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MCDONALDS CORP

$264.08 +1.54%

(8/28 09:55) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:00am) 8,095

Calls: 5,952 (74%)

Puts: 2,143 (26%)

Prior (08/04) 13,213

Calls: 8,401 (64%)

Puts: 4,812 (36%)

Current vs Prior -38.73%

Calls: -29.15% (Calls)

Puts: -55.47% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 183,600

Calls: 111,848 (61%)

Puts: 71,752 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 26,228

Calls: 15,978 (61%)

Puts: 10,250 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -69.14%

Calls: -62.75%

Puts: -79.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:00am) $3.04M

Calls: $2.53M (83%)

Puts: $508.8K (17%)

Prior (08/04) $3.70M

Calls: $2.45M (66%)

Puts: $1.25M (34%)

Current vs Prior -17.86%

Calls: +3.22%

Puts: -59.24%

Prior 7-Day Total $69.69M

Calls: $41.48M (60%)

Puts: $28.21M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $9.96M

Calls: $5.93M (60%)

Puts: $4.03M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -69.48%

Calls: -57.31%

Puts: -87.37%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:00am) 0.36

Prior (08/04) 0.57

Current vs Prior -37.14%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.64

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:00am) 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 1.34% | 2.80%4.16% | 6.97%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -51.46% | -32.56%-13.31% | -8.93%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -53.22% | -28.04%-19.03% | -14.01%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -51.46% | -32.56%-3.89% | -2.58%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.50% | 20.36%

Calls: 30.00% | 27.88%

Puts: 37.01% | 12.85%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +211.34% | +13.43%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +52.23% | +40.86%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($2.53M) vs puts ($508.8K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.36 - heavy call buying (5,952 calls vs 2,143 puts). P/C ratio dropping 37% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 19 of results (avg 8.0%, best 5.9%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$272.50	Sep 18	1.50	1.61	$1.56	7.1%	30	0.22	1.0K
$220.00	Sep 18	42.10	46.15	$44.13	9.2%	--	1.00	11
$262.50	Sep 18	4.65	5.10	$4.88	9.2%	107	0.53	218
$240.00	Sep 4	22.70	24.95	$23.83	9.4%	1	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Oct 2	18.05	19.15	$18.60	5.9%	1	0.84	7
$270.00	Sep 18	9.00	9.55	$9.28	5.9%	9	0.72	3.3K
$310.00	Sep 18	46.55	49.60	$48.08	6.3%	--	0.98	947
$300.00	Sep 4	37.05	39.65	$38.35	6.8%	--	0.98	14
$305.00	Sep 18	41.55	44.65	$43.10	7.2%	1	0.98	404

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.20, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Sep 18	0.18	0.21	$0.20	15.0%	76	0.04	7.2K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 76 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Aug 28	7.75	9.90	$8.82	24.4%	--	1.00	16
$257.50	Aug 28	5.80	7.35	$6.57	23.6%	27	1.00	26
$260.00	Aug 28	3.45	4.85	$4.15	33.7%	129	1.00	118
$240.00	Sep 4	22.70	24.95	$23.83	9.4%	1	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	13.45	14.95	$14.20	10.6%	7	1.00	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 28	15.00	17.90	$16.45	17.6%	1	1.00	1
$275.00	Aug 28	10.40	12.00	$11.20	14.3%	1	0.99	1
$300.00	Sep 4	37.05	39.65	$38.35	6.8%	--	0.98	14
$315.00	Sep 18	50.75	54.65	$52.70	7.4%	--	0.98	98
$305.00	Sep 18	41.55	44.65	$43.10	7.2%	1	0.98	404

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 130 active (total vol 5.2K, top 764)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	1.67	2.00	$1.84	17.9%	764	0.40	845
$262.50	Aug 28	1.70	2.30	$2.00	30.0%	319	0.81	456
$262.50	Sep 4	2.68	3.55	$3.12	27.9%	299	0.56	443
$265.00	Aug 28	0.45	0.60	$0.53	28.3%	279	0.33	480
$260.00	Sep 4	4.05	5.30	$4.68	26.7%	170	0.72	279

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.14	$0.09	111.1%	509	0.07	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.25	0.35	$0.30	33.3%	219	0.24	888
$260.00	Sep 18	3.25	3.95	$3.60	19.4%	121	0.41	4.8K
$265.00	Aug 28	1.25	1.82	$1.54	37.0%	99	0.67	1.4K
$257.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	85	0.02	634

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 56.9%, max 68.6%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	30.2%	17.9%	68.6%	426	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	31.0%	21.3%	45.3%	280	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	30.2%	17.9%	68.6%	219	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	31.0%	21.3%	45.3%	99	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 107 found (best R:R 1.94, avg 7.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$257.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	74%	1.94	$258.35
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$3.07	$1.93	$3.07	76%	0.63	$258.07
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 9	$0.58	$4.42	$0.58	25%	7.62	$275.58
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$2.17	$2.83	$2.17	59%	1.30	$262.17
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.92	$4.08	$0.92	33%	4.43	$270.92

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$260.00	$257.50	Sep 11	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	40%	8.26	$259.73
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	77%	0.92	$268.70
$275.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$3.28	$1.72	$3.28	78%	0.52	$271.72
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$1.50	$3.50	$1.50	43%	2.33	$258.50
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 9	$1.71	$3.29	$1.71	44%	1.92	$258.29

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 83 found (best R:R 0.95, avg 0.25)

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
$310.00	$315.00	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.52	$4.48	95%	0.12	$310.52
$292.50	$295.00	Aug 28	$0.51	$0.51	$1.99	93%	0.26	$293.01
$297.50	$300.00	Sep 4	$0.47	$0.47	$2.03	94%	0.23	$297.97
$287.50	$290.00	Sep 4	$0.49	$0.49	$2.01	92%	0.24	$287.99

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$257.50	$255.00	Sep 11	$1.22	$1.22	$1.28	68%	0.95	$256.28
$235.00	$230.00	Aug 28	$0.52	$0.52	$4.48	94%	0.12	$234.48
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.74	$1.74	$3.26	67%	0.53	$253.26
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 2	$1.54	$1.54	$3.46	68%	0.45	$253.46
$242.50	$240.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.33	$2.17	93%	0.15	$242.17

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.03, cheapest $1.31)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.31	31.0%	19.2%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.74	31.0%	19.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 62 found (cheapest 0.78% of stock, avg 5.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.53	$1.54	$2.07	$262.93	$267.07	0.78%
$262.50	Aug 28	$2.00	$0.30	$2.30	$260.20	$264.80	0.87%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$3.53	$3.60	$263.90	$271.10	1.36%
$260.00	Aug 28	$4.15	$0.09	$4.24	$255.76	$264.24	1.61%
$262.50	Sep 4	$3.12	$2.88	$6.00	$256.50	$268.50	2.27%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.84	$4.28	$6.12	$258.88	$271.12	2.32%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$6.30	$6.33	$263.67	$276.33	2.40%
$257.50	Aug 28	$6.57	$0.02	$6.59	$250.91	$264.09	2.50%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.68	$1.92	$6.60	$253.40	$266.60	2.50%
$267.50	Sep 4	$1.02	$6.15	$7.17	$260.33	$274.67	2.72%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 1.40%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$267.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.09	$0.16	$259.84	$267.66
$267.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.30	$0.37	$262.13	$267.87
$267.50	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$234.38	$268.12
$267.50	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$239.38	$268.12
$267.50	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$241.88	$268.12
$292.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.09	$0.64	$259.36	$293.14
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.31	$0.33	$0.64	$251.86	$273.14
$297.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.09	$0.64	$259.36	$298.14
$265.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.09	$0.62	$259.38	$265.62
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.30	$0.83	$261.67	$265.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 181 found (best R:R 1.43, avg credit $0.85)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/258	292/295	Sep 11	$1.47	$1.03	63%	1.43	$256.03	$293.97
240/242	298/300	Sep 4	$0.80	$1.70	87%	0.47	$241.70	$298.30
240/242	288/290	Sep 4	$0.82	$1.68	85%	0.49	$241.68	$288.32
230/235	298/300	Aug 28	$1.06	$3.94	88%	0.27	$233.94	$298.56
255/258	270/272	Sep 11	$1.80	$0.70	44%	2.57	$255.70	$271.80
255/258	278/280	Sep 11	$1.38	$1.12	60%	1.23	$256.12	$278.88
230/235	292/295	Aug 28	$1.03	$3.97	87%	0.26	$233.97	$293.53
245/248	298/300	Sep 4	$0.66	$1.84	88%	0.36	$246.84	$298.16
245/248	288/290	Sep 4	$0.68	$1.82	86%	0.37	$246.82	$288.18
255/258	275/278	Sep 11	$1.39	$1.11	57%	1.25	$256.11	$276.39

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 107 found (best R:R 26.78, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$4.82	30%	26.78
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.68	$1.82	67%	2.68
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$1.01	$1.49	75%	1.48
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$4.85	17%	32.33
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Sep 4	$0.26	$2.24	37%	8.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$0.19	$4.81	24%	25.32
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.75	$1.75	70%	2.33
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Sep 4	$0.08	$2.42	26%	30.25
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$4.72	19%	16.86
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$2.39	22%	21.73

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 177 found (best net $-4.31, 147 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.31	$5.69
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.00	$7.00
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.50	$4.50
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.73	$0.77
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.06	$3.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.76	$1.74
$265.00	$260.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.61	$3.39
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.37	$4.63
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.89	$4.11
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.45	$4.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 36 found (best yield 2.23%, avg 0.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$5.90	0.46	0.3%	2.23%	2.58%	1	2
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.35	0.46	0.3%	2.03%	2.37%	1	236
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.50	0.45	0.3%	1.70%	2.05%	25	124
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.71	0.20	6.0%	0.65%	6.68%	5	10
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.10	0.24	4.1%	0.80%	4.93%	8	38
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.25	4.1%	0.70%	4.84%	--	13
$270.00	Oct 2	$2.54	0.33	2.2%	0.96%	3.20%	5	70
$285.00	Oct 9	$1.07	0.14	7.9%	0.41%	8.33%	5	--
$265.00	Sep 18	$3.45	0.43	0.3%	1.31%	1.65%	125	632
$267.50	Sep 18	$2.55	0.35	1.3%	0.97%	2.26%	18	144

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,952

Total Puts 2,143

Put/Call Ratio 0.36

Net Difference 3,809

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,401

Total Puts 4,812

Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Net Difference 3,589

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 111,848

Total Puts 71,752

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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