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MCD

MCDONALDS CORP

$264.06 +1.54%

(8/28 11:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 12:00pm) 29,144

Calls: 23,651 (81%)

Puts: 5,493 (19%)

Prior (08/04) 32,714

Calls: 19,858 (61%)

Puts: 12,856 (39%)

Current vs Prior -10.91%

Calls: +19.10% (Calls)

Puts: -57.27% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 200,953

Calls: 125,008 (62%)

Puts: 75,945 (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average 28,707

Calls: 17,858 (62%)

Puts: 10,849 (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.52%

Calls: +32.44%

Puts: -49.37%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 12:00pm) $6.87M

Calls: $5.34M (78%)

Puts: $1.54M (22%)

Prior (08/04) $9.36M

Calls: $6.14M (66%)

Puts: $3.22M (34%)

Current vs Prior -26.60%

Calls: -13.09%

Puts: -52.34%

Prior 7-Day Total $75.33M

Calls: $45.72M (61%)

Puts: $29.61M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.76M

Calls: $6.53M (61%)

Puts: $4.23M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.13%

Calls: -18.28%

Puts: -63.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 12:00pm) 0.23

Prior (08/04) 0.65

Current vs Prior -64.13%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -63.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 12:00pm) 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 1.05% | 2.67%4.07% | 6.99%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -62.01% | -35.75%-15.12% | -8.68%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -63.39% | -31.44%-20.72% | -13.77%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -62.01% | -35.75%-5.89% | -2.31%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 44.12% | 10.80%

Calls: 58.57% | 10.95%

Puts: 29.66% | 10.66%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +310.04% | -39.83%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +100.49% | -25.28%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in calls ($5.34M) vs puts ($1.54M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.23 - heavy call buying (23,651 calls vs 5,493 puts). P/C ratio dropping 64% - 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
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 56 of results (avg 7.7%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 18	13.65	14.45	$14.05	5.7%	6	1.00	224
$250.00	Sep 25	14.15	15.00	$14.58	5.8%	1	0.89	11
$262.50	Sep 18	4.70	5.00	$4.85	6.2%	117	0.52	218
$240.00	Sep 18	23.05	24.55	$23.80	6.3%	1	1.00	43
$245.00	Oct 2	18.70	20.00	$19.35	6.7%	--	0.94	41

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Sep 18	37.10	38.40	$37.75	3.4%	1	0.98	622
$305.00	Sep 18	42.15	44.00	$43.08	4.3%	1	0.98	404
$295.00	Sep 18	32.15	33.60	$32.88	4.4%	2	0.97	767
$270.00	Sep 18	9.10	9.55	$9.32	4.8%	15	0.72	3.3K
$280.00	Sep 4	17.25	18.15	$17.70	5.1%	--	0.96	50

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.87)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Sep 4	0.79	0.94	$0.87	17.2%	232	0.23	305
$290.00	Sep 18	0.15	0.17	$0.16	12.5%	339	0.03	7.2K
$280.00	Sep 18	0.51	0.60	$0.55	16.4%	125	0.09	3.0K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Sep 18	0.34	0.41	$0.38	18.4%	29	0.07	1.7K
$250.00	Sep 18	0.85	0.93	$0.89	9.0%	44	0.14	2.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 80 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 4	23.20	26.00	$24.60	11.4%	1	1.00	10
$257.50	Sep 4	6.35	7.40	$6.88	15.3%	1	1.00	66
$250.00	Sep 11	13.45	14.60	$14.02	8.2%	7	1.00	27
$220.00	Sep 18	42.00	46.00	$44.00	9.1%	--	1.00	11
$230.00	Sep 18	32.00	36.00	$34.00	11.8%	--	1.00	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 28	5.65	6.50	$6.08	14.0%	7	1.00	86
$272.50	Aug 28	7.85	9.55	$8.70	19.5%	3	1.00	20
$275.00	Aug 28	10.65	11.70	$11.18	9.4%	1	1.00	1
$280.00	Aug 28	15.50	16.70	$16.10	7.5%	1	1.00	1
$310.00	Sep 18	46.60	49.25	$47.93	5.5%	--	0.99	947

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 179 active (total vol 22.1K, top 10.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Aug 28	0.04	0.05	$0.05	20.0%	10.0K	0.05	627
$270.00	Sep 4	0.42	0.62	$0.52	38.5%	1.1K	0.15	361
$265.00	Aug 28	0.15	0.29	$0.22	63.6%	1.0K	0.26	480
$265.00	Sep 4	1.50	1.74	$1.62	14.8%	975	0.37	845
$262.50	Aug 28	1.18	2.00	$1.59	51.6%	405	0.87	456

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	762	0.03	1.9K
$262.50	Aug 28	0.08	0.18	$0.13	76.9%	494	0.13	888
$265.00	Aug 28	1.00	1.35	$1.18	29.7%	285	0.75	1.4K
$257.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	235	0.01	634
$260.00	Sep 4	1.56	1.65	$1.61	5.6%	225	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. 2 strikes (avg 13.6%, max 13.6%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	24.9%	21.9%	13.6%	1.1K	482

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	24.9%	21.9%	13.6%	287	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 0.68, avg 7.00)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$2.97	$2.03	$2.97	76%	0.68	$257.97
$285.00	$290.00	Oct 2	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	10%	28.41	$285.17
$260.00	$262.50	Sep 11	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	67%	0.85	$261.35
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	59%	1.02	$262.47
$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.37	$1.13	$1.37	87%	0.82	$263.87

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$252.50	Sep 18	$0.46	$2.04	$0.46	25%	4.43	$254.54
$265.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	58%	0.92	$263.70
$255.00	$252.50	Sep 11	$0.34	$2.16	$0.34	20%	6.35	$254.66
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.49	$4.51	$0.49	15%	9.20	$244.51
$240.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	6%	30.25	$239.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 77 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
$280.00	$285.00	Oct 2	$0.77	$0.77	$4.23	83%	0.18	$280.77
$292.50	$295.00	Sep 11	$0.18	$0.18	$2.32	95%	0.08	$292.68

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
$260.00	$255.00	Sep 25	$1.85	$1.85	$3.15	58%	0.59	$258.15
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.99	$0.99	$4.01	77%	0.25	$249.01
$235.00	$230.00	Sep 25	$0.19	$0.19	$4.81	96%	0.04	$234.81
$260.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	57%	0.60	$258.13

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. 66 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 5.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$1.18	$1.40	$263.60	$266.40	0.53%
$262.50	Aug 28	$1.59	$0.13	$1.72	$260.78	$264.22	0.65%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.05	$3.51	$3.56	$263.94	$271.06	1.35%
$260.00	Aug 28	$3.93	$0.02	$3.95	$256.05	$263.95	1.50%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.83	$2.75	$5.58	$256.92	$268.08	2.11%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.62	$4.22	$5.84	$259.16	$270.84	2.21%
$260.00	Sep 4	$4.47	$1.61	$6.08	$253.92	$266.08	2.30%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$6.08	$6.11	$263.89	$276.11	2.31%
$257.50	Aug 28	$6.40	$0.01	$6.41	$251.09	$263.91	2.43%
$267.50	Sep 4	$0.87	$6.13	$7.00	$260.50	$274.50	2.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 157 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 1.47%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.13	$0.35	$262.15	$265.35
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.26	$0.53	$251.97	$273.03
$292.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.13	$0.68	$261.82	$293.18
$297.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.13	$0.68	$261.82	$298.18
$305.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.55	$0.26	$0.81	$251.69	$305.81
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.27	$0.51	$0.78	$254.22	$273.28
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.52	$0.26	$0.78	$251.72	$270.78
$265.00	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.55	$0.77	$241.73	$265.77
$275.00	$250.00	Sep 11	$0.49	$0.43	$0.92	$249.08	$275.92
$265.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.22	$0.55	$0.77	$239.23	$265.77

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 140 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.93)

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
260/262	298/300	Aug 28	$0.65	$1.85	80%	0.35	$261.85	$298.15
260/262	292/295	Aug 28	$0.65	$1.85	80%	0.35	$261.85	$293.15
240/242	292/295	Sep 11	$0.30	$2.20	91%	0.14	$242.20	$292.80
248/250	292/295	Sep 11	$0.36	$2.14	86%	0.17	$249.64	$292.86
245/248	280/282	Sep 18	$0.50	$2.00	80%	0.25	$247.00	$280.50
250/252	310/315	Sep 4	$0.65	$4.35	87%	0.15	$251.85	$310.65
250/252	292/295	Sep 11	$0.48	$2.02	81%	0.24	$252.02	$292.98
250/252	288/290	Sep 4	$0.26	$2.24	88%	0.12	$252.24	$287.76

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 120 found (best R:R 14.63, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$4.68	31%	14.63
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.29	$4.71	26%	16.24
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$1.20	$1.30	82%	1.08
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.97	$1.53	71%	1.58
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$4.84	14%	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.94	$1.56	72%	1.66
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$1.28	$1.22	82%	0.95
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$4.67	22%	14.15
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.25	$4.75	17%	19.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$0.60	$4.40	27%	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 178 found (best net $-4.30, 151 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.30	$5.70
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.46	$1.04
$270.00	$275.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.48	$4.52
$262.50	$265.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.41	$2.09
$265.00	$267.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.12	$2.38

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.94	$1.56
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.65	$4.35
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.26	$4.74
$262.50	$260.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.47	$2.03
$265.00	$260.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.90	$3.10

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 36 found (best yield 2.31%, avg 0.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$6.10	0.46	0.4%	2.31%	2.67%	2	2
$270.00	Oct 9	$4.20	0.36	2.2%	1.59%	3.84%	4	3
$275.00	Oct 9	$2.85	0.27	4.1%	1.08%	5.22%	1	13
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.35	0.46	0.4%	2.03%	2.38%	10	236
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.70	0.34	2.2%	1.40%	3.65%	16	70
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.70	0.45	0.4%	1.78%	2.14%	31	124
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.21	0.25	4.1%	0.84%	4.98%	13	38
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.84	0.19	6.0%	0.70%	6.73%	9	10
$270.00	Sep 25	$2.90	0.32	2.2%	1.10%	3.35%	33	179
$280.00	Oct 2	$1.40	0.17	6.0%	0.53%	6.57%	--	60

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 23,651

Total Puts 5,493

Put/Call Ratio 0.23

Net Difference 18,158

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 19,858

Total Puts 12,856

Put/Call Ratio 0.65

Net Difference 7,002

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 125,008

Total Puts 75,945

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.63

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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