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MCDONALDS CORP

$264.70 +1.78%

(8/28 10:05) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:10am) 9,553

Calls: 6,920 (72%)

Puts: 2,633 (28%)

Prior (08/04) 15,001

Calls: 9,570 (64%)

Puts: 5,431 (36%)

Current vs Prior -36.32%

Calls: -27.69% (Calls)

Puts: -51.52% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 187,659

Calls: 114,881 (61%)

Puts: 72,778 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 26,808

Calls: 16,411 (61%)

Puts: 10,396 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.37%

Calls: -57.83%

Puts: -74.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:10am) $3.90M

Calls: $3.21M (82%)

Puts: $690.5K (18%)

Prior (08/04) $4.23M

Calls: $2.92M (69%)

Puts: $1.31M (31%)

Current vs Prior -7.75%

Calls: +10.05%

Puts: -47.37%

Prior 7-Day Total $71.78M

Calls: $43.07M (60%)

Puts: $28.71M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.25M

Calls: $6.15M (60%)

Puts: $4.10M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.93%

Calls: -47.78%

Puts: -83.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:10am) 0.38

Prior (08/04) 0.57

Current vs Prior -32.95%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.64

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.44%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:10am) 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 1.19% | 2.72%4.17% | 6.98%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -57.04% | -34.45%-13.12% | -8.75%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -58.60% | -30.05%-18.85% | -13.84%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -57.04% | -34.45%-3.67% | -2.39%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 35.26% | 12.59%

Calls: 41.55% | 13.72%

Puts: 28.97% | 11.45%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +227.70% | -29.86%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +60.23% | -12.90%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($3.21M) vs puts ($690.5K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.38 - heavy call buying (6,920 calls vs 2,633 puts). P/C ratio dropping 33% - 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
10:10	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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 25 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 18	3.90	4.15	$4.03	6.2%	131	0.45	632
$262.50	Sep 18	5.05	5.40	$5.23	6.7%	108	0.54	218
$260.00	Sep 25	7.50	8.05	$7.78	7.1%	6	0.61	44
$220.00	Sep 18	42.55	46.25	$44.40	8.3%	--	1.00	11
$235.00	Aug 28	27.55	30.05	$28.80	8.7%	--	0.93	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Sep 18	31.80	32.90	$32.35	3.4%	2	0.96	767
$280.00	Sep 18	16.95	17.70	$17.33	4.3%	1	0.90	969
$300.00	Sep 18	36.90	38.90	$37.90	5.3%	1	0.97	622
$310.00	Sep 18	46.35	49.25	$47.80	6.1%	--	0.98	947
$305.00	Sep 18	41.55	44.25	$42.90	6.3%	1	0.98	404

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.48, cheapest $0.65)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	309	0.42	480
$270.00	Sep 4	0.55	0.65	$0.60	16.7%	133	0.17	361
$290.00	Sep 18	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	77	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. 74 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Aug 28	7.75	9.95	$8.85	24.9%	--	1.00	16
$257.50	Aug 28	5.90	7.45	$6.68	23.2%	27	1.00	26
$260.00	Aug 28	4.00	4.95	$4.47	21.3%	132	1.00	118
$240.00	Sep 4	22.70	25.10	$23.90	10.0%	1	1.00	10
$257.50	Sep 4	5.85	7.60	$6.73	26.0%	1	1.00	66

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 28	15.00	17.45	$16.23	15.1%	1	1.00	1
$275.00	Aug 28	9.95	11.85	$10.90	17.4%	1	0.99	1
$300.00	Sep 4	36.70	39.25	$37.98	6.7%	--	0.98	14
$272.50	Aug 28	7.35	9.75	$8.55	28.1%	--	0.98	20
$315.00	Sep 18	50.80	54.25	$52.53	6.6%	--	0.98	98

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 143 active (total vol 6.2K, top 777)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	1.81	2.20	$2.01	19.4%	777	0.42	845
$262.50	Aug 28	1.64	2.50	$2.07	41.5%	337	0.81	456
$262.50	Sep 4	3.05	3.50	$3.28	13.7%	322	0.60	443
$265.00	Aug 28	0.60	0.70	$0.65	15.4%	309	0.42	480
$270.00	Sep 18	2.08	2.37	$2.23	13.0%	238	0.29	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	560	0.04	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.16	0.40	$0.28	85.7%	296	0.20	888
$260.00	Sep 18	3.10	3.50	$3.30	12.1%	123	0.40	4.8K
$265.00	Aug 28	0.91	1.22	$1.07	29.0%	110	0.58	1.4K
$257.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.03	$0.02	100.0%	104	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 69.5%, max 98.8%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	35.8%	18.0%	98.8%	445	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	30.4%	21.7%	40.0%	311	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	35.8%	18.0%	98.8%	298	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	30.4%	21.6%	40.3%	112	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 110 found (best R:R 0.89, avg 7.73)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$2.65	$2.35	$2.65	73%	0.89	$257.65
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	77%	0.61	$258.10
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 9	$0.64	$4.36	$0.64	26%	6.81	$275.64
$260.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$1.12	$1.38	$1.12	65%	1.23	$261.12
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$2.33	$2.67	$2.33	59%	1.15	$262.33

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	77%	0.61	$271.90
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.28	$1.22	$1.28	76%	0.95	$268.72
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 2	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	8%	34.71	$239.86
$255.00	$252.50	Sep 11	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	20%	9.00	$254.75
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$1.58	$3.42	$1.58	42%	2.16	$258.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 86 found (best R:R 1.18, avg 0.24)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 9	$2.71	$2.71	$2.29	53%	1.18	$267.71
$297.50	$300.00	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	94%	0.28	$298.04
$292.50	$295.00	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	93%	0.28	$293.04
$310.00	$315.00	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.52	$4.48	95%	0.12	$310.52
$297.50	$300.00	Sep 4	$0.47	$0.47	$2.03	94%	0.23	$297.97

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
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.73	$1.73	$3.27	68%	0.53	$253.27
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 2	$1.42	$1.42	$3.58	69%	0.40	$253.58
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.89	$0.89	$4.11	80%	0.22	$249.11
$255.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$1.16	$1.16	$3.84	72%	0.30	$253.84

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.11, cheapest $1.36)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.36	30.4%	19.1%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.86	30.4%	19.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 63 found (cheapest 0.65% of stock, avg 5.00%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.65	$1.07	$1.72	$263.28	$266.72	0.65%
$262.50	Aug 28	$2.07	$0.28	$2.35	$260.15	$264.85	0.89%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.21	$3.32	$3.53	$263.97	$271.03	1.33%
$260.00	Aug 28	$4.47	$0.03	$4.50	$255.50	$264.50	1.70%
$262.50	Sep 4	$3.28	$2.57	$5.85	$256.65	$268.35	2.21%
$265.00	Sep 4	$2.01	$3.93	$5.94	$259.06	$270.94	2.24%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$6.05	$6.08	$263.92	$276.08	2.30%
$260.00	Sep 4	$5.03	$1.64	$6.67	$253.33	$266.67	2.52%
$257.50	Aug 28	$6.68	$0.02	$6.70	$250.80	$264.20	2.53%
$267.50	Sep 4	$1.14	$5.78	$6.92	$260.58	$274.42	2.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.19% of stock, avg 1.52%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$267.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.21	$0.28	$0.49	$262.01	$267.99
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.33	$0.66	$251.84	$273.16
$267.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.21	$0.55	$0.76	$244.24	$268.26
$267.50	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.21	$0.55	$0.76	$241.74	$268.26
$267.50	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.21	$0.55	$0.76	$239.24	$268.26
$267.50	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.21	$0.55	$0.76	$234.24	$268.26
$287.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.33	$0.90	$251.60	$288.40
$292.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.28	$0.83	$261.67	$293.33
$297.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.28	$0.83	$261.67	$298.33
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.63	$0.96	$254.04	$273.46

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 180 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.80)

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	88%	0.27	$233.94	$298.56
230/235	292/295	Aug 28	$1.06	$3.94	87%	0.27	$233.94	$293.56
245/248	298/300	Sep 4	$0.68	$1.82	88%	0.37	$246.82	$298.18
245/248	288/290	Sep 4	$0.70	$1.80	86%	0.39	$246.80	$288.20
250/252	298/300	Sep 4	$0.66	$1.84	85%	0.36	$251.84	$298.16
250/252	288/290	Sep 4	$0.68	$1.82	83%	0.37	$251.82	$288.18
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.77	$1.73	79%	0.45	$254.23	$298.27
252/255	288/290	Sep 4	$0.79	$1.71	77%	0.46	$254.21	$288.29
245/248	310/315	Sep 4	$0.73	$4.27	89%	0.17	$246.77	$310.73
258/260	298/300	Sep 4	$1.16	$1.34	60%	0.87	$258.84	$298.66

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 112 found (best R:R 37.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$4.87	26%	37.46
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$4.68	29%	14.62
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$0.52	$4.48	30%	8.62
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$2.24	40%	8.62
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Sep 11	$0.12	$2.38	26%	19.83

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$4.84	21%	30.25
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.54	$1.96	54%	3.63
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Sep 4	$0.07	$2.43	23%	34.71
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	8%	82.33
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$0.61	$4.39	26%	7.20

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 $-4.30, 153 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.30	$5.70
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.97	$7.03
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.23	$3.77
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.24	$4.76
$270.00	$275.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.70	$4.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.59	$1.91
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.76	$4.24
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.21	$4.79
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.61	$4.39
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.55	$4.45

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 39 found (best yield 2.32%, avg 0.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$6.15	0.47	0.1%	2.32%	2.44%	2	2
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.45	0.47	0.1%	2.06%	2.17%	2	236
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.45	0.35	2.0%	1.30%	3.31%	14	70
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.95	0.46	0.1%	1.87%	1.98%	25	124
$270.00	Sep 25	$3.10	0.34	2.0%	1.17%	3.17%	27	179
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.79	0.20	5.8%	0.68%	6.46%	5	10
$270.00	Oct 9	$2.87	0.35	2.0%	1.08%	3.09%	2	3
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.10	0.25	3.9%	0.79%	4.68%	8	38
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.26	3.9%	0.70%	4.59%	--	13
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.77	0.23	3.9%	0.67%	4.56%	--	206

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,920

Total Puts 2,633

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 4,287

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,570

Total Puts 5,431

Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Net Difference 4,139

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 114,881

Total Puts 72,778

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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