
$245.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$244.78
$250.00	$247.50	Jul 24	$0.14	$2.36	$0.14	16.86	$249.86

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 150 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 2.01)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$262.50	Jul 17	$11.38	$11.38	$1.12	10.16	$261.38
$250.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$3.90	$3.90	$1.10	3.55	$253.90
$245.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$11.12	$11.12	$3.88	2.87	$256.12
$262.50	$265.00	Jul 17	$1.72	$1.72	$0.78	2.21	$264.22
$260.00	$262.50	Jul 24	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	1.78	$261.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$300.00	$295.00	Jul 17	$4.88	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$295.12
$290.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$285.15
$277.50	$275.00	Jul 17	$2.36	$2.36	$0.14	16.86	$275.14
$280.00	$277.50	Jul 24	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$277.67
$275.00	$272.50	Jul 17	$2.32	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$272.68

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 40 found (avg debit $0.72, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$295.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.07	56.4%	32.4%
$300.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.09	57.8%	37.5%
$292.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	57.7%	32.6%
$305.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	69.0%	42.3%
$287.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.12	46.8%	28.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$280.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	36.2%	27.0%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.11	55.9%	33.2%
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	38.2%	27.8%
$252.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.23	23.6%	20.1%
$225.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.26	48.3%	29.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 64 found (cheapest 1.55% of stock, avg 6.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Jul 17	$2.03	$2.07	$4.10	$260.90	$269.10	1.55%
$262.50	Jul 17	$3.75	$0.95	$4.70	$257.80	$267.20	1.77%
$267.50	Jul 17	$1.08	$3.63	$4.71	$262.79	$272.21	1.78%
$270.00	Jul 17	$0.57	$5.70	$6.27	$263.73	$276.27	2.37%
$265.00	Jul 24	$3.88	$3.75	$7.63	$257.37	$272.63	2.88%
$267.50	Jul 24	$2.87	$5.05	$7.92	$259.58	$275.42	2.99%
$272.50	Jul 17	$0.26	$7.75	$8.01	$264.49	$280.51	3.02%
$262.50	Jul 24	$5.38	$2.75	$8.13	$254.37	$270.63	3.07%
$260.00	Jul 24	$6.98	$1.73	$8.71	$251.29	$268.71	3.29%
$270.00	Jul 24	$1.96	$6.80	$8.76	$261.24	$278.76	3.31%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 2.44%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$277.50	$257.50	Jul 17	$0.17	$0.17	$0.34	$257.16	$277.84
$272.50	$257.50	Jul 17	$0.26	$0.17	$0.43	$257.07	$272.93
$277.50	$260.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$0.36	$0.53	$259.47	$278.03
$272.50	$260.00	Jul 17	$0.26	$0.36	$0.62	$259.38	$273.12
$270.00	$257.50	Jul 17	$0.57	$0.17	$0.74	$256.76	$270.74
$270.00	$260.00	Jul 17	$0.57	$0.36	$0.93	$259.07	$270.93
$277.50	$262.50	Jul 17	$0.17	$0.95	$1.12	$261.38	$278.62
$272.50	$262.50	Jul 17	$0.26	$0.95	$1.21	$261.29	$273.71
$267.50	$257.50	Jul 17	$1.08	$0.17	$1.25	$256.25	$268.75
$277.50	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.63	$0.70	$1.33	$253.67	$278.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 460 found (best R:R 19.00, avg credit $2.12)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
280/285	290/295	Aug 7	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$280.25	$294.75
280/285	295/300	Aug 7	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$280.40	$299.60
275/280	290/295	Aug 28	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$275.42	$294.58
262/265	268/270	Jul 31	$2.28	$0.22	10.36	$262.72	$269.78
275/280	285/290	Aug 14	$4.56	$0.44	10.36	$275.44	$289.56
268/270	272/275	Jul 17	$2.23	$0.27	8.26	$267.77	$274.73
255/260	265/270	Aug 14	$4.40	$0.60	7.33	$255.60	$269.40
240/245	250/255	Aug 7	$4.39	$0.61	7.20	$240.61	$254.39
268/270	278/280	Jul 17	$2.19	$0.31	7.06	$267.81	$279.69
270/272	278/280	Jul 17	$2.17	$0.33	6.58	$270.33	$279.67

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 113 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$305.00	$310.00	$315.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$300.00	$305.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$272.50	$275.00	$277.50	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$267.50	$270.00	$272.50	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 143 found (best net $-0.19, 130 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.01	$13.99
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.27	$9.73
$255.00	$265.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.67	$8.33
$300.00	$305.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.01	$4.99
$305.00	$310.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$215.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.19	$24.81
$240.00	$220.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.13	$19.87
$240.00	$225.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.06	$14.94
$225.00	$220.00	1:2	Aug 21	$0.00	$5.00
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.01	$4.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 59 found (best yield 3.62%, avg 0.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	$9.60	0.52	0.0%	3.62%	3.64%	35	4
$265.00	Aug 21	$8.85	0.52	0.0%	3.34%	3.36%	40	65
$265.00	Aug 14	$8.35	0.52	0.0%	3.15%	3.17%	13	--
$265.00	Aug 7	$7.50	0.51	0.0%	2.83%	2.85%	50	53
$270.00	Aug 28	$7.10	0.44	1.9%	2.68%	4.59%	15	1
$270.00	Aug 21	$6.85	0.43	1.9%	2.59%	4.49%	169	1.3K
$270.00	Aug 14	$6.10	0.43	1.9%	2.30%	4.21%	27	13
$270.00	Aug 7	$5.35	0.41	1.9%	2.02%	3.93%	136	69
$275.00	Aug 28	$5.35	0.36	3.8%	2.02%	5.81%	9	16
$265.00	Jul 31	$5.15	0.51	0.0%	1.94%	1.96%	84	60

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 17,516

Total Puts 8,507

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 9,009

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,629

Total Puts 8,365

Put/Call Ratio 0.72

Net Difference 3,264

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 99,940

Total Puts 50,253

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.54

Ratio Trend Falling

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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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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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