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MCDONALDS CORP

$232.45 -0.25%

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as of 10/06 06:34 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/06) 34,888

Calls: 23,107 (66%)

Puts: 11,781 (34%)

Prior (10/05) 38,781

Calls: 29,733 (77%)

Puts: 9,048 (23%)

Current vs Prior -10.04%

Calls: -22.29% (Calls)

Puts: +30.21% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 275,643

Calls: 189,940 (69%)

Puts: 85,703 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 45,940

Calls: 27,134 (69%)

Puts: 12,243 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.06%

Calls: -14.84%

Puts: -3.78%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/06) $32.24M

Calls: $11.53M (36%)

Puts: $20.71M (64%)

Prior (10/05) $26.01M

Calls: $15.69M (60%)

Puts: $10.31M (40%)

Current vs Prior +23.95%

Calls: -26.56%

Puts: +100.81%

Prior 7-Day Total $188.26M

Calls: $71.99M (38%)

Puts: $116.27M (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average $31.38M

Calls: $10.28M (38%)

Puts: $16.61M (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.74%

Calls: +12.07%

Puts: +24.69%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/06) 0.51

Prior (10/05) 0.30

Current vs Prior +67.54%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.53

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -3.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/06) 348,640

Calls: 244,705 (70%)

Puts: 103,935 (30%)

Prior (10/05) 346,721

Calls: 235,911 (68%)

Puts: 110,810 (32%)

Current vs Prior +0.55%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,382,413

Calls: 1,639,936 (69%)

Puts: 742,477 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 340,344

Calls: 234,276 (69%)

Puts: 106,068 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.40% | 3.40%3.40% | 7.74%

Prior 2.60% | 3.46%3.46% | 7.86%

Current vs Prior -7.53% | -1.74%-1.73% | -1.55%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.40% | 3.50%4.05% | 8.13%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.18% | -3.02%-16.16% | -4.82%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.60% | 3.46%3.46% | 7.86%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -7.53% | -1.74%-1.73% | -1.55%

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 bearish flow with 64% put dollar volume ($20.71M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.51. P/C ratio rising 68% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (244,705 calls vs 103,935 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

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Current BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 56 of results (avg 7.1%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$190.00	Oct 9	41.95	44.00	$42.98	4.8%	10	0.98	26
$235.00	Oct 30	4.05	4.25	$4.15	4.8%	233	0.44	494
$210.00	Nov 20	24.50	25.75	$25.13	5.0%	2	0.90	42
$195.00	Oct 9	36.95	39.00	$37.98	5.4%	10	0.97	25
$230.00	Oct 30	6.50	6.90	$6.70	6.0%	61	0.60	103

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 9	27.00	27.80	$27.40	2.9%	2	1.00	--
$275.00	Oct 9	41.85	43.20	$42.53	3.2%	4	1.00	--
$272.50	Oct 9	39.05	40.35	$39.70	3.3%	4	1.00	--
$245.00	Oct 16	12.40	12.85	$12.63	3.6%	91	0.95	2.4K
$242.50	Oct 16	10.15	10.55	$10.35	3.9%	51	0.90	223

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 7 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.19)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Oct 9	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	1.1K	0.08	1.2K
$250.00	Oct 16	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	466	0.04	4.8K
$240.00	Oct 16	0.88	1.03	$0.96	15.6%	457	0.21	1.8K
$275.00	Nov 20	0.38	0.45	$0.42	16.7%	92	0.05	5.1K
$270.00	Nov 20	0.51	0.61	$0.56	17.9%	129	0.06	1.7K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Nov 20	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	33	0.10	552

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 89 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Oct 9	12.20	13.85	$13.02	12.7%	4	0.99	55
$190.00	Oct 9	41.95	44.00	$42.98	4.8%	10	0.98	26
$222.50	Oct 9	9.30	11.50	$10.40	21.2%	4	0.98	7
$200.00	Nov 13	32.80	35.05	$33.92	6.6%	3	0.98	3
$200.00	Oct 30	32.35	35.10	$33.73	8.2%	5	0.97	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Oct 9	9.60	10.70	$10.15	10.8%	1	1.00	--
$245.00	Oct 9	11.20	13.20	$12.20	16.4%	5	1.00	8
$247.50	Oct 9	14.30	15.80	$15.05	10.0%	2	1.00	--
$250.00	Oct 9	16.95	18.15	$17.55	6.8%	2	1.00	--
$252.50	Oct 9	19.55	20.65	$20.10	5.5%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 220 active (total vol 23.5K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Oct 9	0.95	1.10	$1.02	14.7%	1.2K	0.33	1.3K
$240.00	Oct 9	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	1.1K	0.08	1.2K
$237.50	Oct 9	0.42	0.58	$0.50	32.0%	903	0.18	1.2K
$235.00	Oct 16	2.09	2.40	$2.25	13.8%	644	0.41	1.1K
$227.50	Oct 9	4.85	6.60	$5.73	30.5%	619	0.88	641

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$237.50	Oct 9	4.60	5.95	$5.28	25.6%	773	0.85	168
$240.00	Oct 9	6.50	8.25	$7.38	23.7%	717	0.97	234
$225.00	Nov 6	2.69	3.15	$2.92	15.8%	464	0.29	159
$225.00	Oct 30	1.63	2.00	$1.82	20.3%	447	0.25	643
$220.00	Nov 20	2.31	2.59	$2.45	11.4%	369	0.22	2.0K

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 9.0%, max 12.1%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	22.2%	19.8%	12.1%	353	521
$237.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	24.3%	21.9%	10.9%	995	1.2K
$230.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	22.8%	21.9%	4.0%	267	600

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	22.2%	19.8%	12.1%	247	486
$237.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	24.3%	21.9%	10.9%	774	168
$230.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	22.8%	21.9%	4.0%	495	2.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 102 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 8.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$225.00	$230.00	Nov 13	$2.96	$2.04	$2.96	70%	0.69	$227.96
$230.00	$235.00	Nov 20	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	58%	1.02	$232.47
$250.00	$255.00	Nov 20	$0.68	$4.32	$0.68	22%	6.35	$250.68
$245.00	$247.50	Oct 23	$0.14	$2.36	$0.14	15%	16.86	$245.14
$232.50	$235.00	Oct 23	$1.04	$1.46	$1.04	52%	1.40	$233.54

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$210.00	$200.00	Nov 6	$0.25	$9.75	$0.25	7%	39.00	$209.75
$237.50	$235.00	Oct 23	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	66%	0.67	$236.00
$235.00	$232.50	Oct 16	$1.33	$1.17	$1.33	60%	0.88	$233.67
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	56%	1.11	$232.63
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	12%	15.67	$227.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 79 found (best R:R 0.23, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.28	$0.28	$4.72	93%	0.06	$255.28
$232.50	$235.00	Oct 16	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	47%	1.08	$233.80
$247.50	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	88%	0.15	$247.82
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.82	$0.82	$1.68	65%	0.49	$238.32
$257.50	$265.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$0.11	$7.39	97%	0.01	$257.61

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$220.00	$215.00	Nov 13	$0.95	$0.95	$4.05	79%	0.23	$219.05
$210.00	$200.00	Nov 13	$0.50	$0.50	$9.50	92%	0.05	$209.50
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 6	$1.88	$1.88	$3.12	59%	0.60	$228.12
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 6	$1.25	$1.25	$3.75	71%	0.33	$223.75
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 30	$0.96	$0.96	$4.04	75%	0.24	$224.04

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.19, cheapest $0.91)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$235.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.23	23.0%	20.6%
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.45	22.2%	20.0%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$235.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$0.91	23.0%	20.6%
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.17	22.2%	20.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 66 found (cheapest 1.63% of stock, avg 5.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$232.50	Oct 9	$2.10	$1.70	$3.80	$228.70	$236.30	1.63%
$235.00	Oct 9	$1.02	$3.29	$4.31	$230.69	$239.31	1.85%
$230.00	Oct 9	$3.88	$0.80	$4.68	$225.32	$234.68	2.01%
$237.50	Oct 9	$0.50	$5.28	$5.78	$231.72	$243.28	2.49%
$227.50	Oct 9	$5.73	$0.28	$6.01	$221.49	$233.51	2.59%
$232.50	Oct 16	$3.55	$2.87	$6.42	$226.08	$238.92	2.76%
$235.00	Oct 16	$2.25	$4.20	$6.45	$228.55	$241.45	2.77%
$230.00	Oct 16	$5.03	$1.83	$6.86	$223.14	$236.86	2.95%
$240.00	Oct 9	$0.19	$7.38	$7.57	$232.43	$247.57	3.26%
$237.50	Oct 16	$1.48	$6.23	$7.71	$229.79	$245.21	3.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 1.90%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$240.00	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.19	$0.13	$0.32	$224.68	$240.32
$240.00	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.19	$0.28	$0.47	$227.03	$240.47
$240.00	$210.00	Oct 9	$0.19	$0.33	$0.52	$209.48	$240.52
$237.50	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.50	$0.13	$0.63	$224.37	$238.13
$245.00	$222.50	Oct 16	$0.35	$0.37	$0.72	$221.78	$245.72
$255.00	$215.00	Oct 30	$0.42	$0.38	$0.80	$214.20	$255.80
$237.50	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.50	$0.28	$0.78	$226.72	$238.28
$242.50	$222.50	Oct 16	$0.53	$0.37	$0.90	$221.60	$243.40
$237.50	$210.00	Oct 9	$0.50	$0.33	$0.83	$209.17	$238.33
$245.00	$225.00	Oct 16	$0.35	$0.68	$1.03	$223.97	$246.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 139 found (best R:R 0.35, avg credit $1.01)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
220/222	248/250	Oct 23	$0.65	$1.85	73%	0.35	$221.85	$248.15
218/220	248/250	Oct 23	$0.52	$1.98	78%	0.26	$219.48	$248.02
225/228	248/250	Oct 23	$0.95	$1.55	59%	0.61	$226.55	$248.45
222/225	248/250	Oct 23	$0.74	$1.76	67%	0.42	$224.26	$248.24
220/222	238/240	Oct 23	$1.15	$1.35	50%	0.85	$221.35	$238.65
218/220	245/248	Oct 16	$0.27	$2.23	85%	0.12	$219.73	$245.27
218/220	238/240	Oct 23	$1.02	$1.48	55%	0.69	$218.98	$238.52
218/220	240/242	Oct 16	$0.55	$1.95	74%	0.28	$219.45	$240.55
220/222	242/245	Oct 23	$0.78	$1.72	64%	0.45	$221.72	$243.28
218/220	242/245	Oct 23	$0.65	$1.85	70%	0.35	$219.35	$243.15

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 124 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$227.50	$230.00	$232.50	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	35%	34.71
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 20	$0.25	$4.75	20%	19.00
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Nov 13	$0.34	$4.66	22%	13.71
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Nov 20	$0.34	$4.66	20%	13.71
$230.00	$232.50	$235.00	Oct 16	$0.18	$2.32	25%	12.89

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$4.82	25%	26.78
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.11	$2.39	29%	21.73
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 6	$0.42	$4.58	21%	10.90
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$0.40	$2.10	37%	5.25
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$0.60	$4.40	26%	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 151 found (best net $-7.87, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.11	$6.89
$210.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$5.16	$4.84
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$4.01	$5.99
$225.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$2.38	$2.62
$230.00	$232.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.32	$2.18

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$7.87	$7.13
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$3.52	$6.48
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.01	$3.99
$235.00	$232.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.11	$2.39
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.26	$4.74

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 47 found (best yield 2.97%, avg 0.81%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$235.00	Nov 20	$6.90	0.48	1.1%	2.97%	4.07%	228	1.5K
$240.00	Nov 20	$5.00	0.39	3.2%	2.15%	5.40%	97	1.7K
$235.00	Nov 13	$6.30	0.48	1.1%	2.71%	3.81%	21	--
$240.00	Nov 13	$4.40	0.38	3.2%	1.89%	5.14%	1	--
$245.00	Nov 20	$3.40	0.30	5.4%	1.46%	6.86%	82	1.2K
$235.00	Nov 6	$5.55	0.47	1.1%	2.39%	3.48%	81	92
$240.00	Nov 6	$3.65	0.36	3.2%	1.57%	4.82%	182	201
$245.00	Nov 13	$2.80	0.28	5.4%	1.20%	6.60%	5	3
$250.00	Nov 20	$2.26	0.22	7.5%	0.97%	8.52%	547	5.3K
$245.00	Nov 6	$2.45	0.26	5.4%	1.05%	6.45%	428	136

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,107

Total Puts 11,781

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 11,326

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 29,733

Total Puts 9,048

Put/Call Ratio 0.30

Net Difference 20,685

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 189,940

Total Puts 85,703

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.53

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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