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MCD

MCDONALDS CORP

$263.33 +1.26%

(8/28 13:00) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 2:00pm) 45,441

Calls: 36,955 (81%)

Puts: 8,486 (19%)

Prior (08/04) 41,022

Calls: 25,139 (61%)

Puts: 15,883 (39%)

Current vs Prior +10.77%

Calls: +47.00% (Calls)

Puts: -46.57% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 241,533

Calls: 160,433 (66%)

Puts: 81,100 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 34,504

Calls: 22,919 (66%)

Puts: 11,585 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +31.70%

Calls: +61.24%

Puts: -26.75%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 2:00pm) $10.35M

Calls: $7.48M (72%)

Puts: $2.87M (28%)

Prior (08/04) $12.50M

Calls: $7.31M (58%)

Puts: $5.19M (42%)

Current vs Prior -17.26%

Calls: +2.33%

Puts: -44.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $81.60M

Calls: $50.01M (61%)

Puts: $31.59M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $11.66M

Calls: $7.14M (61%)

Puts: $4.51M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.25%

Calls: +4.70%

Puts: -36.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 2:00pm) 0.23

Prior (08/04) 0.63

Current vs Prior -63.65%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/28 2:00pm) 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 0.99% | 2.83%4.13% | 6.97%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -64.24% | -31.82%-13.85% | -8.87%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.54% | -27.25%-19.54% | -13.95%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -64.24% | -31.82%-4.49% | -2.52%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 40.94% | 14.23%

Calls: 60.23% | 16.09%

Puts: 21.64% | 12.37%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +280.48% | -20.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +86.04% | -1.55%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($7.48M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.23 - heavy call buying (36,955 calls vs 8,486 puts). P/C ratio dropping 64% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 40 of results (avg 7.6%, best 5.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 25	6.85	7.20	$7.03	5.0%	9	0.57	44
$260.00	Sep 11	4.60	4.85	$4.72	5.3%	45	0.62	72
$262.50	Sep 18	4.35	4.65	$4.50	6.7%	133	0.49	218
$235.00	Aug 28	27.50	29.45	$28.48	6.8%	--	0.93	10
$240.00	Sep 18	22.05	23.65	$22.85	7.0%	1	1.00	43

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 25	7.10	7.50	$7.30	5.5%	19	0.57	245
$265.00	Sep 18	6.20	6.55	$6.38	5.5%	29	0.60	1.8K
$310.00	Sep 18	46.90	49.60	$48.25	5.6%	--	0.98	947
$270.00	Sep 18	9.45	10.05	$9.75	6.2%	20	0.74	3.3K
$265.00	Sep 11	5.35	5.70	$5.53	6.3%	21	0.63	209

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.23, cheapest $0.17)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Sep 18	0.16	0.18	$0.17	11.8%	423	0.03	7.2K
$285.00	Sep 18	0.27	0.30	$0.29	10.3%	137	0.05	2.9K

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 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Aug 28	7.25	9.35	$8.30	25.3%	--	1.00	16
$257.50	Aug 28	5.00	6.15	$5.58	20.6%	31	1.00	26
$260.00	Aug 28	2.89	3.75	$3.32	25.9%	150	1.00	118
$240.00	Sep 4	22.20	23.90	$23.05	7.4%	1	1.00	10
$250.00	Sep 11	12.45	14.25	$13.35	13.5%	8	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
$270.00	Aug 28	5.70	7.60	$6.65	28.6%	17	0.99	86
$267.50	Aug 28	3.40	5.00	$4.20	38.1%	36	0.99	51
$275.00	Aug 28	10.60	12.70	$11.65	18.0%	1	0.99	1
$272.50	Aug 28	8.00	10.40	$9.20	26.1%	11	0.99	20

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 192 active (total vol 33.8K, top 16.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	16.4K	0.01	627
$270.00	Sep 4	0.40	0.50	$0.45	22.2%	2.1K	0.13	361
$265.00	Aug 28	0.03	0.11	$0.07	114.3%	1.4K	0.10	480
$265.00	Sep 4	1.33	1.53	$1.43	14.0%	1.2K	0.33	845
$262.50	Sep 4	2.40	2.82	$2.61	16.1%	661	0.49	443

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	0.05	0.30	$0.18	138.9%	919	0.26	888
$260.00	Aug 28	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	876	0.02	1.9K
$255.00	Sep 4	0.50	0.63	$0.56	23.2%	566	0.16	682
$265.00	Aug 28	1.52	1.89	$1.71	21.6%	437	0.90	1.4K
$260.00	Sep 4	1.76	2.08	$1.92	16.7%	374	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 33.3%, max 33.3%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	26.4%	19.8%	33.3%	614	674

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	Sep 18	26.4%	19.8%	33.3%	958	989

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 107 found (best R:R 0.97, avg 8.16)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$260.00	$262.50	Sep 4	$1.27	$1.23	$1.27	68%	0.97	$261.27
$285.00	$290.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	8%	34.71	$285.14
$285.00	$290.00	Oct 2	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	11%	19.83	$285.24
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 9	$2.39	$2.61	$2.39	56%	1.09	$262.39
$280.00	$285.00	Oct 9	$0.56	$4.44	$0.56	18%	7.93	$280.56

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$265.00	$262.50	Sep 18	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	60%	1.00	$263.75
$267.50	$265.00	Sep 18	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	68%	0.67	$266.00
$267.50	$265.00	Sep 11	$1.62	$0.88	$1.62	72%	0.54	$265.88
$270.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$3.15	$1.85	$3.15	69%	0.59	$266.85
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$1.53	$0.97	$1.53	90%	0.63	$263.47

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 83 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
$295.00	$297.50	Sep 4	$0.20	$0.20	$2.30	96%	0.09	$295.20
$290.00	$295.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.28	$4.72	94%	0.06	$290.28

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	$0.99	$0.99	$4.01	78%	0.25	$249.01
$262.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.43	$1.43	$1.07	48%	1.34	$261.07
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 9	$1.01	$1.01	$3.99	77%	0.25	$248.99
$255.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$1.25	$1.25	$3.75	69%	0.33	$253.75

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 0.41% of stock, avg 4.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Aug 28	$0.89	$0.18	$1.07	$261.43	$263.57	0.41%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$1.71	$1.78	$263.22	$266.78	0.68%
$260.00	Aug 28	$3.32	$0.02	$3.34	$256.66	$263.34	1.27%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.01	$4.20	$4.21	$263.29	$271.71	1.60%
$257.50	Aug 28	$5.58	$0.01	$5.59	$251.91	$263.09	2.12%
$262.50	Sep 4	$2.61	$3.17	$5.78	$256.72	$268.28	2.19%
$260.00	Sep 4	$3.88	$1.92	$5.80	$254.20	$265.80	2.20%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.43	$4.85	$6.28	$258.72	$271.28	2.38%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.01	$6.65	$6.66	$263.34	$276.66	2.53%
$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 0.09% of stock, avg 1.57%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$265.00	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.18	$0.25	$262.25	$265.25
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.28	$0.28	$0.56	$251.94	$273.06
$265.00	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$241.88	$265.62
$265.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$239.38	$265.62
$265.00	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$0.55	$0.62	$234.38	$265.62
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.45	$0.28	$0.73	$251.77	$270.73
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.28	$0.56	$0.84	$254.16	$273.34
$292.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.18	$0.73	$261.77	$293.23
$297.50	$262.50	Aug 28	$0.55	$0.18	$0.73	$261.77	$298.23
$285.00	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.56	$0.44	$1.00	$239.00	$286.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 169 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.87)

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
245/248	292/295	Sep 11	$0.35	$2.15	88%	0.16	$247.15	$292.85
250/252	295/298	Sep 4	$0.33	$2.17	88%	0.15	$252.17	$295.33
252/255	295/298	Sep 4	$0.48	$2.02	81%	0.24	$254.52	$295.48
240/242	288/290	Sep 18	$0.24	$2.26	90%	0.11	$242.26	$287.74
255/258	292/295	Sep 11	$0.89	$1.61	64%	0.55	$256.61	$293.39
255/258	295/298	Sep 4	$0.71	$1.79	71%	0.40	$256.79	$295.71
250/252	292/295	Sep 11	$0.47	$2.03	80%	0.23	$252.03	$292.97
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. 126 found (best R:R 22.81, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$4.79	30%	22.81
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.76	$1.74	73%	2.29
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Sep 4	$0.09	$2.41	35%	26.78
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$0.34	$4.66	25%	13.71
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.61	$0.89	90%	0.55

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$1.37	$1.13	87%	0.82
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Aug 28	$0.96	$1.54	73%	1.60
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 2	$0.24	$4.76	19%	19.83
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Sep 25	$0.08	$4.92	12%	61.50
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$0.40	$4.60	22%	11.50

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 $-4.11, 152 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$4.11	$5.89
$257.50	$260.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.06	$1.44
$262.50	$265.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.25	$2.25
$265.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.14	$3.86
$270.00	$275.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.60	$4.40

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.92	$4.08
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.75	$0.75
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.31	$4.69
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.12	$4.88
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.12	$4.88

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 0.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Oct 9	$5.80	0.46	0.6%	2.20%	2.84%	2	2
$270.00	Oct 9	$3.95	0.35	2.5%	1.50%	4.03%	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%	3.79%	26	70
$275.00	Oct 9	$2.47	0.26	4.4%	0.94%	5.37%	2	13
$265.00	Sep 25	$4.40	0.43	0.6%	1.67%	2.31%	85	124
$270.00	Sep 25	$2.71	0.30	2.5%	1.03%	3.56%	43	179
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.02	0.23	4.4%	0.77%	5.20%	14	38
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.70	0.18	6.3%	0.65%	6.98%	20	10
$285.00	Oct 9	$1.03	0.14	8.2%	0.39%	8.62%	11	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 36,955

Total Puts 8,486

Put/Call Ratio 0.23

Net Difference 28,469

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 25,139

Total Puts 15,883

Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Net Difference 9,256

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 160,433

Total Puts 81,100

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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