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MCDONALDS CORP

$264.08 +1.55%

(8/28 10:15) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:20am) 10,795

Calls: 7,828 (73%)

Puts: 2,967 (27%)

Prior (08/04) 18,079

Calls: 12,015 (66%)

Puts: 6,064 (34%)

Current vs Prior -40.29%

Calls: -34.85% (Calls)

Puts: -51.07% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 190,758

Calls: 117,085 (61%)

Puts: 73,673 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,251

Calls: 16,726 (61%)

Puts: 10,524 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.39%

Calls: -53.20%

Puts: -71.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:20am) $4.40M

Calls: $3.58M (81%)

Puts: $824.5K (19%)

Prior (08/04) $5.01M

Calls: $3.61M (72%)

Puts: $1.40M (28%)

Current vs Prior -12.10%

Calls: -0.91%

Puts: -41.01%

Prior 7-Day Total $73.35M

Calls: $44.38M (60%)

Puts: $28.98M (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.48M

Calls: $6.34M (60%)

Puts: $4.14M (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.99%

Calls: -43.56%

Puts: -80.08%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:20am) 0.38

Prior (08/04) 0.50

Current vs Prior -24.90%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.64

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -40.82%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:20am) 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 1.25% | 2.72%4.15% | 7.00%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -54.88% | -34.57%-13.55% | -8.53%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.52% | -30.18%-19.25% | -13.64%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -54.88% | -34.57%-4.15% | -2.16%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 25.95% | 12.14%

Calls: 30.26% | 14.77%

Puts: 21.64% | 9.52%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +141.17% | -32.37%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +17.92% | -16.01%

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Strong bullish conviction with 81% of dollar volume in calls ($3.58M) vs puts ($824.5K). Below-average activity with volume down 40% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.38 - heavy call buying (7,828 calls vs 2,967 puts). P/C ratio dropping 25% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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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Prior BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 26 of results (avg 7.6%, best 4.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Sep 18	4.80	5.10	$4.95	6.1%	110	0.52	218
$260.00	Sep 25	7.15	7.80	$7.48	8.7%	6	0.60	44
$235.00	Aug 28	27.55	30.10	$28.83	8.8%	--	0.94	10
$240.00	Sep 18	22.60	24.70	$23.65	8.9%	1	1.00	43
$220.00	Sep 18	42.15	46.10	$44.13	9.0%	--	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Sep 18	31.80	33.30	$32.55	4.6%	2	0.96	767
$285.00	Sep 18	22.00	23.20	$22.60	5.3%	--	0.94	1.3K
$275.00	Sep 18	13.10	13.90	$13.50	5.9%	1	0.83	1.5K
$280.00	Oct 2	17.95	19.05	$18.50	5.9%	1	0.84	7
$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. 2 found (avg $0.59, cheapest $0.99)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Sep 4	0.94	1.04	$0.99	10.1%	138	0.25	305
$290.00	Sep 18	0.18	0.20	$0.19	10.5%	202	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 0.83, 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	42.15	46.10	$44.13	9.0%	--	1.00	11
$230.00	Sep 18	32.15	36.10	$34.13	11.6%	--	1.00	12
$235.00	Sep 18	27.25	31.00	$29.13	12.9%	--	1.00	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 28	5.20	6.65	$5.93	24.5%	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%	--	0.98	14

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 149 active (total vol 7.0K, top 795)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	1.68	2.00	$1.84	17.4%	795	0.39	845
$262.50	Aug 28	1.65	2.24	$1.95	30.3%	363	0.77	456
$265.00	Aug 28	0.32	0.58	$0.45	57.8%	340	0.34	480
$262.50	Sep 4	2.76	3.20	$2.98	14.8%	330	0.56	443
$270.00	Sep 18	2.02	2.28	$2.15	12.1%	252	0.28	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	567	0.03	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.23	0.35	$0.29	41.4%	342	0.23	888
$260.00	Sep 18	3.25	3.70	$3.48	12.9%	140	0.41	4.8K
$265.00	Aug 28	1.19	1.48	$1.34	21.6%	128	0.66	1.4K
$260.00	Sep 4	1.54	1.91	$1.73	21.4%	119	0.36	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 59.7%, max 83.7%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.1%	17.5%	83.7%	473	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	29.5%	21.8%	35.6%	342	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.1%	17.5%	83.7%	344	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	29.5%	21.8%	35.6%	130	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 104 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 6.59)

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	88%	0.50	$253.33
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$2.80	$2.20	$2.80	71%	0.79	$257.80
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 9	$0.69	$4.31	$0.69	26%	6.25	$275.69
$285.00	$290.00	Sep 25	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	9%	37.46	$285.13
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$2.38	$2.62	$2.38	58%	1.10	$262.38

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	77%	1.00	$268.75
$275.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	77%	0.54	$271.75
$265.00	$260.00	Oct 9	$2.27	$2.73	$2.27	53%	1.20	$262.73
$255.00	$252.50	Sep 11	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	20%	7.33	$254.70
$260.00	$257.50	Sep 11	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	39%	2.42	$259.27

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 81 found (best R:R 0.28, avg 0.26)

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	$2.06	$2.06	$2.94	57%	0.70	$257.94
$260.00	$255.00	Sep 25	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	58%	0.61	$258.10
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.85	$0.85	$4.15	79%	0.20	$249.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.12, cheapest $1.39)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.39	29.5%	19.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.86	29.5%	19.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 63 found (cheapest 0.68% of stock, avg 5.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.45	$1.34	$1.79	$263.21	$266.79	0.68%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.95	$0.29	$2.24	$260.26	$264.74	0.85%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.08	$3.50	$3.58	$263.92	$271.08	1.36%
$260.00	Aug 28	$4.15	$0.03	$4.18	$255.82	$264.18	1.58%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.98	$2.79	$5.77	$256.73	$268.27	2.18%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.02	$5.93	$5.95	$264.05	$275.95	2.25%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.84	$4.20	$6.04	$258.96	$271.04	2.29%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.63	$1.73	$6.36	$253.64	$266.36	2.41%
$257.50	Aug 28	$6.53	$0.09	$6.62	$250.88	$264.12	2.51%
$267.50	Sep 4	$0.99	$5.88	$6.87	$260.63	$274.37	2.60%

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	$0.08	$0.29	$0.37	$262.13	$267.87
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.28	$0.28	$0.56	$251.94	$273.06
$267.50	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.55	$0.63	$241.87	$268.13
$267.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.55	$0.63	$244.37	$268.13
$267.50	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.55	$0.63	$239.37	$268.13
$267.50	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.55	$0.63	$234.37	$268.13
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.45	$0.29	$0.74	$261.76	$265.74
$287.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.57	$0.28	$0.85	$251.65	$288.35
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.28	$0.80	$251.70	$270.80
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.28	$0.53	$0.81	$254.19	$273.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 153 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.91)

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	$0.65	$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	$0.61	$1.89	86%	0.32	$251.89	$298.11
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.72	$1.78	81%	0.40	$254.28	$298.22
250/252	288/290	Sep 4	$0.62	$1.88	84%	0.33	$251.88	$288.12
255/258	298/300	Sep 4	$0.96	$1.54	70%	0.62	$256.54	$298.46
252/255	288/290	Sep 4	$0.73	$1.77	79%	0.41	$254.27	$288.23
255/258	288/290	Sep 4	$0.97	$1.53	68%	0.63	$256.53	$288.47

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 120 found (best R:R 22.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.70	$1.80	63%	2.57
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 9	$0.26	$4.74	22%	18.23
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$4.62	25%	12.16
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$4.75	19%	19.00
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.32	$4.68	21%	14.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$0.21	$4.79	22%	22.81
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$4.75	22%	19.00
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.79	$1.71	63%	2.16
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$2.23	34%	8.26
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$4.86	13%	34.71

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 $-4.05, 152 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.05	$5.95
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.85	$7.15
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.17	$4.83
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.77	$0.73
$265.00	$267.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.14	$2.36

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.07	$1.43
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.73	$4.27
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.35	$4.65
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.53	$4.47
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.15	$4.85

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 40 found (best yield 2.37%, avg 0.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$6.25	0.47	0.3%	2.37%	2.72%	2	2
$270.00	Oct 9	$4.20	0.36	2.2%	1.59%	3.83%	2	3
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.55	0.46	0.3%	2.10%	2.45%	8	236
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.45	0.35	2.2%	1.31%	3.55%	14	70
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.75	0.45	0.3%	1.80%	2.15%	27	124
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.79	0.20	6.0%	0.68%	6.71%	5	10
$270.00	Sep 25	$3.00	0.33	2.2%	1.14%	3.38%	28	179
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.25	4.1%	0.81%	4.95%	8	38
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.26	4.1%	0.70%	4.84%	--	13
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.79	0.22	4.1%	0.68%	4.81%	--	206

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,828

Total Puts 2,967

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 4,861

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,015

Total Puts 6,064

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 5,951

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 117,085

Total Puts 73,673

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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