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MCD

MCDONALDS CORP

$239.96 -4.15%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 10:20am) 51,738

Calls: 36,779 (71%)

Puts: 14,959 (29%)

Prior (08/28) 10,795

Calls: 7,828 (73%)

Puts: 2,967 (27%)

Current vs Prior +379.28%

Calls: +369.84% (Calls)

Puts: +404.18% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 273,981

Calls: 180,806 (66%)

Puts: 93,175 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,140

Calls: 25,829 (66%)

Puts: 13,310 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +32.19%

Calls: +42.39%

Puts: +12.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/23 10:20am) $26.01M

Calls: $15.75M (61%)

Puts: $10.26M (39%)

Prior (08/28) $4.40M

Calls: $3.58M (81%)

Puts: $824.5K (19%)

Current vs Prior +490.85%

Calls: +340.22%

Puts: +1144.54%

Prior 7-Day Total $103.35M

Calls: $62.73M (61%)

Puts: $40.62M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $14.76M

Calls: $8.96M (61%)

Puts: $5.80M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +76.17%

Calls: +75.75%

Puts: +76.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/23 10:20am) 0.41

Prior (08/28) 0.38

Current vs Prior +7.31%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 10:20am) 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 2.59% | 3.80%5.35% | 9.16%

Prior 2.13% | 2.75%3.60% | 5.89%

Current vs Prior +21.58% | +38.20%+48.68% | +55.60%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.51% | +2.53%+12.55% | +21.34%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +21.58% | +38.20%+3.30% | +3.68%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.06% | 9.82%

Calls: 18.18% | 10.13%

Puts: 21.94% | 9.51%

Prior 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Current vs Prior -72.60% | -31.38%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.54% | 14.43%

Calls: 22.57% | 15.27%

Puts: 38.52% | 13.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -34.32% | -31.95%

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Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($15.75M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 491% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (76% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 379% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:10	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 72 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Oct 30	39.50	41.75	$40.63	5.5%	2	0.96	4
$240.00	Oct 16	5.95	6.30	$6.13	5.7%	67	0.52	96
$195.00	Oct 16	43.60	46.25	$44.93	5.9%	--	0.99	41
$237.50	Oct 16	7.25	7.70	$7.48	6.0%	4	0.59	--
$200.00	Sep 25	38.30	40.70	$39.50	6.1%	3	1.00	6

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 16	20.00	20.65	$20.33	3.2%	104	0.90	2.2K
$270.00	Oct 2	29.60	30.60	$30.10	3.3%	1	1.00	38
$250.00	Oct 16	11.50	11.95	$11.73	3.8%	270	0.74	4.4K
$245.00	Oct 16	8.00	8.40	$8.20	4.9%	194	0.62	3.0K
$255.00	Oct 16	15.50	16.35	$15.93	5.3%	50	0.83	1.6K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.75)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Sep 25	0.70	0.80	$0.75	13.3%	516	0.22	155
$250.00	Oct 2	0.85	1.02	$0.94	18.1%	366	0.17	334
$270.00	Oct 16	0.21	0.25	$0.23	17.4%	441	0.04	2.6K
$265.00	Oct 16	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	181	0.07	2.1K
$260.00	Oct 16	0.74	0.84	$0.79	12.7%	719	0.11	2.2K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Oct 16	0.85	0.95	$0.90	11.1%	29	0.13	842

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 94 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 25	38.30	40.70	$39.50	6.1%	3	1.00	6
$195.00	Oct 16	43.60	46.25	$44.93	5.9%	--	0.99	41
$200.00	Oct 16	38.60	41.35	$39.98	6.9%	2	0.99	17
$205.00	Oct 16	33.75	36.30	$35.03	7.3%	--	0.99	11
$195.00	Oct 30	44.10	47.05	$45.58	6.5%	2	0.99	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Sep 25	14.70	16.15	$15.43	9.4%	46	1.00	1.3K
$257.50	Sep 25	17.20	19.20	$18.20	11.0%	--	1.00	306
$260.00	Sep 25	19.65	21.25	$20.45	7.8%	9	1.00	496
$262.50	Sep 25	22.40	24.50	$23.45	9.0%	--	1.00	38
$265.00	Sep 25	24.60	26.45	$25.53	7.2%	80	1.00	170

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 203 active (total vol 28.4K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	1.30	1.55	$1.43	17.5%	1.6K	0.35	51
$240.00	Sep 25	2.35	2.52	$2.44	7.0%	1.5K	0.51	49
$250.00	Sep 25	0.15	0.25	$0.20	50.0%	1.3K	0.07	1.8K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.90	2.21	$2.05	15.1%	1.2K	0.32	53
$257.50	Sep 25	0.03	0.15	$0.09	133.3%	931	0.03	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	3.45	4.05	$3.75	16.0%	1.3K	0.65	1.3K
$237.50	Sep 25	1.14	1.45	$1.30	23.8%	1.2K	0.33	382
$240.00	Sep 25	2.11	2.63	$2.37	21.9%	1.2K	0.49	857
$235.00	Sep 25	0.55	0.70	$0.63	23.8%	605	0.19	510
$240.00	Oct 16	5.15	5.55	$5.35	7.5%	604	0.48	2.0K

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 37.7%, max 44.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	31.7%	22.1%	44.0%	1.6K	71
$235.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	31.1%	22.0%	41.4%	101	149
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.2%	22.6%	38.0%	360	22
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	32.7%	24.6%	33.0%	1.7K	57
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	32.7%	24.8%	31.7%	541	174

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	31.7%	22.0%	44.5%	1.2K	1.1K
$235.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	31.1%	22.0%	41.4%	633	751
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.2%	22.6%	38.0%	1.4K	491
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	32.7%	24.5%	33.5%	1.5K	1.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	32.7%	24.9%	31.3%	545	2.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 115 found (best R:R 0.71, avg 7.79)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$2.92	$2.08	$2.92	76%	0.71	$232.92
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	68%	1.08	$236.20
$232.50	$235.00	Oct 16	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	72%	0.81	$233.88
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$2.54	$2.46	$2.54	63%	0.97	$237.54
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 16	$1.29	$1.21	$1.29	66%	0.94	$236.29

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	9%	28.41	$224.83
$230.00	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.28	$2.22	$0.28	18%	7.93	$229.72
$242.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	65%	0.81	$241.12
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$2.68	$2.32	$2.68	59%	0.87	$242.32
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 2	$1.06	$1.44	$1.06	49%	1.36	$238.94

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 90 found (best R:R 0.74, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$277.50	$280.00	Sep 25	$1.06	$1.06	$1.44	91%	0.74	$278.56
$272.50	$275.00	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.34	$2.16	95%	0.16	$272.84
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.34	$2.16	94%	0.16	$267.84
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 9	$0.36	$0.36	$4.64	95%	0.08	$275.36
$272.50	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.29	$2.21	96%	0.13	$272.79

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$200.00	$195.00	Oct 30	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	96%	0.07	$199.68
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 23	$1.08	$1.08	$3.92	76%	0.28	$228.92
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 9	$0.42	$0.42	$2.08	86%	0.20	$227.08
$215.00	$210.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$0.35	$4.65	93%	0.08	$214.65
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$1.13	$1.13	$3.87	74%	0.29	$228.87

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.40, cheapest $1.31)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.49	31.7%	24.4%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.37	32.7%	25.4%
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.58	31.2%	24.4%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.31	31.7%	24.4%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.32	32.7%	25.4%
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.32	31.2%	24.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 66 found (cheapest 2.00% of stock, avg 5.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$2.44	$2.37	$4.81	$235.19	$244.81	2.00%
$237.50	Sep 25	$3.85	$1.30	$5.15	$232.35	$242.65	2.15%
$242.50	Sep 25	$1.43	$3.75	$5.18	$237.32	$247.68	2.16%
$235.00	Sep 25	$5.65	$0.63	$6.28	$228.72	$241.28	2.62%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.75	$5.85	$6.60	$238.40	$251.60	2.75%
$240.00	Oct 2	$3.93	$3.68	$7.61	$232.39	$247.61	3.17%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.80	$5.07	$7.87	$234.63	$250.37	3.28%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.43	$2.62	$8.05	$229.45	$245.55	3.35%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.46	$8.03	$8.49	$239.01	$255.99	3.54%
$235.00	Oct 2	$6.88	$1.72	$8.60	$226.40	$243.60	3.58%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 1.96%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$250.00	$230.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.15	$0.35	$229.65	$250.35
$250.00	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.30	$0.50	$232.00	$250.50
$247.50	$230.00	Sep 25	$0.46	$0.15	$0.61	$229.39	$248.11
$247.50	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.46	$0.30	$0.76	$231.74	$248.26
$250.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.63	$0.83	$234.17	$250.83
$245.00	$230.00	Sep 25	$0.75	$0.15	$0.90	$229.10	$245.90
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.46	$0.63	$1.09	$233.91	$248.59
$245.00	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.75	$0.30	$1.05	$231.45	$246.05
$277.50	$230.00	Sep 25	$1.07	$0.15	$1.22	$228.78	$278.72
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.72	$1.33	$228.67	$253.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 204 found (best R:R 0.94, avg credit $0.83)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/232	278/280	Sep 25	$1.21	$1.29	80%	0.94	$231.29	$278.71
232/235	278/280	Sep 25	$1.39	$1.11	71%	1.25	$233.61	$278.89
235/238	278/280	Sep 25	$1.73	$0.77	58%	2.25	$235.77	$279.23
210/215	278/280	Sep 25	$1.20	$3.80	88%	0.32	$213.80	$278.70
220/225	278/280	Sep 25	$1.19	$3.81	87%	0.31	$223.81	$278.69
225/228	272/275	Oct 2	$0.53	$1.97	86%	0.27	$226.97	$273.03
225/228	268/270	Oct 2	$0.53	$1.97	85%	0.27	$226.97	$268.03
228/230	272/275	Oct 2	$0.60	$1.90	81%	0.32	$229.40	$273.10
232/235	272/275	Oct 2	$0.96	$1.54	66%	0.62	$234.04	$273.46
228/230	268/270	Oct 2	$0.60	$1.90	80%	0.32	$229.40	$268.10

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 133 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.05	$4.95	24%	99.00
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$4.76	22%	19.83
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.30	$4.70	22%	15.67
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.25	$4.75	15%	19.00
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$2.44	15%	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$4.78	20%	21.73
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Sep 25	$0.08	$2.42	22%	30.25
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$4.60	22%	11.50
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$0.39	$4.61	21%	11.82
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$4.47	25%	8.43

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 156 found (best net $-3.17, 132 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$200.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.17	$16.83
$230.00	$235.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.97	$4.03
$220.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$5.36	$4.64
$230.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.11	$1.89
$240.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.42	$2.08

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.10	$4.90
$240.00	$237.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.23	$2.27
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.79	$4.21
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.46	$3.54
$242.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.99	$1.51

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 51 found (best yield 3.08%, avg 0.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Oct 30	$7.40	0.51	0.0%	3.08%	3.10%	69	22
$245.00	Oct 30	$5.05	0.41	2.1%	2.10%	4.20%	25	19
$245.00	Oct 23	$4.55	0.40	2.1%	1.90%	4.00%	57	20
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.35	0.31	4.2%	1.40%	5.58%	118	98
$240.00	Oct 23	$6.35	0.52	0.0%	2.65%	2.66%	56	3
$240.00	Oct 16	$5.95	0.52	0.0%	2.48%	2.50%	67	96
$242.50	Oct 16	$4.80	0.45	1.1%	2.00%	3.06%	39	6
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.88	0.30	4.2%	1.20%	5.38%	81	63
$255.00	Oct 30	$2.36	0.23	6.3%	0.98%	7.25%	109	264
$245.00	Oct 16	$3.80	0.39	2.1%	1.58%	3.68%	359	45

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 36,779

Total Puts 14,959

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 21,820

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 7,828

Total Puts 2,967

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 4,861

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 180,806

Total Puts 93,175

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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