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MCDONALDS CORP

$267.64 -0.03%

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as of 07/20 06:47 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/20) 26,449

Calls: 20,814 (79%)

Puts: 5,635 (21%)

Prior (07/17) 31,650

Calls: 23,653 (75%)

Puts: 7,997 (25%)

Current vs Prior -16.43%

Calls: -12.00% (Calls)

Puts: -29.54% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 149,413

Calls: 97,082 (65%)

Puts: 52,331 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 21,344

Calls: 13,868 (65%)

Puts: 7,475 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +23.91%

Calls: +50.08%

Puts: -24.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/20) $13.57M

Calls: $6.83M (50%)

Puts: $6.75M (50%)

Prior (07/17) $18.04M

Calls: $14.50M (80%)

Puts: $3.54M (20%)

Current vs Prior -24.75%

Calls: -52.92%

Puts: +90.64%

Prior 7-Day Total $77.59M

Calls: $47.08M (61%)

Puts: $30.51M (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average $11.08M

Calls: $6.73M (61%)

Puts: $4.36M (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +22.47%

Calls: +1.50%

Puts: +54.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/20) 0.27

Prior (07/17) 0.34

Current vs Prior -19.92%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.04%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/20) 164,365

Calls: 100,522 (61%)

Puts: 63,843 (39%)

Prior (07/17) 189,006

Calls: 116,329 (62%)

Puts: 72,677 (38%)

Current vs Prior -13.04%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,199,161

Calls: 751,062 (63%)

Puts: 448,099 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 171,308

Calls: 107,294 (63%)

Puts: 64,014 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -4.05%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.74% | 4.16%6.97% | 9.15%

Prior 3.17% | 4.38%1.08% | 7.83%

Current vs Prior -13.42% | -5.09%+543.60% | +16.86%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.36% | 3.69%2.29% | 7.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +16.18% | +12.69%+204.92% | +17.29%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.17% | 4.38%1.08% | 7.83%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.42% | -5.09%+543.60% | +16.86%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 64.01% | 23.27%

Calls: 41.35% | 22.86%

Puts: 86.67% | 23.68%

Prior 64.01% | 23.27%

Calls: 41.35% | 22.86%

Puts: 86.67% | 23.68%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 64.01% | 23.27%

Calls: 41.35% | 22.86%

Puts: 86.67% | 23.68%

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

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Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.27 - heavy call buying (20,814 calls vs 5,635 puts). Call-heavy open interest (100,522 calls vs 63,843 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 35 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	7.80	8.25	$8.03	5.6%	245	0.47	1.5K
$265.00	Aug 21	10.35	11.00	$10.68	6.1%	6	0.56	73
$267.50	Aug 21	8.80	9.55	$9.18	8.2%	6	0.52	--
$260.00	Jul 31	9.30	10.10	$9.70	8.2%	32	0.76	48
$262.50	Jul 24	6.15	6.70	$6.43	8.6%	60	0.76	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Aug 21	12.30	12.80	$12.55	4.0%	43	0.61	950
$270.00	Aug 21	9.25	9.70	$9.48	4.7%	36	0.53	1.7K
$275.00	Aug 14	11.70	12.30	$12.00	5.0%	4	0.62	45
$270.00	Aug 7	8.10	8.55	$8.32	5.4%	28	0.54	140
$265.00	Aug 21	6.85	7.25	$7.05	5.7%	41	0.43	1.3K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.93, cheapest $0.93)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Aug 7	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	35	0.10	144

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 45 found (avg delta 0.68, highest 0.97)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$257.50	Jul 24	9.70	11.25	$10.48	14.8%	7	0.91	--
$255.00	Jul 31	12.90	14.45	$13.68	11.3%	5	0.87	3
$260.00	Jul 24	7.15	8.85	$8.00	21.2%	5	0.85	189
$250.00	Aug 21	19.55	21.40	$20.48	9.0%	1	0.81	--
$262.50	Jul 24	6.15	6.70	$6.43	8.6%	60	0.76	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Jul 24	16.70	18.85	$17.77	12.1%	17	0.97	233
$280.00	Jul 24	11.90	14.05	$12.98	16.6%	4	0.93	--
$277.50	Jul 24	9.85	11.70	$10.77	17.2%	4	0.87	--
$280.00	Jul 31	12.00	14.40	$13.20	18.2%	56	0.83	568
$275.00	Jul 24	7.55	9.50	$8.53	22.9%	5	0.82	298

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 175 active (total vol 21.0K, top 3.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$277.50	Jul 24	0.37	0.66	$0.52	55.8%	3.3K	0.13	746
$280.00	Aug 21	4.10	4.60	$4.35	11.5%	1.6K	0.31	1.3K
$282.50	Jul 31	0.70	1.08	$0.89	42.7%	1.4K	0.14	73
$300.00	Aug 21	1.01	1.24	$1.13	20.4%	937	0.10	5.1K
$272.50	Jul 24	1.08	1.30	$1.19	18.5%	847	0.26	997

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Jul 31	3.20	3.50	$3.35	9.0%	588	0.40	634
$260.00	Jul 24	0.49	0.72	$0.61	37.7%	453	0.15	520
$250.00	Aug 7	1.16	1.75	$1.46	40.4%	207	0.15	113
$265.00	Jul 24	1.63	1.91	$1.77	15.8%	200	0.35	355
$275.00	Jul 31	8.90	9.50	$9.20	6.5%	191	0.72	400

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 28 strikes (avg 17.8%, max 70.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	43.9%	29.0%	51.2%	12	314
$305.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	44.9%	30.8%	45.6%	85	643
$310.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	41.8%	29.1%	43.7%	26	84
$295.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	36.2%	27.9%	29.8%	11	729
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	36.2%	27.9%	29.5%	167	450

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	44.5%	26.1%	70.1%	7	58
$235.00	Aug 7	Aug 28	36.9%	28.4%	29.7%	18	10
$240.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	34.3%	27.5%	24.7%	28	72
$250.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	29.4%	25.9%	13.6%	22	395
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	32.2%	28.6%	12.4%	19	233

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 118 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 5.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$305.00	$320.00	Aug 14	$0.48	$14.52	$0.48	30.25	$305.48
$300.00	$305.00	Aug 7	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$300.19
$315.00	$320.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$315.22
$300.00	$305.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$300.25
$295.00	$300.00	Aug 7	$0.31	$4.69	$0.31	15.13	$295.31

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$225.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$229.89
$235.00	$215.00	Aug 21	$0.50	$19.50	$0.50	39.00	$234.50
$235.00	$230.00	Aug 7	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	19.83	$234.76
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$249.72
$240.00	$235.00	Aug 21	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$239.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 136 found (best R:R 22.81, avg 1.08)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$3.98	$3.98	$1.02	3.90	$258.98
$257.50	$260.00	Aug 21	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	3.55	$259.45
$260.00	$262.50	Jul 31	$1.87	$1.87	$0.63	2.97	$261.87
$262.50	$265.00	Jul 24	$1.78	$1.78	$0.72	2.47	$264.28
$250.00	$257.50	Aug 21	$5.18	$5.18	$2.32	2.23	$255.18

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$285.00	$280.00	Jul 24	$4.79	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$280.21
$277.50	$275.00	Jul 24	$2.24	$2.24	$0.26	8.62	$275.26
$280.00	$277.50	Jul 24	$2.21	$2.21	$0.29	7.62	$277.79
$290.00	$285.00	Aug 21	$4.18	$4.18	$0.82	5.10	$285.82
$280.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$4.00	$4.00	$1.00	4.00	$276.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 36 found (avg debit $1.16, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$305.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.10	44.9%	35.4%
$300.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.14	43.9%	33.9%
$295.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.22	36.2%	31.6%
$290.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.29	36.2%	29.3%
$292.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.29	35.3%	31.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$235.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.12	36.9%	29.1%
$280.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.22	29.9%	27.0%
$240.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.26	34.3%	31.4%
$250.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.34	29.4%	27.0%
$252.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.50	29.4%	26.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 44 found (cheapest 2.27% of stock, avg 5.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$267.50	Jul 24	$3.14	$2.93	$6.07	$261.43	$273.57	2.27%
$270.00	Jul 24	$1.96	$4.20	$6.16	$263.84	$276.16	2.30%
$265.00	Jul 24	$4.65	$1.77	$6.42	$258.58	$271.42	2.40%
$272.50	Jul 24	$1.19	$6.05	$7.24	$265.26	$279.74	2.71%
$262.50	Jul 24	$6.43	$1.05	$7.48	$255.02	$269.98	2.79%
$260.00	Jul 24	$8.00	$0.61	$8.61	$251.39	$268.61	3.22%
$275.00	Jul 24	$0.74	$8.53	$9.27	$265.73	$284.27	3.46%
$265.00	Jul 31	$6.35	$3.35	$9.70	$255.30	$274.70	3.62%
$270.00	Jul 31	$3.80	$5.95	$9.75	$260.25	$279.75	3.64%
$267.50	Jul 31	$5.18	$4.60	$9.78	$257.72	$277.28	3.65%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.23% of stock, avg 2.82%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$280.00	$257.50	Jul 24	$0.27	$0.34	$0.61	$256.89	$280.61
$277.50	$257.50	Jul 24	$0.52	$0.34	$0.86	$256.64	$278.36
$280.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.27	$0.61	$0.88	$259.12	$280.88
$275.00	$257.50	Jul 24	$0.74	$0.34	$1.08	$256.42	$276.08
$277.50	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.52	$0.61	$1.13	$258.87	$278.63
$280.00	$262.50	Jul 24	$0.27	$1.05	$1.32	$261.18	$281.32
$275.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.74	$0.61	$1.35	$258.65	$276.35
$272.50	$257.50	Jul 24	$1.19	$0.34	$1.53	$255.97	$274.03
$277.50	$262.50	Jul 24	$0.52	$1.05	$1.57	$260.93	$279.07
$272.50	$260.00	Jul 24	$1.19	$0.61	$1.80	$258.20	$274.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 390 found (best R:R 18.23, avg credit $1.98)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
262/265	268/270	Aug 7	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$262.63	$269.87
258/260	270/272	Aug 21	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$257.65	$272.35
250/252	258/260	Aug 21	$2.34	$0.16	14.63	$250.16	$259.84
255/258	260/262	Jul 31	$2.29	$0.21	10.90	$255.21	$262.29
262/265	268/270	Jul 31	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$262.73	$269.77
262/265	275/278	Aug 7	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$262.73	$277.27
258/260	268/270	Aug 21	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$257.75	$269.75
268/270	272/275	Jul 31	$2.23	$0.27	8.26	$267.77	$274.73
252/255	265/268	Aug 21	$2.22	$0.28	7.93	$252.78	$267.22
265/268	270/272	Jul 31	$2.16	$0.34	6.35	$265.34	$272.16

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 82 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Aug 14	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$282.50	$285.00	$287.50	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$300.00	$305.00	$310.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Aug 14	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$267.50	$270.00	$272.50	Aug 21	$0.09	$2.41	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 115 found (best net $-0.23, 108 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$255.00	$265.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$3.65	$6.35
$295.00	$300.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.04	$4.96
$300.00	$305.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.05	$4.95
$315.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$4.94
$295.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.19	$4.81

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$220.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.23	$19.77
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.51	$6.49
$285.00	$275.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$3.75	$6.25
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.02	$4.98
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.04	$4.96

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 53 found (best yield 2.99%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Aug 28	$8.00	0.48	0.9%	2.99%	3.87%	1	--
$270.00	Aug 21	$7.80	0.47	0.9%	2.91%	3.80%	245	1.5K
$270.00	Aug 14	$7.25	0.48	0.9%	2.71%	3.59%	361	53
$275.00	Aug 28	$6.30	0.40	2.8%	2.35%	5.10%	4	31
$272.50	Aug 21	$6.25	0.43	1.8%	2.34%	4.15%	5	--
$270.00	Aug 7	$6.05	0.46	0.9%	2.26%	3.14%	45	193
$275.00	Aug 21	$5.70	0.39	2.8%	2.13%	4.88%	754	880
$272.50	Aug 7	$4.95	0.41	1.8%	1.85%	3.67%	25	--
$275.00	Aug 14	$4.95	0.39	2.8%	1.85%	4.60%	8	58
$280.00	Aug 28	$4.45	0.33	4.6%	1.66%	6.28%	6	--

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 20,814

Total Puts 5,635

Put/Call Ratio 0.27

Net Difference 15,179

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,653

Total Puts 7,997

Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Net Difference 15,656

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 97,082

Total Puts 52,331

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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