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MCDONALDS CORP

$241.42 -3.57%

(9/23 09:45) ◀

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 (9:50am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 9:50am) 20,109

Calls: 13,250 (66%)

Puts: 6,859 (34%)

Prior (08/28) 5,380

Calls: 3,727 (69%)

Puts: 1,653 (31%)

Current vs Prior +273.77%

Calls: +255.51% (Calls)

Puts: +314.94% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 240,160

Calls: 155,331 (65%)

Puts: 84,829 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 34,308

Calls: 22,190 (65%)

Puts: 12,118 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -41.39%

Calls: -40.29%

Puts: -43.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/23 9:50am) $9.60M

Calls: $6.33M (66%)

Puts: $3.26M (34%)

Prior (08/28) $1.91M

Calls: $1.59M (83%)

Puts: $321.8K (17%)

Current vs Prior +402.13%

Calls: +298.57%

Puts: +913.62%

Prior 7-Day Total $86.23M

Calls: $53.29M (62%)

Puts: $32.94M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $12.32M

Calls: $7.61M (62%)

Puts: $4.71M (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.09%

Calls: -16.79%

Puts: -30.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 9:50am) 0.52

Prior (08/28) 0.44

Current vs Prior +16.72%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.65

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -20.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 9:50am) 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 2.76% | 3.91%5.36% | 8.99%

Prior 2.13% | 2.75%3.60% | 5.89%

Current vs Prior +29.58% | +42.49%+49.16% | +52.69%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.71% | +5.71%+12.92% | +19.07%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +29.58% | +42.49%+3.64% | +1.74%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.32% | 28.09%

Calls: 24.00% | 31.78%

Puts: 36.64% | 24.39%

Prior 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Current vs Prior -58.59% | +96.30%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.54% | 14.43%

Calls: 22.57% | 15.27%

Puts: 38.52% | 13.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.73% | +94.66%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($6.33M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 402% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 274% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.52.

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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 32 of results (avg 6.9%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Oct 16	26.90	27.85	$27.38	3.5%	1	0.98	3
$195.00	Oct 9	46.65	49.20	$47.93	5.3%	--	0.97	25
$195.00	Oct 16	46.60	49.35	$47.98	5.7%	--	0.99	41
$200.00	Sep 25	41.30	43.75	$42.53	5.8%	3	1.00	6
$195.00	Oct 30	46.80	49.75	$48.28	6.1%	--	0.99	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 16	23.35	23.95	$23.65	2.5%	20	0.94	771
$262.50	Sep 25	20.55	21.20	$20.88	3.1%	--	1.00	38
$270.00	Oct 16	28.20	29.30	$28.75	3.8%	13	0.97	1.4K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.95	2.04	$2.00	4.5%	718	0.39	857
$265.00	Oct 23	23.00	24.30	$23.65	5.5%	--	0.93	79

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.75, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 16	0.50	0.61	$0.55	20.0%	77	0.08	2.1K
$260.00	Oct 16	0.87	1.02	$0.95	15.8%	601	0.13	2.2K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 90 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 25	41.30	43.75	$42.53	5.8%	3	1.00	6
$195.00	Oct 16	46.60	49.35	$47.98	5.7%	--	0.99	41
$205.00	Oct 16	36.55	39.40	$37.97	7.5%	--	0.99	11
$200.00	Oct 16	41.45	44.30	$42.88	6.6%	2	0.99	17
$195.00	Oct 30	46.80	49.75	$48.28	6.1%	--	0.99	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Sep 25	11.90	13.95	$12.93	15.9%	3	1.00	1.3K
$257.50	Sep 25	13.85	16.45	$15.15	17.2%	--	1.00	306
$260.00	Sep 25	17.00	18.95	$17.98	10.8%	2	1.00	496
$262.50	Sep 25	20.55	21.20	$20.88	3.1%	--	1.00	38
$265.00	Sep 25	22.20	23.90	$23.05	7.4%	--	1.00	170

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 165 active (total vol 11.1K, top 1.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	0.39	0.60	$0.50	42.0%	676	0.12	1.8K
$260.00	Oct 16	0.87	1.02	$0.95	15.8%	601	0.13	2.2K
$250.00	Oct 16	2.50	2.90	$2.70	14.8%	390	0.30	1.3K
$245.00	Oct 2	2.50	3.10	$2.80	21.4%	324	0.40	53
$260.00	Oct 2	0.19	0.31	$0.25	48.0%	275	0.06	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	2.38	3.45	$2.92	36.6%	1.1K	0.53	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.95	2.04	$2.00	4.5%	718	0.39	857
$240.00	Oct 16	4.25	4.70	$4.47	10.1%	439	0.43	2.0K
$245.00	Sep 25	4.45	5.00	$4.72	11.7%	380	0.69	2.2K
$232.50	Oct 16	1.70	2.08	$1.89	20.1%	291	0.23	49

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 56.4%, max 70.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	37.0%	21.7%	70.0%	65	71
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	35.6%	22.4%	59.2%	71	57
$247.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	37.8%	24.5%	54.2%	137	1.4K
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	36.5%	24.0%	52.0%	1	23
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	33.9%	24.6%	37.6%	188	174

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	36.5%	21.4%	70.1%	374	491
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	37.0%	21.7%	70.0%	732	1.1K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	35.6%	22.4%	59.2%	1.2K	1.3K
$247.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	37.8%	24.5%	54.2%	122	2.1K
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	33.9%	24.6%	37.6%	392	2.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 111 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 6.79)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$6.68	$3.32	$6.68	82%	0.50	$236.68
$240.00	$242.50	Oct 9	$0.77	$1.73	$0.77	59%	2.25	$240.77
$242.50	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	50%	2.33	$243.25
$255.00	$257.50	Oct 16	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	20%	9.87	$255.23
$245.00	$247.50	Sep 25	$0.44	$2.06	$0.44	33%	4.68	$245.44

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$252.50	$250.00	Oct 16	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	76%	0.79	$251.10
$247.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$1.51	$0.99	$1.51	79%	0.66	$245.99
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 16	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	63%	1.17	$246.35
$252.50	$250.00	Oct 9	$1.66	$0.84	$1.66	79%	0.51	$250.84
$242.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.92	$1.58	$0.92	53%	1.72	$241.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 85 found (best R:R 0.94, avg 0.27)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$272.50	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.33	$0.33	$2.17	94%	0.15	$272.83
$277.50	$280.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.30	$2.20	96%	0.14	$277.80
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	92%	0.15	$267.82
$262.50	$265.00	Oct 9	$0.34	$0.34	$2.16	91%	0.16	$262.84
$247.50	$250.00	Oct 16	$1.00	$1.00	$1.50	63%	0.67	$248.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 2	$1.21	$1.21	$1.29	59%	0.94	$238.79
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$1.38	$1.38	$3.62	70%	0.38	$233.62
$225.00	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$0.31	$4.69	94%	0.07	$224.69
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$1.09	$1.09	$3.91	77%	0.28	$228.91
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 16	$1.22	$1.22	$1.28	57%	0.95	$238.78

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.18, cheapest $1.02)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.60	37.0%	25.7%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.11	35.6%	26.9%
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.41	33.9%	26.1%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.02	37.0%	25.7%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.18	35.6%	26.9%
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$0.73	33.9%	26.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 67 found (cheapest 2.22% of stock, avg 5.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$242.50	Sep 25	$2.44	$2.92	$5.36	$237.14	$247.86	2.22%
$240.00	Sep 25	$3.75	$2.00	$5.75	$234.25	$245.75	2.38%
$245.00	Sep 25	$1.39	$4.72	$6.11	$238.89	$251.11	2.53%
$237.50	Sep 25	$5.85	$1.16	$7.01	$230.49	$244.51	2.90%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.95	$6.23	$7.18	$240.32	$254.68	2.97%
$242.50	Oct 2	$3.55	$4.10	$7.65	$234.85	$250.15	3.17%
$245.00	Oct 2	$2.80	$5.45	$8.25	$236.75	$253.25	3.42%
$240.00	Oct 2	$5.35	$3.02	$8.37	$231.63	$248.37	3.47%
$235.00	Sep 25	$7.98	$0.55	$8.53	$226.47	$243.53	3.53%
$237.50	Oct 2	$6.90	$1.81	$8.71	$228.79	$246.21	3.61%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.27% of stock, avg 1.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$252.50	$225.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$0.32	$0.65	$224.35	$253.15
$252.50	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.33	$0.35	$0.68	$231.82	$253.18
$250.00	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.35	$0.85	$231.65	$250.85
$250.00	$225.00	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.32	$0.82	$224.18	$250.82
$252.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$0.55	$0.88	$234.12	$253.38
$250.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.50	$0.55	$1.05	$233.95	$251.05
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.89	$0.39	$1.28	$218.72	$266.28
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.84	$0.47	$1.31	$228.69	$253.81
$247.50	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.95	$0.35	$1.30	$231.20	$248.80
$247.50	$225.00	Sep 25	$0.95	$0.32	$1.27	$223.73	$248.77

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 184 found (best R:R 0.25, avg credit $0.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
225/228	272/275	Oct 2	$0.50	$2.00	88%	0.25	$227.00	$273.00
230/232	262/265	Oct 9	$0.90	$1.60	72%	0.56	$231.60	$263.40
230/232	278/280	Sep 25	$0.52	$1.98	86%	0.26	$231.98	$278.02
235/238	278/280	Sep 25	$0.91	$1.59	70%	0.57	$236.59	$278.41
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.80	$1.70	74%	0.47	$229.20	$268.30
235/238	272/275	Oct 2	$1.05	$1.45	64%	0.72	$236.45	$273.55
230/232	252/255	Oct 9	$1.16	$1.34	58%	0.87	$231.34	$253.66
228/230	272/275	Oct 2	$0.50	$2.00	84%	0.25	$229.50	$273.00
225/228	262/265	Oct 9	$0.58	$1.92	81%	0.30	$226.92	$263.08
235/238	262/265	Oct 9	$1.18	$1.32	57%	0.89	$236.32	$263.68

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 113 found (best R:R 11.20, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.28	$4.72	17%	16.86
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$4.60	20%	11.50
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$0.43	$4.57	21%	10.63
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$2.43	17%	34.71
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.26	$2.24	29%	8.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.41	$4.59	26%	11.20
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.08	$2.42	28%	30.25
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$0.21	$4.79	18%	22.81
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.19	$4.81	17%	25.32
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.07	$2.43	16%	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 153 found (best net $-0.98, 133 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$215.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.98	$14.02
$230.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.47	$8.53
$230.00	$235.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$3.28	$1.72
$242.50	$245.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.34	$2.16
$255.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.38	$4.62

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.16	$4.84
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.01	$3.99
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.04	$4.96
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.30	$4.70
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.12	$1.38

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 53 found (best yield 2.44%, avg 0.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Oct 30	$5.90	0.46	1.5%	2.44%	3.93%	14	19
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.80	0.36	3.5%	1.57%	5.13%	46	98
$245.00	Oct 23	$5.00	0.46	1.5%	2.07%	3.55%	21	20
$255.00	Oct 30	$2.60	0.27	5.6%	1.08%	6.70%	67	264
$250.00	Oct 23	$3.20	0.34	3.5%	1.33%	4.88%	58	63
$242.50	Oct 16	$5.30	0.50	0.5%	2.20%	2.64%	22	6
$245.00	Oct 16	$4.30	0.43	1.5%	1.78%	3.26%	37	45
$247.50	Oct 16	$3.20	0.37	2.5%	1.33%	3.84%	13	70
$260.00	Oct 30	$1.67	0.20	7.7%	0.69%	8.39%	9	74
$255.00	Oct 23	$1.89	0.25	5.6%	0.78%	6.41%	8	97

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 13,250

Total Puts 6,859

Put/Call Ratio 0.52

Net Difference 6,391

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,727

Total Puts 1,653

Put/Call Ratio 0.44

Net Difference 2,074

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 155,331

Total Puts 84,829

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.65

Ratio Trend Rising

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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