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MCDONALDS CORP

$241.09 +1.16%

(9/24 10:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 10:15am) 25,296

Calls: 18,715 (74%)

Puts: 6,581 (26%)

Prior (09/23) 49,002

Calls: 34,949 (71%)

Puts: 14,053 (29%)

Current vs Prior -48.38%

Calls: -46.45% (Calls)

Puts: -53.17% (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 -37.61%

Calls: -30.05%

Puts: -52.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:15am) $14.24M

Calls: $9.90M (70%)

Puts: $4.34M (30%)

Prior (09/23) $24.40M

Calls: $14.51M (59%)

Puts: $9.89M (41%)

Current vs Prior -41.64%

Calls: -31.77%

Puts: -56.12%

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 -8.08%

Calls: +4.80%

Puts: -28.19%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 10:15am) 0.35

Prior (09/23) 0.40

Current vs Prior -12.55%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 10:15am) 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

ℹ

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

Current 1.99% | 3.17%4.75% | 8.39%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -23.03% | -11.63%-8.08% | -5.66%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -26.96% | -13.93%-1.68% | +7.33%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -23.03% | -11.63%-8.16% | -5.02%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 15.95% | 13.00%

Calls: 11.16% | 15.19%

Puts: 20.73% | 10.81%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior +0.57% | +115.59%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.93% | -1.74%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($9.90M). Below-average activity with volume down 48% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.35 - heavy call buying (18,715 calls vs 6,581 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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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 70 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Sep 25	45.15	47.30	$46.22	4.7%	9	0.97	--
$200.00	Sep 25	40.10	42.20	$41.15	5.1%	2	1.00	5
$195.00	Oct 9	45.25	47.70	$46.48	5.3%	--	0.97	25
$245.00	Oct 16	3.60	3.80	$3.70	5.4%	201	0.40	1.4K
$212.50	Oct 16	29.15	30.80	$29.98	5.5%	3	0.98	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Oct 16	28.65	29.55	$29.10	3.1%	5	1.00	129
$285.00	Sep 25	43.70	45.20	$44.45	3.4%	2	0.94	--
$265.00	Oct 16	23.70	24.65	$24.17	3.9%	95	0.94	502
$260.00	Oct 16	18.65	19.60	$19.13	5.0%	80	0.90	2.1K
$260.00	Oct 9	18.60	19.60	$19.10	5.2%	4	0.93	162

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.50, cheapest $0.18)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$247.50	Sep 25	0.16	0.19	$0.18	16.7%	200	0.09	1.5K
$252.50	Oct 2	0.37	0.45	$0.41	19.5%	144	0.10	145
$275.00	Oct 16	0.12	0.14	$0.13	15.4%	69	0.02	1.8K
$265.00	Oct 30	0.75	0.90	$0.83	18.1%	10	0.10	95

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$232.50	Oct 2	0.50	0.60	$0.55	18.2%	57	0.13	430
$235.00	Oct 2	0.83	0.99	$0.91	17.6%	71	0.20	391

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 110 found (avg delta 0.85, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Sep 25	15.25	16.90	$16.08	10.3%	--	1.00	23
$200.00	Sep 25	40.10	42.20	$41.15	5.1%	2	1.00	5
$200.00	Oct 16	40.40	43.05	$41.72	6.4%	--	0.99	37
$230.00	Sep 25	10.50	12.15	$11.33	14.6%	32	0.99	404
$205.00	Oct 16	35.20	38.40	$36.80	8.7%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$252.50	Sep 25	10.70	11.90	$11.30	10.6%	57	1.00	504
$255.00	Sep 25	13.70	14.55	$14.13	6.0%	28	1.00	718
$257.50	Sep 25	16.00	17.65	$16.83	9.8%	1	1.00	109
$260.00	Sep 25	18.70	20.10	$19.40	7.2%	--	1.00	39
$260.00	Oct 2	18.00	19.65	$18.83	8.8%	7	1.00	166

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 210 active (total vol 15.5K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	0.90	1.29	$1.10	35.5%	1.6K	0.39	2.1K
$250.00	Sep 25	0.06	0.08	$0.07	28.6%	1.1K	0.04	2.7K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.70	1.80	$1.75	5.7%	946	0.33	2.6K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.49	$0.43	27.9%	797	0.19	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	2.20	2.46	$2.33	11.2%	764	0.63	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Sep 25	0.12	0.27	$0.20	75.0%	434	0.09	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.00	1.18	$1.09	16.5%	321	0.37	1.4K
$237.50	Sep 25	0.32	0.59	$0.45	60.0%	267	0.19	896
$232.50	Sep 25	0.00	0.06	$0.03	200.0%	216	0.02	1.7K
$237.50	Oct 2	1.36	1.65	$1.51	19.2%	190	0.30	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 33.1%, max 51.1%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.9%	20.5%	51.1%	364	2.0K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	28.0%	20.7%	35.3%	766	1.6K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	28.8%	22.4%	28.6%	1.7K	2.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	29.5%	25.1%	17.5%	799	1.3K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	30.9%	20.5%	51.1%	285	1.2K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	28.0%	20.7%	35.3%	323	1.4K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	28.8%	22.4%	28.6%	96	1.5K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	29.5%	25.1%	17.5%	175	2.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 104 found (best R:R 0.56, avg 6.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$3.20	$1.80	$3.20	81%	0.56	$233.20
$240.00	$245.00	Nov 6	$1.98	$3.02	$1.98	55%	1.53	$241.98
$250.00	$260.00	Nov 6	$2.18	$7.82	$2.18	35%	3.59	$252.18
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	70%	0.72	$238.95
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	10%	20.74	$265.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$247.50	Oct 16	$1.58	$0.92	$1.58	73%	0.58	$248.42
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	46%	1.86	$238.25
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$1.28	$3.72	$1.28	35%	2.91	$233.72
$230.00	$227.50	Oct 16	$0.29	$2.21	$0.29	17%	7.62	$229.71
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 23	$0.61	$4.39	$0.61	19%	7.20	$229.39

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 80 found (best R:R 0.20, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$245.00	$250.00	Nov 6	$2.27	$2.27	$2.73	55%	0.83	$247.27
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	94%	0.09	$267.71
$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	61%	0.37	$243.17
$260.00	$265.00	Oct 23	$0.47	$0.47	$4.53	87%	0.10	$260.47
$247.50	$250.00	Oct 2	$0.46	$0.46	$2.04	77%	0.23	$247.96

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$215.00	Nov 6	$2.50	$2.50	$12.50	74%	0.20	$227.50
$210.00	$205.00	Sep 25	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	96%	0.07	$209.68
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$1.49	$1.49	$3.51	67%	0.42	$233.51
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$1.31	$1.31	$3.69	69%	0.36	$233.69
$215.00	$210.00	Nov 6	$0.37	$0.37	$4.63	93%	0.08	$214.63

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.45, cheapest $1.37)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.62	28.0%	21.2%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.57	28.8%	22.1%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.37	28.0%	21.2%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.24	28.8%	22.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 83 found (cheapest 1.42% of stock, avg 5.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$2.33	$1.09	$3.42	$236.58	$243.42	1.42%
$242.50	Sep 25	$1.10	$2.46	$3.56	$238.94	$246.06	1.48%
$237.50	Sep 25	$4.15	$0.45	$4.60	$232.90	$242.10	1.91%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$4.43	$4.86	$240.14	$249.86	2.02%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.67	$3.70	$6.37	$236.13	$248.87	2.64%
$240.00	Oct 2	$3.95	$2.46	$6.41	$233.59	$246.41	2.66%
$235.00	Sep 25	$6.28	$0.20	$6.48	$228.52	$241.48	2.69%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.18	$6.60	$6.78	$240.72	$254.28	2.81%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.40	$1.51	$6.91	$230.59	$244.41	2.87%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.75	$5.43	$7.18	$237.82	$252.18	2.98%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 149 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 1.81%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.20	$0.38	$234.62	$247.88
$247.50	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.31	$0.49	$219.51	$247.99
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.18	$0.45	$0.63	$236.87	$248.13
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$0.20	$0.63	$234.37	$245.63
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.41	$0.30	$0.71	$229.29	$253.21
$245.00	$220.00	Sep 25	$0.43	$0.31	$0.74	$219.26	$245.74
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.43	$0.45	$0.88	$236.62	$245.88
$252.50	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.41	$0.55	$0.96	$231.54	$253.46
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.52	$0.48	$1.00	$219.00	$266.00
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.63	$0.30	$0.93	$229.07	$250.93

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 160 found (best R:R 0.29, avg credit $0.88)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
225/228	268/270	Oct 16	$0.56	$1.94	81%	0.29	$226.94	$268.06
232/235	268/270	Oct 16	$0.87	$1.63	65%	0.53	$234.13	$268.37
230/232	268/270	Oct 16	$0.69	$1.81	72%	0.38	$231.81	$268.19
225/228	258/260	Oct 16	$0.63	$1.87	73%	0.34	$226.87	$258.13
225/228	262/265	Oct 16	$0.49	$2.01	79%	0.24	$227.01	$262.99
225/228	248/250	Oct 16	$1.09	$1.41	53%	0.77	$226.41	$248.59
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.50	$2.00	77%	0.25	$229.50	$268.00
225/228	260/262	Oct 16	$0.50	$2.00	77%	0.25	$227.00	$260.50
225/228	260/262	Oct 9	$0.30	$2.20	84%	0.14	$227.20	$260.30
228/230	255/258	Oct 2	$0.25	$2.25	86%	0.11	$229.75	$255.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 138 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 2	$0.17	$2.33	25%	13.71
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.49	$4.51	23%	9.20
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.56	$1.94	44%	3.46
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.59	$4.41	25%	7.47
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$2.40	16%	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$4.86	20%	34.71
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.21	$4.79	17%	22.81
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Sep 25	$0.20	$2.30	32%	11.50
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.46	$4.54	23%	9.87
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$0.17	$4.83	12%	28.41

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 170 found (best net $-2.04, 145 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.04	$12.96
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$6.25	$3.75
$200.00	$215.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$11.41	$3.59
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.07	$9.93
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.51	$1.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.49	$2.01
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.90	$4.10
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.22	$4.78
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.62	$4.38
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.33	$4.67

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 2.36%, avg 0.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Nov 6	$5.70	0.45	1.6%	2.36%	3.99%	2	--
$245.00	Oct 30	$5.00	0.43	1.6%	2.07%	3.70%	25	86
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.25	0.33	3.7%	1.35%	5.04%	164	288
$245.00	Oct 23	$4.20	0.42	1.6%	1.74%	3.36%	62	130
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.70	0.35	3.7%	1.12%	4.82%	1	--
$260.00	Nov 6	$1.80	0.20	7.8%	0.75%	8.59%	6	--
$255.00	Oct 30	$2.06	0.23	5.8%	0.85%	6.62%	50	423
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.54	0.30	3.7%	1.05%	4.75%	80	1.2K
$242.50	Oct 16	$4.50	0.47	0.6%	1.87%	2.45%	146	157
$245.00	Oct 16	$3.60	0.40	1.6%	1.49%	3.12%	201	1.4K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 18,715

Total Puts 6,581

Put/Call Ratio 0.35

Net Difference 12,134

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 34,949

Total Puts 14,053

Put/Call Ratio 0.40

Net Difference 20,896

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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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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