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MCD

MCDONALDS CORP

$240.75 -3.83%

(9/23 10:25) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/23 10:30am) 56,254

Calls: 39,791 (71%)

Puts: 16,463 (29%)

Prior (08/28) 11,856

Calls: 8,382 (71%)

Puts: 3,474 (29%)

Current vs Prior +374.48%

Calls: +374.72% (Calls)

Puts: +373.89% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 278,774

Calls: 183,812 (66%)

Puts: 94,962 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,824

Calls: 26,258 (66%)

Puts: 13,566 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +41.25%

Calls: +51.53%

Puts: +21.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/23 10:30am) $27.95M

Calls: $17.55M (63%)

Puts: $10.40M (37%)

Prior (08/28) $4.65M

Calls: $3.71M (80%)

Puts: $935.2K (20%)

Current vs Prior +501.18%

Calls: +372.57%

Puts: +1011.93%

Prior 7-Day Total $105.94M

Calls: $64.77M (61%)

Puts: $41.16M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $15.13M

Calls: $9.25M (61%)

Puts: $5.88M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +84.68%

Calls: +89.67%

Puts: +76.83%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/23 10:30am) 0.41

Prior (08/28) 0.41

Current vs Prior -0.17%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/23 10:30am) 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

ℹ

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

Current 2.41% | 3.52%5.14% | 8.98%

Prior 2.13% | 2.75%3.60% | 5.89%

Current vs Prior +12.99% | +28.22%+42.99% | +52.62%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -12.18% | -4.87%+8.25% | +19.02%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +12.99% | +28.22%-0.65% | +1.69%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 20.16% | 10.20%

Calls: 15.69% | 13.65%

Puts: 24.62% | 6.74%

Prior 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Current vs Prior -72.47% | -28.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.54% | 14.43%

Calls: 22.57% | 15.27%

Puts: 38.52% | 13.59%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -33.99% | -29.31%

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Moderately bullish flow with 63% call dollar volume ($17.55M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 501% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (85% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 374% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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
10:00	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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 68 of results (avg 7.6%, best 2.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 25	40.30	41.10	$40.70	2.0%	3	1.00	6
$237.50	Oct 16	7.65	7.95	$7.80	3.8%	4	0.61	--
$240.00	Oct 16	6.15	6.40	$6.28	4.0%	114	0.53	96
$250.00	Oct 16	2.40	2.50	$2.45	4.1%	750	0.28	1.3K
$220.00	Oct 2	20.35	21.50	$20.93	5.5%	1	0.99	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Oct 2	29.00	29.65	$29.33	2.2%	1	1.00	38
$245.00	Oct 16	7.40	7.75	$7.58	4.6%	201	0.60	3.0K
$242.50	Oct 16	5.95	6.25	$6.10	4.9%	178	0.54	24
$235.00	Oct 16	2.77	2.92	$2.85	5.3%	380	0.32	2.4K
$237.50	Oct 16	3.65	3.85	$3.75	5.3%	167	0.39	109

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.65, cheapest $0.45)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 16	0.42	0.48	$0.45	13.3%	190	0.07	2.1K
$260.00	Oct 16	0.76	0.91	$0.84	17.9%	732	0.12	2.2K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 95 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Sep 25	40.30	41.10	$40.70	2.0%	3	1.00	6
$195.00	Oct 30	44.70	47.95	$46.33	7.0%	2	1.00	26
$195.00	Oct 16	44.30	47.25	$45.78	6.4%	--	0.99	41
$200.00	Oct 16	39.25	42.25	$40.75	7.4%	2	0.99	17
$210.00	Oct 16	29.65	32.30	$30.98	8.6%	--	0.99	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Oct 2	21.30	23.75	$22.53	10.9%	--	1.00	11
$265.00	Oct 2	24.00	25.55	$24.78	6.3%	3	1.00	180
$270.00	Oct 2	29.00	29.65	$29.33	2.2%	1	1.00	38
$275.00	Oct 16	33.50	36.40	$34.95	8.3%	3	1.00	93
$280.00	Oct 16	38.50	41.40	$39.95	7.3%	--	1.00	22

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 206 active (total vol 31.1K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	1.30	1.68	$1.49	25.5%	1.7K	0.37	51
$240.00	Sep 25	2.35	2.75	$2.55	15.7%	1.6K	0.54	49
$245.00	Oct 2	2.00	2.15	$2.08	7.2%	1.4K	0.33	53
$250.00	Sep 25	0.15	0.20	$0.18	27.8%	1.4K	0.07	1.8K
$257.50	Sep 25	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	975	0.02	1.5K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	1.66	2.24	$1.95	29.7%	1.3K	0.46	857
$237.50	Sep 25	0.84	1.03	$0.94	20.2%	1.3K	0.28	382
$242.50	Sep 25	2.85	3.65	$3.25	24.6%	1.3K	0.63	1.3K
$235.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.50	$0.44	29.5%	680	0.16	510
$240.00	Oct 16	4.65	4.95	$4.80	6.2%	625	0.47	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 29.7%, max 35.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	29.3%	21.6%	35.7%	1.7K	71
$235.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	29.7%	22.1%	34.2%	137	149
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	28.9%	21.9%	32.0%	365	22
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.3%	24.6%	27.0%	1.8K	57
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	29.3%	24.5%	19.8%	642	174

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	29.3%	21.6%	35.7%	1.4K	1.1K
$235.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	29.7%	22.1%	34.2%	711	751
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	28.9%	21.9%	32.0%	1.5K	491
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.3%	24.6%	27.0%	1.5K	1.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	29.3%	24.5%	19.8%	561	2.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 113 found (best R:R 0.64, avg 7.57)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	75%	0.64	$233.05
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$2.59	$2.41	$2.59	66%	0.93	$237.59
$232.50	$235.00	Oct 16	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	74%	0.75	$233.93
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 16	$1.27	$1.23	$1.27	68%	0.97	$236.27
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 23	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	10%	30.25	$265.16

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$227.50	Oct 9	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	16%	19.83	$229.88
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 9	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	9%	28.41	$224.83
$245.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	58%	0.96	$242.45
$242.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	63%	0.92	$241.20
$232.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.26	$2.24	$0.26	17%	8.62	$232.24

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 89 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
$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	Oct 2	$0.31	$0.31	$2.19	95%	0.14	$272.81
$272.50	$275.00	Sep 25	$0.27	$0.27	$2.23	95%	0.12	$272.77

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$215.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$1.06	$1.06	$3.94	90%	0.27	$213.94
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$1.70	$1.70	$3.30	64%	0.52	$233.30
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 30	$0.76	$0.76	$4.24	83%	0.18	$224.24
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$2.10	$2.10	$2.90	53%	0.72	$237.90
$232.50	$230.00	Oct 9	$0.56	$0.56	$1.94	77%	0.29	$231.94

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.34, cheapest $1.19)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.48	29.3%	22.7%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.49	31.3%	25.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.19	29.3%	22.7%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.20	31.3%	25.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 67 found (cheapest 1.87% of stock, avg 5.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$2.55	$1.95	$4.50	$235.50	$244.50	1.87%
$242.50	Sep 25	$1.49	$3.25	$4.74	$237.76	$247.24	1.97%
$237.50	Sep 25	$4.10	$0.94	$5.04	$232.46	$242.54	2.09%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.71	$5.15	$5.86	$239.14	$250.86	2.43%
$235.00	Sep 25	$5.98	$0.44	$6.42	$228.58	$241.42	2.67%
$240.00	Oct 2	$4.03	$3.14	$7.17	$232.83	$247.17	2.98%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.98	$4.45	$7.43	$235.07	$249.93	3.09%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.50	$2.07	$7.57	$229.93	$245.07	3.14%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.38	$7.30	$7.68	$239.82	$255.18	3.19%
$245.00	Oct 2	$2.08	$6.25	$8.33	$236.67	$253.33	3.46%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 1.88%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$250.00	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.20	$0.38	$232.12	$250.38
$247.50	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.38	$0.20	$0.58	$231.92	$248.08
$250.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.44	$0.62	$234.38	$250.62
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.38	$0.44	$0.82	$234.18	$248.32
$245.00	$232.50	Sep 25	$0.71	$0.20	$0.91	$231.59	$245.91
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.58	$0.55	$1.13	$228.87	$253.63
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.71	$0.44	$1.15	$233.85	$246.15
$250.00	$215.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$1.07	$1.25	$213.75	$251.25
$277.50	$232.50	Sep 25	$1.07	$0.20	$1.27	$231.23	$278.77
$250.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.94	$1.12	$236.38	$251.12

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 214 found (best R:R 0.74, avg credit $0.82)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
210/215	278/280	Sep 25	$2.12	$2.88	81%	0.74	$212.88	$279.62
230/232	278/280	Sep 25	$1.17	$1.33	83%	0.88	$231.33	$278.67
232/235	278/280	Sep 25	$1.30	$1.20	75%	1.08	$233.70	$278.80
235/238	278/280	Sep 25	$1.56	$0.94	62%	1.66	$235.94	$279.06
210/215	272/275	Sep 25	$1.33	$3.67	85%	0.36	$213.67	$273.83
225/228	268/270	Oct 2	$0.48	$2.02	86%	0.24	$227.02	$267.98
225/228	272/275	Oct 2	$0.45	$2.05	88%	0.22	$227.05	$272.95
210/215	248/250	Sep 25	$1.26	$3.74	77%	0.34	$213.74	$248.76
232/235	268/270	Oct 2	$0.90	$1.60	69%	0.56	$234.10	$268.40
232/235	272/275	Oct 2	$0.87	$1.63	70%	0.53	$234.13	$273.37

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 136 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 30	$0.05	$4.95	22%	99.00
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.26	$4.74	25%	18.23
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	15%	32.33
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$2.22	33%	7.93
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.15	$2.35	20%	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$4.82	18%	26.78
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.27	$4.73	21%	17.52
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.35	$4.65	22%	13.29
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.29	$2.21	34%	7.62
$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. 158 found (best net $-3.00, 135 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$200.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$3.00	$17.00
$220.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$1.07	$8.93
$230.00	$235.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.28	$3.72
$220.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$5.51	$4.49
$230.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$3.36	$1.64

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$242.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.65	$1.85
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.35	$3.65
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.75	$4.25
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.28	$4.72
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.90	$4.10

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 46 found (best yield 2.14%, avg 0.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Oct 30	$5.15	0.42	1.8%	2.14%	3.90%	25	19
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.65	0.32	3.8%	1.52%	5.36%	133	98
$245.00	Oct 23	$4.75	0.42	1.8%	1.97%	3.74%	57	20
$242.50	Oct 16	$5.00	0.47	0.7%	2.08%	2.80%	75	6
$255.00	Oct 30	$2.40	0.24	5.9%	1.00%	6.92%	111	264
$245.00	Oct 16	$4.00	0.40	1.8%	1.66%	3.43%	378	45
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.91	0.30	3.8%	1.21%	5.05%	101	63
$247.50	Oct 16	$3.10	0.34	2.8%	1.29%	4.09%	83	70
$250.00	Oct 16	$2.40	0.28	3.8%	1.00%	4.84%	750	1.3K
$255.00	Oct 23	$1.82	0.21	5.9%	0.76%	6.67%	45	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 39,791

Total Puts 16,463

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 23,328

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 8,382

Total Puts 3,474

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 4,908

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 183,812

Total Puts 94,962

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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