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MCDONALDS CORP

$265.00 +1.90%

$264.80 (-0.08%)🌙

as of 08/28 04:00 PM

(8/28 15:00) ◀

Friday, August 28, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 4:00pm) 54,055

Calls: 43,161 (80%)

Puts: 10,894 (20%)

Prior (08/04) 50,169

Calls: 31,506 (63%)

Puts: 18,663 (37%)

Current vs Prior +7.75%

Calls: +36.99% (Calls)

Puts: -41.63% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 264,967

Calls: 178,728 (67%)

Puts: 86,239 (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average 37,852

Calls: 25,532 (67%)

Puts: 12,319 (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +42.80%

Calls: +69.04%

Puts: -11.57%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/28 4:00pm) $13.67M

Calls: $10.47M (77%)

Puts: $3.20M (23%)

Prior (08/04) $16.81M

Calls: $11.10M (66%)

Puts: $5.71M (34%)

Current vs Prior -18.70%

Calls: -5.70%

Puts: -43.97%

Prior 7-Day Total $87.01M

Calls: $53.58M (62%)

Puts: $33.43M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $12.43M

Calls: $7.65M (62%)

Puts: $4.78M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.95%

Calls: +36.74%

Puts: -32.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/28 4:00pm) 0.25

Prior (08/04) 0.59

Current vs Prior -57.39%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.92%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/28 4:00pm) 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 0.14% | 2.13%3.60% | 5.89%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior -22.79% | -33.89%-25.02% | -23.06%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.60% | -29.45%-29.97% | -27.35%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -22.79% | -33.89%-16.87% | -17.69%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +580.48% | -20.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +232.73% | -1.00%

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Strong bullish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in calls ($10.47M) vs puts ($3.20M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.25 - heavy call buying (43,161 calls vs 10,894 puts). P/C ratio dropping 57% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

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
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 31 of results (avg 7.8%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Sep 18	1.20	1.24	$1.22	3.3%	250	0.18	2.8K
$260.00	Sep 25	7.70	8.25	$7.98	6.9%	15	0.63	44
$257.50	Aug 28	7.25	7.80	$7.53	7.3%	35	1.00	26
$265.00	Sep 18	3.95	4.25	$4.10	7.3%	461	0.46	632
$240.00	Sep 18	23.60	25.60	$24.60	8.1%	1	1.00	43

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Sep 18	51.15	53.20	$52.18	3.9%	--	0.99	98
$310.00	Sep 18	46.10	48.85	$47.48	5.8%	--	0.99	947
$295.00	Sep 18	31.35	33.25	$32.30	5.9%	3	0.97	767
$290.00	Sep 18	26.45	28.25	$27.35	6.6%	11	0.96	1.1K
$300.00	Sep 4	36.40	38.90	$37.65	6.6%	--	0.98	14

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.38, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Sep 4	0.17	0.19	$0.18	11.1%	232	0.06	613
$290.00	Sep 18	0.17	0.20	$0.19	15.8%	500	0.03	7.2K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 18	0.70	0.85	$0.77	19.5%	92	0.13	2.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 87 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Aug 28	32.90	36.15	$34.53	9.4%	1	1.00	1
$250.00	Aug 28	13.60	15.75	$14.68	14.6%	1	1.00	4
$255.00	Aug 28	9.40	10.30	$9.85	9.1%	2	1.00	16
$257.50	Aug 28	7.25	7.80	$7.53	7.3%	35	1.00	26
$260.00	Aug 28	4.75	5.30	$5.03	10.9%	155	1.00	118

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Aug 28	9.45	11.35	$10.40	18.3%	1	0.99	1
$272.50	Aug 28	7.20	8.85	$8.03	20.5%	11	0.99	20
$280.00	Aug 28	14.70	16.40	$15.55	10.9%	2	0.99	1
$270.00	Aug 28	4.25	6.05	$5.15	35.0%	38	0.99	86
$267.50	Aug 28	1.75	3.40	$2.58	64.0%	49	0.99	51

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 205 active (total vol 39.6K, top 16.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$267.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	16.7K	0.01	627
$270.00	Sep 4	0.55	0.68	$0.62	21.0%	2.3K	0.17	361
$265.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.20	$0.11	163.6%	2.1K	0.42	480
$265.00	Sep 4	1.81	2.08	$1.95	13.8%	1.5K	0.44	845
$270.00	Sep 18	2.11	2.40	$2.26	12.8%	841	0.30	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.1K	0.01	888
$260.00	Aug 28	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	907	0.01	1.9K
$255.00	Sep 4	0.31	0.41	$0.36	27.8%	760	0.11	682
$260.00	Sep 4	1.21	1.42	$1.32	15.9%	557	0.31	1.1K
$265.00	Aug 28	0.02	0.52	$0.27	185.2%	538	0.65	1.4K

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 1.0%, max 1.0%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	20.7%	20.5%	1.0%	2.1K	482

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	Oct 9	20.7%	20.5%	1.0%	542	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 104 found (best R:R 4.00, avg 8.07)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 9	$1.00	$4.00	$1.00	47%	4.00	$266.00
$257.50	$260.00	Sep 18	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	76%	0.89	$258.82
$255.00	$260.00	Sep 25	$3.17	$1.83	$3.17	77%	0.58	$258.17
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 2	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	75%	0.61	$258.10
$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$2.48	$2.52	$2.48	63%	1.02	$262.48

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$2.65	$2.35	$2.65	64%	0.89	$267.35
$270.00	$267.50	Sep 11	$1.53	$0.97	$1.53	75%	0.63	$268.47
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$0.97	$4.03	$0.97	31%	4.15	$254.03
$267.50	$265.00	Sep 4	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	73%	0.61	$265.95
$265.00	$260.00	Oct 9	$2.25	$2.75	$2.25	53%	1.22	$262.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 73 found (best R:R 0.82, avg 0.21)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 9	$2.26	$2.26	$2.74	62%	0.82	$272.26
$292.50	$295.00	Aug 28	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	93%	0.28	$293.04
$297.50	$300.00	Aug 28	$0.44	$0.44	$2.06	94%	0.21	$297.94
$305.00	$310.00	Sep 4	$0.45	$0.45	$4.55	94%	0.10	$305.45
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 2	$1.64	$1.64	$3.36	64%	0.49	$271.64

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 9	$1.23	$1.23	$3.77	77%	0.33	$248.77
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 2	$1.32	$1.32	$3.68	71%	0.36	$253.68
$260.00	$255.00	Sep 25	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	61%	0.52	$258.30
$255.00	$250.00	Sep 25	$1.05	$1.05	$3.95	74%	0.27	$253.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $2.64, cheapest $1.84)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$1.84	20.7%	18.3%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Aug 28	Sep 4	$3.43	20.7%	18.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 5.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.27	$0.38	$264.62	$265.38	0.14%
$262.50	Aug 28	$2.53	$0.01	$2.54	$259.96	$265.04	0.96%
$267.50	Aug 28	$0.01	$2.58	$2.59	$264.91	$270.09	0.98%
$260.00	Aug 28	$5.03	$0.01	$5.04	$254.96	$265.04	1.90%
$270.00	Aug 28	$0.01	$5.15	$5.16	$264.84	$275.16	1.95%
$262.50	Sep 4	$3.30	$2.22	$5.52	$256.98	$268.02	2.08%
$265.00	Sep 4	$1.95	$3.70	$5.65	$259.35	$270.65	2.13%
$260.00	Sep 4	$5.00	$1.32	$6.32	$253.68	$266.32	2.38%
$267.50	Sep 4	$1.11	$5.25	$6.36	$261.14	$273.86	2.40%
$262.50	Sep 11	$4.03	$3.00	$7.03	$255.47	$269.53	2.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 159 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 1.53%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$275.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.18	$0.21	$0.39	$252.11	$275.39
$272.50	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.21	$0.54	$251.96	$273.04
$275.00	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.18	$0.36	$0.54	$254.46	$275.54
$272.50	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.33	$0.36	$0.69	$254.31	$273.19
$270.00	$252.50	Sep 4	$0.62	$0.21	$0.83	$251.67	$270.83
$275.00	$252.50	Sep 11	$0.47	$0.52	$0.99	$251.51	$275.99
$265.00	$242.50	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.55	$0.66	$241.84	$265.66
$265.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.55	$0.66	$239.34	$265.66
$275.00	$257.50	Sep 4	$0.18	$0.71	$0.89	$256.61	$275.89
$265.00	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$0.55	$0.66	$234.34	$265.66

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 152 found (best R:R 0.27, avg credit $0.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/235	292/295	Aug 28	$1.06	$3.94	87%	0.27	$233.94	$293.56
230/235	298/300	Aug 28	$0.96	$4.04	88%	0.24	$234.04	$298.46
230/235	300/305	Aug 28	$0.62	$4.38	92%	0.14	$234.38	$300.62
248/250	292/295	Sep 11	$0.40	$2.10	87%	0.19	$249.60	$292.90
248/250	282/285	Sep 11	$0.38	$2.12	86%	0.18	$249.62	$282.88
250/252	288/290	Sep 4	$0.27	$2.23	89%	0.12	$252.23	$287.77
248/250	278/280	Sep 11	$0.39	$2.11	84%	0.18	$249.61	$277.89
230/235	305/310	Sep 18	$0.23	$4.77	95%	0.05	$234.77	$305.23
250/252	305/310	Sep 4	$0.57	$4.43	88%	0.13	$251.93	$305.57
248/250	270/272	Sep 11	$0.79	$1.71	67%	0.46	$249.21	$270.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 126 found (best R:R 30.25, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$2.42	58%	30.25
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$2.40	42%	24.00
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.16	$4.84	22%	30.25
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Sep 25	$0.38	$4.62	28%	12.16
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.43	$4.57	28%	10.63

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.26	$2.24	64%	8.62
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$4.87	23%	37.46
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$4.80	20%	24.00
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Sep 4	$0.07	$2.43	28%	34.71
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Sep 25	$0.50	$4.50	26%	9.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 181 found (best net $-3.10, 154 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$235.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$3.10	$11.90
$250.00	$257.50	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.41	$7.09
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.59	$8.41
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$5.40	$4.60
$260.00	$262.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.03	$2.47

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.01	$2.49
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.58	$4.42
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.04	$4.96
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.18	$4.82
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.37	$4.63

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 38 found (best yield 1.64%, avg 0.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Oct 9	$4.35	0.38	1.9%	1.64%	3.53%	7	3
$270.00	Oct 2	$3.85	0.36	1.9%	1.45%	3.34%	38	70
$265.00	Oct 2	$5.45	0.47	0.0%	2.06%	2.06%	13	236
$275.00	Oct 9	$2.47	0.27	3.8%	0.93%	4.71%	2	13
$265.00	Sep 25	$5.05	0.48	0.0%	1.91%	1.91%	97	124
$270.00	Sep 25	$3.25	0.35	1.9%	1.23%	3.11%	51	179
$265.00	Oct 9	$4.90	0.47	0.0%	1.85%	1.85%	2	2
$275.00	Oct 2	$2.23	0.26	3.8%	0.84%	4.62%	18	38
$280.00	Oct 9	$1.53	0.19	5.7%	0.58%	6.24%	23	10
$280.00	Oct 2	$1.37	0.18	5.7%	0.52%	6.18%	64	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 43,161

Total Puts 10,894

Put/Call Ratio 0.25

Net Difference 32,267

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 31,506

Total Puts 18,663

Put/Call Ratio 0.59

Net Difference 12,843

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 178,728

Total Puts 86,239

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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