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MCDONALDS CORP

$263.71 +1.41%

(8/28 09:40) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:45am) 4,476

Calls: 3,061 (68%)

Puts: 1,415 (32%)

Prior (08/04) 10,135

Calls: 6,524 (64%)

Puts: 3,611 (36%)

Current vs Prior -55.84%

Calls: -53.08% (Calls)

Puts: -60.81% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 175,054

Calls: 105,474 (60%)

Puts: 69,580 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,007

Calls: 15,067 (60%)

Puts: 9,940 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -82.10%

Calls: -79.69%

Puts: -85.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:45am) $1.54M

Calls: $1.28M (83%)

Puts: $268.2K (17%)

Prior (08/04) $2.57M

Calls: $1.51M (59%)

Puts: $1.06M (41%)

Current vs Prior -39.94%

Calls: -15.73%

Puts: -74.63%

Prior 7-Day Total $66.72M

Calls: $38.89M (58%)

Puts: $27.83M (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average $9.53M

Calls: $5.56M (58%)

Puts: $3.98M (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -83.79%

Calls: -77.02%

Puts: -93.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:45am) 0.46

Prior (08/04) 0.55

Current vs Prior -16.48%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.66

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.46%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:45am) 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 1,824,519

Calls: 1,047,199 (57%)

Puts: 777,320 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 260,645

Calls: 149,599 (57%)

Puts: 111,045 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +21.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.37% | 2.84%4.20% | 6.97%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -50.43% | -31.74%-12.40% | -8.95%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.23% | -27.16%-18.18% | -14.03%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -50.43% | -31.74%-2.87% | -2.60%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 34.77% | 30.08%

Calls: 33.76% | 39.54%

Puts: 35.78% | 20.62%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +223.14% | +67.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +58.00% | +108.11%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($1.28M) vs puts ($268.2K). Below-average activity with volume down 56% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.46 - heavy call buying (3,061 calls vs 1,415 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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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
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 20 of results (avg 8.0%, best 5.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 25	4.55	4.85	$4.70	6.4%	19	0.43	124
$260.00	Sep 18	5.95	6.35	$6.15	6.5%	25	0.61	575
$270.00	Sep 18	1.93	2.07	$2.00	7.0%	85	0.26	2.1K
$220.00	Sep 18	41.60	45.25	$43.43	8.4%	--	1.00	11
$235.00	Aug 28	26.55	29.05	$27.80	9.0%	--	0.93	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Sep 18	42.55	45.15	$43.85	5.9%	--	0.98	404
$315.00	Sep 18	51.85	55.20	$53.53	6.3%	--	0.98	98
$300.00	Sep 4	37.75	40.20	$38.98	6.3%	--	0.98	14
$310.00	Sep 18	46.95	50.20	$48.58	6.7%	--	0.98	947
$300.00	Sep 18	37.45	40.20	$38.83	7.1%	--	0.97	622

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.18, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	24	0.03	7.2K

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 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Aug 28	6.55	9.25	$7.90	34.2%	--	1.00	16
$257.50	Aug 28	4.60	6.60	$5.60	35.7%	21	1.00	26
$240.00	Sep 4	21.60	24.20	$22.90	11.4%	--	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	11.65	13.95	$12.80	18.0%	--	1.00	27
$220.00	Sep 18	41.60	45.25	$43.43	8.4%	--	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 28	15.95	18.40	$17.17	14.3%	1	1.00	1
$275.00	Aug 28	11.15	12.70	$11.93	13.0%	1	0.99	1
$272.50	Aug 28	8.40	10.95	$9.68	26.3%	--	0.99	20
$300.00	Sep 4	37.75	40.20	$38.98	6.3%	--	0.98	14
$315.00	Sep 18	51.85	55.20	$53.53	6.3%	--	0.98	98

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 102 active (total vol 3.2K, top 450)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Sep 4	2.11	3.15	$2.63	39.5%	249	0.52	443
$262.50	Aug 28	1.30	1.83	$1.57	33.8%	230	0.65	456
$265.00	Sep 4	1.39	1.85	$1.62	28.4%	224	0.36	845
$265.00	Aug 28	0.40	0.50	$0.45	22.2%	148	0.27	480
$260.00	Sep 4	4.10	4.50	$4.30	9.3%	115	0.71	279

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.05	0.17	$0.11	109.1%	450	0.10	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.40	0.93	$0.67	79.1%	132	0.36	888
$260.00	Sep 18	3.45	4.30	$3.88	21.9%	113	0.45	4.8K
$257.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	75	0.02	634
$252.50	Sep 4	0.27	0.51	$0.39	61.5%	66	0.10	385

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 69.4%, max 78.4%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	36.9%	20.7%	78.4%	302	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 2	35.0%	22.1%	58.2%	148	716

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	36.9%	20.7%	78.4%	132	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	35.0%	21.6%	62.5%	50	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 98 found (best R:R 2.13, avg 7.20)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$257.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$0.80	$1.70	$0.80	71%	2.13	$258.30
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$2.68	$2.32	$2.68	74%	0.87	$257.68
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	57%	1.44	$262.05
$270.00	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	29%	5.94	$270.72
$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	58%	1.22	$262.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$275.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	79%	0.61	$271.90
$265.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$0.81	$1.69	$0.81	60%	2.09	$264.19
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 9	$1.62	$3.38	$1.62	47%	2.09	$258.38
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.60	$0.90	$1.60	80%	0.56	$268.40
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$1.65	$3.35	$1.65	46%	2.03	$258.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 79 found (best R:R 0.68, 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
$265.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$2.19	$2.19	$2.81	57%	0.78	$267.19
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$2.25	$2.25	$2.75	56%	0.82	$267.25
$310.00	$315.00	Sep 4	$0.45	$0.45	$4.55	95%	0.10	$310.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$2.02	$2.02	$2.98	64%	0.68	$252.98
$235.00	$230.00	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.52	$4.48	94%	0.12	$234.48
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	47%	2.09	$260.81
$257.50	$255.00	Sep 11	$1.05	$1.05	$1.45	64%	0.72	$256.45
$252.50	$250.00	Sep 11	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	81%	0.26	$251.98

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.76, cheapest $1.06)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.06	36.9%	18.9%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.46	36.9%	18.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 58 found (cheapest 0.85% of stock, avg 5.07%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.57	$0.67	$2.24	$260.26	$264.74	0.85%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$2.04	$2.49	$262.51	$267.49	0.94%
$260.00	Aug 28	$3.72	$0.11	$3.83	$256.17	$263.83	1.45%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$4.25	$4.35	$263.15	$271.85	1.65%
$257.50	Aug 28	$5.60	$0.02	$5.62	$251.88	$263.12	2.13%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.63	$3.13	$5.76	$256.74	$268.26	2.18%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.30	$1.89	$6.19	$253.81	$266.19	2.35%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.62	$4.85	$6.47	$258.53	$271.47	2.45%
$257.50	Sep 4	$6.05	$1.11	$7.16	$250.34	$264.66	2.72%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$7.25	$7.28	$262.72	$277.28	2.76%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.08% of stock, avg 1.40%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$267.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.11	$0.21	$259.79	$267.71
$267.50	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$241.85	$268.15
$267.50	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$239.35	$268.15
$265.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.11	$0.56	$259.44	$265.56
$267.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$244.35	$268.15
$272.50	$242.50	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.38	$0.67	$241.83	$273.17
$292.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.11	$0.66	$259.34	$293.16
$297.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.11	$0.66	$259.34	$298.16
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.39	$0.68	$251.82	$273.18
$277.50	$242.50	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.38	$0.73	$241.77	$278.23

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 148 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.83)

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
240/242	298/300	Sep 4	$0.59	$1.91	89%	0.31	$241.91	$298.09
240/242	288/290	Sep 4	$0.53	$1.97	88%	0.27	$241.97	$288.03
240/242	282/285	Sep 4	$0.54	$1.96	87%	0.28	$241.96	$283.04
250/252	298/300	Sep 4	$0.58	$1.92	85%	0.30	$251.92	$298.08
250/252	292/295	Sep 11	$0.77	$1.73	76%	0.45	$251.73	$293.27
230/235	310/315	Sep 4	$0.64	$4.36	90%	0.15	$234.36	$310.64
240/242	310/315	Sep 4	$0.68	$4.32	89%	0.16	$241.82	$310.68
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.63	$1.87	80%	0.34	$254.37	$298.13

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 108 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$0.06	$4.94	29%	82.33
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Sep 4	$0.08	$2.42	39%	30.25
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$4.57	31%	10.63
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$4.93	16%	70.43
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.03	$1.47	70%	1.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.21	$4.79	24%	22.81
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Sep 11	$0.11	$4.89	15%	44.45
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.81	$1.69	64%	2.09
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$4.95	10%	99.00
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Sep 11	$0.09	$2.41	19%	26.78

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 $-3.05, 140 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$3.05	$6.95
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.32	$4.68
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.95	$4.05
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.84	$0.66
$260.00	$262.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.96	$1.54

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.25	$1.25
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.49	$4.51
$265.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.71	$3.29
$265.00	$260.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.77	$3.23
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.12	$3.88

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 35 found (best yield 1.86%, avg 0.47%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 2	$4.90	0.43	0.5%	1.86%	2.35%	--	236
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.55	0.43	0.5%	1.73%	2.21%	19	124
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.24	4.3%	0.70%	4.98%	--	13
$275.00	Oct 2	$1.96	0.23	4.3%	0.74%	5.02%	3	38
$270.00	Oct 2	$2.40	0.31	2.4%	0.91%	3.30%	5	70
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.11	0.17	6.2%	0.42%	6.60%	--	10
$267.50	Sep 18	$2.54	0.33	1.4%	0.96%	2.40%	11	144
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.40	0.21	4.3%	0.53%	4.81%	--	206
$265.00	Sep 18	$3.20	0.41	0.5%	1.21%	1.70%	65	632
$270.00	Sep 25	$1.86	0.29	2.4%	0.71%	3.09%	1	179

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,061

Total Puts 1,415

Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Net Difference 1,646

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,524

Total Puts 3,611

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 2,913

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 105,474

Total Puts 69,580

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.66

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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