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MCDONALDS CORP

$263.91 +1.48%

(8/28 10:10) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:15am) 10,281

Calls: 7,469 (73%)

Puts: 2,812 (27%)

Prior (08/04) 15,821

Calls: 10,005 (63%)

Puts: 5,816 (37%)

Current vs Prior -35.02%

Calls: -25.35% (Calls)

Puts: -51.65% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 189,117

Calls: 115,849 (61%)

Puts: 73,268 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,016

Calls: 16,549 (61%)

Puts: 10,466 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.95%

Calls: -54.87%

Puts: -73.13%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:15am) $4.17M

Calls: $3.41M (82%)

Puts: $757.2K (18%)

Prior (08/04) $4.46M

Calls: $3.00M (67%)

Puts: $1.45M (33%)

Current vs Prior -6.50%

Calls: +13.46%

Puts: -47.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $72.64M

Calls: $43.75M (60%)

Puts: $28.89M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.38M

Calls: $6.25M (60%)

Puts: $4.13M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -59.86%

Calls: -45.46%

Puts: -81.66%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:15am) 0.38

Prior (08/04) 0.58

Current vs Prior -35.23%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.64

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:15am) 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 1.24% | 2.68%4.15% | 6.98%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -55.13% | -35.53%-13.49% | -8.77%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.76% | -31.20%-19.20% | -13.86%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -55.13% | -35.53%-4.09% | -2.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.89% | 16.71%

Calls: 32.81% | 17.69%

Puts: 22.96% | 15.74%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +159.20% | -6.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +26.74% | +15.61%

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Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($3.41M) vs puts ($757.2K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.38 - heavy call buying (7,469 calls vs 2,812 puts). P/C ratio dropping 35% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 25 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 18	22.55	24.10	$23.33	6.6%	--	1.00	43
$260.00	Sep 25	7.20	7.80	$7.50	8.0%	6	0.60	44
$220.00	Sep 18	42.35	46.15	$44.25	8.6%	--	1.00	11
$260.00	Sep 18	6.05	6.60	$6.32	8.7%	32	0.62	575
$270.00	Sep 18	1.95	2.13	$2.04	8.8%	239	0.28	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 2	4.80	5.00	$4.90	4.1%	16	0.42	213
$260.00	Sep 25	4.25	4.45	$4.35	4.6%	12	0.42	422
$295.00	Sep 18	31.55	33.30	$32.42	5.4%	2	0.97	767
$275.00	Sep 18	13.15	13.90	$13.53	5.5%	1	0.82	1.5K
$310.00	Sep 18	46.35	49.25	$47.80	6.1%	--	0.98	947

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.19, cheapest $0.19)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Sep 18	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	81	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. 74 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 4	22.70	25.35	$24.03	11.0%	1	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	13.45	14.95	$14.20	10.6%	7	1.00	27
$220.00	Sep 18	42.35	46.15	$44.25	8.6%	--	1.00	11
$230.00	Sep 18	32.30	36.15	$34.22	11.3%	--	1.00	12
$235.00	Sep 18	27.55	30.90	$29.23	11.5%	--	1.00	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 28	4.85	6.95	$5.90	35.6%	6	1.00	86
$272.50	Aug 28	7.35	9.75	$8.55	28.1%	--	1.00	20
$275.00	Aug 28	9.95	11.85	$10.90	17.4%	1	1.00	1
$280.00	Aug 28	15.00	17.45	$16.23	15.1%	1	1.00	1
$300.00	Sep 4	36.70	39.20	$37.95	6.6%	--	0.99	14

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 147 active (total vol 6.6K, top 791)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	1.53	1.96	$1.75	24.6%	791	0.39	845
$262.50	Aug 28	1.60	2.23	$1.92	32.8%	357	0.78	456
$265.00	Aug 28	0.32	0.73	$0.53	77.4%	327	0.37	480
$262.50	Sep 4	2.68	3.20	$2.94	17.7%	325	0.55	443
$270.00	Sep 18	1.95	2.13	$2.04	8.8%	239	0.28	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.04	0.08	$0.06	66.7%	563	0.05	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.16	0.41	$0.28	89.3%	306	0.22	888
$260.00	Sep 18	3.25	3.75	$3.50	14.3%	140	0.41	4.8K
$265.00	Aug 28	1.19	1.50	$1.35	23.0%	120	0.65	1.4K
$260.00	Sep 4	1.45	1.94	$1.69	29.0%	113	0.35	1.1K

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 68.6%, max 86.0%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.5%	17.4%	86.0%	466	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	32.8%	21.7%	51.2%	329	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.5%	17.4%	86.0%	308	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	32.8%	21.7%	51.2%	122	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 105 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 7.06)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$255.00	Sep 25	$3.33	$1.67	$3.33	87%	0.50	$253.33
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$2.65	$2.35	$2.65	71%	0.89	$257.65
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 9	$0.64	$4.36	$0.64	26%	6.81	$275.64
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$2.34	$2.66	$2.34	58%	1.14	$262.34
$285.00	$290.00	Sep 25	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	9%	40.67	$285.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.23	$1.27	$1.23	77%	1.03	$268.77
$275.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$3.20	$1.80	$3.20	77%	0.56	$271.80
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$1.51	$3.49	$1.51	42%	2.31	$258.49
$265.00	$260.00	Oct 9	$2.17	$2.83	$2.17	53%	1.30	$262.83
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$0.97	$1.53	$0.97	49%	1.58	$261.53

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 83 found (best R:R 0.28, avg 0.24)

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	$0.54	$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
$287.50	$290.00	Sep 4	$0.48	$0.48	$2.02	92%	0.24	$287.98

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 2	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	69%	0.40	$253.57
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 9	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	58%	0.69	$257.95
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	68%	0.40	$253.56
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.88	$0.88	$4.12	80%	0.21	$249.12

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.00, cheapest $1.22)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.22	32.8%	19.0%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.78	32.8%	19.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 63 found (cheapest 0.71% of stock, avg 5.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.53	$1.35	$1.88	$263.12	$266.88	0.71%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.92	$0.28	$2.20	$260.30	$264.70	0.83%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$3.31	$3.41	$264.09	$270.91	1.29%
$260.00	Aug 28	$4.35	$0.06	$4.41	$255.59	$264.41	1.67%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.94	$2.76	$5.70	$256.80	$268.20	2.16%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.75	$4.13	$5.88	$259.12	$270.88	2.23%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$5.90	$5.93	$264.07	$275.93	2.25%
$257.50	Aug 28	$6.53	$0.02	$6.55	$250.95	$264.05	2.48%
$260.00	Sep 4	$5.03	$1.69	$6.72	$253.28	$266.72	2.55%
$267.50	Sep 4	$0.93	$5.88	$6.81	$260.69	$274.31	2.58%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 1.52%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$267.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.28	$0.38	$262.12	$267.88
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.30	$0.56	$251.94	$273.06
$267.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$244.35	$268.15
$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
$267.50	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$234.35	$268.15
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.54	$0.80	$254.20	$273.30
$287.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.30	$0.87	$251.63	$288.37
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.55	$0.30	$0.85	$251.65	$270.85
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.53	$0.28	$0.81	$261.69	$265.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 165 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.85)

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	$1.06	$3.94	87%	0.27	$233.94	$293.56
245/248	298/300	Sep 4	$0.65	$1.85	88%	0.35	$246.85	$298.15
245/248	288/290	Sep 4	$0.66	$1.84	87%	0.36	$246.84	$288.16
250/252	298/300	Sep 4	$0.63	$1.87	86%	0.34	$251.87	$298.13
250/252	288/290	Sep 4	$0.64	$1.86	84%	0.34	$251.86	$288.14
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.71	$1.79	80%	0.40	$254.29	$298.21
255/258	298/300	Sep 4	$0.91	$1.59	71%	0.57	$256.59	$298.41
252/255	288/290	Sep 4	$0.72	$1.78	78%	0.40	$254.28	$288.22
245/248	310/315	Sep 4	$0.70	$4.30	89%	0.16	$246.80	$310.70

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 114 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$4.79	22%	22.81
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$4.75	19%	19.00
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.31	$4.69	21%	15.13
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.96	$1.54	69%	1.60
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.48	$4.52	23%	9.42

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.08	$4.92	22%	61.50
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$0.12	$4.88	22%	40.67
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.89	$1.61	75%	1.81
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	13%	54.56
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.85	$1.65	60%	1.94

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 176 found (best net $-4.87, 149 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.87	$5.13
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.85	$7.15
$260.00	$262.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.85	$1.65
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.17	$4.83
$270.00	$275.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.65	$4.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.72	$1.78
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.93	$4.07
$265.00	$260.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.72	$3.28
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.36	$4.64
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.53	$4.47

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 39 found (best yield 2.35%, avg 0.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$6.20	0.47	0.4%	2.35%	2.76%	2	2
$270.00	Oct 9	$4.20	0.36	2.3%	1.59%	3.90%	2	3
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.45	0.46	0.4%	2.07%	2.48%	7	236
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.45	0.35	2.3%	1.31%	3.61%	14	70
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.75	0.45	0.4%	1.80%	2.21%	26	124
$270.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.33	2.3%	1.14%	3.44%	28	179
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.79	0.20	6.1%	0.68%	6.78%	5	10
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.25	4.2%	0.81%	5.01%	8	38
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.26	4.2%	0.70%	4.90%	--	13
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.71	0.22	4.2%	0.65%	4.85%	--	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 7,469

Total Puts 2,812

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 4,657

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,005

Total Puts 5,816

Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Net Difference 4,189

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 115,849

Total Puts 73,268

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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