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MCDONALDS CORP

$273.02 +0.87%

(7/27 18:48) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/28) 26,162

Calls: 19,136 (73%)

Puts: 7,026 (27%)

Prior (07/27) 26,756

Calls: 18,225 (68%)

Puts: 8,531 (32%)

Current vs Prior -2.22%

Calls: +5.00% (Calls)

Puts: -17.64% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 179,855

Calls: 123,779 (69%)

Puts: 56,076 (31%)

Prior 7-Day Average 25,693

Calls: 17,682 (69%)

Puts: 8,010 (31%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.82%

Calls: +8.22%

Puts: -12.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/28) $13.47M

Calls: $10.24M (76%)

Puts: $3.23M (24%)

Prior (07/27) $15.38M

Calls: $8.72M (57%)

Puts: $6.65M (43%)

Current vs Prior -12.39%

Calls: +17.39%

Puts: -51.42%

Prior 7-Day Total $92.78M

Calls: $52.79M (57%)

Puts: $39.98M (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average $13.25M

Calls: $7.54M (57%)

Puts: $5.71M (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.66%

Calls: +35.78%

Puts: -43.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/28) 0.37

Prior (07/27) 0.47

Current vs Prior -21.56%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.48

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.03%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/28) 198,604

Calls: 125,443 (63%)

Puts: 73,161 (37%)

Prior (07/27) 181,940

Calls: 113,475 (62%)

Puts: 68,465 (38%)

Current vs Prior +9.16%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,287,432

Calls: 816,934 (63%)

Puts: 470,498 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 183,918

Calls: 116,704 (63%)

Puts: 67,214 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.98%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.60% | 5.11%6.16% | 8.53%

Prior 2.75% | 5.12%6.26% | 8.75%

Current vs Prior -5.39% | -0.15%-1.56% | -2.54%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.60% | 4.27%5.87% | 8.83%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.28% | +19.65%+4.98% | -3.45%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.75% | 5.12%6.26% | 8.75%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -5.39% | -0.15%-1.56% | -2.54%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

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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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($10.24M) vs puts ($3.23M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.37 - heavy call buying (19,136 calls vs 7,026 puts). P/C ratio dropping 22% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (125,443 calls vs 73,161 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 18 of results (avg 7.8%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	9.50	9.90	$9.70	4.1%	505	0.57	2.3K
$277.50	Aug 21	5.85	6.20	$6.03	5.8%	26	0.42	39
$250.00	Jul 31	22.55	23.95	$23.25	6.0%	6	0.99	--
$230.00	Jul 31	41.45	44.35	$42.90	6.8%	2	0.96	--
$282.50	Aug 21	4.05	4.35	$4.20	7.1%	68	0.33	57

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$320.00	Jul 31	46.15	48.90	$47.53	5.8%	8	1.00	--
$295.00	Aug 21	22.55	24.30	$23.43	7.5%	6	0.86	159
$310.00	Aug 14	36.05	39.20	$37.63	8.4%	1	0.95	--
$290.00	Aug 21	18.25	20.10	$19.18	9.6%	4	0.79	266
$285.00	Sep 4	16.40	18.10	$17.25	9.9%	1	0.69	--

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. 60 found (avg delta 0.72, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	22.55	23.95	$23.25	6.0%	6	0.99	--
$235.00	Jul 31	36.35	39.15	$37.75	7.4%	2	0.98	--
$260.00	Jul 31	11.60	14.10	$12.85	19.5%	80	0.97	165
$245.00	Aug 7	26.90	29.65	$28.28	9.7%	1	0.97	4
$230.00	Jul 31	41.45	44.35	$42.90	6.8%	2	0.96	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$320.00	Jul 31	46.15	48.90	$47.53	5.8%	8	1.00	--
$310.00	Aug 14	36.05	39.20	$37.63	8.4%	1	0.95	--
$297.50	Aug 7	23.70	26.95	$25.33	12.8%	3	0.91	--
$282.50	Jul 31	8.90	11.50	$10.20	25.5%	10	0.89	4
$300.00	Aug 28	26.70	29.60	$28.15	10.3%	2	0.88	4

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 205 active (total vol 16.3K, top 1.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 31	0.51	0.70	$0.61	31.1%	1.2K	0.17	1.2K
$300.00	Aug 21	0.90	1.16	$1.03	25.2%	789	0.11	4.1K
$285.00	Jul 31	0.10	0.30	$0.20	100.0%	673	0.06	1.7K
$285.00	Aug 21	3.20	3.60	$3.40	11.8%	636	0.29	2.4K
$285.00	Aug 7	1.91	2.38	$2.15	21.9%	548	0.24	504

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Jul 31	0.28	0.52	$0.40	60.0%	526	0.12	1.2K
$270.00	Jul 31	1.14	1.99	$1.57	54.1%	344	0.33	566
$265.00	Aug 21	3.80	4.45	$4.13	15.7%	287	0.32	2.2K
$267.50	Jul 31	0.60	1.23	$0.92	68.5%	250	0.22	399
$270.00	Aug 21	5.70	6.50	$6.10	13.1%	237	0.43	1.6K

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 36.4%, max 193.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$325.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	100.9%	34.4%	193.3%	4	394
$310.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	63.7%	27.5%	131.4%	3	93
$305.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	46.7%	27.4%	70.1%	9	515
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	41.9%	28.2%	48.3%	13	56
$295.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	40.9%	27.7%	47.7%	16	438

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$225.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	82.6%	33.1%	149.5%	3	51
$220.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	78.6%	35.2%	122.9%	21	64
$245.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	47.9%	25.9%	85.1%	11	375
$230.00	Aug 7	Sep 4	60.1%	37.8%	58.9%	7	55
$250.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	41.9%	26.8%	56.1%	73	480

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 128 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 6.34)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$310.00	$315.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$310.10
$305.00	$310.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$305.12
$300.00	$305.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$300.13
$320.00	$325.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$320.13
$305.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$305.20

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$240.00	$235.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$239.85
$245.00	$240.00	Aug 14	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$244.83
$245.00	$242.50	Aug 7	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$244.90
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$249.78
$245.00	$240.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$244.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 153 found (best R:R 219.59, avg 2.81)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$235.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$14.50	$14.50	$0.50	29.00	$249.50
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 31	$2.38	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$269.88
$245.00	$262.50	Aug 7	$15.48	$15.48	$2.02	7.66	$260.48
$255.00	$260.00	Aug 14	$4.08	$4.08	$0.92	4.43	$259.08
$262.50	$265.00	Aug 7	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	4.00	$264.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$320.00	$282.50	Jul 31	$37.33	$37.33	$0.17	219.59	$282.67
$310.00	$282.50	Aug 14	$24.63	$24.63	$2.87	8.58	$285.37
$297.50	$285.00	Aug 7	$11.06	$11.06	$1.44	7.68	$286.44
$282.50	$280.00	Jul 31	$2.20	$2.20	$0.30	7.33	$280.30
$295.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$4.25	$4.25	$0.75	5.67	$290.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 41 found (avg debit $1.73, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$310.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	63.7%	39.4%
$305.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.28	46.7%	38.5%
$300.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.42	36.2%	36.4%
$297.50	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.64	37.3%	29.1%
$295.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.66	40.9%	35.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	$0.15	78.6%	35.2%
$245.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.20	47.9%	36.3%
$240.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.27	38.9%	35.9%
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.41	41.9%	35.4%
$252.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.47	36.8%	33.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 55 found (cheapest 1.98% of stock, avg 5.89%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$272.50	Jul 31	$3.03	$2.37	$5.40	$267.10	$277.90	1.98%
$270.00	Jul 31	$4.35	$1.57	$5.92	$264.08	$275.92	2.17%
$275.00	Jul 31	$1.94	$4.08	$6.02	$268.98	$281.02	2.20%
$277.50	Jul 31	$1.13	$6.03	$7.16	$270.34	$284.66	2.62%
$267.50	Jul 31	$6.73	$0.92	$7.65	$259.85	$275.15	2.80%
$265.00	Jul 31	$7.90	$0.40	$8.30	$256.70	$273.30	3.04%
$280.00	Jul 31	$0.61	$8.00	$8.61	$271.39	$288.61	3.15%
$262.50	Jul 31	$10.35	$0.28	$10.63	$251.87	$273.13	3.89%
$282.50	Jul 31	$0.41	$10.20	$10.61	$271.89	$293.11	3.89%
$272.50	Aug 7	$6.63	$5.82	$12.45	$260.05	$284.95	4.56%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.18% of stock, avg 2.70%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$285.00	$262.50	Jul 31	$0.20	$0.28	$0.48	$262.02	$285.48
$285.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$0.40	$0.60	$264.40	$285.60
$282.50	$262.50	Jul 31	$0.41	$0.28	$0.69	$261.81	$283.19
$282.50	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.41	$0.40	$0.81	$264.19	$283.31
$280.00	$262.50	Jul 31	$0.61	$0.28	$0.89	$261.61	$280.89
$280.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.61	$0.40	$1.01	$263.99	$281.01
$285.00	$267.50	Jul 31	$0.20	$0.92	$1.12	$266.38	$286.12
$282.50	$267.50	Jul 31	$0.41	$0.92	$1.33	$266.17	$283.83
$277.50	$262.50	Jul 31	$1.13	$0.28	$1.41	$261.09	$278.91
$277.50	$265.00	Jul 31	$1.13	$0.40	$1.53	$263.47	$279.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 359 found (best R:R 18.23, avg credit $2.13)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
262/265	270/272	Aug 21	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$262.63	$272.37
255/258	265/268	Aug 14	$2.36	$0.14	16.86	$255.14	$267.36
260/262	265/268	Aug 21	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$260.15	$267.35
255/258	262/265	Aug 7	$2.34	$0.16	14.62	$255.16	$264.84
280/285	290/295	Sep 4	$4.64	$0.36	12.89	$280.36	$294.64
245/250	255/260	Aug 14	$4.61	$0.39	11.82	$245.39	$259.61
252/255	262/265	Aug 7	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$252.70	$264.80
280/285	295/300	Sep 4	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$280.40	$299.60
265/268	270/272	Aug 7	$2.29	$0.21	10.90	$265.21	$272.29
255/258	268/270	Aug 14	$2.29	$0.21	10.90	$255.21	$269.79

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 101 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Aug 14	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Aug 14	$0.07	$2.43	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$250.00	$252.50	$255.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Aug 14	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Sep 4	$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. 133 found (best net $-0.04, 121 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$310.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.48	$14.52
$305.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.30	$13.70
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.02	$9.98
$270.00	$280.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.65	$8.35
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$2.45	$7.55

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$225.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.04	$19.96
$300.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.65	$12.35
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$0.07	$9.93
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.70	$9.30
$297.50	$285.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$3.21	$9.29

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 52 found (best yield 2.62%, avg 0.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$275.00	Aug 28	$7.15	0.47	0.7%	2.62%	3.34%	18	41
$275.00	Aug 21	$6.90	0.47	0.7%	2.53%	3.25%	161	1.2K
$277.50	Aug 21	$5.85	0.42	1.6%	2.14%	3.78%	26	39
$280.00	Sep 4	$5.55	0.39	2.6%	2.03%	4.59%	52	--
$275.00	Aug 14	$5.50	0.46	0.7%	2.01%	2.74%	38	110
$275.00	Aug 7	$5.10	0.46	0.7%	1.87%	2.59%	176	289
$280.00	Aug 28	$5.10	0.39	2.6%	1.87%	4.42%	25	39
$280.00	Aug 21	$4.85	0.38	2.6%	1.78%	4.33%	394	2.0K
$277.50	Aug 14	$4.45	0.41	1.6%	1.63%	3.27%	26	5
$280.00	Aug 14	$4.20	0.36	2.6%	1.54%	4.09%	84	241

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 19,136

Total Puts 7,026

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 12,110

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 18,225

Total Puts 8,531

Put/Call Ratio 0.47

Net Difference 9,694

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 123,779

Total Puts 56,076

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.48

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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