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MCDONALDS CORP

$239.96 +0.69%

(9/24 09:45) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:50am) 17,848

Calls: 13,408 (75%)

Puts: 4,440 (25%)

Prior (09/23) 20,109

Calls: 13,250 (66%)

Puts: 6,859 (34%)

Current vs Prior -11.24%

Calls: +1.19% (Calls)

Puts: -35.27% (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 -55.98%

Calls: -49.88%

Puts: -67.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 9:50am) $8.81M

Calls: $6.10M (69%)

Puts: $2.71M (31%)

Prior (09/23) $9.60M

Calls: $6.33M (66%)

Puts: $3.26M (34%)

Current vs Prior -8.18%

Calls: -3.69%

Puts: -16.89%

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 -43.12%

Calls: -35.41%

Puts: -55.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:50am) 0.33

Prior (09/23) 0.52

Current vs Prior -36.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -47.31%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 9:50am) 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 2.09% | 3.18%4.79% | 8.49%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -19.12% | -11.44%-7.32% | -4.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.24% | -13.75%-0.87% | +8.64%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -19.12% | -11.44%-7.41% | -3.87%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.70% | 15.60%

Calls: 28.36% | 12.77%

Puts: 27.04% | 18.43%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior +74.65% | +158.71%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.62% | +17.91%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($6.10M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.33 - heavy call buying (13,408 calls vs 4,440 puts). P/C ratio dropping 36% - 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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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 46 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 9	45.10	47.60	$46.35	5.4%	--	0.97	25
$215.00	Oct 16	25.20	26.70	$25.95	5.8%	10	0.97	44
$195.00	Oct 30	45.25	48.15	$46.70	6.2%	--	0.98	28
$195.00	Oct 16	44.85	47.75	$46.30	6.3%	--	0.98	42
$200.00	Oct 9	40.05	42.65	$41.35	6.3%	--	0.98	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Sep 25	19.70	20.20	$19.95	2.5%	--	1.00	39
$260.00	Oct 16	19.95	20.50	$20.23	2.7%	66	0.92	2.1K
$262.50	Oct 16	22.30	23.00	$22.65	3.1%	2	0.93	2
$270.00	Oct 16	29.55	30.50	$30.03	3.2%	1	1.00	129
$265.00	Oct 16	24.70	25.50	$25.10	3.2%	75	0.96	502

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.64, cheapest $0.77)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	0.70	0.85	$0.77	19.5%	936	0.29	2.1K
$250.00	Oct 2	0.51	0.55	$0.53	7.5%	274	0.13	930

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Oct 16	0.57	0.69	$0.63	19.0%	84	0.10	986

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 98 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Sep 25	14.65	16.55	$15.60	12.2%	--	0.99	23
$200.00	Oct 16	39.90	42.75	$41.33	6.9%	--	0.99	37
$205.00	Oct 16	33.85	37.80	$35.83	11.0%	--	0.99	11
$215.00	Oct 2	24.70	27.40	$26.05	10.4%	--	0.99	50
$210.00	Oct 16	28.90	32.85	$30.88	12.8%	--	0.99	12

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	9.85	10.40	$10.13	5.4%	127	1.00	1.3K
$252.50	Sep 25	12.30	12.80	$12.55	4.0%	52	1.00	504
$255.00	Sep 25	14.70	15.30	$15.00	4.0%	22	1.00	718
$257.50	Sep 25	16.60	17.80	$17.20	7.0%	1	1.00	109
$260.00	Sep 25	19.70	20.20	$19.95	2.5%	--	1.00	39

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 183 active (total vol 10.9K, top 952)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	0.05	0.11	$0.08	75.0%	952	0.04	2.7K
$242.50	Sep 25	0.70	0.85	$0.77	19.5%	936	0.29	2.1K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.33	1.65	$1.49	21.5%	710	0.29	2.6K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.19	0.37	$0.28	64.3%	695	0.13	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.57	1.93	$1.75	20.6%	504	0.52	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Sep 25	0.18	0.31	$0.25	52.0%	338	0.12	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.37	1.80	$1.59	27.0%	257	0.49	1.4K
$232.50	Sep 25	0.06	0.09	$0.08	37.5%	183	0.04	1.7K
$237.50	Oct 2	1.78	2.12	$1.95	17.4%	173	0.36	296
$245.00	Sep 25	4.80	5.55	$5.18	14.5%	145	0.91	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. 6 strikes (avg 43.4%, max 53.7%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.3%	20.3%	53.7%	230	2.0K
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	29.1%	20.2%	44.5%	655	1.8K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.1%	22.1%	35.9%	986	2.3K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	31.3%	20.3%	53.7%	148	1.2K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	29.1%	21.3%	36.9%	258	1.4K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.1%	22.1%	35.9%	42	1.5K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 100 found (best R:R 0.64, avg 6.65)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$242.50	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.75	$1.75	$0.75	44%	2.33	$243.25
$255.00	$257.50	Oct 16	$0.16	$2.34	$0.16	15%	14.62	$255.16
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$1.32	$1.18	$1.32	64%	0.89	$238.82
$252.50	$255.00	Oct 9	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	16%	12.89	$252.68
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$2.85	$2.15	$2.85	65%	0.75	$237.85

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$257.50	$255.00	Oct 9	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	94%	0.64	$255.98
$252.50	$250.00	Oct 2	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	94%	0.61	$250.95
$252.50	$250.00	Oct 16	$1.29	$1.21	$1.29	82%	0.94	$251.21
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 9	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	74%	0.92	$246.20
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	70%	0.66	$246.98

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 74 found (best R:R 0.07, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$262.50	$265.00	Oct 2	$0.22	$0.22	$2.28	94%	0.10	$262.72
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.78	$0.78	$4.22	81%	0.18	$255.78
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.20	$0.20	$2.30	94%	0.09	$267.70
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 9	$0.43	$0.43	$4.57	87%	0.09	$255.43
$245.00	$247.50	Oct 9	$0.85	$0.85	$1.65	64%	0.52	$245.85

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	$1.60	$1.60	$3.40	65%	0.47	$233.40
$235.00	$232.50	Oct 9	$0.74	$0.74	$1.76	70%	0.42	$234.26
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.53	$4.47	87%	0.12	$224.47
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 30	$0.62	$0.62	$4.38	84%	0.14	$224.38

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.48, cheapest $1.34)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.63	29.1%	21.1%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.34	29.1%	21.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 1.39% of stock, avg 5.45%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$1.75	$1.59	$3.34	$236.66	$243.34	1.39%
$242.50	Sep 25	$0.77	$3.09	$3.86	$238.64	$246.36	1.61%
$237.50	Sep 25	$3.42	$0.70	$4.12	$233.38	$241.62	1.72%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$5.18	$5.46	$239.54	$250.46	2.28%
$235.00	Sep 25	$5.45	$0.25	$5.70	$229.30	$240.70	2.38%
$240.00	Oct 2	$3.38	$2.93	$6.31	$233.69	$246.31	2.63%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.32	$4.13	$6.45	$236.05	$248.95	2.69%
$237.50	Oct 2	$4.70	$1.95	$6.65	$230.85	$244.15	2.77%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.49	$5.95	$7.44	$237.56	$252.44	3.10%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.13	$7.53	$7.66	$239.84	$255.16	3.19%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 143 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 1.79%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.13	$0.25	$0.38	$234.62	$247.88
$247.50	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.13	$0.33	$0.46	$219.54	$247.96
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.25	$0.53	$234.47	$245.53
$245.00	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.33	$0.61	$219.39	$245.61
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.40	$0.74	$229.26	$253.24
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$0.47	$0.85	$219.15	$265.85
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.53	$0.40	$0.93	$229.07	$250.93
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.13	$0.70	$0.83	$236.67	$248.33
$252.50	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.34	$0.69	$1.03	$231.47	$253.53
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.28	$0.70	$0.98	$236.52	$245.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 134 found (best R:R 0.15, avg credit $0.79)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
225/228	262/265	Oct 2	$0.32	$2.18	89%	0.15	$227.18	$262.82
232/235	268/270	Oct 9	$0.91	$1.59	65%	0.57	$234.09	$268.41
228/230	262/265	Oct 2	$0.42	$2.08	84%	0.20	$229.58	$262.92
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.64	$1.86	75%	0.34	$229.36	$268.14
225/228	268/270	Oct 16	$0.48	$2.02	80%	0.24	$227.02	$267.98
228/230	262/265	Oct 16	$0.67	$1.83	72%	0.37	$229.33	$263.17
230/232	268/270	Oct 16	$0.75	$1.75	69%	0.43	$231.75	$268.25
230/232	262/265	Oct 2	$0.51	$1.99	78%	0.26	$231.99	$263.01
232/235	262/265	Oct 2	$0.72	$1.78	70%	0.40	$234.28	$263.22
228/230	268/270	Oct 9	$0.48	$2.02	79%	0.24	$229.52	$267.98

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 130 found (best R:R 21.73, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.47	$4.53	24%	9.64
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$4.76	16%	19.83
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.39	$4.61	21%	11.82
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.29	$4.71	17%	16.24
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.36	$2.14	36%	5.94

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$0.22	$4.78	22%	21.73
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.40	$4.60	25%	11.50
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.40	$4.60	24%	11.50
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	18%	30.25
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$0.06	$2.44	16%	40.67

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 $-2.09, 139 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.09	$12.91
$225.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$2.29	$7.71
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$6.49	$3.51
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.08	$2.42
$235.00	$237.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.39	$1.11

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$242.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.09	$2.41
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.00	$1.50
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.87	$4.13
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.68	$4.32
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.57	$4.43

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 49 found (best yield 2.85%, avg 0.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Oct 30	$6.85	0.53	0.0%	2.85%	2.87%	151	244
$245.00	Oct 30	$4.55	0.41	2.1%	1.90%	4.00%	23	86
$245.00	Nov 6	$4.25	0.43	2.1%	1.77%	3.87%	1	--
$250.00	Oct 30	$2.99	0.31	4.2%	1.25%	5.43%	53	288
$240.00	Oct 23	$5.95	0.53	0.0%	2.48%	2.50%	37	169
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.53	0.34	4.2%	1.05%	5.24%	1	--
$245.00	Oct 23	$3.70	0.40	2.1%	1.54%	3.64%	57	130
$255.00	Oct 30	$1.94	0.22	6.3%	0.81%	7.08%	40	423
$240.00	Oct 16	$5.20	0.52	0.0%	2.17%	2.18%	146	690
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.43	0.28	4.2%	1.01%	5.20%	55	1.2K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,408

Total Puts 4,440

Put/Call Ratio 0.33

Net Difference 8,968

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,250

Total Puts 6,859

Put/Call Ratio 0.52

Net Difference 6,391

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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