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MCDONALDS CORP

$240.73 +1.01%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:30am) 28,677

Calls: 21,128 (74%)

Puts: 7,549 (26%)

Prior (09/23) 56,254

Calls: 39,791 (71%)

Puts: 16,463 (29%)

Current vs Prior -49.02%

Calls: -46.90% (Calls)

Puts: -54.15% (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 -29.27%

Calls: -21.03%

Puts: -45.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:30am) $16.07M

Calls: $10.59M (66%)

Puts: $5.48M (34%)

Prior (09/23) $27.95M

Calls: $17.55M (63%)

Puts: $10.40M (37%)

Current vs Prior -42.50%

Calls: -39.66%

Puts: -47.29%

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 +3.73%

Calls: +12.11%

Puts: -9.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:30am) 0.36

Prior (09/23) 0.41

Current vs Prior -13.64%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -43.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/24 10:30am) 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 1.83% | 3.08%4.69% | 8.45%

Prior 2.58% | 3.59%5.17% | 8.89%

Current vs Prior -29.19% | -14.27%-9.22% | -4.96%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -32.81% | -16.51%-2.90% | +8.13%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -29.19% | -14.27%-9.31% | -4.32%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.80% | 17.49%

Calls: 30.93% | 9.51%

Puts: 16.67% | 25.47%

Prior 15.86% | 6.03%

Calls: 30.38% | 4.87%

Puts: 1.34% | 7.18%

Current vs Prior +50.06% | +190.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.44% | 13.23%

Calls: 23.69% | 13.78%

Puts: 33.20% | 12.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -16.33% | +32.20%

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Moderately bullish flow with 66% call dollar volume ($10.59M). Below-average activity with volume down 49% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.36 - heavy call buying (21,128 calls vs 7,549 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
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 64 of results (avg 7.5%, best 2.9%)

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	--
$195.00	Oct 9	45.35	47.70	$46.53	5.1%	--	0.97	25
$212.50	Oct 16	28.40	29.90	$29.15	5.1%	4	0.98	--
$195.00	Oct 30	45.90	48.50	$47.20	5.5%	--	0.98	28
$245.00	Oct 16	3.40	3.60	$3.50	5.7%	216	0.39	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Sep 25	43.80	45.10	$44.45	2.9%	2	1.00	--
$270.00	Oct 16	28.70	29.85	$29.28	3.9%	5	0.96	129
$260.00	Oct 2	18.80	19.65	$19.23	4.4%	17	1.00	166
$265.00	Oct 16	23.70	24.80	$24.25	4.5%	95	0.95	502
$255.00	Sep 25	13.85	14.60	$14.23	5.3%	28	1.00	718

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.34, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Oct 2	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	74	0.01	517
$275.00	Oct 16	0.12	0.13	$0.13	7.7%	75	0.02	1.8K
$265.00	Oct 30	0.78	0.90	$0.84	14.3%	10	0.10	95

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

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
$230.00	Sep 25	10.50	12.15	$11.33	14.6%	32	0.99	404

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 25	8.80	9.95	$9.38	12.3%	142	1.00	1.3K
$252.50	Sep 25	11.25	12.25	$11.75	8.5%	57	1.00	504
$255.00	Sep 25	13.85	14.60	$14.23	5.3%	28	1.00	718
$257.50	Sep 25	16.40	17.55	$16.98	6.8%	1	1.00	109
$260.00	Sep 25	18.35	20.05	$19.20	8.9%	2	1.00	39

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 215 active (total vol 17.9K, top 1.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Sep 25	0.69	0.91	$0.80	27.5%	1.7K	0.34	2.1K
$250.00	Sep 25	0.03	0.09	$0.06	100.0%	1.2K	0.03	2.7K
$245.00	Sep 25	0.24	0.36	$0.30	40.0%	1.1K	0.15	1.3K
$240.00	Sep 25	1.64	2.24	$1.94	30.9%	988	0.61	1.6K
$245.00	Oct 2	1.47	1.80	$1.64	20.1%	956	0.32	2.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Sep 25	0.10	0.21	$0.16	68.7%	462	0.07	1.9K
$240.00	Sep 25	0.95	1.25	$1.10	27.3%	382	0.39	1.4K
$237.50	Sep 25	0.30	0.45	$0.38	39.5%	304	0.18	896
$237.50	Oct 2	1.31	1.82	$1.57	32.5%	259	0.32	296
$232.50	Sep 25	0.01	0.06	$0.03	166.7%	228	0.02	1.7K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 7 strikes (avg 24.7%, max 36.0%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	26.6%	19.5%	36.0%	684	2.0K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	26.1%	20.4%	27.9%	990	1.6K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	26.5%	22.4%	18.5%	1.9K	2.3K
$245.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	27.4%	25.4%	8.0%	1.1K	1.3K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$237.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	26.6%	19.5%	36.0%	323	1.2K
$240.00	Sep 25	Nov 6	26.1%	20.4%	27.9%	384	1.4K
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 16	26.5%	22.4%	18.5%	167	1.5K

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 7.16)

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	54%	1.53	$241.98
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 9	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	74%	0.79	$236.40
$250.00	$260.00	Nov 6	$2.14	$7.86	$2.14	35%	3.67	$252.14
$250.00	$252.50	Oct 9	$0.24	$2.26	$0.24	22%	9.42	$250.24
$235.00	$237.50	Oct 16	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	70%	0.64	$236.52

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$1.65	$3.35	$1.65	46%	2.03	$238.35
$245.00	$242.50	Oct 9	$1.35	$1.15	$1.35	64%	0.85	$243.65
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$1.20	$1.30	$1.20	58%	1.08	$241.30
$227.50	$225.00	Oct 16	$0.19	$2.31	$0.19	12%	12.16	$227.31
$245.00	$242.50	Oct 2	$1.57	$0.93	$1.57	69%	0.59	$243.43

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 78 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
$247.50	$250.00	Oct 2	$0.49	$0.49	$2.01	78%	0.24	$247.99
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$1.21	$1.21	$3.79	70%	0.32	$251.21
$247.50	$250.00	Oct 9	$0.67	$0.67	$1.83	71%	0.37	$248.17
$280.00	$285.00	Oct 16	$0.10	$0.10	$4.90	98%	0.02	$280.10

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	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	96%	0.07	$209.68
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$1.31	$1.31	$3.69	69%	0.36	$233.69
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$0.90	$0.90	$4.10	78%	0.22	$229.10
$215.00	$210.00	Nov 6	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	93%	0.07	$214.68

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 4 found (avg debit $1.53, cheapest $1.43)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.74	26.1%	20.3%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.69	26.5%	22.5%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.43	26.1%	20.3%
$242.50	Sep 25	Oct 2	$1.27	26.5%	22.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 78 found (cheapest 1.26% of stock, avg 5.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Sep 25	$1.94	$1.10	$3.04	$236.96	$243.04	1.26%
$242.50	Sep 25	$0.80	$2.46	$3.26	$239.24	$245.76	1.35%
$237.50	Sep 25	$3.80	$0.38	$4.18	$233.32	$241.68	1.74%
$245.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$4.28	$4.58	$240.42	$249.58	1.90%
$240.00	Oct 2	$3.68	$2.53	$6.21	$233.79	$246.21	2.58%
$242.50	Oct 2	$2.49	$3.73	$6.22	$236.28	$248.72	2.58%
$235.00	Sep 25	$6.20	$0.16	$6.36	$228.64	$241.36	2.64%
$247.50	Sep 25	$0.14	$6.48	$6.62	$240.88	$254.12	2.75%
$237.50	Oct 2	$5.25	$1.57	$6.82	$230.68	$244.32	2.83%
$245.00	Oct 2	$1.64	$5.30	$6.94	$238.06	$251.94	2.88%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 146 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 1.80%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.14	$0.16	$0.30	$234.70	$247.80
$245.00	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.16	$0.46	$234.54	$245.46
$247.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.14	$0.38	$0.52	$236.98	$248.02
$252.50	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.30	$0.66	$229.34	$253.16
$245.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.30	$0.38	$0.68	$236.82	$245.68
$250.00	$230.00	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.30	$0.85	$229.15	$250.85
$252.50	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.36	$0.58	$0.94	$231.56	$253.44
$265.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.53	$0.47	$1.00	$219.00	$266.00
$250.00	$232.50	Oct 2	$0.55	$0.58	$1.13	$231.37	$251.13
$242.50	$235.00	Sep 25	$0.80	$0.16	$0.96	$234.04	$243.46

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 155 found (best R:R 0.30, avg credit $0.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
228/230	262/265	Oct 16	$0.58	$1.92	75%	0.30	$229.42	$263.08
230/232	260/262	Oct 9	$0.57	$1.93	74%	0.30	$231.93	$260.57
215/220	280/285	Oct 16	$0.24	$4.76	94%	0.05	$219.76	$280.24
225/228	260/262	Oct 9	$0.31	$2.19	84%	0.14	$227.19	$260.31
230/232	252/255	Oct 9	$0.82	$1.68	64%	0.49	$231.68	$253.32
228/230	258/260	Oct 16	$0.67	$1.83	70%	0.37	$229.33	$258.17
228/230	260/262	Oct 16	$0.59	$1.91	73%	0.31	$229.41	$260.59
230/232	248/250	Oct 9	$1.11	$1.39	52%	0.80	$231.39	$248.61
225/228	252/255	Oct 9	$0.56	$1.94	74%	0.29	$226.94	$253.06
232/235	260/262	Oct 9	$0.72	$1.78	67%	0.40	$234.28	$260.72

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 141 found (best R:R 37.46, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Oct 9	$0.13	$4.87	20%	37.46
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$4.70	24%	15.67
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.48	$4.52	26%	9.42
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 23	$0.39	$4.61	22%	11.82
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Oct 23	$0.58	$4.42	27%	7.62

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 30	$0.08	$4.92	17%	61.50
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Nov 6	$0.20	$4.80	20%	24.00
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Sep 25	$0.46	$2.04	47%	4.43
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$0.23	$4.77	17%	20.74
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Oct 23	$0.60	$4.40	26%	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 173 found (best net $-2.18, 151 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
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.15	$9.85
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.08	$2.42

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$242.50	1:2	Sep 25	-$0.64	$1.86
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.25	$4.75
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.96	$4.04
$245.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$1.96	$3.04
$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. 41 found (best yield 2.55%, avg 0.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Nov 6	$6.15	0.45	1.8%	2.55%	4.33%	3	--
$245.00	Oct 30	$4.80	0.43	1.8%	1.99%	3.77%	26	86
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.15	0.32	3.9%	1.31%	5.16%	188	288
$250.00	Nov 6	$2.70	0.35	3.9%	1.12%	4.97%	1	--
$245.00	Oct 23	$4.10	0.41	1.8%	1.70%	3.48%	64	130
$260.00	Nov 6	$1.82	0.20	8.0%	0.76%	8.76%	8	--
$250.00	Oct 23	$2.50	0.30	3.9%	1.04%	4.89%	96	1.2K
$255.00	Oct 30	$1.97	0.23	5.9%	0.82%	6.75%	52	423
$242.50	Oct 16	$4.35	0.47	0.7%	1.81%	2.54%	147	157
$245.00	Oct 16	$3.40	0.39	1.8%	1.41%	3.19%	216	1.4K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 21,128

Total Puts 7,549

Put/Call Ratio 0.36

Net Difference 13,579

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 39,791

Total Puts 16,463

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 23,328

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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