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MCDONALDS CORP

$241.66 +1.40%

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 10:20am) 26,191

Calls: 19,392 (74%)

Puts: 6,799 (26%)

Prior (09/23) 51,738

Calls: 36,779 (71%)

Puts: 14,959 (29%)

Current vs Prior -49.38%

Calls: -47.27% (Calls)

Puts: -54.55% (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 -35.40%

Calls: -27.52%

Puts: -50.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:20am) $14.85M

Calls: $10.35M (70%)

Puts: $4.49M (30%)

Prior (09/23) $26.01M

Calls: $15.75M (61%)

Puts: $10.26M (39%)

Current vs Prior -42.92%

Calls: -34.27%

Puts: -56.21%

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 -4.17%

Calls: +9.60%

Puts: -25.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 10:20am) 0.35

Prior (09/23) 0.41

Current vs Prior -13.80%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/24 10:20am) 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 1.91% | 3.14%4.73% | 8.45%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -25.94% | -12.64%-8.53% | -5.05%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.72% | -14.92%-2.16% | +8.03%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.94% | -12.64%-8.62% | -4.40%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 12.66% | 11.12%

Calls: 11.88% | 12.05%

Puts: 13.43% | 10.20%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior -20.18% | +84.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -55.49% | -15.95%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($10.35M). Below-average activity with volume down 49% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.35 - heavy call buying (19,392 calls vs 6,799 puts). Call-heavy open interest (266,932 calls vs 150,407 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 67 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Oct 16	9.35	9.65	$9.50	3.2%	123	0.72	539
$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
$245.00	Oct 16	3.75	3.95	$3.85	5.2%	204	0.41	1.4K
$195.00	Oct 9	45.25	47.70	$46.48	5.3%	--	0.97	25

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Oct 9	20.45	21.20	$20.83	3.6%	3	0.95	8
$255.00	Oct 16	13.80	14.50	$14.15	4.9%	32	0.83	1.5K
$285.00	Sep 25	42.90	45.15	$44.03	5.1%	2	1.00	--
$245.00	Oct 16	6.35	6.70	$6.53	5.4%	36	0.59	2.7K
$260.00	Oct 2	18.15	19.15	$18.65	5.4%	17	1.00	166

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 7 found (avg $0.48, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	1.1K	0.04	2.7K
$260.00	Oct 2	0.10	0.12	$0.11	18.2%	75	0.03	925
$275.00	Oct 16	0.13	0.15	$0.14	14.3%	69	0.02	1.8K
$265.00	Oct 30	0.78	0.90	$0.84	14.3%	10	0.10	95

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	0.77	0.90	$0.84	15.5%	347	0.34	1.4K
$235.00	Oct 2	0.76	0.87	$0.82	13.4%	74	0.19	391
$225.00	Oct 16	0.46	0.56	$0.51	19.6%	97	0.09	986

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
$195.00	Oct 30	45.85	48.50	$47.18	5.6%	--	1.00	28
$200.00	Oct 30	40.90	43.55	$42.22	6.3%	40	1.00	48
$210.00	Oct 30	31.05	33.70	$32.38	8.2%	2	1.00	2
$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

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	13.25	14.45	$13.85	8.7%	28	1.00	718
$257.50	Sep 25	15.70	17.60	$16.65	11.4%	1	1.00	109
$260.00	Sep 25	18.25	20.10	$19.18	9.6%	--	1.00	39
$285.00	Sep 25	42.90	45.15	$44.03	5.1%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 214 active (total vol 16.1K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	1.13	1.28	$1.21	12.4%	1.6K	0.42	2.1K
$250.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.08	$0.08	12.5%	1.1K	0.04	2.7K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.66	1.98	$1.82	17.6%	950	0.35	2.6K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.50	$0.44	29.5%	881	0.20	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	2.45	2.76	$2.61	11.9%	774	0.67	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Sep 25	0.10	0.16	$0.13	46.2%	444	0.07	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	0.77	0.90	$0.84	15.5%	347	0.34	1.4K
$237.50	Sep 25	0.32	0.49	$0.41	41.5%	269	0.17	896
$232.50	Sep 25	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	218	0.02	1.7K
$237.50	Oct 2	1.27	1.48	$1.38	15.2%	202	0.28	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 32.4%, max 58.1%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	32.0%	20.2%	58.1%	364	2.0K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	28.0%	20.7%	35.4%	776	1.6K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	27.9%	22.2%	25.4%	1.8K	2.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	27.8%	25.1%	10.7%	883	1.3K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	32.0%	20.2%	58.1%	287	1.2K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	28.0%	20.7%	35.4%	349	1.4K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	27.9%	22.2%	25.4%	103	1.5K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	27.8%	25.1%	10.7%	176	2.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 105 found (best R:R 1.53, avg 7.04)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$245.00	Nov 6	$1.98	$3.02	$1.98	55%	1.53	$241.98
$250.00	$260.00	Nov 6	$2.08	$7.92	$2.08	35%	3.81	$252.08
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$2.97	$2.03	$2.97	70%	0.68	$237.97
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 9	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	67%	0.85	$238.85
$237.50	$240.00	Oct 16	$1.37	$1.13	$1.37	64%	0.82	$238.87

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$247.50	Oct 16	$1.44	$1.06	$1.44	72%	0.74	$248.56
$250.00	$247.50	Oct 9	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	77%	0.52	$248.35
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	45%	1.86	$238.25
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$1.30	$3.70	$1.30	35%	2.85	$233.70
$240.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.43	$2.07	$0.43	34%	4.81	$239.57

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
$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.77	$0.77	$1.73	58%	0.45	$243.27
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$1.39	$1.39	$3.61	67%	0.39	$251.39
$242.50	$245.00	Oct 2	$1.08	$1.08	$1.42	53%	0.76	$243.58
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.15	$0.15	$2.35	94%	0.06	$267.65

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
$215.00	$210.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.25	$4.75	96%	0.05	$214.75
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$1.24	$1.24	$3.76	70%	0.33	$233.76
$215.00	$210.00	Nov 6	$0.35	$0.35	$4.65	93%	0.08	$214.65
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$2.03	$2.03	$2.97	55%	0.68	$237.97

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.51, cheapest $1.40)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.54	28.0%	21.4%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.69	27.9%	22.4%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.40	28.0%	21.4%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.42	27.9%	22.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 83 found (cheapest 1.33% of stock, avg 5.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$242.50	Sep 25	$1.21	$2.01	$3.22	$239.28	$245.72	1.33%
$240.00	Sep 25	$2.61	$0.84	$3.45	$236.55	$243.45	1.43%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.44	$3.78	$4.22	$240.78	$249.22	1.75%
$237.50	Sep 25	$4.35	$0.41	$4.76	$232.74	$242.26	1.97%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.90	$3.43	$6.33	$236.17	$248.83	2.62%
$240.00	Oct 2	$4.15	$2.24	$6.39	$233.61	$246.39	2.64%
$235.00	Sep 25	$6.40	$0.13	$6.53	$228.47	$241.53	2.70%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.20	$6.33	$6.53	$240.97	$254.03	2.70%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.82	$5.03	$6.85	$238.15	$251.85	2.83%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.75	$1.38	$7.13	$230.37	$244.63	2.95%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 146 found (cheapest 0.14% of stock, avg 1.82%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.13	$0.33	$234.67	$247.83
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.41	$0.61	$236.89	$248.11
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.44	$0.13	$0.57	$234.43	$245.57
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.45	$0.30	$0.75	$229.25	$253.25
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.44	$0.41	$0.85	$236.65	$245.85
$252.50	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.45	$0.52	$0.97	$231.53	$253.47
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.54	$0.47	$1.01	$218.99	$266.01
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.69	$0.30	$0.99	$229.01	$250.99
$250.00	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.69	$0.52	$1.21	$231.29	$251.21
$247.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.20	$0.84	$1.04	$238.96	$248.54

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 162 found (best R:R 0.26, avg credit $0.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.51	$1.99	78%	0.26	$229.49	$268.01
225/228	268/270	Oct 16	$0.38	$2.12	82%	0.18	$227.12	$267.88
230/232	268/270	Oct 16	$0.61	$1.89	72%	0.32	$231.89	$268.11
232/235	268/270	Oct 16	$0.76	$1.74	66%	0.44	$234.24	$268.26
228/230	262/265	Oct 16	$0.50	$2.00	76%	0.25	$229.50	$263.00
228/230	255/258	Oct 2	$0.26	$2.24	86%	0.12	$229.74	$255.26
225/228	262/265	Oct 16	$0.37	$2.13	80%	0.17	$227.13	$262.87
230/232	255/258	Oct 2	$0.36	$2.14	81%	0.17	$232.14	$255.36
225/228	260/262	Oct 9	$0.27	$2.23	84%	0.12	$227.23	$260.27
228/230	250/252	Oct 16	$0.97	$1.53	56%	0.63	$229.03	$250.97

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 139 found (best R:R 12.16, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$4.62	25%	12.16
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.49	$4.51	27%	9.20
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.34	$2.16	41%	6.35
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.42	$4.58	24%	10.90
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 30	$0.31	$4.69	20%	15.13

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.35	$4.65	22%	13.29
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.15	$2.35	27%	15.67
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.62	$4.38	27%	7.06
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.60	$1.90	47%	3.17
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.54	$4.46	24%	8.26

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 $-2.20, 146 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.20	$12.80
$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	-$0.27	$9.73
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.87	$1.63

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.24	$2.26
$247.50	$245.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$1.23	$1.27
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.84	$4.16
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.24	$4.76
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$0.73	$4.27

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 0.69%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Nov 6	$5.70	0.45	1.4%	2.36%	3.74%	2	--
$245.00	Oct 30	$5.00	0.43	1.4%	2.07%	3.45%	25	86
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.50	0.33	3.5%	1.45%	4.90%	174	288
$245.00	Oct 23	$4.35	0.43	1.4%	1.80%	3.18%	64	130
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.70	0.35	3.5%	1.12%	4.57%	1	--
$260.00	Nov 6	$1.80	0.21	7.6%	0.74%	8.33%	6	--
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.70	0.31	3.5%	1.12%	4.57%	92	1.2K
$255.00	Oct 30	$2.13	0.23	5.5%	0.88%	6.40%	52	423
$245.00	Oct 16	$3.75	0.41	1.4%	1.55%	2.93%	204	1.4K
$242.50	Oct 16	$4.70	0.48	0.3%	1.94%	2.29%	147	157

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 19,392

Total Puts 6,799

Put/Call Ratio 0.35

Net Difference 12,593

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 36,779

Total Puts 14,959

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 21,820

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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