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MCDONALDS CORP

$263.57 -0.13%

$263.66 (+0.03%)🌙

as of 07/22 07:58 PM

(7/21 18:46) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22) 26,465

Calls: 13,640 (52%)

Puts: 12,825 (48%)

Prior (07/21) 26,340

Calls: 17,612 (67%)

Puts: 8,728 (33%)

Current vs Prior +0.47%

Calls: -22.55% (Calls)

Puts: +46.94% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 173,000

Calls: 117,248 (68%)

Puts: 55,752 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 24,714

Calls: 16,749 (68%)

Puts: 7,964 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.08%

Calls: -18.57%

Puts: +61.03%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22) $12.10M

Calls: $6.35M (52%)

Puts: $5.75M (48%)

Prior (07/21) $18.08M

Calls: $7.14M (39%)

Puts: $10.94M (61%)

Current vs Prior -33.08%

Calls: -11.05%

Puts: -47.45%

Prior 7-Day Total $95.98M

Calls: $53.03M (55%)

Puts: $42.95M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $13.71M

Calls: $7.58M (55%)

Puts: $6.14M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -11.75%

Calls: -16.18%

Puts: -6.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) 0.94

Prior (07/21) 0.50

Current vs Prior +89.73%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.51

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +83.92%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) 194,751

Calls: 124,404 (64%)

Puts: 70,347 (36%)

Prior (07/21) 187,020

Calls: 119,061 (64%)

Puts: 67,959 (36%)

Current vs Prior +4.13%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,221,957

Calls: 764,095 (63%)

Puts: 457,862 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 174,565

Calls: 109,156 (63%)

Puts: 65,408 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.56%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.13% | 3.62%6.88% | 9.03%

Prior 2.46% | 3.86%6.87% | 9.29%

Current vs Prior -13.16% | -6.26%+0.18% | -2.85%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.47% | 3.82%3.41% | 8.19%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.83% | -5.41%+101.73% | +10.26%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.46% | 3.86%6.87% | 9.29%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.16% | -6.26%+0.18% | -2.85%

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%

Liquidity Expensive

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P/C ratio rising 90% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Call-heavy open interest (124,404 calls vs 70,347 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 33 of results (avg 8.0%, best 3.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Aug 21	7.95	8.25	$8.10	3.7%	61	0.49	109
$215.00	Aug 21	47.65	51.05	$49.35	6.9%	1	0.99	30
$260.00	Aug 14	9.70	10.40	$10.05	7.0%	4	0.59	8
$272.50	Aug 21	4.80	5.15	$4.97	7.0%	15	0.36	29
$270.00	Aug 21	5.65	6.10	$5.88	7.7%	217	0.40	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	2.77	2.95	$2.86	6.3%	1.1K	0.23	1.3K
$265.00	Aug 7	7.10	7.60	$7.35	6.8%	31	0.52	292
$285.00	Aug 21	22.30	23.90	$23.10	6.9%	1	0.82	559
$270.00	Jul 31	7.65	8.20	$7.93	6.9%	31	0.72	424
$277.50	Aug 21	16.00	17.15	$16.58	6.9%	2	0.73	--

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 57 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Aug 21	47.65	51.05	$49.35	6.9%	1	0.99	30
$250.00	Jul 24	11.75	14.55	$13.15	21.3%	29	0.98	11
$240.00	Jul 24	21.75	24.75	$23.25	12.9%	1	0.98	1
$255.00	Jul 24	7.45	9.65	$8.55	25.7%	1	0.93	19
$257.50	Jul 24	5.60	7.45	$6.53	28.3%	10	0.87	7

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$277.50	Jul 24	12.70	15.30	$14.00	18.6%	5	1.00	66
$280.00	Jul 24	15.75	18.45	$17.10	15.8%	36	1.00	196
$275.00	Jul 24	11.05	12.05	$11.55	8.7%	33	0.95	291
$282.50	Jul 31	18.15	21.05	$19.60	14.8%	1	0.95	--
$295.00	Aug 7	30.25	33.50	$31.88	10.2%	1	0.93	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 202 active (total vol 18.0K, top 2.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Jul 24	1.35	1.86	$1.61	31.7%	2.0K	0.41	3.3K
$267.50	Jul 24	0.65	0.84	$0.75	25.3%	493	0.24	500
$305.00	Aug 21	0.30	0.65	$0.48	72.9%	433	0.05	557
$270.00	Jul 24	0.35	0.60	$0.48	52.1%	415	0.15	902
$290.00	Aug 21	1.23	1.50	$1.37	19.7%	378	0.13	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Jul 31	0.97	1.26	$1.12	25.9%	1.7K	0.19	600
$257.50	Jul 24	0.27	0.43	$0.35	45.7%	1.4K	0.13	338
$260.00	Jul 24	0.64	0.88	$0.76	31.6%	1.2K	0.24	928
$250.00	Aug 21	2.77	2.95	$2.86	6.3%	1.1K	0.23	1.3K
$240.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.25	$0.15	133.3%	536	0.03	205

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 41 strikes (avg 80.1%, max 425.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$315.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	166.0%	31.6%	425.2%	13	462
$310.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	154.7%	30.5%	406.6%	304	837
$297.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	92.4%	29.2%	216.1%	5	8
$305.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	85.4%	29.2%	192.5%	9	118
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	68.4%	29.1%	134.9%	3	315

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$220.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	132.4%	31.5%	320.7%	5	68
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	78.9%	28.7%	174.6%	4	--
$240.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	61.9%	26.8%	130.9%	8	121
$245.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	54.2%	26.3%	106.1%	20	295
$242.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	60.0%	29.2%	105.4%	25	--

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 118 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 6.88)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$300.00	$310.00	Aug 14	$0.25	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$300.25
$290.00	$295.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$290.15
$305.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$305.17
$295.00	$300.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$295.18
$300.00	$305.00	Aug 21	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$300.19

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$225.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$229.86
$225.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$224.83
$235.00	$230.00	Aug 21	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$234.79
$252.50	$250.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$252.39
$245.00	$242.50	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$244.88

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 144 found (best R:R 13.29, avg 1.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$4.60	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$254.60
$215.00	$255.00	Aug 21	$35.82	$35.82	$4.18	8.57	$250.82
$257.50	$260.00	Jul 24	$2.08	$2.08	$0.42	4.95	$259.58
$252.50	$257.50	Jul 31	$4.13	$4.13	$0.87	4.75	$256.63
$255.00	$257.50	Jul 24	$2.02	$2.02	$0.48	4.21	$257.02

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$295.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$9.30	$9.30	$0.70	13.29	$285.70
$270.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$267.75
$290.00	$285.00	Aug 21	$4.48	$4.48	$0.52	8.62	$285.52
$285.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$4.35	$4.35	$0.65	6.69	$280.65
$280.00	$277.50	Aug 21	$2.17	$2.17	$0.33	6.58	$277.83

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 39 found (avg debit $1.01, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$287.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.08	60.9%	31.1%
$300.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.08	68.4%	38.8%
$295.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.13	61.9%	37.0%
$290.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.14	50.8%	32.3%
$282.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.18	44.4%	26.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.07	61.9%	32.0%
$245.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.16	54.2%	29.4%
$235.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.16	41.7%	34.6%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.22	78.9%	48.0%
$247.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.29	43.7%	27.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 57 found (cheapest 1.63% of stock, avg 6.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$262.50	Jul 24	$2.74	$1.55	$4.29	$258.21	$266.79	1.63%
$265.00	Jul 24	$1.61	$2.88	$4.49	$260.51	$269.49	1.70%
$260.00	Jul 24	$4.45	$0.76	$5.21	$254.79	$265.21	1.98%
$267.50	Jul 24	$0.75	$4.63	$5.38	$262.12	$272.88	2.04%
$257.50	Jul 24	$6.53	$0.35	$6.88	$250.62	$264.38	2.61%
$270.00	Jul 24	$0.48	$6.88	$7.36	$262.64	$277.36	2.79%
$262.50	Jul 31	$4.78	$3.50	$8.28	$254.22	$270.78	3.14%
$265.00	Jul 31	$3.55	$4.75	$8.30	$256.70	$273.30	3.15%
$260.00	Jul 31	$6.15	$2.43	$8.58	$251.42	$268.58	3.26%
$255.00	Jul 24	$8.55	$0.21	$8.76	$246.24	$263.76	3.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 2.62%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$272.50	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.23	$0.21	$0.44	$254.56	$272.94
$272.50	$252.50	Jul 24	$0.23	$0.26	$0.49	$252.01	$272.99
$272.50	$257.50	Jul 24	$0.23	$0.35	$0.58	$256.92	$273.08
$270.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.48	$0.21	$0.69	$254.31	$270.69
$270.00	$252.50	Jul 24	$0.48	$0.26	$0.74	$251.76	$270.74
$270.00	$257.50	Jul 24	$0.48	$0.35	$0.83	$256.67	$270.83
$267.50	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.75	$0.21	$0.96	$254.04	$268.46
$267.50	$252.50	Jul 24	$0.75	$0.26	$1.01	$251.49	$268.51
$272.50	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.23	$0.76	$0.99	$259.01	$273.49
$267.50	$257.50	Jul 24	$0.75	$0.35	$1.10	$256.40	$268.60

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 397 found (best R:R 19.00, avg credit $1.95)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
265/270	275/280	Aug 28	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$265.25	$279.75
268/270	272/275	Jul 24	$2.36	$0.14	16.86	$267.64	$274.86
255/258	262/265	Aug 7	$2.36	$0.14	16.86	$255.14	$264.86
275/280	285/290	Aug 28	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$275.33	$289.67
250/252	258/260	Jul 24	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$250.20	$259.80
275/280	290/295	Aug 28	$4.59	$0.41	11.20	$275.41	$294.59
252/255	258/260	Jul 31	$2.29	$0.21	10.90	$252.71	$259.79
265/268	272/275	Aug 7	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$265.23	$274.77
255/260	265/270	Aug 28	$4.54	$0.46	9.87	$255.46	$269.54
260/265	270/275	Aug 14	$4.52	$0.48	9.42	$260.48	$274.52

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 103 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$277.50	$280.00	$282.50	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$305.00	$310.00	$315.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$270.00	$272.50	$275.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$295.00	$297.50	$300.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$2.43	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$215.00	$220.00	$225.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$4.88	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 135 found (best net $--, 122 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Aug 14	$0.00	$10.00
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$3.05	$6.95
$295.00	$300.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.04	$4.96
$300.00	$305.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.06	$4.94
$295.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.10	$4.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Jul 24	$0.00	$10.00
$230.00	$220.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.50	$9.50
$225.00	$220.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.01	$4.99
$220.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.08	$4.92
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.17	$4.83

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 57 found (best yield 3.09%, avg 0.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 28	$8.15	0.49	0.5%	3.09%	3.63%	7	46
$265.00	Aug 21	$7.95	0.49	0.5%	3.02%	3.56%	61	109
$265.00	Aug 14	$7.15	0.49	0.5%	2.71%	3.26%	10	31
$265.00	Aug 7	$6.15	0.49	0.5%	2.33%	2.88%	3	52
$267.50	Aug 21	$6.10	0.44	1.5%	2.31%	3.81%	53	58
$270.00	Aug 28	$5.85	0.41	2.4%	2.22%	4.66%	10	41
$270.00	Aug 21	$5.65	0.40	2.4%	2.14%	4.58%	217	1.8K
$267.50	Aug 7	$5.05	0.43	1.5%	1.92%	3.41%	7	50
$270.00	Aug 14	$4.90	0.40	2.4%	1.86%	4.30%	42	377
$272.50	Aug 21	$4.80	0.36	3.4%	1.82%	5.21%	15	29

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 13,640

Total Puts 12,825

Put/Call Ratio 0.94

Net Difference 815

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 17,612

Total Puts 8,728

Put/Call Ratio 0.50

Net Difference 8,884

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 117,248

Total Puts 55,752

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.51

Ratio Trend Rising

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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