MCD - Options Database

MCD

MCDONALDS CORP

$263.61 +1.37%

(8/28 10:20) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (10:25am)

▶ (8/28 10:30)

◀ 8/28 10:25 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:25am) 11,498

Calls: 8,202 (71%)

Puts: 3,296 (29%)

Prior (08/04) 19,050

Calls: 12,758 (67%)

Puts: 6,292 (33%)

Current vs Prior -39.64%

Calls: -35.71% (Calls)

Puts: -47.62% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 192,000

Calls: 117,993 (61%)

Puts: 74,007 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,428

Calls: 16,856 (61%)

Puts: 10,572 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -58.08%

Calls: -51.34%

Puts: -68.82%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:25am) $4.56M

Calls: $3.65M (80%)

Puts: $912.0K (20%)

Prior (08/04) $5.31M

Calls: $3.84M (72%)

Puts: $1.47M (28%)

Current vs Prior -14.06%

Calls: -5.03%

Puts: -37.76%

Prior 7-Day Total $73.85M

Calls: $44.74M (61%)

Puts: $29.11M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.55M

Calls: $6.39M (61%)

Puts: $4.16M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.76%

Calls: -42.89%

Puts: -78.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:25am) 0.40

Prior (08/04) 0.49

Current vs Prior -18.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.64

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -37.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:25am) 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

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (08/28) | Next (09/04)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.31% | 2.75%4.13% | 7.00%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -52.61% | -33.90%-13.79% | -8.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -54.33% | -29.47%-19.48% | -13.62%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -52.61% | -33.90%-4.42% | -2.14%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 37.62% | 13.63%

Calls: 44.25% | 17.34%

Puts: 30.99% | 9.93%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +249.63% | -24.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +70.95% | -5.70%

Liquidity Expensive

Add Card

🤖 AI Insights

Strong bullish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in calls ($3.65M) vs puts ($912.0K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.40 - heavy call buying (8,202 calls vs 3,296 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads

💰 Best Value Under $1

📊 High Delta (ITM)

🔥 High Volume

⏰ Backwardation

📈 Debit Spreads

📉 Credit Spreads

📅 Calendar Spreads

⚡ Straddles

🔀 Strangles

🦅 Iron Condors

🦋 Butterflies

⚖️ Ratio Spreads

🛡️ Covered Calls

🎯

Tightest Spreads

💰

Best Value <$1

📊

High Delta

⚖️

Ratio Spreads

🛡️

Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 35 of results (avg 7.6%, best 4.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 11	2.49	2.60	$2.55	4.3%	140	0.39	286
$270.00	Sep 18	1.94	2.07	$2.01	6.5%	260	0.27	2.1K
$270.00	Sep 25	2.85	3.05	$2.95	6.8%	29	0.31	179
$260.00	Sep 25	7.00	7.50	$7.25	6.9%	6	0.58	44
$235.00	Sep 18	27.75	29.75	$28.75	7.0%	--	1.00	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 18	6.00	6.30	$6.15	4.9%	20	0.58	1.8K
$275.00	Sep 18	13.55	14.25	$13.90	5.0%	1	0.83	1.5K
$270.00	Sep 4	8.25	8.70	$8.48	5.3%	26	0.86	792
$295.00	Sep 18	31.80	33.75	$32.78	5.9%	2	0.97	767
$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%	247	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. 77 found (avg delta 0.81, 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	13.10	14.95	$14.02	13.2%	7	1.00	27
$220.00	Sep 18	41.90	45.65	$43.78	8.6%	--	1.00	11
$230.00	Sep 18	31.75	35.65	$33.70	11.6%	--	1.00	12
$235.00	Sep 18	27.75	29.75	$28.75	7.0%	--	1.00	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Aug 28	2.95	4.20	$3.58	34.9%	21	1.00	51
$270.00	Aug 28	5.90	6.85	$6.38	14.9%	6	1.00	86
$272.50	Aug 28	7.35	9.75	$8.55	28.1%	--	1.00	20
$275.00	Aug 28	10.00	11.90	$10.95	17.4%	1	1.00	1
$280.00	Aug 28	15.00	17.45	$16.23	15.1%	1	1.00	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 152 active (total vol 7.3K, top 804)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	1.45	1.68	$1.57	14.6%	804	0.36	845
$262.50	Aug 28	1.35	2.12	$1.74	44.3%	363	0.73	456
$265.00	Aug 28	0.07	0.48	$0.28	146.4%	343	0.26	480
$262.50	Sep 4	2.47	2.94	$2.71	17.3%	330	0.52	443
$270.00	Sep 18	1.94	2.07	$2.01	6.5%	260	0.27	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.11	$0.06	166.7%	569	0.06	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.21	0.52	$0.37	83.8%	351	0.27	888
$265.00	Aug 28	1.44	1.97	$1.71	31.0%	147	0.80	1.4K
$260.00	Sep 18	3.50	3.95	$3.73	12.1%	141	0.42	4.8K
$257.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	130	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 51.6%, max 85.3%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.6%	17.6%	85.3%	473	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	25.8%	21.9%	18.0%	345	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.6%	17.6%	85.3%	353	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	25.8%	21.9%	18.0%	149	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 100 found (best R:R 0.76, avg 6.59)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 9	$0.69	$4.31	$0.69	26%	6.25	$275.69
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$2.97	$2.03	$2.97	70%	0.68	$257.97
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$1.67	$3.33	$1.67	45%	1.99	$266.67
$280.00	$285.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$4.62	$0.38	16%	12.16	$280.38
$272.50	$275.00	Sep 18	$0.30	$2.20	$0.30	21%	7.33	$272.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.42	$1.08	$1.42	79%	0.76	$268.58
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$0.97	$1.53	$0.97	51%	1.58	$261.53
$265.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$2.28	$2.72	$2.28	55%	1.19	$262.72
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$1.34	$1.16	$1.34	80%	0.87	$263.66
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.49	$4.51	$0.49	15%	9.20	$244.51

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 80 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
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$1.17	$1.17	$3.83	75%	0.31	$276.17

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	$1.42	$1.42	$3.58	68%	0.40	$253.58
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.42	$1.42	$3.58	68%	0.40	$253.58
$260.00	$255.00	Sep 25	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	57%	0.61	$258.10
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.97	$0.97	$4.03	77%	0.24	$249.03

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 61 found (cheapest 0.75% of stock, avg 4.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$1.71	$1.99	$263.01	$266.99	0.75%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.74	$0.37	$2.11	$260.39	$264.61	0.80%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.04	$3.58	$3.62	$263.88	$271.12	1.37%
$260.00	Aug 28	$3.97	$0.06	$4.03	$255.97	$264.03	1.53%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.71	$3.05	$5.76	$256.74	$268.26	2.19%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.57	$4.53	$6.10	$258.90	$271.10	2.31%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.45	$1.84	$6.29	$253.71	$266.29	2.39%
$257.50	Aug 28	$6.35	$0.02	$6.37	$251.13	$263.87	2.42%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.02	$6.38	$6.40	$263.60	$276.40	2.43%
$267.50	Sep 4	$0.89	$6.40	$7.29	$260.21	$274.79	2.77%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 1.49%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.28	$0.55	$251.95	$273.05
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.37	$0.65	$261.85	$265.65
$297.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.51	$0.28	$0.79	$251.71	$298.29
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.51	$0.28	$0.79	$251.71	$270.79
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.56	$0.83	$254.17	$273.33
$265.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.55	$0.83	$244.17	$265.83
$265.00	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.55	$0.83	$241.67	$265.83
$265.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.55	$0.83	$239.17	$265.83
$265.00	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.28	$0.55	$0.83	$234.17	$265.83
$285.00	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.61	$0.45	$1.06	$238.94	$286.06

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 156 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
250/252	298/300	Sep 4	$0.61	$1.89	86%	0.32	$251.89	$298.11
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.75	$1.75	79%	0.43	$254.25	$298.25
255/258	298/300	Sep 4	$0.99	$1.51	69%	0.66	$256.51	$298.49
242/245	292/295	Sep 11	$0.43	$2.07	88%	0.21	$244.57	$292.93
248/250	292/295	Sep 11	$0.48	$2.02	84%	0.24	$249.52	$292.98
242/245	285/288	Sep 11	$0.34	$2.16	88%	0.16	$244.66	$285.34
260/262	298/300	Aug 28	$0.85	$1.65	67%	0.52	$261.65	$298.35
260/262	292/295	Aug 28	$0.85	$1.65	66%	0.52	$261.65	$293.35

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 123 found (best R:R 3.72, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$4.72	29%	16.86
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.77	$1.73	68%	2.25
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.41	$4.59	26%	11.20
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.22	$4.78	19%	21.73
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.28	$4.72	20%	16.86

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.53	$1.97	73%	3.72
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.03	$1.47	75%	1.43
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.37	$4.63	24%	12.51
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$4.82	13%	26.78
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$4.92	9%	61.50

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 174 found (best net $-4.05, 149 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
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.59	$0.91
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.17	$4.83
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.08	$3.92

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.78	$1.72
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.88	$4.12
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.36	$4.64
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.55	$4.45
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.25	$4.75

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 39 found (best yield 2.31%, avg 0.58%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$6.10	0.46	0.5%	2.31%	2.84%	2	2
$270.00	Oct 9	$4.15	0.36	2.4%	1.57%	4.00%	2	3
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.35	0.45	0.5%	2.03%	2.56%	8	236
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.45	0.34	2.4%	1.31%	3.73%	14	70
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.60	0.44	0.5%	1.75%	2.27%	27	124
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.79	0.20	6.2%	0.68%	6.90%	5	10
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.25	4.3%	0.81%	5.13%	8	38
$270.00	Sep 25	$2.85	0.31	2.4%	1.08%	3.51%	29	179
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.26	4.3%	0.70%	5.02%	--	13
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.70	0.21	4.3%	0.64%	4.97%	--	206

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,202

Total Puts 3,296

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 4,906

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,758

Total Puts 6,292

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 6,466

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 117,993

Total Puts 74,007

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
Loading data...

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Loading earnings data...

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Loading earnings data...

Earnings This Week

Loading earnings data...

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Loading earnings data...

Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
Loading data...

Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

🤖 AI Insights

📈 Options Analysis

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

Chart Title

Price — Past 7 Days

Add Card