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MCDONALDS CORP

$230.88 -0.68%

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as of 10/07 06:32 PM

(10/6 18:34) ◀

Wednesday, October 7, 2026 (6:32pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07) 23,716

Calls: 16,934 (71%)

Puts: 6,782 (29%)

Prior (10/06) 34,888

Calls: 23,107 (66%)

Puts: 11,781 (34%)

Current vs Prior -32.02%

Calls: -26.71% (Calls)

Puts: -42.43% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 255,640

Calls: 175,377 (69%)

Puts: 80,263 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 42,606

Calls: 25,053 (69%)

Puts: 11,466 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.34%

Calls: -32.41%

Puts: -40.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/07) $14.13M

Calls: $6.79M (48%)

Puts: $7.34M (52%)

Prior (10/06) $32.24M

Calls: $11.53M (36%)

Puts: $20.71M (64%)

Current vs Prior -56.16%

Calls: -41.05%

Puts: -64.58%

Prior 7-Day Total $195.98M

Calls: $72.85M (37%)

Puts: $123.12M (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average $32.66M

Calls: $10.41M (37%)

Puts: $17.59M (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.74%

Calls: -34.71%

Puts: -58.29%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07) 0.40

Prior (10/06) 0.51

Current vs Prior -21.45%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.54

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/07) 332,965

Calls: 234,638 (70%)

Puts: 98,327 (30%)

Prior (10/06) 348,640

Calls: 244,705 (70%)

Puts: 103,935 (30%)

Current vs Prior -4.50%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,387,557

Calls: 1,650,471 (69%)

Puts: 737,086 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 341,079

Calls: 235,781 (69%)

Puts: 105,298 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -2.38%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.99% | 3.15%3.15% | 7.78%

Prior 2.40% | 3.40%3.40% | 7.74%

Current vs Prior -17.00% | -7.35%-7.35% | +0.57%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.34% | 3.44%3.90% | 8.06%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -14.76% | -8.47%-19.33% | -3.51%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.40% | 3.40%3.40% | 7.74%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -17.00% | -7.35%-7.35% | +0.57%

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%

Liquidity Expensive

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 56% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.40 - heavy call buying (16,934 calls vs 6,782 puts). P/C ratio dropping 21% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (234,638 calls vs 98,327 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 68 of results (avg 6.4%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$232.50	Oct 16	2.38	2.45	$2.42	2.9%	266	0.43	316
$210.00	Oct 16	20.95	21.75	$21.35	3.7%	1	0.98	--
$185.00	Nov 20	46.45	48.25	$47.35	3.8%	4	0.99	55
$235.00	Nov 20	6.20	6.45	$6.33	3.9%	177	0.44	1.5K
$230.00	Nov 20	8.55	8.90	$8.73	4.0%	68	0.54	253

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Nov 20	28.95	29.40	$29.17	1.5%	84	0.89	1.1K
$275.00	Oct 16	43.70	44.60	$44.15	2.0%	2	1.00	2
$272.50	Oct 9	41.10	42.05	$41.58	2.3%	2	1.00	--
$270.00	Nov 20	38.65	39.90	$39.28	3.2%	2	0.93	41
$275.00	Oct 9	43.65	45.10	$44.38	3.3%	2	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.58, cheapest $0.52)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Oct 16	0.48	0.55	$0.52	13.5%	423	0.13	1.9K
$237.50	Oct 16	0.84	1.02	$0.93	19.4%	335	0.21	1.4K
$250.00	Oct 30	0.54	0.57	$0.55	5.5%	206	0.09	1.5K
$275.00	Nov 20	0.33	0.36	$0.35	8.6%	218	0.04	5.1K
$270.00	Nov 20	0.42	0.50	$0.46	17.4%	24	0.05	1.7K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

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
$185.00	Nov 20	46.45	48.25	$47.35	3.8%	4	0.99	55
$220.00	Oct 9	10.65	12.20	$11.43	13.6%	1	0.99	53
$210.00	Oct 16	20.95	21.75	$21.35	3.7%	1	0.98	--
$200.00	Nov 6	31.25	33.70	$32.48	7.5%	1	0.97	3
$190.00	Oct 9	40.35	42.10	$41.23	4.2%	1	0.97	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Oct 9	8.75	9.60	$9.18	9.3%	64	1.00	920
$242.50	Oct 9	10.70	12.20	$11.45	13.1%	2	1.00	--
$272.50	Oct 9	41.10	42.05	$41.58	2.3%	2	1.00	--
$275.00	Oct 9	43.65	45.10	$44.38	3.3%	2	1.00	--
$250.00	Oct 16	18.05	19.75	$18.90	9.0%	11	1.00	904

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 206 active (total vol 15.1K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Oct 9	0.31	0.53	$0.42	52.4%	1.7K	0.18	1.2K
$235.00	Oct 16	1.47	1.60	$1.54	8.4%	1.1K	0.31	1.2K
$237.50	Oct 9	0.10	0.14	$0.12	33.3%	676	0.07	1.1K
$250.00	Nov 20	2.07	2.19	$2.13	5.6%	546	0.20	5.3K
$240.00	Oct 9	0.04	0.06	$0.05	40.0%	524	0.03	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Oct 9	0.10	0.17	$0.14	50.0%	379	0.07	889
$227.50	Oct 9	0.27	0.46	$0.37	51.4%	361	0.17	457
$230.00	Oct 9	0.92	1.20	$1.06	26.4%	332	0.39	918
$225.00	Oct 16	0.70	0.93	$0.82	28.0%	289	0.20	1.1K
$232.50	Oct 9	2.15	2.75	$2.45	24.5%	212	0.65	497

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 6.7%, max 14.9%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$227.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	23.0%	20.0%	14.8%	28	626
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	23.4%	21.7%	7.7%	437	529
$230.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	22.8%	22.2%	2.9%	259	631
$235.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	25.6%	25.2%	1.3%	1.9K	2.7K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$227.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	23.0%	20.0%	14.9%	372	536
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	23.4%	21.7%	7.7%	229	497
$230.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	22.8%	22.2%	2.9%	506	2.7K
$235.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	25.6%	25.2%	1.3%	171	3.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 99 found (best R:R 1.27, avg 9.44)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$235.00	Nov 13	$2.20	$2.80	$2.20	54%	1.27	$232.20
$225.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$3.03	$1.97	$3.03	71%	0.65	$228.03
$225.00	$230.00	Nov 20	$2.85	$2.15	$2.85	65%	0.75	$227.85
$265.00	$275.00	Nov 13	$0.19	$9.81	$0.19	6%	51.63	$265.19
$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$0.68	$4.32	$0.68	22%	6.35	$245.68

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$2.63	$2.37	$2.63	61%	0.90	$232.37
$205.00	$200.00	Nov 6	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	4%	49.00	$204.90
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$3.22	$1.78	$3.22	69%	0.55	$236.78
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 13	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	57%	0.96	$232.45
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 23	$0.71	$1.79	$0.71	35%	2.52	$226.79

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 78 found (best R:R 0.85, avg 0.23)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$242.50	Oct 23	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	79%	0.26	$240.52
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$0.30	$0.30	$2.20	82%	0.14	$235.30
$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.93	$0.93	$4.07	74%	0.23	$240.93
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$0.41	$0.41	$2.09	79%	0.20	$237.91
$235.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	57%	0.61	$236.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 13	$2.30	$2.30	$2.70	54%	0.85	$227.70
$190.00	$185.00	Oct 9	$0.26	$0.26	$4.74	97%	0.05	$189.74
$215.00	$210.00	Nov 20	$0.81	$0.81	$4.19	82%	0.19	$214.19
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$1.96	$1.96	$3.04	54%	0.64	$228.04
$220.00	$215.00	Oct 30	$0.63	$0.63	$4.37	83%	0.14	$219.37

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.36, cheapest $1.29)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$230.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.40	22.8%	19.6%
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.47	23.4%	21.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$230.00	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.29	22.8%	19.6%
$232.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.27	23.4%	21.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 58 found (cheapest 1.39% of stock, avg 5.62%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$230.00	Oct 9	$2.15	$1.06	$3.21	$226.79	$233.21	1.39%
$232.50	Oct 9	$0.95	$2.45	$3.40	$229.10	$235.90	1.47%
$227.50	Oct 9	$4.15	$0.37	$4.52	$222.98	$232.02	1.96%
$235.00	Oct 9	$0.42	$4.47	$4.89	$230.11	$239.89	2.12%
$230.00	Oct 16	$3.55	$2.35	$5.90	$224.10	$235.90	2.56%
$232.50	Oct 16	$2.42	$3.72	$6.14	$226.36	$238.64	2.66%
$225.00	Oct 9	$6.25	$0.14	$6.39	$218.61	$231.39	2.77%
$237.50	Oct 9	$0.12	$6.60	$6.72	$230.78	$244.22	2.91%
$227.50	Oct 16	$5.48	$1.45	$6.93	$220.57	$234.43	3.00%
$235.00	Oct 16	$1.54	$5.40	$6.94	$228.06	$241.94	3.01%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 154 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 1.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$237.50	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.14	$0.26	$224.74	$237.76
$237.50	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.12	$0.37	$0.49	$227.01	$237.99
$242.50	$220.00	Oct 16	$0.33	$0.23	$0.56	$219.44	$243.06
$235.00	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.42	$0.14	$0.56	$224.44	$235.56
$235.00	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.42	$0.37	$0.79	$226.71	$235.79
$240.00	$220.00	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.23	$0.75	$219.25	$240.75
$242.50	$222.50	Oct 16	$0.33	$0.45	$0.78	$221.72	$243.28
$255.00	$215.00	Oct 30	$0.37	$0.46	$0.83	$214.17	$255.83
$240.00	$222.50	Oct 16	$0.52	$0.45	$0.97	$221.53	$240.97
$250.00	$215.00	Oct 30	$0.55	$0.46	$1.01	$213.99	$251.01

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 150 found (best R:R 0.39, avg credit $1.06)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
215/218	240/242	Oct 23	$0.70	$1.80	70%	0.39	$216.80	$240.70
218/220	242/245	Oct 16	$0.31	$2.19	84%	0.14	$219.69	$242.81
220/222	240/242	Oct 23	$0.92	$1.58	60%	0.58	$221.58	$240.92
222/225	240/242	Oct 23	$1.09	$1.41	52%	0.77	$223.91	$241.09
218/220	240/242	Oct 23	$0.74	$1.76	66%	0.42	$219.26	$240.74
185/190	270/275	Nov 20	$0.22	$4.78	93%	0.05	$189.78	$270.22
218/220	238/240	Oct 16	$0.56	$1.94	72%	0.29	$219.44	$238.06
185/190	265/270	Nov 20	$0.32	$4.68	91%	0.07	$189.68	$265.32
220/222	242/245	Oct 16	$0.38	$2.12	79%	0.18	$222.12	$242.88
215/218	242/245	Oct 23	$0.42	$2.08	77%	0.20	$217.08	$242.92

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 117 found (best R:R 5.41, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$210.00	$220.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$1.56	$8.44	38%	5.41
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$0.36	$4.64	32%	12.89
$225.00	$227.50	$230.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$2.40	32%	24.00
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$0.30	$4.70	20%	15.67
$225.00	$227.50	$230.00	Oct 16	$0.09	$2.41	24%	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Nov 13	$0.25	$4.75	22%	19.00
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	15%	70.43
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$0.11	$2.39	31%	21.73
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$0.14	$4.86	16%	34.71
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$0.67	$4.33	32%	6.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 150 found (best net $-1.73, 123 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.73	$8.27
$210.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$2.15	$7.85
$210.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$2.74	$7.26
$220.00	$230.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.61	$9.39
$220.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.07	$3.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.23	$4.77
$235.00	$232.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.43	$2.07
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.52	$3.48
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$9.20	$0.80
$225.00	$220.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.61	$4.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 41 found (best yield 2.69%, avg 0.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$235.00	Nov 20	$6.20	0.44	1.8%	2.69%	4.47%	177	1.5K
$240.00	Nov 20	$4.40	0.35	4.0%	1.91%	5.86%	101	1.8K
$235.00	Nov 13	$5.40	0.43	1.8%	2.34%	4.12%	15	11
$245.00	Nov 20	$3.05	0.27	6.1%	1.32%	7.44%	159	1.3K
$240.00	Nov 13	$3.65	0.33	4.0%	1.58%	5.53%	1	60
$235.00	Nov 6	$4.75	0.42	1.8%	2.06%	3.84%	41	140
$250.00	Nov 20	$2.07	0.20	8.3%	0.90%	9.18%	546	5.3K
$245.00	Nov 13	$2.36	0.25	6.1%	1.02%	7.14%	2	--
$240.00	Nov 6	$2.95	0.31	4.0%	1.28%	5.23%	9	295
$255.00	Nov 20	$1.40	0.15	10.4%	0.61%	11.05%	50	1.5K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,934

Total Puts 6,782

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 10,152

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,107

Total Puts 11,781

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 11,326

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 175,377

Total Puts 80,263

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.54

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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