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MCDONALDS CORP

$233.98 +0.16%

$234.23 (+0.11%)🌙

as of 09/29 06:42 PM

(9/28 03:27) ◀

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 (6:42pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) 39,288

Calls: 27,636 (70%)

Puts: 11,652 (30%)

Prior (09/28) --

Calls: 37,670 (69%)

Puts: 17,221 (31%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -26.64% (Calls)

Puts: -32.34% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 296,450

Calls: 173,472 (59%)

Puts: 122,978 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 49,408

Calls: 24,781 (59%)

Puts: 17,568 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.48%

Calls: +11.52%

Puts: -33.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/29) $21.32M

Calls: $10.98M (52%)

Puts: $10.33M (48%)

Prior (09/28) --

Calls: $10.66M (43%)

Puts: $13.86M (57%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +3.05%

Puts: -25.42%

Prior 7-Day Total $317.57M

Calls: $81.03M (26%)

Puts: $236.54M (74%)

Prior 7-Day Average $52.93M

Calls: $11.58M (26%)

Puts: $33.79M (74%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -59.72%

Calls: -5.10%

Puts: -69.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/29) 0.42

Prior (09/28) 1.00

Current vs Prior -57.84%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.06%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/29) 328,561

Calls: 225,517 (69%)

Puts: 103,044 (31%)

Prior (09/28) 321,601

Calls: 217,567 (68%)

Puts: 104,034 (32%)

Current vs Prior +2.16%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,054,049

Calls: 1,351,796 (66%)

Puts: 702,253 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 293,435

Calls: 193,113 (66%)

Puts: 100,321 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.97%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.45% | 3.55%4.23% | 8.28%

Prior 2.60% | 3.74%4.29% | 8.24%

Current vs Prior -5.91% | -5.08%-1.46% | +0.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.60% | 3.71%3.48% | 7.38%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.75% | -4.35%+21.44% | +12.24%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.60% | 3.74%4.29% | 8.24%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -5.91% | -5.08%-1.46% | +0.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

Prior 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 47.93% | 16.37%

Calls: 32.69% | 13.34%

Puts: 63.17% | 19.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -70.35% | +16.76%

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Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.42 - heavy call buying (27,636 calls vs 11,652 puts). P/C ratio dropping 58% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (225,517 calls vs 103,044 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior 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
$232.50	Oct 16	5.25	5.60	$5.43	6.4%	28	0.57	76
$245.00	Oct 16	1.03	1.10	$1.07	6.5%	413	0.18	1.7K
$210.00	Oct 30	25.00	26.75	$25.88	6.8%	2	0.95	9
$235.00	Oct 30	5.65	6.05	$5.85	6.8%	194	0.49	176
$230.00	Nov 6	9.55	10.25	$9.90	7.1%	1	0.61	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$252.50	Oct 16	18.20	18.85	$18.52	3.5%	1	0.93	--
$255.00	Oct 2	20.40	21.35	$20.88	4.5%	1	1.00	16
$255.00	Oct 16	20.75	21.75	$21.25	4.7%	56	0.94	597
$260.00	Oct 16	25.35	26.60	$25.98	4.8%	456	1.00	426
$260.00	Nov 6	25.40	26.70	$26.05	5.0%	2	0.90	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.53, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Oct 2	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	652	0.07	871
$250.00	Oct 16	0.49	0.55	$0.52	11.5%	367	0.10	3.9K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$227.50	Oct 9	0.82	0.98	$0.90	17.8%	68	0.20	45

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 71 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Oct 2	18.70	20.65	$19.67	9.9%	2	1.00	--
$220.00	Oct 2	13.80	15.25	$14.53	10.0%	7	0.99	18
$222.50	Oct 2	11.35	12.85	$12.10	12.4%	4	0.98	--
$225.00	Oct 2	8.65	10.40	$9.53	18.4%	10	0.96	66
$210.00	Oct 30	25.00	26.75	$25.88	6.8%	2	0.95	9

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$247.50	Oct 2	12.85	13.90	$13.38	7.8%	16	1.00	139
$250.00	Oct 2	15.35	16.30	$15.83	6.0%	9	1.00	67
$255.00	Oct 2	20.40	21.35	$20.88	4.5%	1	1.00	16
$257.50	Oct 2	22.95	24.30	$23.63	5.7%	22	1.00	--
$262.50	Oct 2	27.40	28.85	$28.13	5.2%	3	1.00	3

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 197 active (total vol 20.8K, top 1.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Oct 2	0.29	0.37	$0.33	24.2%	1.8K	0.13	1.8K
$237.50	Oct 2	0.74	1.02	$0.88	31.8%	1.2K	0.27	1.0K
$245.00	Oct 2	0.08	0.10	$0.09	22.2%	1.1K	0.04	2.8K
$250.00	Oct 9	0.17	0.21	$0.19	21.1%	911	0.05	1.1K
$235.00	Oct 2	1.50	1.80	$1.65	18.2%	725	0.44	619

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$232.50	Oct 2	1.11	1.39	$1.25	22.4%	531	0.36	639
$260.00	Oct 16	25.35	26.60	$25.98	4.8%	456	1.00	426
$230.00	Oct 2	0.51	0.68	$0.60	28.3%	427	0.20	898
$235.00	Oct 2	2.16	2.61	$2.38	18.9%	418	0.56	723
$225.00	Oct 23	1.24	1.77	$1.51	35.1%	351	0.21	211

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 13.9%, max 17.5%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$232.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	23.8%	20.2%	17.5%	260	180
$237.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	25.4%	22.3%	14.0%	1.4K	1.8K
$230.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	24.7%	21.9%	12.8%	13	149
$235.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	24.3%	21.8%	11.3%	736	632

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$232.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	23.8%	20.2%	17.5%	550	963
$237.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	25.4%	22.3%	14.0%	233	1.2K
$230.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	24.7%	21.9%	12.8%	436	1.0K
$235.00	Oct 2	Nov 6	24.3%	21.8%	11.3%	460	774

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 86 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 7.38)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$225.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$2.95	$2.05	$2.95	76%	0.69	$227.95
$230.00	$232.50	Oct 2	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	80%	0.67	$231.50
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	48%	1.81	$236.78
$260.00	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	10%	19.83	$260.24
$235.00	$240.00	Nov 6	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	49%	1.44	$237.05

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$237.50	$235.00	Oct 9	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	65%	0.79	$236.10
$225.00	$222.50	Oct 9	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	13%	15.67	$224.85
$235.00	$232.50	Oct 16	$1.17	$1.33	$1.17	52%	1.14	$233.83
$210.00	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	5%	37.46	$209.87
$235.00	$232.50	Oct 2	$1.13	$1.37	$1.13	56%	1.21	$233.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 66 found (best R:R 0.11, avg 0.24)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	66%	0.40	$241.44
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.55	$1.95	73%	0.28	$238.05
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$0.11	$2.39	98%	0.05	$267.61
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.33	$0.33	$4.67	91%	0.07	$255.33
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.41	$0.41	$4.59	89%	0.09	$255.41

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$217.50	$215.00	Oct 2	$0.24	$0.24	$2.26	95%	0.11	$217.26
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 6	$1.26	$1.26	$3.74	72%	0.34	$223.74
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 23	$1.49	$1.49	$3.51	64%	0.42	$228.51
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$1.61	$1.61	$3.39	63%	0.47	$228.39
$222.50	$220.00	Oct 9	$0.27	$0.27	$2.23	91%	0.12	$222.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.28, cheapest $1.15)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$232.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$1.15	23.8%	20.3%
$235.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$1.39	24.3%	22.9%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$232.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$1.18	23.8%	20.3%
$235.00	Oct 2	Oct 9	$1.42	24.3%	22.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 59 found (cheapest 1.72% of stock, avg 5.55%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$235.00	Oct 2	$1.65	$2.38	$4.03	$230.97	$239.03	1.72%
$232.50	Oct 2	$3.35	$1.25	$4.60	$227.90	$237.10	1.97%
$237.50	Oct 2	$0.88	$4.30	$5.18	$232.32	$242.68	2.21%
$230.00	Oct 2	$4.85	$0.60	$5.45	$224.55	$235.45	2.33%
$240.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$6.33	$6.66	$233.34	$246.66	2.85%
$235.00	Oct 9	$3.04	$3.80	$6.84	$228.16	$241.84	2.92%
$232.50	Oct 9	$4.50	$2.43	$6.93	$225.57	$239.43	2.96%
$237.50	Oct 9	$2.05	$5.20	$7.25	$230.25	$244.75	3.10%
$230.00	Oct 9	$6.13	$1.54	$7.67	$222.33	$237.67	3.28%
$240.00	Oct 9	$1.30	$7.00	$8.30	$231.70	$248.30	3.55%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 131 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 1.68%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$242.50	$227.50	Oct 2	$0.16	$0.24	$0.40	$227.10	$242.90
$242.50	$217.50	Oct 2	$0.16	$0.25	$0.41	$217.09	$242.91
$240.00	$227.50	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.24	$0.57	$226.93	$240.57
$240.00	$217.50	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.25	$0.58	$216.92	$240.58
$242.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$0.60	$0.76	$229.24	$243.26
$245.00	$222.50	Oct 9	$0.52	$0.40	$0.92	$221.58	$245.92
$255.00	$215.00	Oct 23	$0.60	$0.37	$0.97	$214.03	$255.97
$240.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.60	$0.93	$229.07	$240.93
$245.00	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.52	$0.55	$1.07	$223.93	$246.07
$242.50	$222.50	Oct 9	$0.82	$0.40	$1.22	$221.28	$243.72

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 107 found (best R:R 0.16, avg credit $0.90)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
215/218	268/270	Oct 2	$0.35	$2.15	93%	0.16	$217.15	$267.85
220/222	248/250	Oct 9	$0.41	$2.09	83%	0.20	$222.09	$247.91
215/218	238/240	Oct 2	$0.79	$1.71	67%	0.46	$216.71	$238.29
225/228	268/270	Oct 2	$0.26	$2.24	88%	0.12	$227.24	$267.76
215/218	240/242	Oct 2	$0.41	$2.09	82%	0.20	$217.09	$240.41
220/222	245/248	Oct 9	$0.46	$2.04	79%	0.23	$222.04	$245.46
215/218	250/252	Oct 16	$0.31	$2.19	85%	0.14	$217.19	$250.31
228/230	268/270	Oct 2	$0.47	$2.03	78%	0.23	$229.53	$267.97
215/218	240/242	Oct 16	$0.82	$1.68	63%	0.49	$216.68	$240.82
220/222	242/245	Oct 9	$0.57	$1.93	73%	0.30	$221.93	$243.07

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 102 found (best R:R 14.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.34	$4.66	26%	13.71
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$0.63	$4.37	30%	6.94
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$0.42	$4.58	23%	10.90
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$0.22	$2.28	31%	10.36
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.06	$4.94	10%	82.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$4.68	26%	14.62
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$0.11	$2.39	32%	21.73
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$0.30	$4.70	20%	15.67
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$4.80	14%	24.00
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 16	$0.06	$2.44	16%	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 139 found (best net $-0.65, 123 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$225.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.17	$4.83
$220.00	$227.50	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.31	$5.19
$225.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.31	$2.69
$240.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.24	$4.76
$230.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.95	$3.05

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$235.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.65	$9.35
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$7.37	$2.63
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.68	$4.32
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.02	$4.98
$237.50	$235.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.46	$2.04

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 37 found (best yield 2.93%, avg 0.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$235.00	Nov 6	$6.85	0.49	0.4%	2.93%	3.36%	11	13
$240.00	Nov 6	$4.80	0.40	2.6%	2.05%	4.62%	19	39
$245.00	Nov 6	$3.15	0.30	4.7%	1.35%	6.06%	1	--
$235.00	Oct 30	$5.65	0.49	0.4%	2.41%	2.85%	194	176
$240.00	Oct 30	$3.50	0.36	2.6%	1.50%	4.07%	105	561
$250.00	Nov 6	$1.98	0.22	6.8%	0.85%	7.69%	20	62
$235.00	Oct 23	$4.55	0.48	0.4%	1.94%	2.38%	12	85
$245.00	Oct 30	$2.10	0.26	4.7%	0.90%	5.61%	144	181
$240.00	Oct 23	$2.73	0.34	2.6%	1.17%	3.74%	135	224
$235.00	Oct 16	$3.85	0.48	0.4%	1.65%	2.08%	155	672

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 27,636

Total Puts 11,652

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 15,984

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 37,670

Total Puts 17,221

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference 20,449

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 173,472

Total Puts 122,978

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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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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