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MCDONALDS CORP

$247.23 -1.25%

(9/21 18:44) ◀

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 (9:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 9:35am) 3,200

Calls: 1,719 (54%)

Puts: 1,481 (46%)

Prior (08/28) 960

Calls: 676 (70%)

Puts: 284 (30%)

Current vs Prior +233.33%

Calls: +154.29% (Calls)

Puts: +421.48% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 273,581

Calls: 184,934 (68%)

Puts: 88,647 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,083

Calls: 26,419 (68%)

Puts: 12,663 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -91.81%

Calls: -93.49%

Puts: -88.31%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/23 9:35am) $1.53M

Calls: $1.07M (70%)

Puts: $462.2K (30%)

Prior (08/28) $382.0K

Calls: $285.3K (75%)

Puts: $96.7K (25%)

Current vs Prior +301.48%

Calls: +275.56%

Puts: +377.96%

Prior 7-Day Total $90.33M

Calls: $56.57M (63%)

Puts: $33.76M (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average $12.90M

Calls: $8.08M (63%)

Puts: $4.82M (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -88.12%

Calls: -86.74%

Puts: -90.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/23 9:35am) 0.86

Prior (08/28) 0.42

Current vs Prior +105.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.60

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +42.85%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/23 9:35am) 347,979

Calls: 213,860 (61%)

Puts: 134,119 (39%)

Prior (08/28) 316,069

Calls: 188,142 (60%)

Puts: 127,927 (40%)

Current vs Prior +10.10%

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 +33.51%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/25) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 2.89% | 3.69%4.91% | 8.60%

Prior 2.76% | 4.16%4.80% | 7.65%

Current vs Prior +4.58% | -11.12%+2.47% | +12.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.50% | 3.56%4.48% | 7.28%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +15.73% | +3.62%+9.68% | +18.08%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.76% | 4.16%5.18% | 8.83%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +4.58% | -11.12%-5.05% | -2.71%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.66% | 23.23%

Calls: 42.58% | 28.80%

Puts: 18.75% | 17.65%

Prior 10.76% | 17.95%

Calls: 9.92% | 17.54%

Puts: 11.60% | 18.35%

Current vs Prior +184.94% | +29.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.01% | 14.45%

Calls: 18.00% | 15.56%

Puts: 26.02% | 13.35%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +39.33% | +60.72%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($1.07M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 301% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 233% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio rising 105% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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 18 of results (avg 7.2%, best 4.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 9	47.20	50.00	$48.60	5.8%	--	0.98	20
$200.00	Oct 16	47.25	50.20	$48.73	6.1%	--	0.99	17
$205.00	Oct 16	42.40	45.20	$43.80	6.4%	--	1.00	11
$205.00	Oct 9	42.05	45.00	$43.53	6.8%	--	0.97	16
$210.00	Oct 9	37.35	40.05	$38.70	7.0%	--	0.97	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 16	17.95	18.75	$18.35	4.4%	1	0.89	771
$262.50	Sep 25	14.85	15.55	$15.20	4.6%	--	1.00	38
$270.00	Oct 16	22.20	23.40	$22.80	5.3%	1	0.96	1.4K
$280.00	Oct 16	31.20	33.35	$32.28	6.7%	--	1.00	22
$250.00	Sep 25	4.05	4.35	$4.20	7.1%	236	0.66	1.6K

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 73 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Oct 16	42.40	45.20	$43.80	6.4%	--	1.00	11
$200.00	Oct 16	47.25	50.20	$48.73	6.1%	--	0.99	17
$210.00	Oct 16	37.20	40.25	$38.73	7.9%	--	0.99	12
$235.00	Sep 25	12.15	14.70	$13.43	19.0%	--	0.98	143
$200.00	Oct 9	47.20	50.00	$48.60	5.8%	--	0.98	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 25	10.75	13.05	$11.90	19.3%	--	1.00	496
$262.50	Sep 25	14.85	15.55	$15.20	4.6%	--	1.00	38
$265.00	Sep 25	17.00	18.30	$17.65	7.4%	--	1.00	170
$275.00	Oct 16	25.95	28.25	$27.10	8.5%	--	1.00	93
$280.00	Oct 16	31.20	33.35	$32.28	6.7%	--	1.00	22

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 91 active (total vol 2.1K, top 236)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 2	0.43	0.85	$0.64	65.6%	145	0.13	1.1K
$252.50	Sep 25	0.78	1.17	$0.98	39.8%	110	0.25	1.4K
$250.00	Sep 25	1.39	1.87	$1.63	29.4%	109	0.37	1.8K
$255.00	Sep 25	0.43	0.72	$0.57	50.9%	55	0.16	1.9K
$250.00	Oct 16	4.50	5.10	$4.80	12.5%	44	0.47	1.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	4.05	4.35	$4.20	7.1%	236	0.66	1.6K
$237.50	Oct 2	0.44	0.70	$0.57	45.6%	170	0.10	54
$245.00	Oct 2	2.19	2.59	$2.39	16.7%	137	0.38	357
$240.00	Oct 2	0.26	1.17	$0.72	126.4%	126	0.17	334
$242.50	Oct 9	2.02	2.53	$2.28	22.4%	123	0.30	28

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 10 strikes (avg 53.2%, max 68.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	34.3%	20.4%	68.1%	1	174
$247.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	33.2%	20.1%	64.9%	5	1.4K
$255.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	35.3%	23.2%	52.2%	60	2.1K
$252.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	33.8%	22.9%	47.8%	146	1.6K
$250.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	30.4%	23.7%	28.4%	115	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	34.3%	20.4%	68.1%	104	2.4K
$247.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	33.2%	20.1%	64.9%	57	2.1K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	34.3%	21.3%	61.5%	92	1.3K
$252.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	33.8%	22.9%	47.8%	1	841
$250.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	30.4%	23.7%	28.4%	236	1.7K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 109 found (best R:R 1.17, avg 8.45)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$1.05	$3.95	$1.05	38%	3.76	$256.05
$247.50	$250.00	Oct 2	$0.63	$1.87	$0.63	52%	2.97	$248.13
$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$3.17	$1.83	$3.17	75%	0.58	$243.17
$252.50	$255.00	Oct 9	$0.51	$1.99	$0.51	38%	3.90	$253.01
$260.00	$262.50	Oct 16	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	22%	9.87	$260.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$252.50	$250.00	Sep 25	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	79%	1.17	$251.35
$252.50	$250.00	Oct 2	$0.97	$1.53	$0.97	69%	1.58	$251.53
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$0.49	$4.51	$0.49	19%	9.20	$234.51
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 16	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	47%	1.87	$246.63
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.87	$1.63	$0.87	47%	1.87	$246.63

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 88 found (best R:R 0.71, avg 0.24)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$285.00	$290.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	96%	0.07	$285.32
$250.00	$252.50	Oct 2	$1.21	$1.21	$1.29	58%	0.94	$251.21
$272.50	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	94%	0.15	$272.82
$277.50	$280.00	Sep 25	$0.24	$0.24	$2.26	96%	0.11	$277.74
$272.50	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.20	$0.20	$2.30	95%	0.09	$272.70

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$1.04	$1.04	$1.46	68%	0.71	$241.46
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$0.77	$0.77	$1.73	73%	0.45	$241.73
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$0.67	$0.67	$4.33	86%	0.15	$229.33
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 9	$0.88	$0.88	$4.12	77%	0.21	$239.12
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	59%	0.60	$243.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.01, cheapest $0.86)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.15	34.3%	22.2%
$247.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.85	33.2%	21.9%
$250.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.49	30.4%	26.5%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.86	34.3%	22.2%
$247.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.84	33.2%	21.9%
$250.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.88	30.4%	26.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 62 found (cheapest 2.21% of stock, avg 5.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$247.50	Sep 25	$2.90	$2.56	$5.46	$242.04	$252.96	2.21%
$250.00	Sep 25	$1.63	$4.20	$5.83	$244.17	$255.83	2.36%
$245.00	Sep 25	$4.58	$1.53	$6.11	$238.89	$251.11	2.47%
$252.50	Sep 25	$0.98	$5.35	$6.33	$246.17	$258.83	2.56%
$247.50	Oct 2	$3.75	$3.40	$7.15	$240.35	$254.65	2.89%
$242.50	Sep 25	$6.55	$0.78	$7.33	$235.17	$249.83	2.96%
$255.00	Sep 25	$0.57	$7.25	$7.82	$247.18	$262.82	3.16%
$252.50	Oct 2	$1.91	$6.05	$7.96	$244.54	$260.46	3.22%
$245.00	Oct 2	$5.73	$2.39	$8.12	$236.88	$253.12	3.28%
$250.00	Oct 2	$3.12	$5.08	$8.20	$241.80	$258.20	3.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 1.80%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$260.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.19	$0.41	$237.09	$260.41
$257.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.45	$0.19	$0.64	$236.86	$258.14
$260.00	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.50	$0.72	$239.28	$260.72
$255.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.57	$0.19	$0.76	$236.74	$255.76
$257.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.45	$0.50	$0.95	$239.05	$258.45
$255.00	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.57	$0.50	$1.07	$238.93	$256.07
$260.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.22	$0.78	$1.00	$241.50	$261.00
$260.00	$237.50	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.57	$1.21	$236.29	$261.21
$257.50	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.45	$0.78	$1.23	$241.27	$258.73
$260.00	$240.00	Oct 2	$0.64	$0.72	$1.36	$238.64	$261.36

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 177 found (best R:R 2.29, avg credit $0.80)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
240/242	258/260	Oct 16	$1.74	$0.76	40%	2.29	$240.76	$259.24
228/230	272/275	Sep 25	$0.44	$2.06	91%	0.21	$229.56	$272.94
228/230	278/280	Sep 25	$0.36	$2.14	93%	0.17	$229.64	$277.86
240/242	268/270	Oct 16	$1.29	$1.21	56%	1.07	$241.21	$268.79
238/240	272/275	Sep 25	$0.63	$1.87	81%	0.34	$239.37	$273.13
240/242	262/265	Oct 16	$1.45	$1.05	49%	1.38	$241.05	$263.95
240/242	272/275	Oct 2	$0.97	$1.53	68%	0.63	$241.53	$273.47
240/242	278/280	Oct 2	$0.94	$1.56	69%	0.60	$241.56	$278.44
240/242	270/272	Oct 16	$1.18	$1.32	58%	0.89	$241.32	$271.18
235/238	272/275	Oct 2	$0.52	$1.98	85%	0.26	$236.98	$273.02

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 112 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Oct 30	$0.07	$4.93	11%	70.43
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$4.60	22%	11.50
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$0.46	$4.54	23%	9.87
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.59	$4.41	26%	7.47
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.13	$2.37	20%	18.23

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	11%	99.00
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 23	$0.24	$4.76	17%	19.83
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Oct 2	$0.11	$2.39	22%	21.73
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$4.53	24%	9.64
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.13	$2.37	21%	18.23

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 154 found (best net $-3.49, 131 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$215.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.49	$11.51
$247.50	$250.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.36	$2.14
$260.00	$265.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.57	$4.43
$250.00	$252.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.33	$2.17
$255.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.10	$3.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.55	$4.45
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.51	$3.49
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.51	$4.49
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.03	$2.47
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.40	$4.60

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 52 found (best yield 2.35%, avg 0.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Oct 30	$5.80	0.48	1.1%	2.35%	3.47%	6	98
$255.00	Oct 30	$3.85	0.38	3.1%	1.56%	4.70%	5	264
$260.00	Oct 30	$2.80	0.29	5.2%	1.13%	6.30%	2	74
$250.00	Oct 23	$5.10	0.48	1.1%	2.06%	3.18%	8	63
$255.00	Oct 23	$3.30	0.37	3.1%	1.33%	4.48%	2	97
$250.00	Oct 16	$4.50	0.47	1.1%	1.82%	2.94%	44	1.3K
$247.50	Oct 16	$5.40	0.54	0.1%	2.18%	2.29%	--	70
$252.50	Oct 16	$3.35	0.40	2.1%	1.36%	3.49%	36	136
$260.00	Oct 23	$2.06	0.26	5.2%	0.83%	6.00%	6	179
$265.00	Oct 30	$1.62	0.21	7.2%	0.66%	7.84%	9	133

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,719

Total Puts 1,481

Put/Call Ratio 0.86

Net Difference 238

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 676

Total Puts 284

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 392

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 184,934

Total Puts 88,647

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

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