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MCDONALDS CORP

$261.11 -0.22%

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as of 09/01 06:45 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/01) 23,802

Calls: 16,798 (71%)

Puts: 7,004 (29%)

Prior (08/31) 29,380

Calls: 20,563 (70%)

Puts: 8,817 (30%)

Current vs Prior -18.99%

Calls: -18.31% (Calls)

Puts: -20.56% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 217,768

Calls: 149,741 (69%)

Puts: 68,027 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,109

Calls: 21,391 (69%)

Puts: 9,718 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.49%

Calls: -21.47%

Puts: -27.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/01) $7.63M

Calls: $4.49M (59%)

Puts: $3.14M (41%)

Prior (08/31) $17.40M

Calls: $12.53M (72%)

Puts: $4.87M (28%)

Current vs Prior -56.16%

Calls: -64.16%

Puts: -35.59%

Prior 7-Day Total $84.36M

Calls: $55.74M (66%)

Puts: $28.62M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $12.05M

Calls: $7.96M (66%)

Puts: $4.09M (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.71%

Calls: -43.61%

Puts: -23.27%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/01) 0.42

Prior (08/31) 0.43

Current vs Prior -2.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.21%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/01) 227,904

Calls: 139,601 (61%)

Puts: 88,303 (39%)

Prior (08/31) 210,944

Calls: 136,010 (64%)

Puts: 74,934 (36%)

Current vs Prior +8.04%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,527,207

Calls: 956,390 (63%)

Puts: 570,817 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 218,172

Calls: 136,627 (63%)

Puts: 81,545 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.46%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/04) | Next (09/11)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 2.10% | 3.09%3.80% | 6.79%

Prior 2.29% | 3.08%3.89% | 6.82%

Current vs Prior -8.43% | +0.31%-2.22% | -0.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.06% | 3.14%3.30% | 6.45%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.83% | -1.56%+15.34% | +5.27%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.29% | 3.08%3.89% | 6.82%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -8.43% | +0.31%-2.22% | -0.42%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Prior 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.61% | 16.91%

Calls: 20.07% | 16.47%

Puts: 37.14% | 17.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +155.96% | -15.38%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 56% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.42 - heavy call buying (16,798 calls vs 7,004 puts). Call-heavy open interest (139,601 calls vs 88,303 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 18 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 18	2.89	3.10	$3.00	7.0%	1.2K	0.38	534
$230.00	Sep 18	31.00	33.25	$32.13	7.0%	1	0.99	--
$280.00	Oct 16	1.99	2.15	$2.07	7.7%	104	0.19	2.8K
$245.00	Oct 16	18.90	20.65	$19.77	8.9%	1	0.83	5
$260.00	Oct 16	8.45	9.30	$8.88	9.6%	24	0.55	397

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Sep 18	37.70	39.40	$38.55	4.4%	4	1.00	619
$290.00	Sep 18	28.55	29.85	$29.20	4.5%	6	1.00	1.1K
$310.00	Sep 18	47.10	49.70	$48.40	5.4%	2	1.00	947
$295.00	Sep 4	32.75	34.65	$33.70	5.6%	5	0.94	--
$265.00	Oct 16	8.55	9.15	$8.85	6.8%	27	0.56	883

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.78, cheapest $0.88)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	1.2K	0.26	698
$270.00	Sep 11	0.73	0.87	$0.80	17.5%	2.4K	0.17	793
$295.00	Oct 16	0.53	0.64	$0.59	18.6%	9	0.07	778
$290.00	Oct 16	0.81	0.97	$0.89	18.0%	85	0.10	1.1K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 18	0.69	0.84	$0.76	19.7%	199	0.14	2.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 59 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Sep 18	31.00	33.25	$32.13	7.0%	1	0.99	--
$250.00	Sep 11	10.90	13.00	$11.95	17.6%	4	0.93	--
$235.00	Oct 16	27.15	30.05	$28.60	10.1%	1	0.93	--
$255.00	Sep 4	5.80	7.60	$6.70	26.9%	13	0.89	1
$250.00	Sep 18	11.55	13.90	$12.73	18.5%	1	0.86	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Sep 4	12.50	14.65	$13.58	15.8%	7	1.00	183
$277.50	Sep 4	14.65	17.20	$15.93	16.0%	1	1.00	--
$280.00	Sep 4	17.50	19.60	$18.55	11.3%	1	1.00	45
$285.00	Sep 4	22.75	24.50	$23.63	7.4%	8	1.00	--
$300.00	Sep 4	37.10	39.90	$38.50	7.3%	1	1.00	14

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 194 active (total vol 17.6K, top 2.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Sep 11	0.73	0.87	$0.80	17.5%	2.4K	0.17	793
$270.00	Sep 4	0.13	0.26	$0.20	65.0%	1.3K	0.07	2.0K
$265.00	Sep 4	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	1.2K	0.26	698
$265.00	Sep 18	2.89	3.10	$3.00	7.0%	1.2K	0.38	534
$262.50	Sep 11	2.73	3.10	$2.92	12.7%	645	0.46	85

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 4	1.38	1.59	$1.49	14.1%	545	0.40	1.5K
$250.00	Oct 16	2.49	2.85	$2.67	13.5%	389	0.25	1.6K
$260.00	Oct 16	6.00	6.65	$6.33	10.3%	373	0.46	1.2K
$255.00	Sep 4	0.24	0.35	$0.30	36.7%	338	0.11	1.1K
$257.50	Sep 4	0.52	0.88	$0.70	51.4%	271	0.23	516

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 14.9%, max 21.5%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$257.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	22.1%	18.2%	21.5%	6	16
$260.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	21.9%	19.1%	14.3%	228	464
$262.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	23.7%	20.8%	13.7%	524	566
$265.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	24.4%	22.1%	10.2%	1.4K	1.5K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$257.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	22.1%	18.2%	21.5%	301	739
$260.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	21.9%	19.1%	14.3%	918	2.7K
$262.50	Sep 4	Sep 18	23.7%	20.8%	13.7%	140	748
$265.00	Sep 4	Oct 16	24.4%	22.1%	10.2%	154	1.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 96 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 8.06)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$257.50	Sep 4	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	89%	0.50	$256.67
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 9	$1.48	$3.52	$1.48	44%	2.38	$266.48
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.90	$4.10	$0.90	30%	4.56	$270.90
$267.50	$270.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	30%	4.81	$267.93
$260.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$1.08	$1.42	$1.08	56%	1.31	$261.08

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$1.61	$3.39	$1.61	45%	2.11	$258.39
$270.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$5.76	$4.24	$5.76	70%	0.74	$264.24
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.53	$4.47	$0.53	19%	8.43	$249.47
$240.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.27	$29.73	$0.27	6%	110.11	$239.73
$270.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	71%	0.54	$266.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 77 found (best R:R 0.57, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	57%	0.69	$267.05
$280.00	$295.00	Sep 25	$0.69	$0.69	$14.31	88%	0.05	$280.69
$270.00	$272.50	Sep 11	$0.46	$0.46	$2.04	83%	0.23	$270.46
$270.00	$275.00	Sep 25	$1.26	$1.26	$3.74	70%	0.34	$271.26
$290.00	$295.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.33	$4.67	93%	0.07	$290.33

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 2	$1.81	$1.81	$3.19	68%	0.57	$253.19
$245.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.78	$0.78	$14.22	87%	0.05	$244.22
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	67%	0.40	$253.56
$260.00	$257.50	Sep 11	$1.07	$1.07	$1.43	57%	0.75	$258.93
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 16	$2.15	$2.15	$2.85	54%	0.75	$257.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.24, cheapest $1.13)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.29	23.7%	19.9%
$260.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.47	21.9%	18.8%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.13	23.7%	19.9%
$260.00	Sep 4	Sep 11	$1.08	21.9%	18.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 53 found (cheapest 1.64% of stock, avg 5.22%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$260.00	Sep 4	$2.78	$1.49	$4.27	$255.73	$264.27	1.64%
$262.50	Sep 4	$1.63	$2.70	$4.33	$258.17	$266.83	1.66%
$265.00	Sep 4	$0.88	$4.72	$5.60	$259.40	$270.60	2.14%
$257.50	Sep 4	$5.03	$0.70	$5.73	$251.77	$263.23	2.19%
$262.50	Sep 11	$2.92	$3.83	$6.75	$255.75	$269.25	2.59%
$260.00	Sep 11	$4.25	$2.57	$6.82	$253.18	$266.82	2.61%
$255.00	Sep 4	$6.70	$0.30	$7.00	$248.00	$262.00	2.68%
$267.50	Sep 4	$0.43	$6.65	$7.08	$260.42	$274.58	2.71%
$265.00	Sep 11	$1.96	$5.45	$7.41	$257.59	$272.41	2.84%
$257.50	Sep 11	$6.00	$1.50	$7.50	$250.00	$265.00	2.87%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 156 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 1.69%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$270.00	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.30	$0.50	$254.50	$270.50
$272.50	$250.00	Sep 11	$0.34	$0.24	$0.58	$249.42	$273.08
$267.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.30	$0.73	$254.27	$268.23
$270.00	$225.00	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.55	$0.75	$224.25	$270.75
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 11	$0.34	$0.48	$0.82	$251.68	$273.32
$270.00	$257.50	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.70	$0.90	$256.60	$270.90
$267.50	$225.00	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.55	$0.98	$224.02	$268.48
$270.00	$250.00	Sep 11	$0.80	$0.24	$1.04	$248.96	$271.04
$267.50	$257.50	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.70	$1.13	$256.37	$268.63
$280.00	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.83	$0.39	$1.22	$238.78	$281.22

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 143 found (best R:R 0.75, avg credit $1.08)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
250/255	290/295	Oct 2	$2.14	$2.86	61%	0.75	$252.86	$292.14
245/248	282/285	Sep 11	$0.28	$2.22	91%	0.13	$247.22	$282.78
245/248	270/272	Sep 11	$0.60	$1.90	78%	0.32	$246.90	$270.60
242/245	288/290	Sep 18	$0.32	$2.18	88%	0.15	$244.68	$287.82
245/248	278/280	Sep 11	$0.31	$2.19	88%	0.14	$247.19	$277.81
242/245	278/280	Sep 18	$0.46	$2.04	82%	0.23	$244.54	$277.96
242/245	270/272	Sep 18	$0.79	$1.71	68%	0.46	$244.21	$270.79
250/252	282/285	Sep 11	$0.38	$2.12	84%	0.18	$252.12	$282.88
250/252	270/272	Sep 11	$0.70	$1.80	70%	0.39	$251.80	$270.70
248/250	288/290	Sep 18	$0.41	$2.09	82%	0.20	$249.59	$287.91

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 93 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$4.89	19%	44.45
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$4.78	23%	21.73
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$0.40	$4.60	25%	11.50
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 16	$0.26	$4.74	16%	18.23
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Oct 9	$0.23	$4.77	13%	20.74

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$4.94	18%	82.33
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.37	$4.63	21%	12.51
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$2.42	18%	30.25
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Sep 11	$0.19	$2.31	25%	12.16
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$0.22	$4.78	13%	21.73

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 145 found (best net $-0.05, 124 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$257.50	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.05	$7.45
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.66	$9.34
$250.00	$257.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.07	$6.43
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.03	$7.97
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.53	$1.97

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$275.00	$265.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.95	$9.05
$270.00	$265.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$1.80	$3.20
$265.00	$262.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.68	$1.82
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.72	$4.28
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.15	$4.85

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 2.34%, avg 0.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 16	$6.10	0.45	1.5%	2.34%	3.83%	124	778
$270.00	Oct 16	$4.25	0.35	3.4%	1.63%	5.03%	79	1.4K
$275.00	Oct 16	$3.00	0.27	5.3%	1.15%	6.47%	66	1.0K
$270.00	Oct 9	$3.60	0.34	3.4%	1.38%	4.78%	41	12
$265.00	Oct 9	$4.50	0.44	1.5%	1.72%	3.21%	4	--
$265.00	Oct 2	$4.30	0.43	1.5%	1.65%	3.14%	23	292
$275.00	Oct 9	$2.25	0.25	5.3%	0.86%	6.18%	5	15
$280.00	Oct 16	$1.99	0.19	7.2%	0.76%	8.00%	104	2.8K
$265.00	Sep 25	$3.85	0.41	1.5%	1.47%	2.96%	23	124
$270.00	Oct 2	$2.35	0.30	3.4%	0.90%	4.30%	10	130

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,798

Total Puts 7,004

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 9,794

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,563

Total Puts 8,817

Put/Call Ratio 0.43

Net Difference 11,746

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 149,741

Total Puts 68,027

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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