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MCDONALDS CORP

$242.97 +0.19%

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as of 10/16 07:58 PM

(10/14 18:33) ◀

Friday, October 16, 2026 (11:07pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (10/16) 43,611

Calls: 31,935 (73%)

Puts: 11,676 (27%)

Prior (10/14) 46,848

Calls: 37,098 (79%)

Puts: 9,750 (21%)

Current vs Prior -6.91%

Calls: -13.92% (Calls)

Puts: +19.75% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 278,976

Calls: 199,221 (71%)

Puts: 79,755 (29%)

Prior 7-Day Average 39,853

Calls: 28,460 (71%)

Puts: 11,393 (29%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.43%

Calls: +12.21%

Puts: +2.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/16) $22.30M

Calls: $16.07M (72%)

Puts: $6.24M (28%)

Prior (10/14) $21.20M

Calls: $14.55M (69%)

Puts: $6.65M (31%)

Current vs Prior +5.21%

Calls: +10.46%

Puts: -6.26%

Prior 7-Day Total $224.47M

Calls: $83.45M (37%)

Puts: $141.02M (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average $32.07M

Calls: $11.92M (37%)

Puts: $20.15M (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.45%

Calls: +34.76%

Puts: -69.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/16) 0.37

Prior (10/14) 0.26

Current vs Prior +39.11%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.41

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -10.75%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/16) 367,770

Calls: 248,233 (67%)

Puts: 119,537 (33%)

Prior (10/14) 335,418

Calls: 232,312 (69%)

Puts: 103,106 (31%)

Current vs Prior +9.65%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,379,638

Calls: 1,656,714 (70%)

Puts: 722,924 (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average 339,948

Calls: 236,673 (70%)

Puts: 103,274 (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +8.18%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/16) | Next (10/23)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.07% | 2.97%1.07% | 7.18%

Prior 2.17% | 3.47%2.17% | 7.45%

Current vs Prior +36.71% | +14.59%-50.58% | -3.58%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.22% | 3.34%2.85% | 7.58%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +33.65% | +18.85%-62.35% | -5.28%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.17% | 3.47%2.17% | 7.45%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +36.71% | +14.59%-50.58% | -3.58%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

Prior 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 14.21% | 19.11%

Calls: 15.68% | 12.75%

Puts: 12.74% | 25.47%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | +0.00%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($16.07M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.37 - heavy call buying (31,935 calls vs 11,676 puts). P/C ratio rising 39% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (248,233 calls vs 119,537 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 40 of results (avg 7.5%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Oct 30	47.45	49.15	$48.30	3.5%	2	0.97	--
$200.00	Oct 30	42.20	44.15	$43.18	4.5%	2	1.00	--
$205.00	Oct 16	36.75	38.70	$37.73	5.2%	1	1.00	--
$215.00	Oct 16	27.25	28.70	$27.98	5.2%	1	1.00	--
$225.00	Nov 20	20.15	21.25	$20.70	5.3%	22	0.85	220

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Nov 20	22.10	23.50	$22.80	6.1%	3	0.87	391
$255.00	Nov 20	13.70	14.60	$14.15	6.4%	27	0.72	1.6K
$250.00	Nov 20	10.40	11.15	$10.78	7.0%	19	0.63	3.6K
$235.00	Nov 20	3.60	3.90	$3.75	8.0%	104	0.31	3.8K
$240.00	Nov 20	5.25	5.75	$5.50	9.1%	112	0.42	1.8K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.76, cheapest $0.69)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Oct 23	0.63	0.75	$0.69	17.4%	702	0.18	2.5K
$275.00	Nov 20	0.52	0.62	$0.57	17.5%	697	0.07	4.6K
$270.00	Nov 20	0.77	0.92	$0.85	17.6%	304	0.10	1.8K

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Nov 20	0.86	0.95	$0.91	9.9%	122	0.10	2.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 71 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$205.00	Oct 16	36.75	38.70	$37.73	5.2%	1	1.00	--
$200.00	Oct 30	42.20	44.15	$43.18	4.5%	2	1.00	--
$222.50	Oct 16	19.60	21.65	$20.63	9.9%	1	1.00	--
$227.50	Oct 16	15.10	16.15	$15.63	6.7%	6	1.00	--
$230.00	Oct 16	12.10	14.10	$13.10	15.3%	229	1.00	550

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Oct 16	1.50	2.44	$1.97	47.7%	269	1.00	2.1K
$247.50	Oct 16	3.65	5.40	$4.53	38.6%	6	1.00	26
$250.00	Oct 16	5.95	7.90	$6.93	28.1%	43	1.00	549
$260.00	Oct 16	15.85	17.90	$16.88	12.1%	2	1.00	--
$265.00	Oct 16	20.85	22.90	$21.88	9.4%	4	1.00	15

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 206 active (total vol 31.1K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Oct 23	1.93	2.10	$2.02	8.4%	2.3K	0.40	1.5K
$250.00	Oct 30	1.60	1.91	$1.76	17.6%	2.2K	0.27	2.5K
$245.00	Oct 16	0.00	0.04	$0.02	200.0%	1.7K	0.04	2.0K
$245.00	Oct 30	3.25	3.60	$3.43	10.2%	1.6K	0.44	1.2K
$247.50	Oct 23	1.11	1.48	$1.30	28.5%	1.5K	0.28	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Oct 23	1.44	1.72	$1.58	17.7%	770	0.34	380
$242.50	Oct 16	0.06	0.24	$0.15	120.0%	630	0.39	288
$242.50	Oct 23	2.47	2.77	$2.62	11.5%	464	0.47	28
$235.00	Oct 23	0.39	0.57	$0.48	37.5%	426	0.13	496
$225.00	Nov 20	1.38	1.60	$1.49	14.8%	341	0.15	2.2K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 3 strikes (avg 59.0%, max 84.4%)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$242.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	39.9%	21.6%	84.4%	852	1.8K

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$242.50	Oct 16	Oct 30	39.9%	21.6%	84.4%	655	327
$255.00	Nov 6	Nov 20	27.2%	25.1%	8.1%	30	1.6K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 101 found (best R:R 0.51, avg 8.39)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$6.63	$3.37	$6.63	80%	0.51	$236.63
$235.00	$240.00	Nov 6	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	72%	0.64	$238.05
$235.00	$240.00	Nov 27	$3.05	$1.95	$3.05	68%	0.64	$238.05
$235.00	$240.00	Nov 20	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	69%	0.61	$238.10
$265.00	$270.00	Nov 13	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	12%	13.29	$265.35

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$250.00	$247.50	Oct 30	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	74%	0.61	$248.45
$245.00	$242.50	Oct 30	$1.14	$1.36	$1.14	57%	1.19	$243.86
$245.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$2.18	$2.82	$2.18	53%	1.29	$242.82
$220.00	$215.00	Nov 20	$0.29	$4.71	$0.29	10%	16.24	$219.71
$215.00	$210.00	Nov 13	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	5%	37.46	$214.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 77 found (best R:R 0.15, avg 0.24)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$257.50	$260.00	Oct 16	$0.32	$0.32	$2.18	92%	0.15	$257.82
$270.00	$275.00	Nov 13	$0.39	$0.39	$4.61	92%	0.08	$270.39
$252.50	$255.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$0.13	$2.37	94%	0.05	$252.63
$260.00	$270.00	Nov 27	$1.39	$1.39	$8.61	78%	0.16	$261.39
$247.50	$250.00	Oct 23	$0.61	$0.61	$1.89	72%	0.32	$248.11

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$230.00	$225.00	Nov 6	$0.79	$0.79	$4.21	81%	0.19	$229.21
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 13	$1.30	$1.30	$3.70	70%	0.35	$233.70
$225.00	$220.00	Nov 13	$0.56	$0.56	$4.44	87%	0.13	$224.44
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 27	$1.41	$1.41	$3.59	68%	0.39	$233.59
$210.00	$200.00	Oct 30	$0.14	$0.14	$9.86	98%	0.01	$209.86

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 1 found (avg debit $2.47, cheapest $2.47)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$242.50	Oct 16	Oct 23	$2.47	39.9%	21.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 64 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 5.63%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$242.50	Oct 16	$0.64	$0.15	$0.79	$241.71	$243.29	0.33%
$245.00	Oct 16	$0.02	$1.97	$1.99	$243.01	$246.99	0.82%
$240.00	Oct 16	$2.93	$0.02	$2.95	$237.05	$242.95	1.21%
$247.50	Oct 16	$0.01	$4.53	$4.54	$242.96	$252.04	1.87%
$237.50	Oct 16	$5.68	$0.01	$5.69	$231.81	$243.19	2.34%
$242.50	Oct 23	$3.24	$2.62	$5.86	$236.64	$248.36	2.41%
$245.00	Oct 23	$2.02	$3.98	$6.00	$239.00	$251.00	2.47%
$240.00	Oct 23	$4.75	$1.58	$6.33	$233.67	$246.33	2.61%
$250.00	Oct 16	$0.01	$6.93	$6.94	$243.06	$256.94	2.86%
$247.50	Oct 23	$1.30	$5.68	$6.98	$240.52	$254.48	2.87%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 152 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 2.04%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$252.50	$242.50	Oct 16	$0.14	$0.15	$0.29	$242.21	$252.79
$255.00	$232.50	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.26	$0.46	$232.04	$255.46
$252.50	$232.50	Oct 23	$0.36	$0.26	$0.62	$231.88	$253.12
$257.50	$242.50	Oct 16	$0.33	$0.15	$0.48	$242.02	$257.98
$255.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.48	$0.68	$234.32	$255.68
$252.50	$235.00	Oct 23	$0.36	$0.48	$0.84	$234.16	$253.34
$250.00	$232.50	Oct 23	$0.69	$0.26	$0.95	$231.55	$250.95
$250.00	$235.00	Oct 23	$0.69	$0.48	$1.17	$233.83	$251.17
$265.00	$220.00	Nov 6	$0.75	$0.57	$1.32	$218.68	$266.32
$255.00	$237.50	Oct 23	$0.20	$0.95	$1.15	$236.35	$256.15

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 143 found (best R:R 0.40, avg credit $1.05)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
222/225	250/252	Oct 30	$0.72	$1.78	68%	0.40	$224.28	$250.72
222/225	258/260	Oct 30	$0.29	$2.21	85%	0.13	$224.71	$257.79
222/225	252/255	Oct 30	$0.53	$1.97	75%	0.27	$224.47	$253.03
222/225	255/258	Oct 30	$0.38	$2.12	81%	0.18	$224.62	$255.38
225/228	250/252	Oct 30	$0.74	$1.76	66%	0.42	$226.76	$250.74
225/228	258/260	Oct 30	$0.31	$2.19	83%	0.14	$227.19	$257.81
225/228	252/255	Oct 30	$0.55	$1.95	73%	0.28	$226.95	$253.05
225/228	255/258	Oct 30	$0.40	$2.10	79%	0.19	$227.10	$255.40
220/225	270/275	Nov 13	$0.95	$4.05	78%	0.23	$224.05	$270.95
228/230	250/252	Oct 30	$0.80	$1.70	62%	0.47	$229.20	$250.80

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 115 found (best R:R 3.10, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Oct 16	$0.61	$1.89	74%	3.10
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 6	$0.27	$4.73	25%	17.52
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Oct 16	$1.67	$0.83	93%	0.50
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 27	$0.30	$4.70	20%	15.67
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 20	$0.35	$4.65	21%	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Oct 16	$0.12	$2.38	38%	19.83
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Oct 16	$1.69	$0.81	98%	0.48
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Oct 16	$0.74	$1.76	62%	2.38
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 13	$0.45	$4.55	23%	10.11
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Nov 6	$0.30	$4.70	17%	15.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 149 found (best net $-0.80, 131 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$230.00	$240.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$2.44	$7.56
$237.50	$240.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.18	$2.32
$220.00	$230.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$7.07	$2.93
$250.00	$255.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.72	$4.28
$255.00	$260.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.44	$4.56

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$257.50	$250.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.80	$6.70
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.03	$3.97
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.12	$4.88
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.61	$4.39
$242.50	$240.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.54	$1.96

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 37 found (best yield 2.88%, avg 0.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Nov 27	$7.00	0.48	0.8%	2.88%	3.72%	1	--
$250.00	Nov 27	$4.95	0.39	2.9%	2.04%	4.93%	22	99
$245.00	Nov 20	$6.65	0.48	0.8%	2.74%	3.57%	619	1.4K
$250.00	Nov 20	$4.55	0.38	2.9%	1.87%	4.77%	523	5.1K
$245.00	Nov 13	$6.00	0.48	0.8%	2.47%	3.30%	32	73
$255.00	Nov 27	$3.35	0.30	5.0%	1.38%	6.33%	9	81
$250.00	Nov 13	$4.00	0.37	2.9%	1.65%	4.54%	46	287
$255.00	Nov 20	$3.05	0.28	5.0%	1.26%	6.21%	404	1.7K
$245.00	Nov 6	$5.35	0.47	0.8%	2.20%	3.04%	279	616
$260.00	Nov 27	$2.19	0.22	7.0%	0.90%	7.91%	45	112

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 31,935

Total Puts 11,676

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 20,259

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 37,098

Total Puts 9,750

Put/Call Ratio 0.26

Net Difference 27,348

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 199,221

Total Puts 79,755

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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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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