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MCDONALDS CORP

$241.09 +1.16%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:00am) 20,846

Calls: 15,628 (75%)

Puts: 5,218 (25%)

Prior (09/23) 37,185

Calls: 26,416 (71%)

Puts: 10,769 (29%)

Current vs Prior -43.94%

Calls: -40.84% (Calls)

Puts: -51.55% (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 -48.59%

Calls: -41.59%

Puts: -62.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:00am) $11.38M

Calls: $8.15M (72%)

Puts: $3.23M (28%)

Prior (09/23) $17.29M

Calls: $10.19M (59%)

Puts: $7.10M (41%)

Current vs Prior -34.20%

Calls: -19.99%

Puts: -54.56%

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 -26.56%

Calls: -13.72%

Puts: -46.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:00am) 0.33

Prior (09/23) 0.41

Current vs Prior -18.10%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -46.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 10:00am) 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 1.98% | 3.20%4.79% | 8.49%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -23.19% | -10.93%-7.27% | -4.59%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -27.11% | -13.26%-0.82% | +8.55%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -23.19% | -10.93%-7.36% | -3.94%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 19.47% | 9.10%

Calls: 8.70% | 6.44%

Puts: 30.24% | 11.75%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior +22.76% | +50.91%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -31.55% | -31.22%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($8.15M). Below-average activity with volume down 44% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.33 - heavy call buying (15,628 calls vs 5,218 puts). 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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Current BULLISH

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
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 42 of results (avg 7.3%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Sep 25	25.30	26.60	$25.95	5.0%	2	0.94	2
$235.00	Oct 30	10.40	10.95	$10.68	5.1%	7	0.66	93
$195.00	Oct 16	44.60	47.20	$45.90	5.7%	--	0.98	42
$195.00	Oct 9	44.45	47.05	$45.75	5.7%	--	1.00	25
$195.00	Oct 30	45.00	47.65	$46.33	5.7%	--	1.00	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 16	23.65	24.35	$24.00	2.9%	83	0.93	502
$262.50	Oct 9	21.20	21.90	$21.55	3.2%	2	0.93	8
$255.00	Oct 16	14.25	15.00	$14.63	5.1%	24	0.84	1.5K
$280.00	Oct 16	38.65	41.05	$39.85	6.0%	--	1.00	18
$260.00	Oct 16	18.75	20.00	$19.38	6.4%	73	0.90	2.1K

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. 103 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Sep 25	14.40	16.65	$15.52	14.5%	--	1.00	23
$230.00	Sep 25	9.60	11.45	$10.52	17.6%	32	1.00	404
$195.00	Oct 9	44.45	47.05	$45.75	5.7%	--	1.00	25
$200.00	Oct 9	39.45	42.10	$40.78	6.5%	--	1.00	20
$195.00	Oct 30	45.00	47.65	$46.33	5.7%	--	1.00	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Oct 2	20.95	23.45	$22.20	11.3%	2	1.00	6
$265.00	Oct 2	23.55	25.50	$24.53	7.9%	3	1.00	114
$275.00	Oct 16	33.50	36.05	$34.78	7.3%	--	1.00	19
$280.00	Oct 16	38.65	41.05	$39.85	6.0%	--	1.00	18
$280.00	Oct 23	38.45	41.10	$39.78	6.7%	--	1.00	35

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 193 active (total vol 12.8K, top 982)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	0.03	0.07	$0.05	80.0%	982	0.03	2.7K
$242.50	Sep 25	0.81	1.10	$0.96	30.2%	976	0.35	2.1K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.60	1.96	$1.78	20.2%	888	0.33	2.6K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.34	0.45	$0.40	27.5%	741	0.16	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	2.20	2.40	$2.30	8.7%	639	0.59	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Sep 25	0.12	0.24	$0.18	66.7%	403	0.09	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	0.99	1.50	$1.25	40.8%	273	0.41	1.4K
$237.50	Sep 25	0.38	0.49	$0.44	25.0%	214	0.20	896
$232.50	Sep 25	0.05	0.12	$0.09	77.8%	196	0.04	1.7K
$237.50	Oct 2	1.41	1.76	$1.59	22.0%	184	0.31	296

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 33.5%, max 44.6%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	29.9%	20.7%	44.6%	316	2.0K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	29.6%	21.4%	38.0%	641	1.6K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	28.7%	21.9%	30.6%	1.1K	2.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	28.7%	24.4%	17.5%	742	1.3K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	29.9%	20.7%	44.6%	228	1.2K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	29.6%	21.4%	38.0%	274	1.4K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	28.7%	21.9%	30.6%	70	1.5K
$245.00	Sep 25	Oct 30	28.7%	23.2%	24.0%	155	2.2K

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 6.84)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$232.50	Oct 16	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	82%	0.64	$231.52
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$2.60	$2.40	$2.60	68%	0.92	$237.60
$237.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	80%	0.79	$238.90
$230.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$3.30	$1.70	$3.30	76%	0.52	$233.30
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 2	$1.53	$0.97	$1.53	78%	0.63	$236.53

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$1.69	$3.31	$1.69	46%	1.96	$238.31
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$1.83	$3.17	$1.83	46%	1.73	$238.17
$242.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$1.23	$1.27	$1.23	65%	1.03	$241.27
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 16	$0.97	$1.53	$0.97	45%	1.58	$239.03
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 9	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	7%	30.25	$224.84

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 75 found (best R:R 0.23, avg 0.26)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$260.00	Nov 6	$3.01	$3.01	$6.99	66%	0.43	$253.01
$245.00	$247.50	Oct 2	$0.79	$0.79	$1.71	67%	0.46	$245.79
$245.00	$250.00	Oct 30	$1.90	$1.90	$3.10	58%	0.61	$246.90
$245.00	$247.50	Oct 9	$0.89	$0.89	$1.61	63%	0.55	$245.89
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$1.18	$1.18	$3.82	71%	0.31	$251.18

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$215.00	Nov 6	$3.80	$3.80	$16.20	64%	0.23	$231.20
$210.00	$205.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	96%	0.07	$209.68
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$1.06	$1.06	$3.94	76%	0.27	$228.94
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$2.25	$2.25	$2.75	53%	0.82	$237.75
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 23	$0.87	$0.87	$4.13	79%	0.21	$229.13

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.50, cheapest $1.33)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.58	29.6%	21.4%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.75	28.7%	23.2%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.33	29.6%	21.4%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.35	28.7%	23.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 80 found (cheapest 1.43% of stock, avg 5.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$242.50	Sep 25	$0.96	$2.48	$3.44	$239.06	$245.94	1.43%
$240.00	Sep 25	$2.30	$1.25	$3.55	$236.45	$243.55	1.47%
$237.50	Sep 25	$3.70	$0.44	$4.14	$233.36	$241.64	1.72%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.40	$4.60	$5.00	$240.00	$250.00	2.07%
$235.00	Sep 25	$5.95	$0.18	$6.13	$228.87	$241.13	2.54%
$240.00	Oct 2	$3.88	$2.58	$6.46	$233.54	$246.46	2.68%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.71	$3.83	$6.54	$235.96	$249.04	2.71%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.35	$1.59	$6.94	$230.56	$244.44	2.88%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.14	$7.15	$7.29	$240.21	$254.79	3.02%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.78	$5.80	$7.58	$237.42	$252.58	3.14%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 146 found (cheapest 0.13% of stock, avg 1.77%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$0.18	$0.32	$234.68	$247.82
$247.50	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$0.33	$0.47	$219.53	$247.97
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.40	$0.18	$0.58	$234.42	$245.58
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.14	$0.44	$0.58	$236.92	$248.08
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.37	$0.36	$0.73	$229.27	$253.23
$245.00	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.40	$0.33	$0.73	$219.27	$245.73
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.40	$0.44	$0.84	$236.66	$245.84
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.46	$0.47	$0.93	$219.07	$265.93
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.61	$0.36	$0.97	$229.03	$250.97
$252.50	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.37	$0.62	$0.99	$231.51	$253.49

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 140 found (best R:R 0.49, avg credit $0.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
232/235	268/270	Oct 9	$0.82	$1.68	67%	0.49	$234.18	$268.32
225/228	268/270	Oct 16	$0.47	$2.03	81%	0.23	$227.03	$267.97
230/232	268/270	Oct 9	$0.62	$1.88	74%	0.33	$231.88	$268.12
225/228	262/265	Oct 16	$0.52	$1.98	78%	0.26	$226.98	$263.02
225/228	268/270	Oct 9	$0.34	$2.16	85%	0.16	$227.16	$267.84
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.55	$1.95	76%	0.28	$229.45	$268.05
228/230	268/270	Oct 9	$0.43	$2.07	80%	0.21	$229.57	$267.93
228/230	262/265	Oct 16	$0.60	$1.90	73%	0.32	$229.40	$263.10
232/235	268/270	Oct 16	$0.83	$1.67	64%	0.50	$234.17	$268.33
230/232	268/270	Oct 16	$0.65	$1.85	71%	0.35	$231.85	$268.15

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 131 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.10	$4.90	27%	49.00
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.06	$2.44	45%	40.67
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.15	$4.85	23%	32.33
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.16	$4.84	16%	30.25
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.34	$4.66	22%	13.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.35	$4.65	25%	13.29
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.42	$2.08	44%	4.95
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$0.33	$4.67	19%	14.15
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.44	$4.56	23%	10.36
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.42	$4.58	22%	10.90

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 166 found (best net $-1.48, 147 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.48	$13.52
$225.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.30	$8.70
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$5.75	$4.25
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.90	$1.60
$235.00	$237.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.45	$1.05

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.36	$2.14
$242.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.02	$2.48
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.45	$4.55
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.05	$4.95
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.24	$4.76

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 2.01%, avg 0.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Oct 30	$4.85	0.42	1.6%	2.01%	3.63%	23	86
$245.00	Nov 6	$4.35	0.43	1.6%	1.80%	3.43%	1	--
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.15	0.31	3.7%	1.31%	5.00%	55	288
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.53	0.34	3.7%	1.05%	4.75%	1	--
$245.00	Oct 23	$3.75	0.41	1.6%	1.56%	3.18%	58	130
$255.00	Oct 30	$2.10	0.23	5.8%	0.87%	6.64%	47	423
$242.50	Oct 16	$4.30	0.47	0.6%	1.78%	2.37%	131	157
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.38	0.29	3.7%	0.99%	4.68%	80	1.2K
$245.00	Oct 16	$3.35	0.39	1.6%	1.39%	3.01%	181	1.4K
$247.50	Oct 16	$2.38	0.32	2.7%	0.99%	3.65%	46	156

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,628

Total Puts 5,218

Put/Call Ratio 0.33

Net Difference 10,410

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 26,416

Total Puts 10,769

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 15,647

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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