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MCDONALDS CORP

$263.61 +1.37%

(8/28 10:25) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:30am) 11,856

Calls: 8,382 (71%)

Puts: 3,474 (29%)

Prior (08/04) 21,269

Calls: 13,224 (62%)

Puts: 8,045 (38%)

Current vs Prior -44.26%

Calls: -36.62% (Calls)

Puts: -56.82% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 193,217

Calls: 118,726 (61%)

Puts: 74,491 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,602

Calls: 16,960 (61%)

Puts: 10,641 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.05%

Calls: -50.58%

Puts: -67.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:30am) $4.65M

Calls: $3.71M (80%)

Puts: $935.2K (20%)

Prior (08/04) $5.90M

Calls: $3.96M (67%)

Puts: $1.95M (33%)

Current vs Prior -21.21%

Calls: -6.11%

Puts: -51.92%

Prior 7-Day Total $74.25M

Calls: $44.98M (61%)

Puts: $29.26M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.61M

Calls: $6.43M (61%)

Puts: $4.18M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.17%

Calls: -42.21%

Puts: -77.63%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 10:30am) 0.41

Prior (08/04) 0.61

Current vs Prior -31.87%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.64

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:30am) 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 1.28% | 2.74%4.12% | 6.98%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -53.70% | -33.99%-14.10% | -8.77%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.39% | -29.57%-19.77% | -13.86%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -53.70% | -33.99%-4.77% | -2.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 33.55% | 11.07%

Calls: 38.69% | 12.22%

Puts: 28.40% | 9.93%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +211.80% | -38.33%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +52.46% | -23.41%

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Strong bullish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in calls ($3.71M) vs puts ($935.2K). Below-average activity with volume down 44% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.41 - heavy call buying (8,382 calls vs 3,474 puts). P/C ratio dropping 32% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 38 of results (avg 7.5%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Sep 18	4.55	4.80	$4.68	5.3%	110	0.50	218
$260.00	Sep 25	7.05	7.50	$7.28	6.2%	6	0.58	44
$272.50	Sep 18	1.39	1.49	$1.44	6.9%	37	0.21	1.0K
$235.00	Sep 18	27.75	29.75	$28.75	7.0%	--	1.00	25
$270.00	Sep 18	1.93	2.08	$2.01	7.5%	260	0.27	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Sep 18	13.60	14.15	$13.88	4.0%	2	0.83	1.5K
$265.00	Sep 18	6.05	6.30	$6.18	4.0%	20	0.59	1.8K
$280.00	Sep 18	17.75	18.70	$18.23	5.2%	3	0.90	969
$270.00	Sep 4	8.25	8.70	$8.48	5.3%	26	0.86	792
$290.00	Sep 18	27.05	28.55	$27.80	5.4%	2	0.96	1.1K

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%	248	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	25.60	$24.15	12.0%	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	31.70	35.65	$33.67	11.7%	--	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	8.05	9.30	$8.68	14.4%	3	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. 155 active (total vol 7.5K, top 804)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	1.51	1.75	$1.63	14.7%	804	0.36	845
$262.50	Aug 28	1.35	2.00	$1.68	38.7%	363	0.73	456
$265.00	Aug 28	0.14	0.32	$0.23	78.3%	358	0.24	480
$262.50	Sep 4	2.53	2.86	$2.70	12.2%	337	0.52	443
$270.00	Sep 18	1.93	2.08	$2.01	7.5%	260	0.27	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.11	$0.07	128.6%	573	0.06	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.29	0.45	$0.37	43.2%	368	0.28	888
$257.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	193	0.02	634
$265.00	Aug 28	1.45	1.93	$1.69	28.4%	156	0.81	1.4K
$260.00	Sep 18	3.45	4.00	$3.73	14.7%	141	0.43	4.8K

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 39.4%, max 66.1%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.3%	19.5%	66.1%	473	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	24.7%	21.9%	12.7%	360	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	32.3%	19.5%	66.1%	370	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	24.7%	21.9%	12.7%	158	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 0.76, avg 6.92)

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
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$2.33	$2.67	$2.33	57%	1.15	$262.33
$285.00	$290.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	9%	34.71	$285.14
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$1.67	$3.33	$1.67	45%	1.99	$266.67

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
$265.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$2.28	$2.72	$2.28	55%	1.19	$262.72
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.07	$1.43	$1.07	51%	1.34	$261.43
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	81%	0.89	$263.68
$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. 81 found (best R:R 0.28, 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
$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
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$1.72	$1.72	$3.28	64%	0.52	$271.72
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$1.08	$1.08	$3.92	76%	0.28	$276.08

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
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.97	$0.97	$4.03	77%	0.24	$249.03
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.86	$0.86	$4.14	79%	0.21	$249.14

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 0.73% of stock, avg 4.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$1.69	$1.92	$263.08	$266.92	0.73%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.68	$0.37	$2.05	$260.45	$264.55	0.78%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.03	$3.58	$3.61	$263.89	$271.11	1.37%
$260.00	Aug 28	$3.97	$0.07	$4.04	$255.96	$264.04	1.53%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.70	$3.02	$5.72	$256.78	$268.22	2.17%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.35	$1.83	$6.18	$253.82	$266.18	2.34%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.63	$4.53	$6.16	$258.84	$271.16	2.34%
$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	$0.87	$6.40	$7.27	$260.23	$274.77	2.76%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.20% of stock, avg 1.48%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.28	$0.54	$251.96	$273.04
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.37	$0.60	$261.90	$265.60
$292.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.28	$0.71	$251.79	$293.21
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.51	$0.28	$0.79	$251.71	$270.79
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.26	$0.56	$0.82	$254.18	$273.32
$265.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.55	$0.78	$244.22	$265.78
$265.00	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.55	$0.78	$241.72	$265.78
$265.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.55	$0.78	$239.22	$265.78
$265.00	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$0.55	$0.78	$234.22	$265.78
$275.00	$250.00	Sep 11	$0.53	$0.52	$1.05	$248.95	$276.05

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 158 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
248/250	292/295	Sep 11	$0.46	$2.04	84%	0.23	$249.54	$292.96
255/258	292/295	Sep 11	$0.94	$1.56	64%	0.60	$256.56	$293.44
250/252	298/300	Sep 4	$0.33	$2.17	88%	0.15	$252.17	$297.83
252/255	298/300	Sep 4	$0.49	$2.01	81%	0.24	$254.51	$297.99
250/252	292/295	Sep 11	$0.53	$1.97	79%	0.27	$251.97	$293.03
255/258	298/300	Sep 4	$0.71	$1.79	71%	0.40	$256.79	$298.21
240/242	285/288	Sep 18	$0.29	$2.21	88%	0.13	$242.21	$285.29
260/262	298/300	Aug 28	$0.84	$1.66	66%	0.51	$261.66	$298.34

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 122 found (best R:R 3.39, 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
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.19	$4.81	21%	25.32
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.84	$1.66	70%	1.98
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.41	$4.59	26%	11.20
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.55	$4.45	29%	8.09

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.57	$1.93	72%	3.39
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.02	$1.48	75%	1.45
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.37	$4.63	24%	12.51
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$4.68	18%	14.62
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$4.82	13%	26.78

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	-$0.26	$4.74
$270.00	$275.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.61	$4.39

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	-$0.89	$4.11
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.38	$4.62
$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. 38 found (best yield 2.31%, avg 0.60%)

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	$4.65	0.44	0.5%	1.76%	2.29%	28	124
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.79	0.20	6.2%	0.68%	6.90%	5	10
$270.00	Sep 25	$2.89	0.32	2.4%	1.10%	3.52%	30	179
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.14	0.24	4.3%	0.81%	5.13%	10	38
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.26	4.3%	0.70%	5.02%	--	13
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.69	0.21	4.3%	0.64%	4.96%	--	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 8,382

Total Puts 3,474

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 4,908

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,224

Total Puts 8,045

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 5,179

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 118,726

Total Puts 74,491

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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