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MCDONALDS CORP

$239.87 +0.65%

(9/24 09:50) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 9:55am) 18,950

Calls: 14,159 (75%)

Puts: 4,791 (25%)

Prior (09/23) 29,334

Calls: 20,356 (69%)

Puts: 8,978 (31%)

Current vs Prior -35.40%

Calls: -30.44% (Calls)

Puts: -46.64% (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 -53.26%

Calls: -47.08%

Puts: -65.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 9:55am) $9.36M

Calls: $6.47M (69%)

Puts: $2.89M (31%)

Prior (09/23) $13.73M

Calls: $8.48M (62%)

Puts: $5.25M (38%)

Current vs Prior -31.86%

Calls: -23.75%

Puts: -44.97%

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 -39.60%

Calls: -31.53%

Puts: -52.19%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/24 9:55am) 0.34

Prior (09/23) 0.44

Current vs Prior -23.28%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/24 9:55am) 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 1.90% | 3.24%4.81% | 8.51%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -26.35% | -9.67%-7.04% | -4.34%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -30.11% | -12.03%-0.57% | +8.84%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -26.35% | -9.67%-7.13% | -3.69%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 21.34% | 14.20%

Calls: 23.31% | 17.39%

Puts: 19.38% | 11.01%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior +34.55% | +135.49%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -24.98% | +7.33%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($6.47M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.34 - heavy call buying (14,159 calls vs 4,791 puts). P/C ratio dropping 23% - 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 BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 48 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Oct 16	25.05	26.05	$25.55	3.9%	10	1.00	44
$225.00	Oct 16	15.70	16.40	$16.05	4.4%	2	0.89	5
$195.00	Oct 9	44.45	47.05	$45.75	5.7%	--	0.97	25
$195.00	Oct 16	44.50	47.20	$45.85	5.9%	--	1.00	42
$195.00	Oct 30	44.85	47.65	$46.25	6.1%	--	0.98	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 16	19.95	20.75	$20.35	3.9%	72	0.90	2.1K
$260.00	Sep 25	19.90	20.80	$20.35	4.4%	--	1.00	39
$270.00	Oct 16	29.70	31.05	$30.38	4.4%	1	0.97	129
$265.00	Oct 16	24.65	25.80	$25.23	4.6%	78	0.95	502
$265.00	Oct 2	24.60	25.75	$25.18	4.6%	3	1.00	114

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

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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
$195.00	Oct 16	44.50	47.20	$45.85	5.9%	--	1.00	42
$200.00	Oct 16	39.50	42.25	$40.88	6.7%	--	1.00	37
$205.00	Oct 16	33.85	37.25	$35.55	9.6%	--	1.00	11
$210.00	Oct 16	28.90	32.30	$30.60	11.1%	--	1.00	12
$215.00	Oct 16	25.05	26.05	$25.55	3.9%	10	1.00	44

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$252.50	Sep 25	12.25	13.25	$12.75	7.8%	56	1.00	504
$255.00	Sep 25	14.75	15.80	$15.28	6.9%	22	1.00	718
$257.50	Sep 25	17.50	18.75	$18.13	6.9%	1	1.00	109
$260.00	Sep 25	19.90	20.80	$20.35	4.4%	--	1.00	39
$260.00	Oct 2	19.85	21.00	$20.43	5.6%	6	1.00	166

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 186 active (total vol 11.7K, top 964)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	0.03	0.11	$0.07	114.3%	964	0.03	2.7K
$242.50	Sep 25	0.58	0.78	$0.68	29.4%	960	0.27	2.1K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.28	1.49	$1.39	15.1%	777	0.28	2.6K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.16	0.25	$0.21	42.9%	703	0.11	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.40	1.69	$1.55	18.7%	574	0.48	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Sep 25	0.18	0.30	$0.24	50.0%	376	0.12	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.44	1.75	$1.60	19.4%	261	0.51	1.4K
$232.50	Sep 25	0.05	0.12	$0.09	77.8%	189	0.05	1.7K
$237.50	Sep 25	0.54	0.74	$0.64	31.2%	180	0.27	896
$237.50	Oct 2	1.81	2.29	$2.05	23.4%	180	0.38	296

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 35.5%, max 40.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	27.8%	19.8%	40.3%	736	1.8K
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	27.3%	19.9%	37.1%	236	2.0K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	29.9%	22.2%	34.7%	1.0K	2.3K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	27.3%	19.9%	37.1%	193	1.2K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	29.8%	22.2%	34.0%	62	1.5K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	27.5%	21.2%	29.8%	262	1.4K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 100 found (best R:R 1.81, avg 6.86)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$2.65	$2.35	$2.65	65%	0.89	$237.65
$242.50	$245.00	Oct 16	$0.74	$1.76	$0.74	43%	2.38	$243.24
$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$2.00	$3.00	$2.00	51%	1.50	$242.00
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 30	$0.31	$4.69	$0.31	14%	15.13	$260.31
$237.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$1.41	$1.09	$1.41	73%	0.77	$238.91

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$1.78	$3.22	$1.78	48%	1.81	$238.22
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$1.13	$1.37	$1.13	57%	1.21	$241.37
$245.00	$242.50	Oct 2	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	73%	0.61	$243.45
$250.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$3.32	$1.68	$3.32	74%	0.51	$246.68
$247.50	$245.00	Oct 9	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	75%	0.52	$245.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 75 found (best R:R 0.28, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$260.00	Nov 6	$2.78	$2.78	$7.22	66%	0.39	$252.78
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.22	$0.22	$2.28	94%	0.10	$267.72
$262.50	$265.00	Oct 16	$0.27	$0.27	$2.23	92%	0.12	$262.77
$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.47	$0.47	$2.03	73%	0.23	$242.97
$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$1.76	$1.76	$3.24	60%	0.54	$246.76

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$215.00	Nov 6	$4.38	$4.38	$15.62	62%	0.28	$230.62
$210.00	$205.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	96%	0.07	$209.68
$235.00	$232.50	Oct 9	$0.78	$0.78	$1.72	69%	0.45	$234.22
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.53	$4.47	87%	0.12	$224.47
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	75%	0.26	$228.97

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 2 found (avg debit $1.63, cheapest $1.68)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.68	27.8%	21.4%

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.58	27.5%	21.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 1.31% of stock, avg 5.45%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$1.55	$1.60	$3.15	$236.85	$243.15	1.31%
$237.50	Sep 25	$2.96	$0.64	$3.60	$233.90	$241.10	1.50%
$242.50	Sep 25	$0.68	$3.35	$4.03	$238.47	$246.53	1.68%
$235.00	Sep 25	$4.95	$0.24	$5.19	$229.81	$240.19	2.16%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$5.43	$5.64	$239.36	$250.64	2.35%
$240.00	Oct 2	$3.23	$3.18	$6.41	$233.59	$246.41	2.67%
$237.50	Oct 2	$4.60	$2.05	$6.65	$230.85	$244.15	2.77%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.28	$4.63	$6.91	$235.59	$249.41	2.88%
$232.50	Sep 25	$7.35	$0.09	$7.44	$225.06	$239.94	3.10%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.39	$6.18	$7.57	$237.43	$252.57	3.16%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 146 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 1.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.24	$0.34	$234.66	$247.84
$247.50	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.33	$0.43	$219.57	$247.93
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.24	$0.45	$234.55	$245.45
$245.00	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.33	$0.54	$219.46	$245.54
$250.00	$227.50	Oct 2	$0.52	$0.20	$0.72	$226.78	$250.72
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.52	$0.40	$0.92	$229.08	$250.92
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$0.47	$0.94	$219.06	$265.94
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.10	$0.64	$0.74	$236.76	$248.24
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.21	$0.64	$0.85	$236.65	$245.85
$242.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.68	$0.24	$0.92	$234.08	$243.42

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 140 found (best R:R 0.61, avg credit $0.81)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
232/235	268/270	Oct 9	$0.95	$1.55	64%	0.61	$234.05	$268.45
230/232	268/270	Oct 16	$0.83	$1.67	68%	0.50	$231.67	$268.33
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.66	$1.84	74%	0.36	$229.34	$268.16
230/232	262/265	Oct 16	$0.88	$1.62	65%	0.54	$231.62	$263.38
228/230	262/265	Oct 16	$0.71	$1.79	72%	0.40	$229.29	$263.21
225/228	268/270	Oct 16	$0.51	$1.99	80%	0.26	$226.99	$268.01
225/228	262/265	Oct 16	$0.56	$1.94	77%	0.29	$226.94	$263.06
228/230	268/270	Oct 9	$0.51	$1.99	78%	0.26	$229.49	$268.01
225/228	255/258	Oct 2	$0.22	$2.28	89%	0.10	$227.28	$255.22
200/205	268/270	Oct 9	$0.36	$4.64	91%	0.08	$204.64	$267.86

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 128 found (best R:R 19.83, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$0.24	$4.76	21%	19.83
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.42	$4.58	27%	10.90
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.06	$2.44	22%	40.67
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.54	$1.96	46%	3.63
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.40	$2.10	38%	5.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.33	$2.17	39%	6.58
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Oct 2	$0.10	$2.40	22%	24.00
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$0.06	$2.44	18%	40.67
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.59	$4.41	27%	7.47
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 9	$0.08	$2.42	18%	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 161 found (best net $-1.28, 135 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.28	$13.72
$225.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.40	$9.60
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$5.27	$4.73
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.14	$2.36
$235.00	$237.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.97	$1.53

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.06	$3.94
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.27	$1.23
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.41	$4.59
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.16	$4.84
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.35	$4.65

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 48 found (best yield 2.71%, avg 0.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Oct 30	$6.50	0.51	0.1%	2.71%	2.76%	162	244
$245.00	Oct 30	$4.40	0.40	2.1%	1.83%	3.97%	23	86
$245.00	Nov 6	$4.25	0.42	2.1%	1.77%	3.91%	1	--
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.53	0.34	4.2%	1.05%	5.28%	1	--
$250.00	Oct 30	$2.84	0.29	4.2%	1.18%	5.41%	54	288
$240.00	Oct 23	$5.65	0.51	0.1%	2.36%	2.41%	37	169
$245.00	Oct 23	$3.60	0.38	2.1%	1.50%	3.64%	58	130
$240.00	Oct 16	$5.00	0.50	0.1%	2.08%	2.14%	159	690
$255.00	Oct 30	$1.76	0.21	6.3%	0.73%	7.04%	45	423
$242.50	Oct 16	$3.75	0.43	1.1%	1.56%	2.66%	70	157

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 14,159

Total Puts 4,791

Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Net Difference 9,368

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 20,356

Total Puts 8,978

Put/Call Ratio 0.44

Net Difference 11,378

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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