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MCDONALDS CORP

$261.67 +0.62%

(8/27 18:43) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (9:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:35am) 960

Calls: 676 (70%)

Puts: 284 (30%)

Prior (08/04) 3,022

Calls: 2,047 (68%)

Puts: 975 (32%)

Current vs Prior -68.23%

Calls: -66.98% (Calls)

Puts: -70.87% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 256,759

Calls: 155,462 (61%)

Puts: 101,297 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 36,679

Calls: 22,208 (61%)

Puts: 14,471 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.38%

Calls: -96.96%

Puts: -98.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:35am) $382.0K

Calls: $285.3K (75%)

Puts: $96.7K (25%)

Prior (08/04) $1.13M

Calls: $699.1K (62%)

Puts: $430.0K (38%)

Current vs Prior -66.17%

Calls: -59.20%

Puts: -77.51%

Prior 7-Day Total $92.12M

Calls: $53.01M (58%)

Puts: $39.11M (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average $13.16M

Calls: $7.57M (58%)

Puts: $5.59M (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.10%

Calls: -96.23%

Puts: -98.27%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:35am) 0.42

Prior (08/04) 0.48

Current vs Prior -11.80%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.71

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:35am) 316,069

Calls: 188,142 (60%)

Puts: 127,927 (40%)

Prior (08/04) 282,855

Calls: 166,859 (59%)

Puts: 115,996 (41%)

Current vs Prior +11.74%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,758,091

Calls: 1,004,633 (57%)

Puts: 753,458 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 251,155

Calls: 143,519 (57%)

Puts: 107,636 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.34% | 2.72%4.27% | 7.03%

Prior 4.28% | 5.24%5.84% | 8.34%

Current vs Prior -68.65% | -48.04%-26.95% | -15.69%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.84% | 3.96%4.99% | 7.85%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.71% | -31.22%-14.48% | -10.47%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.28% | 5.24%4.33% | 7.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -68.65% | -48.04%-1.32% | -1.68%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 35.40% | 17.13%

Calls: 12.94% | 22.22%

Puts: 57.86% | 12.05%

Prior 7.47% | 12.86%

Calls: 9.09% | 17.27%

Puts: 5.85% | 8.45%

Current vs Prior +373.90% | +33.20%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.82% | 13.58%

Calls: 20.02% | 15.06%

Puts: 29.62% | 12.09%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +42.64% | +26.14%

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Moderately bullish flow with 75% call dollar volume ($285.3K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 66% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 68% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.42 - heavy call buying (676 calls vs 284 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 12 of results (avg 8.2%, best 6.2%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Sep 18	39.70	43.65	$41.68	9.5%	--	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Sep 25	15.55	16.55	$16.05	6.2%	1	0.81	45
$310.00	Sep 18	48.80	52.10	$50.45	6.5%	--	0.98	947
$305.00	Sep 18	44.15	47.15	$45.65	6.6%	--	0.97	404
$300.00	Sep 18	39.40	42.15	$40.78	6.7%	--	0.98	622
$300.00	Sep 4	38.95	42.10	$40.53	7.8%	--	0.99	14

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.08, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Sep 18	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	--	0.01	3.5K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 71 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 4	19.70	22.90	$21.30	15.0%	--	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	10.10	12.45	$11.27	20.9%	--	1.00	27
$220.00	Sep 18	39.70	43.65	$41.68	9.5%	--	1.00	11
$230.00	Sep 18	29.70	33.45	$31.58	11.9%	--	1.00	12
$235.00	Sep 18	24.70	28.50	$26.60	14.3%	--	1.00	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 28	7.45	10.40	$8.93	33.0%	--	1.00	86
$280.00	Aug 28	17.45	19.10	$18.27	9.0%	1	1.00	1
$300.00	Sep 4	38.95	42.10	$40.53	7.8%	--	0.99	14
$285.00	Sep 4	24.00	27.15	$25.58	12.3%	--	0.98	55
$300.00	Sep 18	39.40	42.15	$40.78	6.7%	--	0.98	622

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 66 active (total vol 647, top 112)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	1.09	1.21	$1.15	10.4%	76	0.27	845
$262.50	Aug 28	0.43	0.65	$0.54	40.7%	69	0.40	456
$270.00	Sep 4	0.34	0.50	$0.42	38.1%	55	0.11	361
$260.00	Aug 28	1.88	2.14	$2.01	12.9%	48	0.77	118
$260.00	Sep 4	2.64	3.30	$2.97	22.2%	19	0.56	279

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.32	0.49	$0.41	41.5%	112	0.23	1.9K
$255.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.10	$0.06	150.0%	25	0.04	917
$257.50	Aug 28	0.06	0.19	$0.13	100.0%	25	0.08	634
$265.00	Aug 28	3.20	3.70	$3.45	14.5%	14	0.90	1.4K
$262.50	Sep 4	3.90	4.40	$4.15	12.0%	12	0.62	429

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 4 strikes (avg 78.7%, max 90.8%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	36.2%	19.0%	90.8%	53	126
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.3%	19.4%	66.5%	69	674

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	36.2%	19.0%	90.8%	113	2.0K
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.3%	19.4%	66.5%	5	989

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 97 found (best R:R 0.69, avg 8.08)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$257.50	Sep 18	$1.48	$1.02	$1.48	75%	0.69	$256.48
$262.50	$265.00	Sep 18	$0.66	$1.84	$0.66	42%	2.79	$263.16
$257.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	64%	1.08	$258.70
$285.00	$290.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	9%	40.67	$285.12
$270.00	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.76	$4.24	$0.76	26%	5.58	$270.76

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$265.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$2.63	$2.37	$2.63	63%	0.90	$262.37
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 9	$1.87	$3.13	$1.87	48%	1.67	$258.13
$260.00	$257.50	Sep 18	$0.98	$1.52	$0.98	51%	1.55	$259.02
$260.00	$257.50	Sep 11	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	52%	1.45	$258.98
$265.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$1.48	$1.02	$1.48	66%	0.69	$263.52

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 80 found (best R:R 0.27, avg 0.23)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$297.50	$300.00	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.53	$1.97	94%	0.27	$298.03
$292.50	$295.00	Aug 28	$0.42	$0.42	$2.08	93%	0.20	$292.92
$297.50	$300.00	Sep 4	$0.34	$0.34	$2.16	95%	0.16	$297.84
$282.50	$285.00	Sep 4	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	94%	0.15	$282.82
$287.50	$290.00	Sep 4	$0.30	$0.30	$2.20	94%	0.14	$287.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$230.00	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.52	$4.48	94%	0.12	$234.48
$247.50	$245.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.33	$2.17	91%	0.15	$247.17
$257.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.93	$0.93	$1.57	64%	0.59	$256.57
$255.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$1.58	$1.58	$3.42	64%	0.46	$253.42
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.87	$0.87	$4.13	81%	0.21	$244.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.96, cheapest $1.27)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.27	32.3%	19.7%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.65	32.3%	19.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 55 found (cheapest 0.78% of stock, avg 5.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Aug 28	$0.54	$1.50	$2.04	$260.46	$264.54	0.78%
$260.00	Aug 28	$2.01	$0.41	$2.42	$257.58	$262.42	0.92%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$3.45	$3.62	$261.38	$268.62	1.38%
$257.50	Aug 28	$3.81	$0.13	$3.94	$253.56	$261.44	1.51%
$260.00	Sep 4	$2.97	$2.85	$5.82	$254.18	$265.82	2.22%
$262.50	Sep 4	$1.81	$4.15	$5.96	$256.54	$268.46	2.28%
$255.00	Aug 28	$6.03	$0.06	$6.09	$248.91	$261.09	2.33%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.19	$5.98	$6.17	$261.33	$273.67	2.36%
$257.50	Sep 4	$4.70	$1.85	$6.55	$250.95	$264.05	2.50%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.15	$6.23	$7.38	$257.62	$272.38	2.82%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 1.23%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$265.00	$257.50	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.13	$0.30	$257.20	$265.30
$267.50	$257.50	Aug 28	$0.19	$0.13	$0.32	$257.18	$267.82
$272.50	$257.50	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.13	$0.38	$257.12	$272.88
$265.00	$252.50	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.28	$0.45	$252.05	$265.45
$267.50	$252.50	Aug 28	$0.19	$0.28	$0.47	$252.03	$267.97
$272.50	$252.50	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.28	$0.53	$251.97	$273.03
$265.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$0.38	$0.55	$244.45	$265.55
$267.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.19	$0.38	$0.57	$244.43	$268.07
$272.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.25	$0.38	$0.63	$244.37	$273.13
$272.50	$250.00	Sep 4	$0.31	$0.32	$0.63	$249.37	$273.13

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 146 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.78)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/235	298/300	Aug 28	$1.05	$3.95	87%	0.27	$233.95	$298.55
245/248	298/300	Sep 4	$0.67	$1.83	87%	0.37	$246.83	$298.17
230/235	292/295	Aug 28	$0.94	$4.06	87%	0.23	$234.06	$293.44
245/248	282/285	Sep 4	$0.65	$1.85	85%	0.35	$246.85	$283.15
245/248	288/290	Sep 4	$0.63	$1.87	86%	0.34	$246.87	$288.13
250/252	298/300	Aug 28	$0.64	$1.86	85%	0.34	$251.86	$298.14
250/252	292/295	Aug 28	$0.53	$1.97	85%	0.27	$251.97	$293.03
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.75	$1.75	73%	0.43	$254.25	$298.25
258/260	298/300	Aug 28	$0.81	$1.69	71%	0.48	$259.19	$298.31
250/252	298/300	Sep 4	$0.53	$1.97	82%	0.27	$251.97	$298.03

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 109 found (best R:R 6.58, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.33	$2.17	51%	6.58
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.59	$4.41	35%	7.47
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$4.85	15%	32.33
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$0.51	$4.49	26%	8.80
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$4.80	14%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$4.79	21%	22.81
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$4.90	15%	49.00
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.86	$1.64	67%	1.91
$255.00	$257.50	$260.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$2.43	26%	34.71
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$0.51	$4.49	27%	8.80

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 171 found (best net $-2.65, 143 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.65	$7.35
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.21	$2.29
$250.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$3.16	$1.84
$255.00	$257.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.59	$0.91
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.78	$4.22

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$280.00	$272.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.39	$3.11
$267.50	$265.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.92	$1.58
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.29	$4.71
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.01	$4.99
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.33	$3.67

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 37 found (best yield 1.43%, avg 0.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 2	$3.75	0.39	1.3%	1.43%	2.71%	--	236
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.23	5.1%	0.71%	5.80%	--	13
$270.00	Oct 2	$2.40	0.28	3.2%	0.92%	4.10%	5	70
$265.00	Sep 25	$3.15	0.38	1.3%	1.20%	2.48%	3	124
$275.00	Oct 2	$1.62	0.20	5.1%	0.62%	5.71%	2	38
$270.00	Sep 25	$1.85	0.26	3.2%	0.71%	3.89%	--	179
$265.00	Sep 18	$2.67	0.35	1.3%	1.02%	2.29%	11	632
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.40	0.18	5.1%	0.54%	5.63%	--	206
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.05	0.15	7.0%	0.40%	7.41%	--	10
$262.50	Sep 18	$2.95	0.42	0.3%	1.13%	1.44%	--	218

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 676

Total Puts 284

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 392

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,047

Total Puts 975

Put/Call Ratio 0.48

Net Difference 1,072

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 155,462

Total Puts 101,297

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.71

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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