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MCD

MCDONALDS CORP

$242.91 -2.97%

(9/23 09:35) ◀

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 9:40am) 10,704

Calls: 5,946 (56%)

Puts: 4,758 (44%)

Prior (08/28) 3,170

Calls: 2,102 (66%)

Puts: 1,068 (34%)

Current vs Prior +237.67%

Calls: +182.87% (Calls)

Puts: +345.51% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 228,179

Calls: 147,576 (65%)

Puts: 80,603 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 32,597

Calls: 21,082 (65%)

Puts: 11,514 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -67.16%

Calls: -71.80%

Puts: -58.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/23 9:40am) $5.65M

Calls: $3.78M (67%)

Puts: $1.87M (33%)

Prior (08/28) $1.06M

Calls: $852.0K (81%)

Puts: $203.6K (19%)

Current vs Prior +435.46%

Calls: +343.78%

Puts: +819.04%

Prior 7-Day Total $80.48M

Calls: $49.29M (61%)

Puts: $31.19M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $11.50M

Calls: $7.04M (61%)

Puts: $4.46M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.84%

Calls: -46.31%

Puts: -58.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 9:40am) 0.80

Prior (08/28) 0.51

Current vs Prior +57.49%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.74%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 9:40am) 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 1,856,429

Calls: 1,072,917 (58%)

Puts: 783,512 (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average 265,204

Calls: 153,273 (58%)

Puts: 111,930 (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +31.21%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.13% | 3.91%5.15% | 8.85%

Prior 2.13% | 2.75%3.60% | 5.89%

Current vs Prior +46.75% | +42.36%+43.32% | +50.35%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.74% | 3.70%4.75% | 7.55%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +14.05% | +5.62%+8.50% | +17.25%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.13% | 2.75%5.18% | 8.83%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +46.75% | +42.36%-0.42% | +0.18%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.44% | 27.11%

Calls: 20.92% | 32.00%

Puts: 17.95% | 22.22%

Prior 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Current vs Prior -73.45% | +89.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.54% | 14.43%

Calls: 22.57% | 15.27%

Puts: 38.52% | 13.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -36.35% | +87.87%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($3.78M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 435% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 238% vs prior - elevated interest. P/C ratio rising 57% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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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 15 of results (avg 7.8%, best 5.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 9	47.90	50.80	$49.35	5.9%	--	0.97	25
$200.00	Sep 25	42.60	45.25	$43.93	6.0%	3	1.00	6
$200.00	Oct 9	43.05	45.80	$44.43	6.2%	--	0.97	20
$250.00	Oct 23	3.75	4.00	$3.88	6.4%	44	0.37	63
$200.00	Oct 16	43.00	45.90	$44.45	6.5%	1	0.99	17

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Oct 16	34.80	37.75	$36.28	8.1%	--	1.00	22
$280.00	Oct 23	34.80	38.20	$36.50	9.3%	--	1.00	34
$275.00	Oct 23	29.85	32.80	$31.33	9.4%	--	0.98	22
$270.00	Oct 16	24.95	27.45	$26.20	9.5%	3	0.95	1.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.74)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	0.67	0.80	$0.74	17.6%	35	0.18	382

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 81 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 25	42.60	45.25	$43.93	6.0%	3	1.00	6
$195.00	Oct 30	47.45	51.25	$49.35	7.7%	--	0.99	26
$195.00	Oct 16	47.65	50.90	$49.28	6.6%	--	0.99	41
$205.00	Oct 16	37.60	40.90	$39.25	8.4%	--	0.99	11
$200.00	Oct 16	43.00	45.90	$44.45	6.5%	1	0.99	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Sep 25	10.20	12.45	$11.33	19.9%	1	1.00	1.3K
$257.50	Sep 25	12.40	14.85	$13.63	18.0%	--	1.00	306
$260.00	Sep 25	14.85	17.40	$16.13	15.8%	--	1.00	496
$262.50	Sep 25	17.60	19.90	$18.75	12.3%	--	1.00	38
$265.00	Sep 25	20.00	22.25	$21.13	10.6%	--	1.00	170

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 134 active (total vol 6.8K, top 928)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 16	0.92	1.18	$1.05	24.8%	503	0.14	2.2K
$250.00	Sep 25	0.60	0.88	$0.74	37.8%	297	0.20	1.8K
$260.00	Oct 2	0.25	0.52	$0.39	69.2%	238	0.08	1.1K
$252.50	Sep 25	0.40	0.66	$0.53	49.1%	181	0.14	1.4K
$255.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.30	$0.25	40.0%	124	0.08	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	1.85	2.70	$2.28	37.3%	928	0.43	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.25	1.50	$1.38	18.1%	389	0.30	857
$240.00	Oct 16	3.45	4.00	$3.73	14.7%	380	0.39	2.0K
$245.00	Sep 25	3.55	4.25	$3.90	17.9%	320	0.59	2.2K
$232.50	Oct 16	1.46	1.86	$1.66	24.1%	288	0.21	49

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 60.5%, max 82.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	37.8%	21.6%	75.5%	7	71
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	37.5%	21.9%	71.8%	14	57
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	34.8%	21.0%	65.9%	41	174
$250.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	36.1%	23.4%	54.4%	320	1.9K
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	37.7%	25.1%	50.4%	1	23

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	37.7%	20.7%	82.4%	130	491
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	37.8%	21.6%	75.2%	403	1.1K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	37.5%	21.8%	72.2%	1.0K	1.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	34.8%	21.1%	64.9%	330	2.4K
$247.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.6%	24.3%	26.3%	101	2.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 108 found (best R:R 0.72, avg 7.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	91%	0.72	$236.45
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.94	$4.06	$0.94	37%	4.32	$250.94
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 23	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	13%	37.46	$265.13
$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	71%	0.92	$241.30
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.80	$4.20	$0.80	28%	5.25	$255.80

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$247.50	Sep 25	$1.48	$1.02	$1.48	89%	0.69	$248.52
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 16	$1.03	$1.47	$1.03	60%	1.43	$246.47
$252.50	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	76%	0.67	$251.00
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 2	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	68%	1.00	$246.25
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 9	$1.24	$1.26	$1.24	62%	1.02	$246.26

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 86 found (best R:R 0.65, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 23	$1.18	$1.18	$3.82	79%	0.31	$261.18
$245.00	$247.50	Sep 25	$1.16	$1.16	$1.34	56%	0.87	$246.16
$272.50	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.30	$2.20	95%	0.14	$272.80
$285.00	$290.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.25	$4.75	97%	0.05	$285.25
$262.50	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.48	$0.48	$2.02	86%	0.24	$262.98

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$1.97	$1.97	$3.03	62%	0.65	$238.03
$232.50	$230.00	Oct 16	$0.69	$0.69	$1.81	79%	0.38	$231.81
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$0.92	$0.92	$4.08	81%	0.23	$229.08
$225.00	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$0.31	$4.69	94%	0.07	$224.69
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$1.82	$1.82	$3.18	61%	0.57	$238.18

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $0.99, cheapest $1.62)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 9	$1.62	37.5%	21.2%
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.03	34.8%	22.6%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.71	37.5%	24.3%
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.60	34.8%	22.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 61 found (cheapest 2.46% of stock, avg 5.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$242.50	Sep 25	$3.70	$2.28	$5.98	$236.52	$248.48	2.46%
$245.00	Sep 25	$2.14	$3.90	$6.04	$238.96	$251.04	2.49%
$240.00	Sep 25	$5.00	$1.38	$6.38	$233.62	$246.38	2.63%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.98	$5.70	$6.68	$240.82	$254.18	2.75%
$245.00	Oct 2	$3.17	$4.50	$7.67	$237.33	$252.67	3.16%
$250.00	Sep 25	$0.74	$7.18	$7.92	$242.08	$257.92	3.26%
$247.50	Oct 2	$2.19	$5.75	$7.94	$239.56	$255.44	3.27%
$237.50	Sep 25	$7.28	$0.74	$8.02	$229.48	$245.52	3.30%
$235.00	Sep 25	$8.73	$0.30	$9.03	$225.97	$244.03	3.72%
$242.50	Oct 9	$5.32	$3.85	$9.17	$233.33	$251.67	3.78%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 145 found (cheapest 0.23% of stock, avg 1.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$255.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.30	$0.55	$234.45	$255.55
$255.00	$225.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.32	$0.57	$224.43	$255.57
$252.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.53	$0.30	$0.83	$234.17	$253.33
$252.50	$225.00	Sep 25	$0.53	$0.32	$0.85	$224.15	$253.35
$255.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.74	$0.99	$236.51	$255.99
$250.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.74	$0.30	$1.04	$233.96	$251.04
$250.00	$225.00	Sep 25	$0.74	$0.32	$1.06	$223.94	$251.06
$252.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.53	$0.74	$1.27	$236.23	$253.77
$255.00	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.86	$0.45	$1.31	$231.19	$256.31
$250.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.74	$0.74	$1.48	$236.02	$251.48

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 176 found (best R:R 0.88, avg credit $0.83)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/232	262/265	Oct 16	$1.17	$1.33	66%	0.88	$231.33	$263.67
230/232	268/270	Oct 16	$1.02	$1.48	70%	0.69	$231.48	$268.52
228/230	262/265	Oct 16	$0.88	$1.62	72%	0.54	$229.12	$263.38
232/235	272/275	Oct 2	$0.73	$1.77	78%	0.41	$234.27	$273.23
235/238	272/275	Sep 25	$0.74	$1.76	76%	0.42	$236.76	$273.24
232/235	278/280	Oct 2	$0.68	$1.82	79%	0.37	$234.32	$278.18
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.73	$1.77	77%	0.41	$229.27	$268.23
230/232	252/255	Oct 16	$1.36	$1.14	51%	1.19	$231.14	$253.86
228/230	268/270	Oct 9	$0.55	$1.95	83%	0.28	$229.45	$268.05
228/230	252/255	Oct 9	$1.04	$1.46	63%	0.71	$228.96	$253.54

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 104 found (best R:R 15.13, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.14	$4.86	16%	34.71
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	16%	34.71
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	10%	37.46
$250.00	$252.50	$255.00	Oct 16	$0.05	$2.45	12%	49.00
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.65	$4.35	26%	6.69

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.31	$4.69	27%	15.13
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Sep 25	$0.18	$2.32	37%	12.89
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	16%	32.33
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$4.53	26%	9.64
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.41	$4.59	24%	11.20

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 158 found (best net $-3.36, 127 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$230.00	$235.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.36	$1.64
$242.50	$245.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.58	$1.92
$245.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.63	$3.37
$255.00	$257.50	1:2	Oct 2	-$0.06	$2.44
$250.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.49	$3.51

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.06	$4.94
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.02	$4.98
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.66	$1.84
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.25	$4.75
$245.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.72	$3.28

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 51 found (best yield 1.89%, avg 0.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Oct 30	$4.60	0.40	2.9%	1.89%	4.81%	23	98
$245.00	Oct 30	$6.00	0.50	0.9%	2.47%	3.33%	3	19
$255.00	Oct 30	$2.89	0.29	5.0%	1.19%	6.17%	11	264
$245.00	Oct 23	$5.35	0.49	0.9%	2.20%	3.06%	13	20
$250.00	Oct 23	$3.75	0.37	2.9%	1.54%	4.46%	44	63
$245.00	Oct 16	$4.75	0.47	0.9%	1.96%	2.82%	8	45
$255.00	Oct 23	$2.18	0.28	5.0%	0.90%	5.87%	5	97
$260.00	Oct 30	$1.75	0.22	7.0%	0.72%	7.76%	5	74
$247.50	Oct 16	$3.55	0.40	1.9%	1.46%	3.35%	10	70
$250.00	Oct 16	$2.99	0.34	2.9%	1.23%	4.15%	112	1.3K

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 5,946

Total Puts 4,758

Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Net Difference 1,188

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,102

Total Puts 1,068

Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Net Difference 1,034

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 147,576

Total Puts 80,603

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.69

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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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