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MCDONALDS CORP

$241.07 +1.15%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:25am) 27,416

Calls: 20,318 (74%)

Puts: 7,098 (26%)

Prior (09/23) 53,795

Calls: 37,955 (71%)

Puts: 15,840 (29%)

Current vs Prior -49.04%

Calls: -46.47% (Calls)

Puts: -55.19% (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 -32.38%

Calls: -24.06%

Puts: -48.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:25am) $15.45M

Calls: $10.62M (69%)

Puts: $4.84M (31%)

Prior (09/23) $26.99M

Calls: $16.55M (61%)

Puts: $10.44M (39%)

Current vs Prior -42.74%

Calls: -35.85%

Puts: -53.66%

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 -0.26%

Calls: +12.40%

Puts: -20.02%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:25am) 0.35

Prior (09/23) 0.42

Current vs Prior -16.29%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -44.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:25am) 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 1.93% | 3.15%4.68% | 8.45%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -25.27% | -12.20%-9.51% | -4.96%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.09% | -14.49%-3.21% | +8.14%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.27% | -12.20%-9.60% | -4.31%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.79% | 17.09%

Calls: 13.33% | 17.28%

Puts: 16.25% | 16.90%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior -6.75% | +183.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.00% | +29.18%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($10.62M). Below-average activity with volume down 49% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.35 - heavy call buying (20,318 calls vs 7,098 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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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 69 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Oct 16	8.90	9.30	$9.10	4.4%	128	0.72	539
$232.50	Oct 16	10.80	11.30	$11.05	4.5%	16	0.78	47
$195.00	Sep 25	45.15	47.30	$46.22	4.7%	9	0.97	--
$195.00	Oct 9	45.35	47.70	$46.53	5.1%	--	0.97	25
$245.00	Oct 16	3.60	3.80	$3.70	5.4%	211	0.41	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Oct 16	28.35	29.30	$28.83	3.3%	5	0.96	129
$285.00	Sep 25	43.45	45.10	$44.28	3.7%	2	1.00	--
$250.00	Sep 25	8.65	9.00	$8.82	4.0%	139	0.96	1.3K
$262.50	Oct 9	20.75	21.65	$21.20	4.2%	4	0.98	8
$265.00	Oct 16	23.45	24.50	$23.98	4.4%	95	0.95	502

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.39)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.40	$0.39	7.7%	1.0K	0.19	1.3K
$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 (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 25	0.90	1.05	$0.98	15.3%	356	0.37	1.4K
$225.00	Oct 16	0.47	0.55	$0.51	15.7%	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
$225.00	Sep 25	15.25	16.90	$16.08	10.3%	--	1.00	23
$200.00	Sep 25	40.10	42.90	$41.50	6.7%	2	1.00	5
$220.00	Sep 25	20.55	22.05	$21.30	7.0%	2	0.99	3
$200.00	Oct 16	40.55	43.05	$41.80	6.0%	--	0.99	37
$205.00	Oct 16	35.40	38.40	$36.90	8.1%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$252.50	Sep 25	10.90	11.90	$11.40	8.8%	57	1.00	504
$255.00	Sep 25	13.30	14.40	$13.85	7.9%	28	1.00	718
$257.50	Sep 25	15.80	17.55	$16.68	10.5%	1	1.00	109
$260.00	Sep 25	18.30	20.05	$19.18	9.1%	--	1.00	39
$285.00	Sep 25	43.45	45.10	$44.28	3.7%	2	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 214 active (total vol 17.0K, top 1.6K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	0.93	1.18	$1.06	23.6%	1.6K	0.39	2.1K
$250.00	Sep 25	0.07	0.09	$0.08	25.0%	1.2K	0.04	2.7K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.37	0.40	$0.39	7.7%	1.0K	0.19	1.3K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.63	1.98	$1.81	19.3%	956	0.34	2.6K
$240.00	Sep 25	2.10	2.40	$2.25	13.3%	834	0.64	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%	458	0.07	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	0.90	1.05	$0.98	15.3%	356	0.37	1.4K
$237.50	Sep 25	0.30	0.45	$0.38	39.5%	294	0.16	896
$232.50	Sep 25	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	223	0.02	1.7K
$237.50	Oct 2	1.31	1.63	$1.47	21.8%	202	0.29	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 28.8%, max 37.7%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	27.6%	20.0%	37.7%	682	2.0K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	27.3%	20.7%	31.9%	836	1.6K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	28.6%	22.3%	28.2%	1.8K	2.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	29.5%	25.1%	17.4%	1.0K	1.3K

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	27.6%	20.0%	37.7%	313	1.2K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	27.3%	20.7%	31.9%	358	1.4K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	28.6%	22.3%	28.2%	134	1.5K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	29.5%	25.1%	17.4%	181	2.0K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 103 found (best R:R 1.53, avg 6.94)

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
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 16	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	72%	0.72	$236.45
$242.50	$245.00	Oct 9	$0.88	$1.62	$0.88	48%	1.84	$243.38
$245.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$1.54	$3.46	$1.54	42%	2.25	$246.54
$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$3.07	$1.93	$3.07	70%	0.63	$238.07

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$247.50	Oct 16	$1.50	$1.00	$1.50	73%	0.67	$248.50
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$1.75	$3.25	$1.75	46%	1.86	$238.25
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$1.10	$1.40	$1.10	55%	1.27	$241.40
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 6	$1.35	$3.65	$1.35	35%	2.70	$233.65
$235.00	$232.50	Oct 9	$0.46	$2.04	$0.46	25%	4.43	$234.54

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 79 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
$245.00	$247.50	Oct 9	$0.93	$0.93	$1.57	61%	0.59	$245.93
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$1.21	$1.21	$3.79	70%	0.32	$251.21
$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	62%	0.37	$243.17
$267.50	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.16	$0.16	$2.34	94%	0.07	$267.66

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$215.00	Nov 6	$2.45	$2.45	$12.55	74%	0.20	$227.55
$210.00	$205.00	Sep 25	$0.25	$0.25	$4.75	97%	0.05	$209.75
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 30	$0.62	$0.62	$4.38	86%	0.14	$224.38
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$1.26	$1.26	$3.74	70%	0.34	$233.74
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$2.05	$2.05	$2.95	55%	0.69	$237.95

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.52, cheapest $1.15)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.66	28.6%	22.1%
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.80	27.3%	21.4%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.15	28.6%	22.1%
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.47	27.3%	21.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 83 found (cheapest 1.34% of stock, avg 5.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$2.25	$0.98	$3.23	$236.77	$243.23	1.34%
$242.50	Sep 25	$1.06	$2.40	$3.46	$239.04	$245.96	1.44%
$237.50	Sep 25	$4.13	$0.38	$4.51	$232.99	$242.01	1.87%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.39	$4.13	$4.52	$240.48	$249.52	1.87%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.72	$3.55	$6.27	$236.23	$248.77	2.60%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.17	$6.33	$6.50	$241.00	$254.00	2.70%
$240.00	Oct 2	$4.05	$2.45	$6.50	$233.50	$246.50	2.70%
$235.00	Sep 25	$6.48	$0.13	$6.61	$228.39	$241.61	2.74%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.81	$5.13	$6.94	$238.06	$251.94	2.88%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.75	$1.47	$7.22	$230.28	$244.72	2.99%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 146 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 1.82%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.13	$0.30	$234.70	$247.80
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.17	$0.38	$0.55	$236.95	$248.05
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.39	$0.13	$0.52	$234.48	$245.52
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.45	$0.30	$0.75	$229.25	$253.25
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.39	$0.38	$0.77	$236.73	$245.77
$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
$265.00	$225.00	Oct 23	$0.54	$0.88	$1.42	$223.58	$266.42

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 157 found (best R:R 0.28, avg credit $0.88)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
228/230	268/270	Oct 16	$0.55	$1.95	78%	0.28	$229.45	$268.05
232/235	268/270	Oct 16	$0.84	$1.66	66%	0.51	$234.16	$268.34
225/228	268/270	Oct 16	$0.39	$2.11	82%	0.18	$227.11	$267.89
228/230	262/265	Oct 16	$0.54	$1.96	76%	0.28	$229.46	$263.04
232/235	262/265	Oct 16	$0.83	$1.67	64%	0.50	$234.17	$263.33
230/232	268/270	Oct 16	$0.59	$1.91	72%	0.31	$231.91	$268.09
228/230	255/258	Oct 2	$0.25	$2.25	86%	0.11	$229.75	$255.25
225/228	260/262	Oct 9	$0.29	$2.21	84%	0.13	$227.21	$260.29
225/228	262/265	Oct 16	$0.38	$2.12	80%	0.18	$227.12	$262.88
228/230	248/250	Oct 16	$1.15	$1.35	50%	0.85	$228.85	$248.65

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 139 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 9	$0.06	$4.94	19%	82.33
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.31	$4.69	25%	15.13
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.33	$4.67	22%	14.15
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.49	$4.51	27%	9.20
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.48	$4.52	24%	9.42

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.31	$2.19	45%	7.06
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 2	$0.12	$2.38	25%	19.83
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Oct 2	$0.07	$2.43	18%	34.71
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.50	$4.50	24%	9.00
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Oct 30	$0.20	$4.80	14%	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 172 found (best net $-2.18, 148 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$2.18	$12.82
$200.00	$215.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$11.06	$3.94
$215.00	$225.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$6.38	$3.62
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.37	$2.13
$250.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.44	$4.56

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.67	$1.83
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.85	$4.15
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.23	$4.77
$245.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.92	$3.08
$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. 42 found (best yield 2.55%, avg 0.69%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Nov 6	$6.15	0.45	1.6%	2.55%	4.18%	3	--
$245.00	Oct 30	$5.00	0.43	1.6%	2.07%	3.70%	26	86
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.30	0.33	3.7%	1.37%	5.07%	186	288
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.70	0.35	3.7%	1.12%	4.82%	1	--
$245.00	Oct 23	$4.15	0.42	1.6%	1.72%	3.35%	64	130
$260.00	Nov 6	$1.81	0.21	7.8%	0.75%	8.60%	7	--
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.66	0.30	3.7%	1.10%	4.81%	96	1.2K
$255.00	Oct 30	$2.13	0.23	5.8%	0.88%	6.66%	52	423
$242.50	Oct 16	$4.60	0.48	0.6%	1.91%	2.50%	147	157
$245.00	Oct 16	$3.60	0.41	1.6%	1.49%	3.12%	211	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 20,318

Total Puts 7,098

Put/Call Ratio 0.35

Net Difference 13,220

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 37,955

Total Puts 15,840

Put/Call Ratio 0.42

Net Difference 22,115

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 - 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

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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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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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