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MCDONALDS CORP

$233.04 +0.50%

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as of 10/05 06:33 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05) 38,781

Calls: 29,733 (77%)

Puts: 9,048 (23%)

Prior (10/02) 45,100

Calls: 33,363 (74%)

Puts: 11,737 (26%)

Current vs Prior -14.01%

Calls: -10.88% (Calls)

Puts: -22.91% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 318,394

Calls: 210,066 (66%)

Puts: 108,328 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 53,065

Calls: 30,009 (66%)

Puts: 15,475 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.92%

Calls: -0.92%

Puts: -41.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/05) $26.01M

Calls: $15.69M (60%)

Puts: $10.31M (40%)

Prior (10/02) $18.70M

Calls: $12.90M (69%)

Puts: $5.81M (31%)

Current vs Prior +39.06%

Calls: +21.69%

Puts: +77.65%

Prior 7-Day Total $253.04M

Calls: $76.58M (30%)

Puts: $176.46M (70%)

Prior 7-Day Average $42.17M

Calls: $10.94M (30%)

Puts: $25.21M (70%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -38.33%

Calls: +43.46%

Puts: -59.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/05) 0.30

Prior (10/02) 0.35

Current vs Prior -13.50%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -47.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/05) 346,721

Calls: 235,911 (68%)

Puts: 110,810 (32%)

Prior (10/02) 353,200

Calls: 252,281 (71%)

Puts: 100,919 (29%)

Current vs Prior -1.83%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,391,562

Calls: 1,639,719 (69%)

Puts: 751,843 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 341,651

Calls: 234,245 (69%)

Puts: 107,406 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.48%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.60% | 3.46%3.46% | 7.86%

Prior 2.65% | 3.77%3.77% | 7.98%

Current vs Prior -2.11% | -8.34%-8.34% | -1.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.29% | 3.44%4.20% | 8.20%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.40% | +0.54%-17.72% | -4.22%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.65% | 3.77%3.77% | 7.98%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -2.11% | -8.34%-8.34% | -1.52%

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 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

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

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Moderately bullish flow with 60% call dollar volume ($15.69M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.30 - heavy call buying (29,733 calls vs 9,048 puts). Call-heavy open interest (235,911 calls vs 110,810 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 37 of results (avg 7.7%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Nov 6	28.50	29.75	$29.13	4.3%	2	0.95	4
$220.00	Oct 30	14.30	15.20	$14.75	6.1%	4	0.85	7
$225.00	Nov 13	12.05	12.90	$12.48	6.8%	1	0.69	--
$230.00	Nov 13	9.05	9.70	$9.38	6.9%	4	0.58	14
$230.00	Oct 30	6.90	7.40	$7.15	7.0%	36	0.61	102

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$272.50	Oct 16	39.20	40.00	$39.60	2.0%	10	0.99	--
$270.00	Oct 16	36.65	37.65	$37.15	2.7%	50	0.99	98
$275.00	Oct 9	41.50	44.05	$42.78	6.0%	10	0.96	--
$272.50	Oct 9	39.10	41.55	$40.33	6.1%	18	0.98	--
$240.00	Nov 13	10.40	11.10	$10.75	6.5%	1	0.63	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.49, cheapest $0.31)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Oct 9	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	887	0.11	976
$237.50	Oct 9	0.64	0.75	$0.70	15.7%	641	0.21	1.1K
$250.00	Oct 16	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	373	0.04	4.9K
$250.00	Oct 30	0.71	0.85	$0.78	17.9%	969	0.12	1.3K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 68 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Oct 9	11.95	13.80	$12.88	14.4%	62	1.00	67
$212.50	Oct 16	18.75	21.25	$20.00	12.5%	1	1.00	10
$200.00	Nov 6	31.90	34.75	$33.33	8.6%	2	1.00	--
$222.50	Oct 9	8.70	11.45	$10.07	27.3%	1	0.98	6
$210.00	Oct 9	21.55	23.90	$22.73	10.3%	1	0.96	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Oct 9	34.15	36.45	$35.30	6.5%	10	1.00	--
$255.00	Oct 9	21.60	23.30	$22.45	7.6%	10	0.99	2
$260.00	Oct 16	26.50	29.15	$27.83	9.5%	65	0.99	--
$270.00	Oct 16	36.65	37.65	$37.15	2.7%	50	0.99	98
$265.00	Oct 16	31.60	34.15	$32.88	7.8%	16	0.99	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 190 active (total vol 19.3K, top 1.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Oct 9	1.32	1.45	$1.39	9.4%	1.4K	0.36	941
$250.00	Oct 30	0.71	0.85	$0.78	17.9%	969	0.12	1.3K
$240.00	Oct 9	0.28	0.34	$0.31	19.4%	887	0.11	976
$237.50	Oct 16	1.58	1.80	$1.69	13.0%	661	0.31	1.1K
$240.00	Oct 16	1.01	1.12	$1.07	10.3%	643	0.22	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Oct 9	0.16	0.27	$0.22	50.0%	580	0.08	631
$230.00	Oct 9	0.88	1.21	$1.05	31.4%	396	0.30	621
$230.00	Oct 16	1.87	2.04	$1.96	8.7%	242	0.35	3.1K
$212.50	Oct 16	0.04	0.11	$0.08	87.5%	213	0.02	132
$217.50	Oct 16	0.05	0.25	$0.15	133.3%	213	0.04	55

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 8.7%, max 15.9%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	23.1%	19.9%	15.9%	475	388
$237.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	23.9%	21.7%	9.9%	657	1.1K
$230.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	22.7%	22.6%	0.3%	517	217

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	23.1%	19.9%	15.9%	172	459
$237.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	23.9%	21.7%	9.9%	49	195
$227.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	22.0%	20.2%	9.0%	207	295
$230.00	Oct 9	Nov 13	22.7%	22.6%	0.3%	423	635

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 90 found (best R:R 0.75, avg 7.98)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$227.50	$230.00	Oct 9	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	86%	0.75	$228.93
$225.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$2.96	$2.04	$2.96	71%	0.69	$227.96
$260.00	$265.00	Nov 13	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	10%	26.78	$260.18
$225.00	$230.00	Nov 13	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	70%	0.61	$228.10
$250.00	$255.00	Nov 13	$0.62	$4.38	$0.62	20%	7.06	$250.62

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$222.50	$220.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	10%	19.83	$222.38
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 16	$0.40	$2.10	$0.40	24%	5.25	$227.10
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 23	$0.54	$1.96	$0.54	29%	3.63	$226.96
$210.00	$205.00	Nov 13	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	8%	19.83	$209.76
$220.00	$217.50	Oct 23	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	10%	15.67	$219.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 70 found (best R:R 0.16, avg 0.24)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$252.50	$255.00	Oct 16	$0.14	$0.14	$2.36	95%	0.06	$252.64
$245.00	$250.00	Nov 13	$1.19	$1.19	$3.81	72%	0.31	$246.19
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.39	$0.39	$2.11	79%	0.18	$237.89
$255.00	$260.00	Nov 13	$0.59	$0.59	$4.41	85%	0.13	$255.59
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	55%	0.61	$236.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$215.00	$210.00	Nov 13	$0.68	$0.68	$4.32	86%	0.16	$214.32
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 13	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	58%	0.64	$228.05
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 6	$1.30	$1.30	$3.70	71%	0.35	$223.70
$225.00	$222.50	Oct 23	$0.58	$0.58	$1.92	78%	0.30	$224.42
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 30	$0.99	$0.99	$4.01	75%	0.25	$224.01

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.03, cheapest $0.92)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.30	23.1%	20.1%
$235.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.20	23.9%	21.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.92	23.1%	20.1%
$235.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.71	23.9%	21.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 58 found (cheapest 1.95% of stock, avg 5.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$232.50	Oct 9	$2.48	$2.06	$4.54	$227.96	$237.04	1.95%
$235.00	Oct 9	$1.39	$3.57	$4.96	$230.04	$239.96	2.13%
$230.00	Oct 9	$4.47	$1.05	$5.52	$224.48	$235.52	2.37%
$237.50	Oct 9	$0.70	$5.40	$6.10	$231.40	$243.60	2.62%
$227.50	Oct 9	$5.90	$0.43	$6.33	$221.17	$233.83	2.72%
$232.50	Oct 16	$3.78	$2.98	$6.76	$225.74	$239.26	2.90%
$235.00	Oct 16	$2.59	$4.28	$6.87	$228.13	$241.87	2.95%
$230.00	Oct 16	$5.23	$1.96	$7.19	$222.81	$237.19	3.09%
$237.50	Oct 16	$1.69	$6.05	$7.74	$229.76	$245.24	3.32%
$240.00	Oct 9	$0.31	$7.83	$8.14	$231.86	$248.14	3.49%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 136 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 1.77%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$242.50	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.22	$0.36	$224.64	$242.86
$240.00	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.31	$0.22	$0.53	$224.47	$240.53
$242.50	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.14	$0.43	$0.57	$226.93	$243.07
$240.00	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.31	$0.43	$0.74	$226.76	$240.74
$245.00	$222.50	Oct 16	$0.39	$0.43	$0.82	$221.68	$245.82
$255.00	$215.00	Oct 30	$0.41	$0.46	$0.87	$214.13	$255.87
$237.50	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.70	$0.22	$0.92	$224.08	$238.42
$242.50	$222.50	Oct 16	$0.65	$0.43	$1.08	$221.42	$243.58
$237.50	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.70	$0.43	$1.13	$226.37	$238.63
$245.00	$225.00	Oct 16	$0.39	$0.79	$1.18	$223.82	$246.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 126 found (best R:R 0.44, avg credit $0.91)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
222/225	250/252	Oct 23	$0.76	$1.74	70%	0.44	$224.24	$250.76
218/220	252/255	Oct 16	$0.30	$2.20	88%	0.14	$219.70	$252.80
222/225	248/250	Oct 23	$0.83	$1.67	66%	0.50	$224.17	$248.33
212/215	250/252	Oct 23	$0.31	$2.19	86%	0.14	$214.69	$250.31
222/225	252/255	Oct 16	$0.50	$2.00	78%	0.25	$224.50	$253.00
212/215	248/250	Oct 23	$0.38	$2.12	82%	0.18	$214.62	$247.88
228/230	252/255	Oct 16	$0.91	$1.59	60%	0.57	$229.09	$253.41
222/225	240/242	Oct 23	$1.15	$1.35	50%	0.85	$223.85	$241.15
220/222	250/252	Oct 23	$0.47	$2.03	77%	0.23	$222.03	$250.47
222/225	242/245	Oct 23	$0.97	$1.53	57%	0.63	$224.03	$243.47

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 112 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$0.34	$4.66	24%	13.71
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Nov 13	$0.21	$4.79	17%	22.81
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$0.31	$4.69	18%	15.13
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.70	$4.30	29%	6.14
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$0.47	$4.53	21%	9.64

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.12	$4.88	19%	40.67
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.47	$4.53	25%	9.64
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Nov 13	$0.13	$4.87	13%	37.46
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Nov 13	$0.40	$4.60	22%	11.50
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$0.41	$4.59	22%	11.20

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 137 found (best net $-3.03, 122 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.03	$6.97
$210.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$6.05	$3.95
$235.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.75	$4.25
$230.00	$232.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.49	$2.01
$212.50	$220.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$6.66	$0.84

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.02	$6.98
$267.50	$255.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$9.60	$2.90
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.36	$4.64
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.23	$3.77
$235.00	$232.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.55	$1.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 37 found (best yield 2.77%, avg 0.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$235.00	Nov 13	$6.45	0.47	0.8%	2.77%	3.61%	1	8
$240.00	Nov 13	$4.25	0.37	3.0%	1.82%	4.81%	60	6
$235.00	Nov 6	$5.65	0.47	0.8%	2.42%	3.27%	19	84
$245.00	Nov 13	$3.00	0.28	5.1%	1.29%	6.42%	1	2
$240.00	Nov 6	$3.70	0.35	3.0%	1.59%	4.57%	346	90
$245.00	Nov 6	$2.42	0.26	5.1%	1.04%	6.17%	54	108
$235.00	Oct 30	$4.35	0.45	0.8%	1.87%	2.71%	236	374
$250.00	Nov 13	$1.84	0.20	7.3%	0.79%	8.07%	5	19
$240.00	Oct 30	$2.55	0.31	3.0%	1.09%	4.08%	322	732
$255.00	Nov 13	$1.23	0.15	9.4%	0.53%	9.95%	7	--

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 29,733

Total Puts 9,048

Put/Call Ratio 0.30

Net Difference 20,685

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 33,363

Total Puts 11,737

Put/Call Ratio 0.35

Net Difference 21,626

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 210,066

Total Puts 108,328

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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