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MCDONALDS CORP

$231.83 +0.39%

$232.28 (+0.19%)🌙

as of 10/01 06:33 PM

(9/30 00:17) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01) 54,739

Calls: 30,755 (56%)

Puts: 23,984 (44%)

Prior (09/30) 42,844

Calls: 30,783 (72%)

Puts: 12,061 (28%)

Current vs Prior +27.76%

Calls: -0.09% (Calls)

Puts: +98.86% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 304,969

Calls: 199,470 (65%)

Puts: 105,499 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 50,828

Calls: 28,495 (65%)

Puts: 15,071 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.69%

Calls: +7.93%

Puts: +59.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/01) $77.11M

Calls: $11.21M (15%)

Puts: $65.90M (85%)

Prior (09/30) $20.60M

Calls: $10.55M (51%)

Puts: $10.06M (49%)

Current vs Prior +274.32%

Calls: +6.28%

Puts: +555.42%

Prior 7-Day Total $234.30M

Calls: $81.43M (35%)

Puts: $152.87M (65%)

Prior 7-Day Average $39.05M

Calls: $11.63M (35%)

Puts: $21.84M (65%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +97.47%

Calls: -3.65%

Puts: +201.78%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/01) 0.78

Prior (09/30) 0.39

Current vs Prior +99.04%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.59

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.09%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/01) 353,948

Calls: 246,988 (70%)

Puts: 106,960 (30%)

Prior (09/30) 334,886

Calls: 227,502 (68%)

Puts: 107,384 (32%)

Current vs Prior +5.69%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,217,918

Calls: 1,480,453 (67%)

Puts: 737,465 (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average 316,845

Calls: 211,493 (67%)

Puts: 105,352 (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.71%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.66% | 3.02%4.05% | 8.21%

Prior 2.00% | 3.15%4.11% | 8.13%

Current vs Prior -17.38% | -4.35%-1.43% | +0.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.54% | 3.58%3.98% | 7.97%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.84% | -15.86%+1.77% | +3.00%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.00% | 3.15%4.11% | 8.13%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -17.38% | -4.35%-1.43% | +0.94%

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 31.07% | 17.74%

Calls: 24.19% | 13.05%

Puts: 37.96% | 22.43%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.26% | +7.73%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 85% of dollar volume in puts ($65.90M) vs calls ($11.21M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 274% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (97% higher). P/C ratio rising 99% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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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 60 of results (avg 7.3%, best 2.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Oct 30	0.95	1.00	$0.98	5.1%	364	0.13	975
$200.00	Oct 16	31.35	33.00	$32.17	5.1%	1	0.99	--
$215.00	Nov 6	18.65	19.65	$19.15	5.2%	1	0.86	--
$200.00	Nov 13	32.25	34.05	$33.15	5.4%	3	0.95	--
$235.00	Oct 30	4.45	4.70	$4.58	5.5%	134	0.43	344

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Oct 16	37.75	38.60	$38.17	2.2%	1.0K	1.00	121
$265.00	Oct 16	32.95	34.05	$33.50	3.3%	228	1.00	39
$260.00	Oct 9	28.00	29.05	$28.53	3.7%	2	1.00	--
$275.00	Oct 16	42.10	44.25	$43.18	5.0%	9	1.00	9
$260.00	Oct 16	27.65	29.25	$28.45	5.6%	2.1K	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.87, cheapest $0.88)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$232.50	Oct 2	0.80	0.96	$0.88	18.2%	1.9K	0.41	839
$242.50	Oct 16	0.78	0.93	$0.86	17.4%	56	0.16	381
$250.00	Oct 30	0.95	1.00	$0.98	5.1%	364	0.13	975

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Oct 30	0.69	0.83	$0.76	18.4%	113	0.11	--

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 79 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Oct 2	11.30	12.15	$11.73	7.2%	52	1.00	32
$225.00	Oct 2	6.10	7.80	$6.95	24.5%	46	1.00	84
$200.00	Oct 16	31.35	33.00	$32.17	5.1%	1	0.99	--
$200.00	Nov 6	31.95	34.25	$33.10	6.9%	1	0.97	--
$200.00	Nov 13	32.25	34.05	$33.15	5.4%	3	0.95	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Oct 9	17.95	19.05	$18.50	5.9%	1	1.00	4
$252.50	Oct 9	19.50	21.65	$20.58	10.4%	17	1.00	11
$255.00	Oct 9	22.60	24.30	$23.45	7.2%	1	1.00	--
$260.00	Oct 9	28.00	29.05	$28.53	3.7%	2	1.00	--
$260.00	Oct 16	27.65	29.25	$28.45	5.6%	2.1K	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 209 active (total vol 30.5K, top 2.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Oct 2	0.23	0.31	$0.27	29.6%	2.2K	0.16	1.4K
$232.50	Oct 2	0.80	0.96	$0.88	18.2%	1.9K	0.41	839
$240.00	Oct 2	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	1.2K	0.02	2.8K
$240.00	Oct 16	1.21	1.32	$1.27	8.7%	809	0.22	1.3K
$235.00	Oct 9	1.53	1.70	$1.62	10.5%	746	0.34	367

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 16	27.65	29.25	$28.45	5.6%	2.1K	1.00	--
$270.00	Oct 16	37.75	38.60	$38.17	2.2%	1.0K	1.00	121
$230.00	Oct 16	2.68	3.10	$2.89	14.5%	858	0.41	2.8K
$230.00	Oct 2	0.40	0.56	$0.48	33.3%	789	0.27	1.1K
$232.50	Oct 9	2.83	3.25	$3.04	13.8%	769	0.53	192

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 13.1%, max 17.8%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$232.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	26.1%	22.1%	17.8%	2.1K	1.0K
$230.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	25.0%	22.1%	12.9%	587	205
$235.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	27.6%	25.4%	8.6%	2.2K	1.4K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$232.50	Oct 2	Oct 16	26.1%	22.1%	17.8%	501	1.1K
$230.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	25.0%	22.1%	12.9%	801	1.1K
$235.00	Oct 2	Nov 13	27.6%	25.4%	8.6%	174	749

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 93 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 7.89)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$225.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$2.86	$2.14	$2.86	71%	0.75	$227.86
$260.00	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	9%	26.78	$260.18
$230.00	$235.00	Nov 13	$2.40	$2.60	$2.40	56%	1.08	$232.40
$227.50	$230.00	Oct 16	$1.48	$1.02	$1.48	69%	0.69	$228.98
$255.00	$260.00	Nov 13	$0.43	$4.57	$0.43	15%	10.63	$255.43

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$210.00	$205.00	Nov 6	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	8%	30.25	$209.84
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$3.30	$1.70	$3.30	73%	0.52	$236.70
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 13	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	44%	1.81	$228.22
$210.00	$205.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	6%	40.67	$209.88
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$2.46	$2.54	$2.46	57%	1.03	$232.54

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 71 found (best R:R 0.45, avg 0.23)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.60	$0.60	$4.40	83%	0.14	$245.60
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 2	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	84%	0.09	$235.21
$247.50	$250.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$0.13	$2.37	95%	0.05	$247.63
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 23	$0.14	$0.14	$4.86	97%	0.03	$265.14
$240.00	$250.00	Nov 13	$2.51	$2.51	$7.49	64%	0.34	$242.51

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 6	$1.54	$1.54	$3.46	68%	0.45	$223.46
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$1.10	$1.10	$3.90	73%	0.28	$223.90
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 13	$1.55	$1.55	$3.45	66%	0.45	$223.45
$215.00	$210.00	Nov 6	$0.63	$0.63	$4.37	86%	0.14	$214.37
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.63	$0.63	$1.87	74%	0.34	$226.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.62, cheapest $1.45)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$232.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$1.79	26.1%	21.6%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$232.50	Oct 2	Oct 9	$1.45	26.1%	21.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 64 found (cheapest 1.07% of stock, avg 5.56%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$232.50	Oct 2	$0.88	$1.59	$2.47	$230.03	$234.97	1.07%
$230.00	Oct 2	$2.25	$0.48	$2.73	$227.27	$232.73	1.18%
$235.00	Oct 2	$0.27	$3.35	$3.62	$231.38	$238.62	1.56%
$227.50	Oct 2	$4.63	$0.13	$4.76	$222.74	$232.26	2.05%
$232.50	Oct 9	$2.67	$3.04	$5.71	$226.79	$238.21	2.46%
$237.50	Oct 2	$0.06	$5.75	$5.81	$231.69	$243.31	2.51%
$230.00	Oct 9	$3.95	$1.91	$5.86	$224.14	$235.86	2.53%
$235.00	Oct 9	$1.62	$4.53	$6.15	$228.85	$241.15	2.65%
$225.00	Oct 2	$6.95	$0.03	$6.98	$218.02	$231.98	3.01%
$227.50	Oct 9	$5.88	$1.20	$7.08	$220.42	$234.58	3.05%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 149 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 1.79%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$235.00	$227.50	Oct 2	$0.27	$0.13	$0.40	$227.10	$235.40
$242.50	$220.00	Oct 9	$0.35	$0.19	$0.54	$219.46	$243.04
$242.50	$222.50	Oct 9	$0.35	$0.31	$0.66	$221.84	$243.16
$255.00	$215.00	Oct 23	$0.28	$0.43	$0.71	$214.29	$255.71
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.27	$0.48	$0.75	$229.25	$235.75
$240.00	$220.00	Oct 9	$0.61	$0.19	$0.80	$219.20	$240.80
$242.50	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.35	$0.57	$0.92	$224.08	$243.42
$240.00	$222.50	Oct 9	$0.61	$0.31	$0.92	$221.58	$240.92
$250.00	$215.00	Oct 23	$0.57	$0.43	$1.00	$214.00	$251.00
$255.00	$210.00	Oct 30	$0.63	$0.36	$0.99	$209.01	$255.99

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 121 found (best R:R 0.44, avg credit $1.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
225/228	248/250	Oct 9	$0.76	$1.74	68%	0.44	$226.74	$248.26
218/220	248/250	Oct 16	$0.43	$2.07	81%	0.21	$219.57	$247.93
225/228	242/245	Oct 9	$0.82	$1.68	64%	0.49	$226.68	$243.32
215/218	248/250	Oct 16	$0.28	$2.22	85%	0.13	$217.22	$247.78
218/220	238/240	Oct 16	$0.92	$1.58	59%	0.58	$219.08	$238.42
220/222	248/250	Oct 9	$0.25	$2.25	86%	0.11	$222.25	$247.75
222/225	248/250	Oct 16	$0.68	$1.82	68%	0.37	$224.32	$248.18
222/225	248/250	Oct 9	$0.39	$2.11	79%	0.18	$224.61	$247.89
218/220	245/248	Oct 16	$0.42	$2.08	78%	0.20	$219.58	$245.42
215/218	238/240	Oct 16	$0.77	$1.73	64%	0.45	$216.73	$238.27

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 111 found (best R:R 12.51, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$0.37	$4.63	28%	12.51
$230.00	$232.50	$235.00	Oct 2	$0.76	$1.74	57%	2.29
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.31	$4.69	18%	15.13
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$0.37	$4.63	20%	12.51
$222.50	$225.00	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	18%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$0.26	$4.74	22%	18.23
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 13	$0.23	$4.77	20%	20.74
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 6	$0.25	$4.75	20%	19.00
$230.00	$232.50	$235.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$1.85	57%	2.85
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.62	$4.38	30%	7.06

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 148 found (best net $-5.43, 121 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$3.91	$6.09
$220.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.17	$2.83
$230.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.12	$3.88
$235.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.46	$4.54
$240.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.26	$4.74

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$265.00	$250.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$5.43	$9.57
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$8.17	$1.83
$237.50	$235.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.95	$1.55
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.02	$3.98
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.36	$4.64

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 40 found (best yield 2.78%, avg 0.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$235.00	Nov 13	$6.45	0.46	1.4%	2.78%	4.15%	3	--
$240.00	Nov 13	$4.50	0.36	3.5%	1.94%	5.47%	3	--
$235.00	Nov 6	$5.70	0.45	1.4%	2.46%	3.83%	23	51
$240.00	Nov 6	$3.85	0.35	3.5%	1.66%	5.18%	68	47
$245.00	Nov 6	$2.52	0.26	5.7%	1.09%	6.77%	68	38
$235.00	Oct 30	$4.45	0.43	1.4%	1.92%	3.29%	134	344
$250.00	Nov 13	$2.08	0.20	7.8%	0.90%	8.73%	14	--
$240.00	Oct 30	$2.72	0.31	3.5%	1.17%	4.70%	252	623
$250.00	Nov 6	$1.63	0.18	7.8%	0.70%	8.54%	95	98
$235.00	Oct 23	$3.50	0.42	1.4%	1.51%	2.88%	79	118

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 30,755

Total Puts 23,984

Put/Call Ratio 0.78

Net Difference 6,771

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 30,783

Total Puts 12,061

Put/Call Ratio 0.39

Net Difference 18,722

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 199,470

Total Puts 105,499

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.59

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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