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MCDONALDS CORP

$263.74 +1.42%

(8/28 10:35) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 11:00am) 17,763

Calls: 13,616 (77%)

Puts: 4,147 (23%)

Prior (08/04) 24,334

Calls: 14,842 (61%)

Puts: 9,492 (39%)

Current vs Prior -27.00%

Calls: -8.26% (Calls)

Puts: -56.31% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 195,046

Calls: 119,774 (61%)

Puts: 75,272 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 27,863

Calls: 17,110 (61%)

Puts: 10,753 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.25%

Calls: -20.42%

Puts: -61.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 11:00am) $5.29M

Calls: $4.16M (79%)

Puts: $1.13M (21%)

Prior (08/04) $6.83M

Calls: $4.67M (68%)

Puts: $2.16M (32%)

Current vs Prior -22.51%

Calls: -10.86%

Puts: -47.64%

Prior 7-Day Total $74.69M

Calls: $45.28M (61%)

Puts: $29.41M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.67M

Calls: $6.47M (61%)

Puts: $4.20M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.39%

Calls: -35.68%

Puts: -73.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 11:00am) 0.30

Prior (08/04) 0.64

Current vs Prior -52.38%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.65

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 11:00am) 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 1.16% | 2.71%4.15% | 6.96%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -57.98% | -34.76%-13.44% | -9.01%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -59.51% | -30.38%-19.15% | -14.09%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -57.98% | -34.76%-4.02% | -2.67%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 21.89% | 10.54%

Calls: 21.71% | 12.00%

Puts: 22.08% | 9.09%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +103.44% | -41.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.53% | -27.08%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 79% of dollar volume in calls ($4.16M) vs puts ($1.13M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.30 - heavy call buying (13,616 calls vs 4,147 puts). P/C ratio dropping 52% - 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
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 54 of results (avg 7.3%, best 2.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 25	7.10	7.45	$7.28	4.8%	6	0.59	44
$265.00	Sep 11	2.46	2.60	$2.53	5.5%	221	0.40	286
$272.50	Sep 18	1.37	1.45	$1.41	5.7%	116	0.21	1.0K
$250.00	Sep 11	13.30	14.15	$13.73	6.2%	7	1.00	27
$240.00	Sep 18	22.90	24.40	$23.65	6.3%	1	1.00	43

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Sep 18	32.45	33.35	$32.90	2.7%	2	0.97	767
$285.00	Sep 18	22.55	23.35	$22.95	3.5%	--	0.94	1.3K
$300.00	Sep 18	37.40	38.90	$38.15	3.9%	1	0.98	622
$275.00	Sep 18	13.40	13.95	$13.68	4.0%	5	0.83	1.5K
$290.00	Sep 18	27.45	28.65	$28.05	4.3%	2	0.96	1.1K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.60, cheapest $0.32)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	561	0.28	480
$267.50	Sep 4	0.89	0.99	$0.94	10.6%	178	0.23	305
$290.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	281	0.03	7.2K
$280.00	Sep 18	0.52	0.61	$0.56	16.1%	108	0.09	3.0K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$257.50	Sep 4	0.90	1.08	$0.99	18.2%	51	0.24	350

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 79 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	25.75	$24.23	12.6%	1	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	13.30	14.15	$13.73	6.2%	7	1.00	27
$220.00	Sep 18	41.90	45.90	$43.90	9.1%	--	1.00	11
$230.00	Sep 18	31.90	35.85	$33.88	11.7%	--	1.00	12
$235.00	Sep 18	27.60	30.90	$29.25	11.3%	--	1.00	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$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
$310.00	Sep 18	46.60	49.25	$47.93	5.5%	--	0.99	947
$315.00	Sep 18	51.40	54.90	$53.15	6.6%	--	0.99	98
$300.00	Sep 4	36.70	39.25	$37.98	6.7%	--	0.98	14

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 166 active (total vol 12.9K, top 3.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Aug 28	0.06	0.08	$0.07	28.6%	3.8K	0.06	627
$265.00	Sep 4	1.52	1.68	$1.60	10.0%	825	0.36	845
$265.00	Aug 28	0.29	0.35	$0.32	18.8%	561	0.28	480
$262.50	Aug 28	1.35	1.68	$1.52	21.7%	383	0.76	456
$262.50	Sep 4	2.58	2.91	$2.75	12.0%	364	0.53	443

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.05	$0.04	50.0%	581	0.04	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.17	0.36	$0.27	70.4%	399	0.24	888
$257.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	226	0.02	634
$265.00	Aug 28	1.37	1.71	$1.54	22.1%	201	0.72	1.4K
$260.00	Sep 4	1.64	1.79	$1.72	8.7%	185	0.37	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 54.2%, max 63.4%)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	28.9%	17.7%	63.4%	498	674
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	31.7%	21.9%	45.0%	563	482

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	28.9%	17.7%	63.4%	417	989
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	31.7%	21.9%	45.0%	203	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 101 found (best R:R 1.05, avg 6.23)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$2.87	$2.13	$2.87	71%	0.74	$257.87
$285.00	$290.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	10%	28.41	$285.17
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 9	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	26%	5.25	$275.80
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	74%	0.54	$258.25
$280.00	$285.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$4.67	$0.33	13%	14.15	$280.33

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.22	$1.28	$1.22	78%	1.05	$268.78
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	50%	1.38	$261.45
$267.50	$265.00	Sep 18	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	66%	0.67	$266.00
$240.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	6%	32.33	$239.85
$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. 76 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
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	64%	0.59	$271.85
$290.00	$295.00	Sep 25	$0.36	$0.36	$4.64	93%	0.08	$290.36

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
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.88	$0.88	$4.12	79%	0.21	$249.12
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.98	$0.98	$4.02	77%	0.24	$249.02
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 2	$1.34	$1.34	$3.66	69%	0.37	$253.66
$245.00	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.49	$0.49	$4.51	88%	0.11	$244.51

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. 65 found (cheapest 0.68% of stock, avg 5.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.52	$0.27	$1.79	$260.71	$264.29	0.68%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.32	$1.54	$1.86	$263.14	$266.86	0.71%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$3.80	$3.87	$263.63	$271.37	1.47%
$260.00	Aug 28	$4.05	$0.04	$4.09	$255.91	$264.09	1.55%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.75	$2.89	$5.64	$256.86	$268.14	2.14%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.60	$4.40	$6.00	$259.00	$271.00	2.27%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.35	$1.72	$6.07	$253.93	$266.07	2.30%
$257.50	Aug 28	$6.25	$0.03	$6.28	$251.22	$263.78	2.38%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$6.25	$6.33	$263.67	$276.33	2.40%
$267.50	Sep 4	$0.94	$6.13	$7.07	$260.43	$274.57	2.68%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 1.38%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$267.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.27	$0.34	$262.16	$267.84
$270.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.27	$0.35	$262.15	$270.35
$275.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.19	$0.27	$0.46	$252.04	$275.46
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.27	$0.54	$251.96	$273.04
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.32	$0.27	$0.59	$261.91	$265.59
$267.50	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$234.38	$268.12
$267.50	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$239.38	$268.12
$270.00	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$0.55	$0.63	$234.37	$270.63
$267.50	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$241.88	$268.12
$267.50	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$244.38	$268.12

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 136 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.94)

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	292/295	Sep 11	$0.52	$1.98	81%	0.26	$251.98	$293.02
248/250	292/295	Sep 11	$0.38	$2.12	86%	0.18	$249.62	$292.88
260/262	298/300	Aug 28	$0.77	$1.73	70%	0.45	$261.73	$298.27
252/255	292/295	Sep 11	$0.67	$1.83	73%	0.37	$254.33	$293.17
250/252	310/315	Sep 4	$0.66	$4.34	87%	0.15	$251.84	$310.66
230/235	290/295	Sep 25	$0.56	$4.44	89%	0.13	$234.44	$290.56
255/258	292/295	Sep 11	$0.88	$1.62	64%	0.54	$256.62	$293.38
260/262	292/295	Aug 28	$0.77	$1.73	69%	0.45	$261.73	$293.27

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 125 found (best R:R 17.52, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.27	$4.73	26%	17.52
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$4.86	20%	34.71
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.55	$4.45	30%	8.09
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.95	$1.55	70%	1.63
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$0.60	$4.40	27%	7.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.12	$4.88	18%	40.67
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$4.80	18%	24.00
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.99	$1.51	70%	1.53
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$4.90	12%	49.00
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$4.91	11%	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 175 found (best net $-4.11, 148 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.11	$5.89
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.85	$7.15
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.13	$3.87
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.85	$0.65
$262.50	$265.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.45	$2.05

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.35	$1.15
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.87	$4.13
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.32	$4.68
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.65	$4.35
$262.50	$260.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.55	$1.95

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 0.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$6.10	0.46	0.5%	2.31%	2.79%	2	2
$270.00	Oct 9	$4.25	0.36	2.4%	1.61%	3.98%	4	3
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.35	0.45	0.5%	2.03%	2.51%	9	236
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.55	0.34	2.4%	1.35%	3.72%	14	70
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.65	0.44	0.5%	1.76%	2.24%	28	124
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.81	0.19	6.2%	0.69%	6.85%	6	10
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.16	0.24	4.3%	0.82%	5.09%	10	38
$270.00	Sep 25	$2.85	0.31	2.4%	1.08%	3.45%	31	179
$275.00	Oct 9	$1.85	0.26	4.3%	0.70%	4.97%	--	13
$285.00	Oct 9	$1.09	0.14	8.1%	0.41%	8.47%	6	--

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 13,616

Total Puts 4,147

Put/Call Ratio 0.30

Net Difference 9,469

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,842

Total Puts 9,492

Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Net Difference 5,350

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 119,774

Total Puts 75,272

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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