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MCDONALDS CORP

$236.90 +2.61%

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as of 10/08 06:30 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/08) 86,077

Calls: 59,083 (69%)

Puts: 26,994 (31%)

Prior (10/07) 23,716

Calls: 16,934 (71%)

Puts: 6,782 (29%)

Current vs Prior +262.95%

Calls: +248.90% (Calls)

Puts: +298.02% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 279,356

Calls: 192,311 (69%)

Puts: 87,045 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,908

Calls: 27,473 (69%)

Puts: 12,435 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +115.69%

Calls: +115.06%

Puts: +117.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/08) $107.73M

Calls: $20.98M (19%)

Puts: $86.75M (81%)

Prior (10/07) $14.13M

Calls: $6.79M (48%)

Puts: $7.34M (52%)

Current vs Prior +662.34%

Calls: +208.70%

Puts: +1082.48%

Prior 7-Day Total $210.11M

Calls: $79.65M (38%)

Puts: $130.46M (62%)

Prior 7-Day Average $30.02M

Calls: $11.38M (38%)

Puts: $18.64M (62%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +258.91%

Calls: +84.34%

Puts: +365.49%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/08) 0.46

Prior (10/07) 0.40

Current vs Prior +14.08%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.45

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/08) 360,233

Calls: 247,405 (69%)

Puts: 112,828 (31%)

Prior (10/07) 332,965

Calls: 234,638 (70%)

Puts: 98,327 (30%)

Current vs Prior +8.19%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,398,921

Calls: 1,667,542 (70%)

Puts: 731,379 (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average 342,703

Calls: 238,220 (70%)

Puts: 104,482 (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.12%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.70% | 3.09%3.09% | 7.63%

Prior 1.99% | 3.15%3.15% | 7.78%

Current vs Prior -14.83% | -2.00%-2.00% | -1.89%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.25% | 3.36%3.74% | 8.00%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.59% | -8.06%-17.49% | -4.55%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.99% | 3.15%3.15% | 7.78%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.83% | -2.00%-2.00% | -1.89%

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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Strong bearish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in puts ($86.75M) vs calls ($20.98M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 662% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (259% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 263% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

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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 52 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Nov 20	3.35	3.55	$3.45	5.8%	1.6K	0.28	5.4K
$210.00	Nov 20	27.90	29.70	$28.80	6.3%	3	0.92	42
$205.00	Nov 20	32.30	34.40	$33.35	6.3%	2	0.94	37
$220.00	Nov 20	19.20	20.50	$19.85	6.5%	26	0.83	139
$225.00	Nov 20	15.50	16.55	$16.02	6.6%	49	0.75	125

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Oct 9	37.90	38.90	$38.40	2.6%	4	0.96	--
$275.00	Oct 16	37.75	38.80	$38.28	2.7%	2	1.00	--
$280.00	Oct 9	42.75	44.15	$43.45	3.2%	6	1.00	--
$267.50	Oct 9	30.40	31.50	$30.95	3.6%	2	0.95	--
$272.50	Oct 9	35.25	36.60	$35.92	3.8%	10	0.98	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Oct 16	0.60	0.66	$0.63	9.5%	787	0.16	2.3K
$270.00	Nov 20	0.69	0.79	$0.74	13.5%	259	0.08	1.7K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Oct 9	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	398	0.28	428

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 94 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Oct 9	25.75	28.60	$27.18	10.5%	10	1.00	--
$215.00	Oct 9	20.45	22.95	$21.70	11.5%	8	1.00	--
$222.50	Oct 9	13.75	15.35	$14.55	11.0%	2	1.00	4
$227.50	Oct 9	8.65	9.95	$9.30	14.0%	8	1.00	627
$230.00	Oct 9	6.05	7.75	$6.90	24.6%	220	1.00	418

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Oct 9	42.75	44.15	$43.45	3.2%	6	1.00	--
$270.00	Oct 9	32.80	34.15	$33.47	4.0%	4	1.00	--
$265.00	Oct 16	27.15	29.30	$28.23	7.6%	50	1.00	--
$280.00	Oct 16	42.15	44.25	$43.20	4.9%	44	1.00	--
$275.00	Oct 16	37.75	38.80	$38.28	2.7%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 231 active (total vol 60.9K, top 14.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Oct 9	0.08	0.12	$0.10	40.0%	14.1K	0.06	818
$237.50	Oct 9	0.78	1.14	$0.96	37.5%	2.8K	0.42	1.4K
$240.00	Oct 9	0.28	0.37	$0.33	27.3%	2.6K	0.18	1.3K
$235.00	Nov 20	8.85	9.55	$9.20	7.6%	2.2K	0.56	1.6K
$235.00	Oct 9	2.16	2.78	$2.47	25.1%	2.1K	0.72	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Nov 20	6.00	6.50	$6.25	8.0%	2.0K	0.44	3.3K
$270.00	Oct 16	32.20	33.80	$33.00	4.8%	928	1.00	98
$237.50	Oct 9	1.24	1.85	$1.55	39.4%	839	0.57	833
$235.00	Oct 16	1.79	2.11	$1.95	16.4%	748	0.39	2.8K
$260.00	Oct 16	22.30	24.30	$23.30	8.6%	717	0.99	--

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 16.2%, max 22.5%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$235.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.1%	22.1%	22.5%	4.3K	2.9K
$237.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	26.1%	22.6%	15.5%	3.0K	1.4K
$240.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	28.2%	25.5%	10.6%	3.1K	3.1K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$235.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	27.1%	22.1%	22.5%	2.4K	3.7K
$237.50	Oct 9	Oct 23	26.1%	22.6%	15.5%	852	836
$240.00	Oct 9	Nov 20	28.2%	25.5%	10.6%	119	1.8K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 107 found (best R:R 0.64, avg 9.24)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	73%	0.60	$233.12
$260.00	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	10%	20.74	$260.23
$232.50	$235.00	Oct 23	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	68%	0.72	$233.95
$235.00	$240.00	Nov 20	$2.38	$2.62	$2.38	56%	1.10	$237.38
$240.00	$245.00	Nov 13	$1.80	$3.20	$1.80	45%	1.78	$241.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	72%	0.64	$241.95
$245.00	$240.00	Nov 20	$2.87	$2.13	$2.87	64%	0.74	$242.13
$250.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$6.62	$3.38	$6.62	74%	0.51	$243.38
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	16%	8.26	$227.23
$235.00	$232.50	Oct 16	$0.74	$1.76	$0.74	39%	2.38	$234.26

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 82 found (best R:R 0.15, avg 0.22)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 23	$1.23	$1.23	$1.27	51%	0.97	$238.73
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$0.69	$0.69	$4.31	82%	0.16	$250.69
$245.00	$247.50	Oct 16	$0.35	$0.35	$2.15	84%	0.16	$245.35
$252.50	$255.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$0.10	$2.40	97%	0.04	$252.60
$255.00	$260.00	Nov 6	$0.64	$0.64	$4.36	84%	0.15	$255.64

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$217.50	$215.00	Oct 9	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	94%	0.15	$217.18
$220.00	$210.00	Nov 13	$0.95	$0.95	$9.05	85%	0.10	$219.05
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 6	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	68%	0.40	$228.57
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 13	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	77%	0.26	$223.97
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 20	$1.11	$1.11	$3.89	75%	0.29	$223.89

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.75, cheapest $1.68)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$237.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.83	26.1%	22.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$237.50	Oct 9	Oct 16	$1.68	26.1%	22.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 68 found (cheapest 1.06% of stock, avg 5.73%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$237.50	Oct 9	$0.96	$1.55	$2.51	$234.99	$240.01	1.06%
$235.00	Oct 9	$2.47	$0.55	$3.02	$231.98	$238.02	1.27%
$240.00	Oct 9	$0.33	$3.65	$3.98	$236.02	$243.98	1.68%
$232.50	Oct 9	$4.50	$0.13	$4.63	$227.87	$237.13	1.95%
$242.50	Oct 9	$0.10	$5.68	$5.78	$236.72	$248.28	2.44%
$237.50	Oct 16	$2.79	$3.23	$6.02	$231.48	$243.52	2.54%
$235.00	Oct 16	$4.08	$1.95	$6.03	$228.97	$241.03	2.55%
$240.00	Oct 16	$1.83	$4.90	$6.73	$233.27	$246.73	2.84%
$230.00	Oct 9	$6.90	$0.03	$6.93	$223.07	$236.93	2.93%
$232.50	Oct 16	$5.78	$1.21	$6.99	$225.51	$239.49	2.95%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 154 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 1.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$242.50	$232.50	Oct 9	$0.10	$0.13	$0.23	$232.27	$242.73
$242.50	$217.50	Oct 9	$0.10	$0.33	$0.43	$217.07	$242.93
$247.50	$225.00	Oct 16	$0.28	$0.17	$0.45	$224.55	$247.95
$240.00	$232.50	Oct 9	$0.33	$0.13	$0.46	$232.04	$240.46
$247.50	$227.50	Oct 16	$0.28	$0.36	$0.64	$226.86	$248.14
$240.00	$217.50	Oct 9	$0.33	$0.33	$0.66	$216.84	$240.66
$242.50	$235.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$234.35	$243.15
$260.00	$220.00	Oct 30	$0.29	$0.51	$0.80	$219.20	$260.80
$245.00	$225.00	Oct 16	$0.63	$0.17	$0.80	$224.20	$245.80
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 9	$0.33	$0.55	$0.88	$234.12	$240.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 158 found (best R:R 0.20, avg credit $1.01)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
215/218	252/255	Oct 9	$0.42	$2.08	91%	0.20	$217.08	$252.92
222/225	252/255	Oct 9	$0.21	$2.29	92%	0.09	$224.79	$252.71
222/225	250/252	Oct 23	$0.57	$1.93	76%	0.30	$224.43	$250.57
215/218	240/242	Oct 9	$0.55	$1.95	76%	0.28	$216.95	$240.55
218/220	250/252	Oct 23	$0.38	$2.12	82%	0.18	$219.62	$250.38
222/225	245/248	Oct 16	$0.45	$2.05	79%	0.22	$224.55	$245.45
210/215	270/275	Oct 30	$0.24	$4.76	94%	0.05	$214.76	$270.24
222/225	248/250	Oct 23	$0.63	$1.87	71%	0.34	$224.37	$248.13
230/232	252/255	Oct 9	$0.20	$2.30	88%	0.09	$232.30	$252.70
225/228	245/248	Oct 16	$0.54	$1.96	74%	0.28	$226.96	$245.54

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 136 found (best R:R 24.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 20	$0.16	$4.84	17%	30.25
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$4.77	18%	20.74
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$0.52	$1.98	49%	3.81
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Nov 20	$0.25	$4.75	16%	19.00
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.70	$4.30	29%	6.14

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$4.80	29%	24.00
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 20	$0.24	$4.76	19%	19.83
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 16	$0.11	$2.39	23%	21.73
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Nov 20	$0.26	$4.74	17%	18.23
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$0.58	$1.92	49%	3.31

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 152 found (best net $-2.01, 121 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$232.50	$235.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.44	$2.06
$240.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.58	$4.42
$235.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.53	$3.47
$245.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.39	$4.61
$230.00	$232.50	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.10	$0.40

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.01	$7.99
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.98	$4.02
$245.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$2.23	$2.77
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.27	$4.73
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.05	$4.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 2.79%, avg 0.74%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Nov 20	$6.60	0.46	1.3%	2.79%	4.09%	486	1.8K
$245.00	Nov 20	$4.65	0.36	3.4%	1.96%	5.38%	171	1.3K
$240.00	Nov 13	$5.90	0.45	1.3%	2.49%	3.80%	1.5K	61
$250.00	Nov 20	$3.35	0.28	5.5%	1.41%	6.94%	1.6K	5.4K
$245.00	Nov 13	$4.00	0.35	3.4%	1.69%	5.11%	17	9
$240.00	Nov 6	$5.15	0.44	1.3%	2.17%	3.48%	76	302
$245.00	Nov 6	$3.45	0.33	3.4%	1.46%	4.88%	99	437
$250.00	Nov 13	$2.71	0.26	5.5%	1.14%	6.67%	155	102
$255.00	Nov 20	$2.21	0.21	7.6%	0.93%	8.57%	409	1.5K
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.20	0.24	5.5%	0.93%	6.46%	338	363

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 59,083

Total Puts 26,994

Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Net Difference 32,089

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,934

Total Puts 6,782

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 10,152

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 192,311

Total Puts 87,045

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.45

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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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