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MCDONALDS CORP

$240.65 +0.98%

(9/24 09:35) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:40am) 14,347

Calls: 11,441 (80%)

Puts: 2,906 (20%)

Prior (09/23) 10,704

Calls: 5,946 (56%)

Puts: 4,758 (44%)

Current vs Prior +34.03%

Calls: +92.42% (Calls)

Puts: -38.92% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 283,817

Calls: 187,278 (66%)

Puts: 96,539 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 40,545

Calls: 26,754 (66%)

Puts: 13,791 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.61%

Calls: -57.24%

Puts: -78.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 9:40am) $6.99M

Calls: $5.44M (78%)

Puts: $1.55M (22%)

Prior (09/23) $5.65M

Calls: $3.78M (67%)

Puts: $1.87M (33%)

Current vs Prior +23.61%

Calls: +43.80%

Puts: -17.17%

Prior 7-Day Total $108.45M

Calls: $66.12M (61%)

Puts: $42.33M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $15.49M

Calls: $9.45M (61%)

Puts: $6.05M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -54.90%

Calls: -42.44%

Puts: -74.36%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:40am) 0.25

Prior (09/23) 0.80

Current vs Prior -68.26%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -59.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:40am) 417,339

Calls: 266,932 (64%)

Puts: 150,407 (36%)

Prior (09/23) 347,979

Calls: 213,860 (61%)

Puts: 134,119 (39%)

Current vs Prior +19.93%

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 +57.37%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.02% | 3.20%4.72% | 8.48%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -21.60% | -10.88%-8.71% | -4.70%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.72% | 3.69%4.83% | 7.82%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -25.60% | -13.21%-2.36% | +8.43%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.58% | 3.59%5.18% | 8.83%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -21.60% | -10.88%-8.80% | -4.05%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 13.64% | 18.09%

Calls: 12.74% | 10.53%

Puts: 14.55% | 25.64%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior -14.00% | +200.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.05% | +36.73%

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Strong bullish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in calls ($5.44M) vs puts ($1.55M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.25 - heavy call buying (11,441 calls vs 2,906 puts). P/C ratio dropping 68% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (266,932 calls vs 150,407 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 37 of results (avg 7.4%, best 1.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 9	45.60	48.10	$46.85	5.3%	--	0.97	25
$200.00	Oct 9	40.65	43.10	$41.88	5.9%	--	0.98	20
$195.00	Oct 30	45.85	48.65	$47.25	5.9%	--	0.98	28
$195.00	Oct 16	45.40	48.20	$46.80	6.0%	--	0.99	42
$200.00	Oct 16	40.55	43.25	$41.90	6.4%	--	0.99	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 16	24.15	24.60	$24.38	1.8%	60	0.94	502
$260.00	Oct 16	19.30	19.85	$19.58	2.8%	52	0.90	2.1K
$260.00	Sep 25	18.95	20.00	$19.48	5.4%	--	1.00	39
$257.50	Sep 25	16.40	17.35	$16.88	5.6%	1	0.95	109
$270.00	Oct 16	28.45	30.10	$29.28	5.6%	--	1.00	129

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.53, cheapest $0.53)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	0.48	0.58	$0.53	18.9%	88	0.22	896

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 96 found (avg delta 0.83, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 16	45.40	48.20	$46.80	6.0%	--	0.99	42
$200.00	Oct 16	40.55	43.25	$41.90	6.4%	--	0.99	37
$205.00	Oct 16	35.05	38.25	$36.65	8.7%	--	0.99	11
$210.00	Oct 16	30.50	33.30	$31.90	8.8%	--	0.98	12
$200.00	Oct 9	40.65	43.10	$41.88	5.9%	--	0.98	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$252.50	Sep 25	11.20	12.40	$11.80	10.2%	45	1.00	504
$255.00	Sep 25	13.00	14.75	$13.88	12.6%	2	1.00	718
$260.00	Sep 25	18.95	20.00	$19.48	5.4%	--	1.00	39
$265.00	Oct 2	22.40	24.85	$23.63	10.4%	2	1.00	114
$270.00	Oct 16	28.45	30.10	$29.28	5.6%	--	1.00	129

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 172 active (total vol 9.1K, top 833)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	0.91	1.10	$1.01	18.8%	833	0.34	2.1K
$250.00	Sep 25	0.03	0.08	$0.06	83.3%	734	0.03	2.7K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.34	0.49	$0.42	35.7%	641	0.17	1.3K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.53	1.70	$1.62	10.5%	636	0.31	2.6K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.98	2.25	$2.12	12.7%	463	0.57	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Sep 25	0.16	0.26	$0.21	47.6%	308	0.10	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.27	1.50	$1.39	16.5%	180	0.43	1.4K
$237.50	Oct 2	1.42	2.03	$1.73	35.3%	168	0.33	296
$232.50	Sep 25	0.05	0.13	$0.09	88.9%	160	0.04	1.7K
$230.00	Oct 16	1.14	1.37	$1.25	18.4%	102	0.18	2.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 39.6%, max 49.9%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	30.2%	20.2%	49.9%	611	1.8K
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.0%	20.2%	48.1%	202	2.0K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.0%	22.5%	37.7%	851	2.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	31.6%	25.7%	23.1%	642	1.3K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.0%	20.2%	48.1%	99	1.2K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	30.2%	21.9%	38.2%	181	1.4K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.0%	22.6%	37.1%	29	1.5K
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	31.6%	23.5%	34.6%	58	2.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 102 found (best R:R 0.92, avg 7.48)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$2.05	$2.95	$2.05	53%	1.44	$242.05
$232.50	$235.00	Oct 16	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	77%	0.58	$234.08
$240.00	$242.50	Oct 9	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	55%	1.38	$241.05
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 30	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	8%	37.46	$270.13
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$1.38	$1.12	$1.38	67%	0.81	$238.88

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 16	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	68%	0.92	$246.20
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	58%	1.17	$241.35
$245.00	$242.50	Oct 2	$1.48	$1.02	$1.48	69%	0.69	$243.52
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$0.86	$1.64	$0.86	46%	1.91	$239.14
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$3.25	$1.75	$3.25	70%	0.54	$246.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 79 found (best R:R 0.07, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$1.32	$1.32	$3.68	70%	0.36	$251.32
$262.50	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.23	$0.23	$2.27	94%	0.10	$262.73
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 9	$0.45	$0.45	$4.55	87%	0.10	$255.45
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$1.37	$1.37	$3.63	68%	0.38	$251.37
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$0.19	$2.31	94%	0.08	$267.69

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$210.00	$205.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	96%	0.07	$209.68
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$1.44	$1.44	$3.56	68%	0.40	$233.56
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$1.01	$1.01	$3.99	76%	0.25	$228.99
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.55	$0.55	$4.45	87%	0.12	$224.45
$240.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.86	$0.86	$1.64	57%	0.52	$239.14

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.43, cheapest $1.36)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.68	30.2%	21.3%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.54	31.0%	23.3%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.36	30.2%	21.3%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.15	31.0%	23.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 71 found (cheapest 1.46% of stock, avg 5.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$2.12	$1.39	$3.51	$236.49	$243.51	1.46%
$242.50	Sep 25	$1.01	$2.75	$3.76	$238.74	$246.26	1.56%
$237.50	Sep 25	$3.88	$0.53	$4.41	$233.09	$241.91	1.83%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.42	$4.65	$5.07	$239.93	$250.07	2.11%
$235.00	Sep 25	$6.00	$0.21	$6.21	$228.79	$241.21	2.58%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.55	$3.90	$6.45	$236.05	$248.95	2.68%
$240.00	Oct 2	$3.80	$2.75	$6.55	$233.45	$246.55	2.72%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.18	$1.73	$6.91	$230.59	$244.41	2.87%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.62	$5.38	$7.00	$238.00	$252.00	2.91%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.19	$6.88	$7.07	$240.43	$254.57	2.94%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 143 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 1.83%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.19	$0.21	$0.40	$234.60	$247.90
$247.50	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.19	$0.33	$0.52	$219.48	$248.02
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.42	$0.21	$0.63	$234.37	$245.63
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.41	$0.41	$0.82	$229.18	$253.32
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.19	$0.53	$0.72	$236.78	$248.22
$245.00	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.42	$0.33	$0.75	$219.25	$245.75
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.42	$0.53	$0.95	$236.55	$245.95
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.45	$0.98	$219.02	$265.98
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.65	$0.41	$1.06	$228.94	$251.06
$252.50	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.41	$0.67	$1.08	$231.42	$253.58

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 163 found (best R:R 0.21, avg credit $0.85)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
228/230	262/265	Oct 2	$0.44	$2.06	84%	0.21	$229.56	$262.94
225/228	268/270	Oct 16	$0.53	$1.97	81%	0.27	$226.97	$268.03
232/235	268/270	Oct 16	$0.93	$1.57	64%	0.59	$234.07	$268.43
232/235	268/270	Oct 9	$0.85	$1.65	66%	0.52	$234.15	$268.35
225/228	262/265	Oct 16	$0.55	$1.95	78%	0.28	$226.95	$263.05
232/235	262/265	Oct 16	$0.95	$1.55	61%	0.61	$234.05	$263.45
230/232	262/265	Oct 2	$0.49	$2.01	79%	0.24	$232.01	$262.99
232/235	262/265	Oct 2	$0.67	$1.83	71%	0.37	$234.33	$263.17
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.54	$1.96	76%	0.28	$229.46	$268.04
225/228	252/255	Oct 16	$0.81	$1.69	65%	0.48	$226.69	$253.31

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 135 found (best R:R 24.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$4.80	22%	24.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.35	$4.65	22%	13.29
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 2	$0.13	$2.37	24%	18.23
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 23	$0.07	$4.93	8%	70.43
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.36	$2.14	34%	5.94

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$4.62	25%	12.16
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 2	$0.13	$2.37	24%	18.23
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$0.19	$4.81	14%	25.32
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$0.44	$4.56	22%	10.36
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$4.53	23%	9.64

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 162 found (best net $-2.44, 139 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.44	$12.56
$220.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.17	$6.83
$225.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$2.45	$7.55
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$6.92	$3.08
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.36	$2.14

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$242.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.03	$2.47
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.85	$1.65
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.30	$4.70
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.26	$4.74
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.36	$3.64

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 2.18%, avg 0.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Nov 6	$5.25	0.44	1.8%	2.18%	3.99%	1	--
$250.00	Nov 6	$3.60	0.35	3.9%	1.50%	5.38%	1	--
$245.00	Oct 30	$4.85	0.42	1.8%	2.02%	3.82%	22	86
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.30	0.32	3.9%	1.37%	5.26%	40	288
$245.00	Oct 23	$4.25	0.42	1.8%	1.77%	3.57%	54	130
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.60	0.30	3.9%	1.08%	4.97%	50	1.2K
$242.50	Oct 16	$4.45	0.46	0.8%	1.85%	2.62%	18	157
$255.00	Oct 30	$1.97	0.23	6.0%	0.82%	6.78%	38	423
$245.00	Oct 16	$3.35	0.39	1.8%	1.39%	3.20%	152	1.4K
$247.50	Oct 16	$2.47	0.32	2.9%	1.03%	3.87%	7	156

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 11,441

Total Puts 2,906

Put/Call Ratio 0.25

Net Difference 8,535

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,946

Total Puts 4,758

Put/Call Ratio 0.80

Net Difference 1,188

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 187,278

Total Puts 96,539

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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