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MCDONALDS CORP

$240.30 +0.83%

(9/24 09:40) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:45am) 16,370

Calls: 12,635 (77%)

Puts: 3,735 (23%)

Prior (09/23) 15,181

Calls: 9,474 (62%)

Puts: 5,707 (38%)

Current vs Prior +7.83%

Calls: +33.36% (Calls)

Puts: -34.55% (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 -59.63%

Calls: -52.77%

Puts: -72.92%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 9:45am) $8.06M

Calls: $5.84M (72%)

Puts: $2.22M (28%)

Prior (09/23) $7.28M

Calls: $5.07M (70%)

Puts: $2.21M (30%)

Current vs Prior +10.69%

Calls: +15.16%

Puts: +0.46%

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 -47.99%

Calls: -38.21%

Puts: -63.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:45am) 0.30

Prior (09/23) 0.60

Current vs Prior -50.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.96%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:45am) 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 2.06% | 3.17%4.65% | 8.54%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -20.36% | -11.80%-10.03% | -3.95%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.42% | -14.10%-3.76% | +9.28%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -20.36% | -11.80%-10.11% | -3.30%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.81% | 22.92%

Calls: 23.40% | 12.75%

Puts: 22.22% | 33.09%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior +43.82% | +280.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -19.81% | +73.24%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($5.84M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.30 - heavy call buying (12,635 calls vs 3,735 puts). P/C ratio dropping 51% - 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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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 43 of results (avg 6.9%, best 2.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$232.50	Oct 16	10.20	10.65	$10.43	4.3%	11	0.76	47
$215.00	Oct 16	25.55	26.70	$26.13	4.4%	10	0.98	44
$240.00	Oct 16	5.45	5.75	$5.60	5.4%	140	0.53	690
$195.00	Oct 9	45.15	47.65	$46.40	5.4%	--	0.97	25
$195.00	Oct 30	45.25	48.20	$46.73	6.3%	--	0.98	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 16	24.35	25.00	$24.68	2.6%	70	0.94	502
$262.50	Oct 16	21.90	22.80	$22.35	4.0%	2	0.91	2
$260.00	Sep 25	19.30	20.10	$19.70	4.1%	--	0.99	39
$270.00	Oct 16	29.10	30.40	$29.75	4.4%	1	1.00	129
$255.00	Sep 25	14.35	15.00	$14.68	4.4%	6	0.98	718

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.55, cheapest $0.55)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Oct 2	0.51	0.60	$0.55	16.4%	244	0.13	930

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 97 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Sep 25	14.55	17.30	$15.93	17.3%	--	1.00	23
$195.00	Oct 16	44.85	47.80	$46.33	6.4%	--	0.99	42
$200.00	Oct 16	40.00	42.90	$41.45	7.0%	--	0.99	37
$205.00	Oct 16	34.10	37.95	$36.03	10.7%	--	0.99	11
$215.00	Oct 2	24.70	27.55	$26.13	10.9%	--	0.99	50

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 2	23.15	25.30	$24.23	8.9%	2	1.00	114
$270.00	Oct 16	29.10	30.40	$29.75	4.4%	1	1.00	129
$275.00	Oct 16	32.80	35.70	$34.25	8.5%	--	1.00	19
$280.00	Oct 16	38.10	40.70	$39.40	6.6%	--	1.00	18
$260.00	Sep 25	19.30	20.10	$19.70	4.1%	--	0.99	39

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 182 active (total vol 10.2K, top 890)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	0.79	1.00	$0.90	23.3%	890	0.32	2.1K
$250.00	Sep 25	0.06	0.08	$0.07	28.6%	797	0.04	2.7K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.36	1.62	$1.49	17.4%	703	0.30	2.6K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.20	0.37	$0.29	58.6%	668	0.14	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.66	2.10	$1.88	23.4%	475	0.53	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Sep 25	0.18	0.26	$0.22	36.4%	321	0.12	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.38	1.60	$1.49	14.8%	242	0.47	1.4K
$237.50	Oct 2	1.61	2.19	$1.90	30.5%	173	0.35	296
$232.50	Sep 25	0.06	0.12	$0.09	66.7%	170	0.05	1.7K
$237.50	Sep 25	0.55	0.79	$0.67	35.8%	120	0.26	896

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 6 strikes (avg 45.0%, max 50.6%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.6%	20.3%	50.6%	225	2.0K
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	29.9%	20.2%	47.8%	625	1.8K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.7%	22.5%	40.6%	928	2.3K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.6%	20.3%	50.6%	132	1.2K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.7%	22.5%	40.6%	41	1.5K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	29.9%	21.4%	39.6%	243	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 102 found (best R:R 0.79, avg 7.05)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	72%	0.79	$236.40
$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$2.20	$2.80	$2.20	53%	1.27	$242.20
$252.50	$255.00	Oct 9	$0.19	$2.31	$0.19	16%	12.16	$252.69
$255.00	$257.50	Oct 16	$0.21	$2.29	$0.21	16%	10.90	$255.21
$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$1.76	$3.24	$1.76	43%	1.84	$246.76

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	55%	1.38	$241.45
$250.00	$247.50	Oct 16	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	75%	0.52	$248.35
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$1.15	$1.35	$1.15	59%	1.17	$241.35
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$3.23	$1.77	$3.23	72%	0.55	$246.77
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$0.86	$1.64	$0.86	47%	1.91	$239.14

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 77 found (best R:R 0.07, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$2.00	$2.00	$3.00	58%	0.67	$247.00
$262.50	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.22	$0.22	$2.28	94%	0.10	$262.72
$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	68%	0.32	$243.11
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 9	$0.45	$0.45	$4.55	87%	0.10	$255.45
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.76	$0.76	$4.24	81%	0.18	$255.76

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 30	$1.62	$1.62	$3.38	65%	0.48	$233.38
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$1.45	$1.45	$3.55	67%	0.41	$233.55
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$2.15	$2.15	$2.85	53%	0.75	$237.85
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.53	$4.47	87%	0.12	$224.47

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.41, cheapest $1.02)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.52	31.7%	23.0%
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.65	29.9%	21.3%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.02	31.7%	23.0%
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.44	29.9%	21.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 71 found (cheapest 1.40% of stock, avg 5.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$1.88	$1.49	$3.37	$236.63	$243.37	1.40%
$242.50	Sep 25	$0.90	$3.06	$3.96	$238.54	$246.46	1.65%
$237.50	Sep 25	$3.60	$0.67	$4.27	$233.23	$241.77	1.78%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$4.97	$5.26	$239.74	$250.26	2.19%
$235.00	Sep 25	$5.80	$0.22	$6.02	$228.98	$241.02	2.51%
$240.00	Oct 2	$3.53	$2.93	$6.46	$233.54	$246.46	2.69%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.42	$4.08	$6.50	$236.00	$249.00	2.70%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.10	$1.90	$7.00	$230.50	$244.50	2.91%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.49	$5.58	$7.07	$237.93	$252.07	2.94%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.15	$7.38	$7.53	$239.97	$255.03	3.13%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 143 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 1.79%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.22	$0.37	$234.63	$247.87
$247.50	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.33	$0.48	$219.52	$247.98
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.22	$0.51	$234.49	$245.51
$245.00	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.33	$0.62	$219.38	$245.62
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.40	$0.74	$229.26	$253.24
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.40	$0.95	$229.05	$250.95
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.15	$0.67	$0.82	$236.68	$248.32
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.47	$1.00	$219.00	$266.00
$252.50	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.67	$1.01	$231.49	$253.51
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.29	$0.67	$0.96	$236.54	$245.96

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 153 found (best R:R 0.15, avg credit $0.85)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
225/228	262/265	Oct 2	$0.33	$2.17	89%	0.15	$227.17	$262.83
228/230	262/265	Oct 2	$0.42	$2.08	85%	0.20	$229.58	$262.92
225/228	268/270	Oct 16	$0.51	$1.99	81%	0.26	$226.99	$268.01
235/238	262/265	Oct 2	$1.03	$1.47	60%	0.70	$236.47	$263.53
225/228	262/265	Oct 16	$0.54	$1.96	78%	0.28	$226.96	$263.04
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.60	$1.90	75%	0.32	$229.40	$268.10
232/235	268/270	Oct 9	$0.82	$1.68	66%	0.49	$234.18	$268.32
230/232	262/265	Oct 2	$0.49	$2.01	79%	0.24	$232.01	$262.99
230/232	268/270	Oct 16	$0.71	$1.79	70%	0.40	$231.79	$268.21
228/230	262/265	Oct 16	$0.63	$1.87	73%	0.34	$229.37	$263.13

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 125 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 9	$0.14	$4.86	20%	34.71
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$4.80	22%	24.00
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.37	$2.13	40%	5.76
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.25	$4.75	17%	19.00
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.18	$2.32	23%	12.89

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$4.77	23%	20.74
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$0.31	$4.69	23%	15.13
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.49	$4.51	27%	9.20
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.34	$2.16	40%	6.35
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$2.38	24%	19.83

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 $-2.20, 136 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.20	$12.80
$220.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$3.06	$6.94
$225.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$2.47	$7.53
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$6.53	$3.47
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.16	$2.34

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.13	$4.87
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.88	$4.12
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.15	$1.35
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.66	$4.34
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.34	$4.66

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 1.89%, avg 0.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Oct 30	$4.55	0.42	2.0%	1.89%	3.85%	22	86
$245.00	Nov 6	$4.25	0.43	2.0%	1.77%	3.72%	1	--
$250.00	Oct 30	$2.99	0.31	4.0%	1.24%	5.28%	53	288
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.53	0.34	4.0%	1.05%	5.09%	1	--
$245.00	Oct 23	$3.80	0.40	2.0%	1.58%	3.54%	57	130
$242.50	Oct 16	$4.25	0.45	0.9%	1.77%	2.68%	38	157
$255.00	Oct 30	$1.84	0.22	6.1%	0.77%	6.88%	40	423
$245.00	Oct 16	$3.25	0.38	2.0%	1.35%	3.31%	174	1.4K
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.31	0.28	4.0%	0.96%	5.00%	51	1.2K
$247.50	Oct 16	$2.43	0.31	3.0%	1.01%	4.01%	8	156

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 12,635

Total Puts 3,735

Put/Call Ratio 0.30

Net Difference 8,900

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,474

Total Puts 5,707

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 3,767

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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