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MCD

MCDONALDS CORP

$263.34 +1.26%

(8/28 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 1:00pm) 41,465

Calls: 34,086 (82%)

Puts: 7,379 (18%)

Prior (08/04) 36,734

Calls: 22,346 (61%)

Puts: 14,388 (39%)

Current vs Prior +12.88%

Calls: +52.54% (Calls)

Puts: -48.71% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 217,831

Calls: 139,963 (64%)

Puts: 77,868 (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average 31,118

Calls: 19,994 (64%)

Puts: 11,124 (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.25%

Calls: +70.48%

Puts: -33.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 1:00pm) $9.45M

Calls: $6.92M (73%)

Puts: $2.52M (27%)

Prior (08/04) $11.33M

Calls: $6.61M (58%)

Puts: $4.71M (42%)

Current vs Prior -16.61%

Calls: +4.67%

Puts: -46.45%

Prior 7-Day Total $77.45M

Calls: $47.25M (61%)

Puts: $30.20M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $11.06M

Calls: $6.75M (61%)

Puts: $4.31M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.63%

Calls: +2.52%

Puts: -41.47%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 1:00pm) 0.22

Prior (08/04) 0.64

Current vs Prior -66.38%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.61

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.45%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 1:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 0.98% | 2.79%4.15% | 6.90%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -64.52% | -32.74%-13.46% | -9.77%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.81% | -28.23%-19.17% | -14.80%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -64.52% | -32.74%-4.05% | -3.48%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 63.93% | 20.91%

Calls: 108.57% | 23.65%

Puts: 19.30% | 18.18%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +494.14% | +16.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +190.51% | +44.67%

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Moderately bullish flow with 73% call dollar volume ($6.92M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.22 - heavy call buying (34,086 calls vs 7,379 puts). P/C ratio dropping 66% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 31 of results (avg 7.3%, best 4.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 25	6.85	7.20	$7.03	5.0%	8	0.58	44
$265.00	Sep 25	4.45	4.70	$4.58	5.5%	82	0.43	124
$260.00	Sep 11	4.65	4.95	$4.80	6.2%	45	0.63	72
$235.00	Aug 28	27.55	29.45	$28.50	6.7%	--	0.93	10
$240.00	Sep 4	22.20	23.75	$22.98	6.7%	1	1.00	10

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Sep 18	9.60	10.05	$9.82	4.6%	20	0.74	3.3K
$310.00	Sep 18	46.90	49.60	$48.25	5.6%	--	0.99	947
$275.00	Sep 18	13.75	14.55	$14.15	5.7%	6	0.84	1.5K
$305.00	Sep 18	41.90	44.55	$43.22	6.1%	1	0.98	404
$270.00	Sep 4	8.35	8.90	$8.63	6.4%	88	0.87	792

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.17, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	410	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. 80 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Aug 28	7.30	8.75	$8.03	18.1%	--	1.00	16
$257.50	Aug 28	5.00	6.15	$5.58	20.6%	31	1.00	26
$260.00	Aug 28	2.54	3.60	$3.07	34.5%	147	1.00	118
$240.00	Sep 4	22.20	23.75	$22.98	6.7%	1	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	12.45	14.60	$13.52	15.9%	7	1.00	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 28	16.00	17.70	$16.85	10.1%	1	0.99	1
$310.00	Sep 18	46.90	49.60	$48.25	5.6%	--	0.99	947
$315.00	Sep 18	51.90	55.50	$53.70	6.7%	--	0.99	98
$275.00	Aug 28	10.60	12.70	$11.65	18.0%	1	0.98	1
$300.00	Sep 4	36.85	39.35	$38.10	6.6%	--	0.98	14

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 183 active (total vol 31.3K, top 15.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Aug 28	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	15.5K	0.02	627
$270.00	Sep 4	0.35	0.51	$0.43	37.2%	1.7K	0.13	361
$265.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.16	$0.10	130.0%	1.3K	0.12	480
$265.00	Sep 4	1.20	1.59	$1.40	27.9%	1.2K	0.34	845
$262.50	Sep 4	2.12	2.69	$2.41	23.7%	654	0.50	443

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	0.08	0.40	$0.24	133.3%	862	0.30	888
$260.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	810	0.05	1.9K
$255.00	Sep 4	0.50	0.65	$0.57	26.3%	424	0.16	682
$265.00	Aug 28	1.54	1.87	$1.71	19.3%	354	0.88	1.4K
$260.00	Sep 4	1.75	2.12	$1.94	19.1%	349	0.40	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 22.4%, max 22.4%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	24.4%	20.0%	22.4%	591	674

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	24.4%	20.0%	22.4%	901	989

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 104 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 8.05)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$257.50	Sep 18	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	81%	0.50	$256.67
$260.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$1.13	$1.37	$1.13	60%	1.21	$261.13
$285.00	$290.00	Oct 2	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	10%	25.32	$285.19
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$3.22	$1.78	$3.22	73%	0.55	$258.22
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$2.39	$2.61	$2.39	57%	1.09	$262.39

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$267.50	$265.00	Sep 11	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	72%	0.72	$266.05
$265.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	60%	1.08	$263.80
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$1.47	$1.03	$1.47	88%	0.70	$263.53
$252.50	$250.00	Sep 11	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	15%	13.71	$252.33
$267.50	$265.00	Sep 18	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	67%	0.64	$265.98

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
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$1.04	$1.04	$3.96	76%	0.26	$276.04
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$1.62	$1.62	$3.38	65%	0.48	$271.62

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
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	48%	1.27	$261.10
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.49	$1.49	$3.51	67%	0.42	$253.51
$255.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$1.25	$1.25	$3.75	69%	0.33	$253.75
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.68	$0.68	$4.32	84%	0.16	$244.32

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $2.88, cheapest $2.88)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 4	$2.88	24.4%	18.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 65 found (cheapest 0.42% of stock, avg 4.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Aug 28	$0.87	$0.24	$1.11	$261.39	$263.61	0.42%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$1.71	$1.81	$263.19	$266.81	0.69%
$260.00	Aug 28	$3.07	$0.03	$3.10	$256.90	$263.10	1.18%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.02	$4.20	$4.22	$263.28	$271.72	1.60%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.41	$3.12	$5.53	$256.97	$268.03	2.10%
$257.50	Aug 28	$5.58	$0.01	$5.59	$251.91	$263.09	2.12%
$260.00	Sep 4	$3.85	$1.94	$5.79	$254.21	$265.79	2.20%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.40	$4.95	$6.35	$258.65	$271.35	2.41%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.03	$6.78	$6.81	$263.19	$276.81	2.59%
$257.50	Sep 4	$6.23	$1.07	$7.30	$250.20	$264.80	2.77%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 157 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 1.56%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.24	$0.34	$262.16	$265.34
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.28	$0.53	$251.97	$273.03
$265.00	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$241.85	$265.65
$265.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$239.35	$265.65
$265.00	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$0.55	$0.65	$234.35	$265.65
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.43	$0.28	$0.71	$251.79	$270.71
$305.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.55	$0.28	$0.83	$251.67	$305.83
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.25	$0.57	$0.82	$254.18	$273.32
$285.00	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.56	$0.44	$1.00	$239.00	$286.00
$292.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.24	$0.79	$261.71	$293.29

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 161 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.90)

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
242/245	280/282	Sep 18	$0.47	$2.03	82%	0.23	$244.53	$280.47
242/245	288/290	Sep 18	$0.34	$2.16	87%	0.16	$244.66	$287.84
245/248	292/295	Sep 11	$0.30	$2.20	88%	0.14	$247.20	$292.80
252/255	292/295	Sep 11	$0.65	$1.85	73%	0.35	$254.35	$293.15
242/245	272/275	Sep 18	$0.70	$1.80	71%	0.39	$244.30	$273.20
248/250	292/295	Sep 11	$0.36	$2.14	85%	0.17	$249.64	$292.86
255/258	292/295	Sep 11	$0.88	$1.62	64%	0.54	$256.62	$293.38
250/252	288/290	Sep 4	$0.28	$2.22	87%	0.13	$252.22	$287.78

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 120 found (best R:R 2.62, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.69	$1.81	78%	2.62
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.46	$4.54	30%	9.87
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.43	$1.07	88%	0.75
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.44	$4.56	26%	10.36
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Oct 2	$0.21	$4.79	18%	22.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.26	$1.24	83%	0.98
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.19	$2.31	30%	12.16
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Sep 4	$0.12	$2.38	25%	19.83
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$0.42	$4.58	22%	10.90
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 9	$0.38	$4.62	21%	12.16

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 179 found (best net $-3.51, 148 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$3.51	$6.49
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.56	$1.94
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.47	$1.03
$270.00	$275.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.54	$4.46
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.25	$4.75

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.62	$0.88
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.92	$4.08
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.32	$4.68
$260.00	$257.50	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.20	$2.30
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.11	$4.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 36 found (best yield 2.20%, avg 0.60%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$5.80	0.46	0.6%	2.20%	2.83%	2	2
$270.00	Oct 9	$3.90	0.35	2.5%	1.48%	4.01%	4	3
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.00	0.44	0.6%	1.90%	2.53%	12	236
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.30	0.33	2.5%	1.25%	3.78%	22	70
$275.00	Oct 9	$2.46	0.26	4.4%	0.93%	5.36%	1	13
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.45	0.43	0.6%	1.69%	2.32%	82	124
$270.00	Sep 25	$2.73	0.31	2.5%	1.04%	3.57%	42	179
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.00	0.24	4.4%	0.76%	5.19%	13	38
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.67	0.18	6.3%	0.63%	6.96%	19	10
$265.00	Sep 18	$3.30	0.41	0.6%	1.25%	1.88%	209	632

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 34,086

Total Puts 7,379

Put/Call Ratio 0.22

Net Difference 26,707

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 22,346

Total Puts 14,388

Put/Call Ratio 0.64

Net Difference 7,958

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 139,963

Total Puts 77,868

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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