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MCDONALDS CORP

$248.24 -0.10%

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as of 09/18 06:43 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (09/18) 34,866

Calls: 21,701 (62%)

Puts: 13,165 (38%)

Prior (09/15) 30,224

Calls: 10,613 (35%)

Puts: 19,611 (65%)

Current vs Prior +15.36%

Calls: +104.48% (Calls)

Puts: -32.87% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 309,991

Calls: 140,987 (45%)

Puts: 169,004 (55%)

Prior 7-Day Average 44,284

Calls: 20,141 (45%)

Puts: 24,143 (55%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -21.27%

Calls: +7.75%

Puts: -45.47%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/18) $30.27M

Calls: $8.71M (29%)

Puts: $21.56M (71%)

Prior (09/15) $61.25M

Calls: $6.05M (10%)

Puts: $55.20M (90%)

Current vs Prior -50.58%

Calls: +43.92%

Puts: -60.93%

Prior 7-Day Total $514.31M

Calls: $64.86M (13%)

Puts: $449.45M (87%)

Prior 7-Day Average $73.47M

Calls: $9.27M (13%)

Puts: $64.21M (87%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -58.80%

Calls: -6.04%

Puts: -66.42%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/18) 0.61

Prior (09/15) 1.85

Current vs Prior -67.17%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.32

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.98%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/18) 278,715

Calls: 177,941 (64%)

Puts: 100,774 (36%)

Prior (09/15) 241,892

Calls: 155,689 (64%)

Puts: 86,203 (36%)

Current vs Prior +15.22%

Prior 7-Day Total 1,742,473

Calls: 1,111,808 (64%)

Puts: 630,665 (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average 248,924

Calls: 158,829 (64%)

Puts: 90,095 (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +11.97%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (09/18) | Next (09/25)Expiry (09/18) | Next (10/16)

Current 1.12% | 3.03%1.12% | 5.72%

Prior 2.29% | 3.87%2.29% | 6.15%

Current vs Prior +32.43% | -0.57%-51.28% | -7.01%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.20% | 3.41%2.85% | 6.37%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +37.61% | +12.81%-60.82% | -10.16%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.29% | 3.87%2.29% | 6.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +32.43% | -0.57%-51.28% | -7.01%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Prior 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 73.22% | 14.31%

Calls: 45.45% | 13.79%

Puts: 101.00% | 14.84%

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

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Moderately bearish flow with 71% put dollar volume ($21.56M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 51% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.61. P/C ratio dropping 67% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Retail Flow BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 20 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Oct 16	0.25	0.26	$0.26	3.8%	104	0.04	2.8K
$205.00	Sep 25	43.20	45.60	$44.40	5.4%	2	0.97	--
$200.00	Oct 30	48.70	51.75	$50.23	6.1%	2	0.99	4
$210.00	Oct 23	38.90	41.70	$40.30	6.9%	1	0.97	--
$215.00	Oct 16	33.80	36.30	$35.05	7.1%	1	0.99	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Oct 16	21.05	22.30	$21.68	5.8%	105	0.93	1.5K
$265.00	Oct 16	16.50	17.50	$17.00	5.9%	284	0.86	914
$290.00	Oct 16	39.85	42.40	$41.13	6.2%	3	1.00	--
$270.00	Oct 23	21.20	22.70	$21.95	6.8%	2	0.90	17
$275.00	Oct 16	25.15	27.00	$26.08	7.1%	21	0.97	94

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.31, cheapest $0.16)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Sep 25	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	112	0.04	405
$280.00	Oct 16	0.25	0.26	$0.26	3.8%	104	0.04	2.8K
$290.00	Oct 16	0.11	0.12	$0.12	8.3%	54	0.02	1.3K
$270.00	Oct 16	0.65	0.77	$0.71	16.9%	312	0.10	2.4K

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 80 found (avg delta 0.84, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Sep 18	18.15	20.15	$19.15	10.4%	4	1.00	--
$232.50	Sep 18	15.10	17.60	$16.35	15.3%	4	1.00	--
$235.00	Sep 18	13.05	14.95	$14.00	13.6%	2	1.00	--
$240.00	Sep 18	8.00	9.95	$8.98	21.7%	10	1.00	83
$245.00	Sep 18	3.10	4.70	$3.90	41.0%	7	1.00	62

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Oct 16	29.85	32.60	$31.23	8.8%	25	1.00	--
$290.00	Oct 16	39.85	42.40	$41.13	6.2%	3	1.00	--
$275.00	Sep 18	24.85	26.90	$25.88	7.9%	1	1.00	--
$280.00	Sep 18	29.85	32.20	$31.03	7.6%	1	1.00	442
$265.00	Sep 18	15.30	17.30	$16.30	12.3%	12	1.00	304

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 217 active (total vol 19.6K, top 1.5K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$252.50	Sep 18	0.00	0.01	$0.01	100.0%	1.5K	0.01	740
$250.00	Sep 18	0.00	0.16	$0.08	200.0%	1.5K	0.11	1.1K
$257.50	Sep 25	0.53	0.81	$0.67	41.8%	967	0.15	458
$250.00	Oct 16	5.20	6.05	$5.63	15.1%	585	0.49	673
$250.00	Sep 25	2.31	2.89	$2.60	22.3%	546	0.44	808

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Sep 18	0.95	1.94	$1.44	68.8%	963	0.89	2.6K
$247.50	Sep 18	0.00	0.15	$0.08	187.5%	516	0.18	1.3K
$250.00	Oct 16	5.60	6.30	$5.95	11.8%	438	0.52	3.2K
$245.00	Sep 25	1.27	1.70	$1.49	28.9%	359	0.31	865
$235.00	Oct 16	1.00	1.25	$1.13	22.1%	305	0.15	2.1K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 1 strikes (avg 95.8%, max 95.8%)

CALLS (0)

No calls found

PUTS (1)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$247.50	Sep 18	Oct 2	40.2%	20.5%	95.8%	663	1.3K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 91 found (best R:R 21.73, avg 7.45)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$275.00	Oct 23	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	13%	21.73	$270.22
$240.00	$250.00	Oct 23	$6.15	$3.85	$6.15	74%	0.63	$246.15
$245.00	$250.00	Oct 16	$2.62	$2.38	$2.62	63%	0.91	$247.62
$255.00	$260.00	Oct 23	$1.39	$3.61	$1.39	38%	2.60	$256.39
$255.00	$257.50	Oct 2	$0.45	$2.05	$0.45	29%	4.56	$255.45

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$250.00	Oct 9	$2.87	$2.13	$2.87	68%	0.74	$252.13
$255.00	$252.50	Oct 2	$1.52	$0.98	$1.52	72%	0.64	$253.48
$242.50	$240.00	Oct 2	$0.38	$2.12	$0.38	26%	5.58	$242.12
$230.00	$220.00	Oct 23	$0.38	$9.62	$0.38	10%	25.32	$229.62
$225.00	$220.00	Oct 30	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	7%	26.78	$224.82

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 68 found (best R:R 0.20, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$252.50	$255.00	Oct 2	$1.04	$1.04	$1.46	62%	0.71	$253.54
$275.00	$280.00	Oct 23	$0.43	$0.43	$4.57	90%	0.09	$275.43
$250.00	$255.00	Oct 16	$2.20	$2.20	$2.80	51%	0.79	$252.20
$265.00	$270.00	Oct 9	$0.51	$0.51	$4.49	87%	0.11	$265.51
$280.00	$290.00	Oct 23	$0.29	$0.29	$9.71	95%	0.03	$280.29

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$235.00	$230.00	Oct 23	$0.84	$0.84	$4.16	82%	0.20	$234.16
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 30	$1.29	$1.29	$3.71	71%	0.35	$238.71
$240.00	$235.00	Oct 9	$0.85	$0.85	$4.15	78%	0.20	$239.15
$240.00	$237.50	Oct 2	$0.52	$0.52	$1.98	80%	0.26	$239.48
$230.00	$225.00	Oct 30	$0.55	$0.55	$4.45	88%	0.12	$229.45

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

No setups found for this strategy

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 62 found (cheapest 0.57% of stock, avg 5.21%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$247.50	Sep 18	$1.33	$0.08	$1.41	$246.09	$248.91	0.57%
$250.00	Sep 18	$0.08	$1.44	$1.52	$248.48	$251.52	0.61%
$252.50	Sep 18	$0.01	$3.83	$3.84	$248.66	$256.34	1.55%
$245.00	Sep 18	$3.90	$0.01	$3.91	$241.09	$248.91	1.58%
$247.50	Sep 25	$3.75	$2.46	$6.21	$241.29	$253.71	2.50%
$255.00	Sep 18	$0.01	$6.38	$6.39	$248.61	$261.39	2.57%
$250.00	Sep 25	$2.60	$3.78	$6.38	$243.62	$256.38	2.57%
$252.50	Sep 25	$1.79	$5.40	$7.19	$245.31	$259.69	2.90%
$245.00	Sep 25	$5.73	$1.49	$7.22	$237.78	$252.22	2.91%
$255.00	Sep 25	$1.08	$7.23	$8.31	$246.69	$263.31	3.35%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 136 found (cheapest 0.06% of stock, avg 1.77%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$250.00	$247.50	Sep 18	$0.08	$0.08	$0.16	$247.34	$250.16
$270.00	$230.00	Oct 9	$0.40	$0.34	$0.74	$229.26	$270.74
$260.00	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.41	$0.34	$0.75	$236.75	$260.75
$260.00	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.41	$0.50	$0.91	$239.09	$260.91
$257.50	$237.50	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.34	$1.01	$236.49	$258.51
$270.00	$235.00	Oct 9	$0.40	$0.72	$1.12	$233.88	$271.12
$257.50	$240.00	Sep 25	$0.67	$0.50	$1.17	$238.83	$258.67
$265.00	$230.00	Oct 9	$0.91	$0.34	$1.25	$228.75	$266.25
$270.00	$230.00	Oct 16	$0.71	$0.64	$1.35	$228.65	$271.35
$260.00	$242.50	Sep 25	$0.41	$0.98	$1.39	$241.11	$261.39

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 112 found (best R:R 0.45, avg credit $0.98)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
238/240	262/265	Oct 2	$0.78	$1.72	68%	0.45	$239.22	$263.28
230/232	262/265	Oct 2	$0.43	$2.07	82%	0.21	$232.07	$262.93
225/228	262/265	Sep 25	$0.22	$2.28	90%	0.10	$227.28	$262.72
238/240	260/262	Oct 2	$0.88	$1.62	63%	0.54	$239.12	$260.88
230/232	260/262	Oct 2	$0.53	$1.97	77%	0.27	$231.97	$260.53
242/245	262/265	Oct 2	$1.12	$1.38	53%	0.81	$243.88	$263.62
235/238	262/265	Oct 2	$0.54	$1.96	75%	0.28	$236.96	$263.04
235/238	262/265	Sep 25	$0.31	$2.19	84%	0.14	$237.19	$262.81
242/245	260/262	Oct 2	$1.22	$1.28	48%	0.95	$243.78	$261.22
225/228	252/255	Sep 25	$0.81	$1.69	64%	0.48	$226.69	$253.31

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 109 found (best R:R 7.40, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$200.00	$220.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$2.38	$17.62	28%	7.40
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Sep 18	$1.32	$1.18	89%	0.89
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Sep 18	$1.18	$1.32	84%	1.12
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 16	$0.42	$4.58	27%	10.90
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 9	$0.10	$4.90	14%	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Sep 18	$1.03	$1.47	81%	1.43
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Sep 18	$1.29	$1.21	88%	0.94
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Oct 9	$0.53	$4.47	31%	8.43
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 30	$0.12	$4.88	16%	40.67
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Oct 16	$0.13	$4.87	16%	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 157 found (best net $-11.07, 129 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$200.00	$220.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$11.07	$8.93
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 23	-$0.40	$9.60
$250.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.76	$4.24
$255.00	$260.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.26	$4.74
$245.00	$250.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$1.97	$3.03

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$275.00	$265.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$6.52	$3.48
$250.00	$245.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.70	$4.30
$255.00	$252.50	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.28	$1.22
$245.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 9	-$0.10	$4.90
$245.00	$240.00	1:2	Oct 16	-$0.50	$4.50

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 42 found (best yield 2.74%, avg 0.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Oct 30	$6.80	0.49	0.7%	2.74%	3.45%	94	40
$255.00	Oct 30	$4.80	0.40	2.7%	1.93%	4.66%	18	285
$260.00	Oct 30	$3.30	0.30	4.7%	1.33%	6.07%	31	57
$250.00	Oct 23	$5.85	0.49	0.7%	2.36%	3.07%	9	45
$255.00	Oct 23	$3.80	0.38	2.7%	1.53%	4.25%	2	54
$250.00	Oct 16	$5.20	0.49	0.7%	2.09%	2.80%	585	673
$265.00	Oct 30	$2.12	0.22	6.8%	0.85%	7.61%	24	30
$260.00	Oct 23	$2.42	0.28	4.7%	0.97%	5.71%	82	62
$255.00	Oct 16	$3.20	0.35	2.7%	1.29%	4.01%	387	524
$250.00	Oct 9	$4.30	0.48	0.7%	1.73%	2.44%	206	128

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 21,701

Total Puts 13,165

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 8,536

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,613

Total Puts 19,611

Put/Call Ratio 1.85

Net Difference -8,998

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 140,987

Total Puts 169,004

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.32

Ratio Trend Falling

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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