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MCDONALDS CORP

$263.85 +1.46%

(8/28 10:30) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:35am) 12,266

Calls: 8,696 (71%)

Puts: 3,570 (29%)

Prior (08/04) 21,740

Calls: 13,597 (63%)

Puts: 8,143 (37%)

Current vs Prior -43.58%

Calls: -36.04% (Calls)

Puts: -56.16% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 194,278

Calls: 119,280 (61%)

Puts: 74,998 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,754

Calls: 17,040 (61%)

Puts: 10,714 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -55.80%

Calls: -48.97%

Puts: -66.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:35am) $4.76M

Calls: $3.81M (80%)

Puts: $950.2K (20%)

Prior (08/04) $6.15M

Calls: $4.16M (68%)

Puts: $1.99M (32%)

Current vs Prior -22.67%

Calls: -8.52%

Puts: -52.26%

Prior 7-Day Total $74.49M

Calls: $45.12M (61%)

Puts: $29.37M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.64M

Calls: $6.45M (61%)

Puts: $4.20M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -55.29%

Calls: -40.92%

Puts: -77.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:35am) 0.41

Prior (08/04) 0.60

Current vs Prior -31.45%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.65

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 10:35am) 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 1.21% | 2.76%4.12% | 6.94%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -56.35% | -33.69%-14.02% | -9.25%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.94% | -29.24%-19.70% | -14.31%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -56.35% | -33.69%-4.68% | -2.92%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.77% | 12.04%

Calls: 16.88% | 11.79%

Puts: 28.66% | 12.30%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +111.62% | -32.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +3.47% | -16.70%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in calls ($3.81M) vs puts ($950.2K). Below-average activity with volume down 44% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.41 - heavy call buying (8,696 calls vs 3,570 puts). P/C ratio dropping 31% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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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
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 45 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Sep 18	4.70	4.80	$4.75	2.1%	112	0.51	218
$270.00	Sep 11	1.12	1.16	$1.14	3.5%	56	0.21	179
$270.00	Sep 18	2.00	2.08	$2.04	3.9%	261	0.28	2.1K
$265.00	Sep 11	2.48	2.60	$2.54	4.7%	144	0.40	286
$260.00	Sep 25	7.20	7.60	$7.40	5.4%	6	0.59	44

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Sep 18	9.30	9.70	$9.50	4.2%	12	0.72	3.3K
$290.00	Sep 18	27.25	28.55	$27.90	4.7%	2	0.96	1.1K
$260.00	Sep 11	2.56	2.70	$2.63	5.3%	10	0.41	414
$300.00	Sep 18	36.70	38.75	$37.73	5.4%	1	0.98	622
$280.00	Sep 18	17.95	19.00	$18.48	5.7%	5	0.90	969

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.52, cheapest $0.19)

CALLS (3)

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
$280.00	Sep 18	0.54	0.61	$0.57	12.3%	90	0.10	3.0K
$277.50	Sep 18	0.73	0.86	$0.80	16.2%	20	0.13	72

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 0.82, 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	5.60	6.50	$6.05	14.9%	28	1.00	26
$260.00	Aug 28	3.35	4.75	$4.05	34.6%	134	1.00	118
$240.00	Sep 4	22.70	25.60	$24.15	12.0%	1	1.00	10
$257.50	Sep 4	5.85	7.85	$6.85	29.2%	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	0.99	1
$275.00	Aug 28	10.00	11.90	$10.95	17.4%	1	0.99	1
$300.00	Sep 4	36.70	39.25	$37.98	6.7%	--	0.98	14
$270.00	Aug 28	5.90	6.85	$6.38	14.9%	6	0.98	86
$315.00	Sep 18	51.10	55.10	$53.10	7.5%	--	0.98	98

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 157 active (total vol 7.8K, top 806)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 4	1.53	1.73	$1.63	12.3%	806	0.36	845
$265.00	Aug 28	0.23	0.39	$0.31	51.6%	440	0.26	480
$262.50	Aug 28	1.41	1.67	$1.54	16.9%	370	0.75	456
$262.50	Sep 4	2.63	2.96	$2.80	11.8%	338	0.53	443
$270.00	Sep 18	2.00	2.08	$2.04	3.9%	261	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%	575	0.04	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.25	0.40	$0.33	45.5%	372	0.27	888
$257.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.03	$0.02	150.0%	198	0.01	634
$265.00	Aug 28	1.40	1.87	$1.64	28.7%	166	0.74	1.4K
$260.00	Sep 18	3.40	3.85	$3.63	12.4%	152	0.42	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 48.2%, max 59.5%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	28.9%	18.1%	59.5%	482	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	29.9%	21.9%	36.9%	442	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	28.9%	18.1%	59.5%	374	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	29.9%	21.9%	36.9%	168	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 103 found (best R:R 0.76, avg 6.66)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$2.97	$2.03	$2.97	71%	0.68	$257.97
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$3.13	$1.87	$3.13	74%	0.60	$258.13
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$2.33	$2.67	$2.33	58%	1.15	$262.33
$260.00	$262.50	Sep 4	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	76%	0.67	$261.50
$260.00	$262.50	Sep 11	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	66%	0.89	$261.32

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
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$1.65	$3.35	$1.65	43%	2.03	$258.35
$255.00	$252.50	Sep 11	$0.29	$2.21	$0.29	22%	7.62	$254.71
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.49	$4.51	$0.49	15%	9.20	$244.51
$240.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	6%	28.41	$239.83

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 0.25)

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	$1.48	$1.48	$3.52	68%	0.42	$253.52
$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
$262.50	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$0.30	$2.20	73%	0.14	$262.20

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. 63 found (cheapest 0.71% of stock, avg 5.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.54	$0.33	$1.87	$260.63	$264.37	0.71%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$1.64	$1.95	$263.05	$266.95	0.74%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.04	$3.58	$3.62	$263.88	$271.12	1.37%
$260.00	Aug 28	$4.05	$0.03	$4.08	$255.92	$264.08	1.55%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.80	$2.94	$5.74	$256.76	$268.24	2.18%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.30	$1.73	$6.03	$253.97	$266.03	2.29%
$257.50	Aug 28	$6.05	$0.02	$6.07	$251.43	$263.57	2.30%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.63	$4.47	$6.10	$258.90	$271.10	2.31%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.02	$6.38	$6.40	$263.60	$276.40	2.43%
$267.50	Sep 4	$0.92	$6.40	$7.32	$260.18	$274.82	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 1.47%)

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	$0.31	$0.33	$0.64	$261.86	$265.64
$292.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.28	$0.71	$251.79	$293.21
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.28	$0.80	$251.70	$270.80
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.51	$0.78	$254.22	$273.28
$270.00	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.51	$1.03	$253.97	$271.03
$275.00	$250.00	Sep 11	$0.53	$0.50	$1.03	$248.97	$276.03
$292.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.51	$0.94	$254.06	$293.44
$265.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.55	$0.86	$244.14	$265.86
$265.00	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.31	$0.55	$0.86	$241.64	$265.86

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
248/250	292/295	Sep 11	$0.47	$2.03	84%	0.23	$249.53	$292.97
255/258	292/295	Sep 11	$0.97	$1.53	64%	0.63	$256.53	$293.47
250/252	295/298	Sep 4	$0.34	$2.16	88%	0.16	$252.16	$295.34
250/252	292/295	Sep 11	$0.55	$1.95	79%	0.28	$251.95	$293.05
240/242	280/282	Sep 18	$0.40	$2.10	84%	0.19	$242.10	$280.40
260/262	298/300	Aug 28	$0.84	$1.66	66%	0.51	$261.66	$298.34
248/250	285/288	Sep 11	$0.39	$2.11	84%	0.18	$249.61	$285.39
255/258	295/298	Sep 4	$0.71	$1.79	71%	0.40	$256.79	$295.71

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 120 found (best R:R 2.97, 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
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.41	$4.59	26%	11.20
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.20	$4.80	18%	24.00
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.96	$1.54	71%	1.60
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Sep 11	$0.08	$2.42	26%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.63	$1.87	68%	2.97
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$4.83	22%	28.41
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.01	$1.49	71%	1.48
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$4.83	12%	28.41
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.32	$4.68	18%	14.62

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 $-3.65, 151 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$3.65	$6.35
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.85	$7.15
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.75	$0.75
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.26	$4.74
$262.50	$265.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.46	$2.04

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	-$0.87	$4.13
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.49	$4.51
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.42	$4.58
$262.50	$260.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.52	$1.98

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 0.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$6.10	0.46	0.4%	2.31%	2.75%	2	2
$270.00	Oct 9	$4.15	0.36	2.3%	1.57%	3.90%	2	3
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.35	0.45	0.4%	2.03%	2.46%	8	236
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.50	0.34	2.3%	1.33%	3.66%	14	70
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.75	0.44	0.4%	1.80%	2.24%	28	124
$270.00	Sep 25	$2.95	0.32	2.3%	1.12%	3.45%	31	179
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.79	0.19	6.1%	0.68%	6.80%	5	10
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.16	0.24	4.2%	0.82%	5.04%	10	38
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.26	4.2%	0.70%	4.93%	--	13
$275.00	Sep 25	$1.73	0.22	4.2%	0.66%	4.88%	--	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 8,696

Total Puts 3,570

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 5,126

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,597

Total Puts 8,143

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 5,454

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 119,280

Total Puts 74,998

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.65

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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