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MCDONALDS CORP

$263.50 +1.32%

(8/28 09:45) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:50am) 5,380

Calls: 3,727 (69%)

Puts: 1,653 (31%)

Prior (08/04) 11,215

Calls: 7,230 (64%)

Puts: 3,985 (36%)

Current vs Prior -52.03%

Calls: -48.45% (Calls)

Puts: -58.52% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 178,570

Calls: 107,859 (60%)

Puts: 70,711 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,510

Calls: 15,408 (60%)

Puts: 10,101 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -78.91%

Calls: -75.81%

Puts: -83.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 9:50am) $1.91M

Calls: $1.59M (83%)

Puts: $321.8K (17%)

Prior (08/04) $2.86M

Calls: $1.82M (64%)

Puts: $1.03M (36%)

Current vs Prior -33.11%

Calls: -12.81%

Puts: -68.89%

Prior 7-Day Total $67.88M

Calls: $39.88M (59%)

Puts: $28.00M (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average $9.70M

Calls: $5.70M (59%)

Puts: $4.00M (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -80.29%

Calls: -72.10%

Puts: -91.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:50am) 0.44

Prior (08/04) 0.55

Current vs Prior -19.53%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.67

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 9:50am) 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 1.32% | 2.78%4.15% | 6.99%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -52.31% | -33.05%-13.51% | -8.58%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.04% | -28.56%-19.22% | -13.68%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -52.31% | -33.05%-4.11% | -2.21%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.12% | 16.86%

Calls: 28.66% | 18.04%

Puts: 31.58% | 15.69%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +179.93% | -6.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +36.87% | +16.65%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($1.59M) vs puts ($321.8K). Below-average activity with volume down 52% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.44 - heavy call buying (3,727 calls vs 1,653 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 19 of results (avg 7.9%, best 5.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.18	$0.18	5.6%	24	0.03	7.2K
$240.00	Sep 4	22.70	24.15	$23.42	6.2%	1	1.00	10
$265.00	Sep 25	4.40	4.75	$4.58	7.6%	21	0.43	124
$220.00	Sep 18	41.40	45.50	$43.45	9.4%	--	1.00	11
$235.00	Aug 28	26.60	29.25	$27.93	9.5%	--	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%	1	0.98	404
$300.00	Sep 4	37.55	40.25	$38.90	6.9%	--	0.98	14
$300.00	Sep 18	37.45	40.20	$38.83	7.1%	--	0.97	622
$310.00	Sep 18	46.75	50.20	$48.48	7.1%	--	0.98	947
$295.00	Sep 4	32.70	35.20	$33.95	7.4%	--	0.94	16

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.34, cheapest $0.48)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Sep 11	0.44	0.52	$0.48	16.7%	8	0.10	281
$290.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.18	$0.18	5.6%	24	0.03	7.2K
$285.00	Sep 18	0.32	0.37	$0.35	14.3%	16	0.06	2.9K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 72 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Aug 28	6.55	9.45	$8.00	36.2%	--	1.00	16
$257.50	Aug 28	4.60	6.40	$5.50	32.7%	22	1.00	26
$240.00	Sep 4	22.70	24.15	$23.42	6.2%	1	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	11.75	14.00	$12.88	17.5%	1	1.00	27
$220.00	Sep 18	41.40	45.50	$43.45	9.4%	--	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	11.00	12.70	$11.85	14.3%	1	0.99	1
$300.00	Sep 4	37.55	40.25	$38.90	6.9%	--	0.98	14
$315.00	Sep 18	51.45	55.40	$53.43	7.4%	--	0.98	98
$270.00	Aug 28	6.00	8.50	$7.25	34.5%	1	0.98	86

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 113 active (total vol 3.7K, top 456)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	1.34	1.79	$1.57	28.7%	274	0.66	456
$262.50	Sep 4	2.32	2.78	$2.55	18.0%	254	0.51	443
$265.00	Sep 4	1.35	1.80	$1.58	28.5%	238	0.35	845
$265.00	Aug 28	0.29	0.46	$0.38	44.7%	169	0.26	480
$260.00	Sep 4	4.00	4.45	$4.22	10.7%	135	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%	456	0.09	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.40	0.76	$0.58	62.1%	159	0.34	888
$260.00	Sep 18	3.50	4.25	$3.88	19.3%	113	0.45	4.8K
$257.50	Aug 28	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	75	0.02	634
$252.50	Sep 4	0.27	0.38	$0.33	33.3%	71	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 60.6%, max 71.9%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	35.0%	20.4%	71.9%	347	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	33.3%	22.3%	49.3%	170	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	35.0%	20.4%	71.9%	159	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	33.3%	22.3%	49.3%	55	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 103 found (best R:R 0.61, avg 7.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$257.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.02	$1.48	$1.02	71%	1.45	$258.52
$270.00	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.72	$4.28	$0.72	29%	5.94	$270.72
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.91	$4.09	$0.91	31%	4.49	$270.91
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$2.15	$2.85	$2.15	57%	1.33	$262.15
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$3.15	$1.85	$3.15	74%	0.59	$258.15

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
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.22	$1.28	$1.22	78%	1.05	$268.78
$265.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$0.78	$1.72	$0.78	61%	2.21	$264.22
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 11	$0.53	$1.97	$0.53	52%	3.72	$261.97
$270.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$2.92	$2.08	$2.92	69%	0.71	$267.08

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 82 found (best R:R 0.58, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$265.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$3.67	$3.67	$6.33	56%	0.58	$268.67
$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	Oct 2	$2.28	$2.28	$2.72	56%	0.84	$267.28
$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
$235.00	$230.00	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.52	$4.48	94%	0.12	$234.48
$257.50	$255.00	Sep 11	$1.16	$1.16	$1.34	66%	0.87	$256.34
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.84	$1.84	$3.16	65%	0.58	$253.16
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	47%	2.09	$260.81
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 2	$1.56	$1.56	$3.44	67%	0.45	$253.44

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.81, cheapest $0.98)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$0.98	35.0%	18.9%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.65	35.0%	18.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 57 found (cheapest 0.82% of stock, avg 4.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.57	$0.58	$2.15	$260.35	$264.65	0.82%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$1.90	$2.28	$262.72	$267.28	0.87%
$260.00	Aug 28	$3.31	$0.11	$3.42	$256.58	$263.42	1.30%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$4.25	$4.32	$263.18	$271.82	1.64%
$257.50	Aug 28	$5.50	$0.03	$5.53	$251.97	$263.03	2.10%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.55	$3.23	$5.78	$256.72	$268.28	2.19%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.22	$2.00	$6.22	$253.78	$266.22	2.36%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.58	$4.78	$6.36	$258.64	$271.36	2.41%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$7.25	$7.28	$262.72	$277.28	2.76%
$257.50	Sep 4	$6.13	$1.17	$7.30	$250.20	$264.80	2.77%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.07% of stock, avg 1.41%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$267.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.11	$0.18	$259.82	$267.68
$267.50	$250.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.37	$0.44	$249.56	$267.94
$265.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.38	$0.11	$0.49	$259.51	$265.49
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.33	$0.62	$251.88	$273.12
$267.50	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$241.88	$268.12
$267.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$244.38	$268.12
$292.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.11	$0.66	$259.34	$293.16
$272.50	$242.50	Sep 4	$0.29	$0.38	$0.67	$241.83	$273.17
$297.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.11	$0.66	$259.34	$298.16
$277.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.35	$0.33	$0.68	$251.82	$278.18

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 167 found (best R:R 1.29, avg credit $0.83)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/258	292/295	Sep 11	$1.41	$1.09	61%	1.29	$256.09	$293.91
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
255/258	278/280	Sep 11	$1.32	$1.18	59%	1.12	$256.18	$278.82
240/242	288/290	Sep 4	$0.53	$1.97	88%	0.27	$241.97	$288.03
255/258	270/272	Sep 11	$1.60	$0.90	45%	1.78	$255.90	$271.60
240/242	282/285	Sep 4	$0.54	$1.96	87%	0.28	$241.96	$283.04
255/258	272/275	Sep 11	$1.43	$1.07	52%	1.34	$256.07	$273.93
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.72	$1.78	79%	0.40	$254.28	$298.22

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 107 found (best R:R 15.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$4.70	29%	15.67
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$1.95	66%	3.55
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.35	$4.65	29%	13.29
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Sep 4	$0.24	$2.26	40%	9.42
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Sep 11	$0.11	$2.39	22%	21.73

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.31	$4.69	24%	15.13
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$4.75	19%	19.00
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.85	$1.65	65%	1.94
$252.50	$255.00	$257.50	Sep 4	$0.12	$2.38	17%	19.83
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$0.68	$4.32	27%	6.35

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 $-3.11, 142 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$3.11	$6.89
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.12	$1.38
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.44	$4.56
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.92	$4.08
$260.00	$262.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.88	$1.62

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 2	-$0.41	$4.59
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.92	$4.08
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.67	$4.33
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.56	$4.44

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 36 found (best yield 2.13%, avg 0.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$5.60	0.44	0.6%	2.13%	2.69%	1	2
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.10	0.43	0.6%	1.94%	2.50%	--	236
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.40	0.43	0.6%	1.67%	2.24%	21	124
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.08	0.23	4.4%	0.79%	5.15%	7	38
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.24	4.4%	0.70%	5.07%	--	13
$270.00	Oct 2	$2.40	0.31	2.5%	0.91%	3.38%	5	70
$265.00	Sep 18	$3.30	0.41	0.6%	1.25%	1.82%	115	632
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.11	0.17	6.3%	0.42%	6.68%	--	10
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.40	0.21	4.4%	0.53%	4.90%	--	206
$267.50	Sep 18	$2.46	0.33	1.5%	0.93%	2.45%	13	144

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,727

Total Puts 1,653

Put/Call Ratio 0.44

Net Difference 2,074

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,230

Total Puts 3,985

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 3,245

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 107,859

Total Puts 70,711

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.67

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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