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MCDONALDS CORP

$263.05 +1.15%

(8/28 09:35) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:40am) 3,170

Calls: 2,102 (66%)

Puts: 1,068 (34%)

Prior (08/04) 4,760

Calls: 3,197 (67%)

Puts: 1,563 (33%)

Current vs Prior -33.40%

Calls: -34.25% (Calls)

Puts: -31.67% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 171,884

Calls: 103,372 (60%)

Puts: 68,512 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,647

Calls: 14,767 (60%)

Puts: 9,787 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -88.93%

Calls: -85.77%

Puts: -89.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:40am) $1.06M

Calls: $852.0K (81%)

Puts: $203.6K (19%)

Prior (08/04) $1.55M

Calls: $935.9K (60%)

Puts: $614.0K (40%)

Current vs Prior -31.89%

Calls: -8.97%

Puts: -66.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $65.66M

Calls: $38.04M (58%)

Puts: $27.62M (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.94M

Calls: $5.43M (58%)

Puts: $3.95M (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -90.35%

Calls: -84.32%

Puts: -94.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:40am) 0.51

Prior (08/04) 0.49

Current vs Prior +3.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.46%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:40am) 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 1,508,450

Calls: 859,057 (57%)

Puts: 649,393 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 251,408

Calls: 143,176 (57%)

Puts: 108,232 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.72%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.31% | 3.02%4.27% | 7.04%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -52.64% | -27.36%-10.99% | -7.93%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.87% | 3.89%5.13% | 8.10%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.36% | -22.48%-16.86% | -13.06%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.76% | 4.16%4.33% | 7.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -52.64% | -27.36%-1.31% | -1.51%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 43.10% | 18.95%

Calls: 52.00% | 10.94%

Puts: 34.20% | 26.95%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +300.56% | +5.57%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +95.86% | +31.11%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in calls ($852.0K) vs puts ($203.6K). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.51.

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 15 of results (avg 7.4%, best 5.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 18	5.60	6.00	$5.80	6.9%	12	0.59	575
$220.00	Sep 18	41.05	44.65	$42.85	8.4%	--	1.00	11
$235.00	Aug 28	26.05	28.55	$27.30	9.2%	--	0.94	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Sep 18	42.90	45.25	$44.08	5.3%	--	0.97	404
$315.00	Sep 18	52.40	55.45	$53.93	5.7%	--	0.98	98
$300.00	Sep 18	37.85	40.30	$39.08	6.3%	--	0.98	622
$300.00	Sep 4	38.15	40.75	$39.45	6.6%	--	0.98	14
$310.00	Sep 18	47.25	50.50	$48.88	6.6%	--	0.98	947

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. 69 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Aug 28	6.05	8.50	$7.28	33.7%	--	1.00	16
$257.50	Aug 28	3.70	6.00	$4.85	47.4%	10	1.00	26
$260.00	Aug 28	2.07	3.60	$2.84	53.9%	67	1.00	118
$240.00	Sep 4	21.00	23.55	$22.28	11.4%	--	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	11.60	13.60	$12.60	15.9%	--	1.00	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 28	16.50	19.05	$17.77	14.4%	1	1.00	1
$300.00	Sep 4	38.15	40.75	$39.45	6.6%	--	0.98	14
$315.00	Sep 18	52.40	55.45	$53.93	5.7%	--	0.98	98
$270.00	Aug 28	6.55	9.10	$7.82	32.6%	1	0.98	86
$300.00	Sep 18	37.85	40.30	$39.08	6.3%	--	0.98	622

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 86 active (total vol 2.2K, top 408)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	0.80	1.45	$1.13	57.5%	199	0.58	456
$265.00	Sep 4	1.30	1.78	$1.54	31.2%	191	0.33	845
$265.00	Aug 28	0.23	0.39	$0.31	51.6%	96	0.21	480
$262.50	Sep 4	2.42	2.70	$2.56	10.9%	83	0.48	443
$265.00	Sep 11	2.10	2.60	$2.35	21.3%	71	0.37	286

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.10	0.16	$0.13	46.2%	408	0.12	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.50	1.00	$0.75	66.7%	112	0.45	888
$260.00	Sep 18	3.65	4.55	$4.10	22.0%	106	0.47	4.8K
$257.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.05	$0.03	133.3%	57	0.03	634
$255.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	32	0.01	917

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 62.8%, max 76.1%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	37.0%	21.0%	76.1%	96	716
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	30.8%	20.2%	52.1%	249	674

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	37.0%	21.6%	70.8%	30	1.4K
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	30.8%	20.2%	52.1%	112	989

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 98 found (best R:R 1.63, avg 7.41)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$257.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	70%	1.63	$258.45
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$2.70	$2.30	$2.70	74%	0.85	$257.70
$260.00	$262.50	Sep 4	$1.19	$1.31	$1.19	67%	1.10	$261.19
$270.00	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.82	$4.18	$0.82	28%	5.10	$270.82
$285.00	$290.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	9%	34.71	$285.14

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 9	$1.63	$3.37	$1.63	48%	2.07	$258.37
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 18	$1.53	$0.97	$1.53	75%	0.63	$268.47
$265.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	62%	1.08	$263.80
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$4.39	$0.61	23%	7.20	$249.39
$260.00	$255.00	Sep 25	$1.73	$3.27	$1.73	48%	1.89	$258.27

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 78 found (best R:R 0.28, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$297.50	$300.00	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	94%	0.28	$298.04
$292.50	$295.00	Aug 28	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	93%	0.26	$293.01
$310.00	$315.00	Sep 4	$0.45	$0.45	$4.55	95%	0.10	$310.45
$297.50	$300.00	Sep 4	$0.36	$0.36	$2.14	95%	0.17	$297.86
$265.00	$267.50	Sep 18	$1.13	$1.13	$1.37	61%	0.82	$266.13

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
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$2.40	$2.40	$2.60	52%	0.92	$257.60
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.63	$1.63	$0.87	45%	1.87	$260.87
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.80	$1.80	$3.20	63%	0.56	$253.20
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.91	$0.91	$4.09	82%	0.22	$244.09

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.02, cheapest $1.43)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.43	30.8%	19.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.60	30.8%	19.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 55 found (cheapest 0.71% of stock, avg 4.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.13	$0.75	$1.88	$260.62	$264.38	0.71%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$2.31	$2.62	$262.38	$267.62	1.00%
$260.00	Aug 28	$2.84	$0.13	$2.97	$257.03	$262.97	1.13%
$257.50	Aug 28	$4.85	$0.03	$4.88	$252.62	$262.38	1.86%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.12	$4.80	$4.92	$262.58	$272.42	1.87%
$260.00	Sep 4	$3.75	$2.18	$5.93	$254.07	$265.93	2.25%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.56	$3.35	$5.91	$256.59	$268.41	2.25%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.54	$5.38	$6.92	$258.08	$271.92	2.63%
$257.50	Sep 4	$5.75	$1.33	$7.08	$250.42	$264.58	2.69%
$255.00	Aug 28	$7.28	$0.02	$7.30	$247.70	$262.30	2.78%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 1.39%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$267.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.13	$0.25	$259.75	$267.75
$265.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.13	$0.44	$259.56	$265.44
$267.50	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.55	$0.67	$241.83	$268.17
$267.50	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.55	$0.67	$239.33	$268.17
$267.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$0.55	$0.67	$244.33	$268.17
$292.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.13	$0.68	$259.32	$293.18
$297.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.13	$0.68	$259.32	$298.18
$310.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.13	$0.68	$259.32	$310.68
$277.50	$247.50	Sep 4	$0.37	$0.40	$0.77	$246.73	$278.27
$277.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.37	$0.39	$0.76	$251.74	$278.26

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 147 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.88)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/235	298/300	Aug 28	$1.06	$3.94	87%	0.27	$233.94	$298.56
230/235	292/295	Aug 28	$1.03	$3.97	87%	0.26	$233.97	$293.53
245/248	298/300	Sep 4	$0.68	$1.82	87%	0.37	$246.82	$298.18
245/248	288/290	Sep 4	$0.62	$1.88	86%	0.33	$246.88	$288.12
245/248	282/285	Sep 4	$0.63	$1.87	85%	0.34	$246.87	$283.13
258/260	298/300	Aug 28	$0.64	$1.86	81%	0.34	$259.36	$298.14
230/235	310/315	Sep 4	$0.64	$4.36	90%	0.15	$234.36	$310.64
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.73	$1.77	77%	0.41	$254.27	$298.23
250/252	298/300	Sep 4	$0.53	$1.97	84%	0.27	$251.97	$298.03
245/248	310/315	Sep 4	$0.77	$4.23	87%	0.18	$246.73	$310.77

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 109 found (best R:R 1.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.89	$1.61	79%	1.81
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	16%	70.43
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.30	$2.20	42%	7.33
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Sep 4	$0.17	$2.33	34%	13.71
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$4.86	15%	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$4.67	26%	14.15
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.40	$4.60	25%	11.50
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.94	$1.56	67%	1.66
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$4.80	16%	24.00
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Sep 11	$0.10	$2.40	19%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 172 found (best net $-2.78, 141 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.78	$7.22
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.83	$1.67
$260.00	$265.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.30	$3.70
$250.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.22	$0.78
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.02	$3.98

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$280.00	$272.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.73	$4.77
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.15	$3.85
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.40	$4.60
$265.00	$260.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.98	$3.02
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.78	$0.72

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 36 found (best yield 1.44%, avg 0.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 2	$3.80	0.41	0.7%	1.44%	2.19%	--	236
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.23	4.5%	0.70%	5.25%	--	13
$270.00	Oct 2	$2.40	0.30	2.6%	0.91%	3.55%	5	70
$275.00	Oct 2	$1.85	0.22	4.5%	0.70%	5.25%	3	38
$265.00	Sep 25	$3.15	0.40	0.7%	1.20%	1.94%	17	124
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.05	0.17	6.4%	0.40%	6.84%	--	10
$265.00	Sep 18	$3.10	0.39	0.7%	1.18%	1.92%	37	632
$270.00	Sep 25	$1.86	0.28	2.6%	0.71%	3.35%	1	179
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.40	0.20	4.5%	0.53%	5.08%	--	206
$270.00	Sep 18	$1.58	0.25	2.6%	0.60%	3.24%	55	2.1K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,102

Total Puts 1,068

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 1,034

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,197

Total Puts 1,563

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 1,634

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 103,372

Total Puts 68,512

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.69

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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