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MCDONALDS CORP

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as of 10/26 06:39 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (10/26) 28,182

Calls: 20,882 (74%)

Puts: 7,300 (26%)

Prior (10/23) 32,024

Calls: 21,506 (67%)

Puts: 10,518 (33%)

Current vs Prior -12.00%

Calls: -2.90% (Calls)

Puts: -30.60% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 262,599

Calls: 191,952 (73%)

Puts: 70,647 (27%)

Prior 7-Day Average 37,514

Calls: 27,421 (73%)

Puts: 10,092 (27%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -24.88%

Calls: -23.85%

Puts: -27.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (10/26) $19.81M

Calls: $16.55M (84%)

Puts: $3.26M (16%)

Prior (10/23) $22.10M

Calls: $14.60M (66%)

Puts: $7.51M (34%)

Current vs Prior -10.35%

Calls: +13.40%

Puts: -56.53%

Prior 7-Day Total $152.59M

Calls: $114.03M (75%)

Puts: $38.56M (25%)

Prior 7-Day Average $21.80M

Calls: $16.29M (75%)

Puts: $5.51M (25%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -9.11%

Calls: +1.60%

Puts: -40.77%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (10/26) 0.35

Prior (10/23) 0.49

Current vs Prior -28.52%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.38

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -8.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (10/26) 307,635

Calls: 211,866 (69%)

Puts: 95,769 (31%)

Prior (10/23) 303,398

Calls: 203,718 (67%)

Puts: 99,680 (33%)

Current vs Prior +1.40%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,338,852

Calls: 1,582,186 (68%)

Puts: 756,666 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 334,121

Calls: 226,026 (68%)

Puts: 108,095 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -7.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (10/30) | Next (11/06)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 2.67% | 4.66%5.94% | 8.32%

Prior 2.83% | 4.80%6.00% | 8.44%

Current vs Prior -5.59% | -3.02%-1.01% | -1.37%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.41% | 3.73%4.90% | 8.18%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.92% | +24.99%+21.21% | +1.71%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.83% | 4.80%6.00% | 8.44%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -5.59% | -3.02%-1.01% | -1.37%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

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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Strong bullish conviction with 84% of dollar volume in calls ($16.55M) vs puts ($3.26M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.35 - heavy call buying (20,882 calls vs 7,300 puts). P/C ratio dropping 29% - sentiment shifting bullish. Call-heavy open interest (211,866 calls vs 95,769 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 25 of results (avg 8.3%, best 5.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Nov 20	39.90	42.30	$41.10	5.8%	1	0.98	39
$250.00	Nov 20	7.40	7.85	$7.63	5.9%	304	0.53	5.1K
$210.00	Nov 27	39.90	42.55	$41.22	6.4%	1	0.98	8
$260.00	Nov 20	3.25	3.50	$3.38	7.4%	306	0.31	3.0K
$220.00	Nov 20	30.15	32.50	$31.33	7.5%	3	0.96	156

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Nov 20	43.55	46.00	$44.78	5.5%	110	1.00	--
$270.00	Nov 27	19.45	20.90	$20.17	7.2%	2	0.83	2
$230.00	Nov 20	0.81	0.88	$0.85	8.2%	171	0.10	2.3K
$280.00	Nov 20	28.55	31.15	$29.85	8.7%	1	0.94	--
$245.00	Nov 20	3.80	4.15	$3.98	8.8%	22	0.35	1.4K

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.57, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 30	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	4.8K	0.09	825
$270.00	Nov 6	0.46	0.51	$0.49	10.2%	77	0.08	193
$275.00	Nov 27	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	21	0.11	47

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Nov 20	0.30	0.35	$0.32	15.6%	48	0.04	2.6K
$225.00	Nov 20	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	76	0.07	2.1K
$230.00	Nov 20	0.81	0.88	$0.85	8.2%	171	0.10	2.3K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 60 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Oct 30	24.05	26.45	$25.25	9.5%	1	1.00	14
$230.00	Oct 30	19.05	21.45	$20.25	11.9%	1	1.00	--
$232.50	Oct 30	16.55	19.25	$17.90	15.1%	1	1.00	--
$210.00	Nov 20	39.90	42.30	$41.10	5.8%	1	0.98	39
$210.00	Nov 27	39.90	42.55	$41.22	6.4%	1	0.98	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Nov 20	43.55	46.00	$44.78	5.5%	110	1.00	--
$265.00	Oct 30	13.80	15.95	$14.88	14.4%	2	0.97	--
$280.00	Nov 20	28.55	31.15	$29.85	8.7%	1	0.94	--
$260.00	Oct 30	9.00	10.80	$9.90	18.2%	2	0.91	--
$270.00	Nov 20	19.10	21.15	$20.13	10.2%	3	0.86	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 183 active (total vol 18.9K, top 4.8K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Oct 30	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	4.8K	0.09	825
$255.00	Oct 30	1.02	1.19	$1.11	15.3%	1.7K	0.27	2.0K
$250.00	Oct 30	2.73	3.40	$3.07	21.8%	861	0.54	2.2K
$250.00	Nov 6	5.35	6.00	$5.68	11.4%	627	0.53	1.5K
$260.00	Nov 6	1.75	2.14	$1.95	20.0%	606	0.25	738

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Oct 30	0.60	0.92	$0.76	42.1%	747	0.20	414
$250.00	Oct 30	1.98	2.89	$2.44	37.3%	422	0.46	202
$247.50	Oct 30	1.14	1.60	$1.37	33.6%	409	0.32	183
$242.50	Oct 30	0.31	0.43	$0.37	32.4%	390	0.11	258
$240.00	Oct 30	0.15	0.24	$0.20	45.0%	343	0.06	499

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 8.0%, max 11.3%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	26.1%	23.4%	11.3%	868	2.4K
$245.00	Oct 30	Nov 27	26.0%	23.4%	11.0%	155	954
$255.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	26.8%	25.2%	6.3%	1.7K	2.0K
$247.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	25.4%	24.6%	3.4%	109	694

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	26.0%	23.4%	11.3%	757	446
$250.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	26.1%	23.4%	11.3%	434	349
$255.00	Oct 30	Dec 4	26.8%	25.2%	6.3%	32	143
$247.50	Oct 30	Nov 20	25.4%	24.6%	3.4%	453	299

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 107 found (best R:R 0.62, avg 7.17)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$240.00	$245.00	Nov 20	$3.08	$1.92	$3.08	76%	0.62	$243.08
$237.50	$240.00	Nov 6	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	85%	0.52	$239.15
$240.00	$250.00	Dec 4	$5.97	$4.03	$5.97	71%	0.68	$245.97
$237.50	$240.00	Nov 20	$1.65	$0.85	$1.65	80%	0.52	$239.15
$270.00	$275.00	Nov 6	$0.14	$4.86	$0.14	8%	34.71	$270.14

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$252.50	$250.00	Nov 20	$1.05	$1.45	$1.05	53%	1.38	$251.45
$252.50	$250.00	Oct 30	$1.19	$1.31	$1.19	61%	1.10	$251.31
$240.00	$235.00	Dec 4	$1.07	$3.93	$1.07	29%	3.67	$238.93
$230.00	$227.50	Nov 20	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	10%	15.67	$229.85
$240.00	$237.50	Nov 20	$0.48	$2.02	$0.48	25%	4.21	$239.52

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 84 found (best R:R 0.08, avg 0.28)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$255.00	$257.50	Oct 30	$0.63	$0.63	$1.87	73%	0.34	$255.63
$275.00	$280.00	Nov 20	$0.43	$0.43	$4.57	90%	0.09	$275.43
$257.50	$260.00	Nov 20	$0.97	$0.97	$1.53	63%	0.63	$258.47
$255.00	$260.00	Nov 27	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	57%	0.64	$256.95
$265.00	$270.00	Dec 4	$1.06	$1.06	$3.94	76%	0.27	$266.06

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$225.00	$215.00	Dec 4	$0.71	$0.71	$9.29	90%	0.08	$224.29
$250.00	$247.50	Nov 20	$1.33	$1.33	$1.17	53%	1.14	$248.67
$235.00	$230.00	Dec 4	$1.01	$1.01	$3.99	78%	0.25	$233.99
$250.00	$245.00	Dec 4	$2.35	$2.35	$2.65	51%	0.89	$247.65
$235.00	$230.00	Nov 13	$0.62	$0.62	$4.38	86%	0.14	$234.38

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $2.43, cheapest $2.26)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$2.61	26.1%	29.1%
$252.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$2.56	26.7%	30.6%
$247.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$2.47	25.4%	29.7%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Oct 30	Nov 6	$2.26	26.1%	29.1%
$252.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$2.37	26.7%	30.6%
$247.50	Oct 30	Nov 6	$2.31	25.4%	29.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 50 found (cheapest 2.20% of stock, avg 5.93%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$250.00	Oct 30	$3.07	$2.44	$5.51	$244.49	$255.51	2.20%
$252.50	Oct 30	$1.89	$3.63	$5.52	$246.98	$258.02	2.20%
$247.50	Oct 30	$4.68	$1.37	$6.05	$241.45	$253.55	2.41%
$255.00	Oct 30	$1.11	$5.45	$6.56	$248.44	$261.56	2.62%
$245.00	Oct 30	$6.55	$0.76	$7.31	$237.69	$252.31	2.91%
$242.50	Oct 30	$8.25	$0.37	$8.62	$233.88	$251.12	3.44%
$260.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$9.90	$10.20	$249.80	$270.20	4.07%
$250.00	Nov 6	$5.68	$4.70	$10.38	$239.62	$260.38	4.14%
$252.50	Nov 6	$4.45	$6.00	$10.45	$242.05	$262.95	4.17%
$247.50	Nov 6	$7.15	$3.68	$10.83	$236.67	$258.33	4.32%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 150 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 2.28%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$262.50	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.20	$0.43	$239.57	$262.93
$260.00	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.20	$0.50	$239.50	$260.50
$262.50	$242.50	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.37	$0.60	$241.90	$263.10
$260.00	$242.50	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.37	$0.67	$241.83	$260.67
$257.50	$240.00	Oct 30	$0.48	$0.20	$0.68	$239.32	$258.18
$257.50	$242.50	Oct 30	$0.48	$0.37	$0.85	$241.65	$258.35
$275.00	$230.00	Nov 13	$0.52	$0.59	$1.11	$228.89	$276.11
$262.50	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.23	$0.76	$0.99	$244.01	$263.49
$260.00	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.30	$0.76	$1.06	$243.94	$261.06
$257.50	$245.00	Oct 30	$0.48	$0.76	$1.24	$243.76	$258.74

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 195 found (best R:R 0.41, avg credit $0.96)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
222/225	260/262	Nov 6	$0.73	$1.77	71%	0.41	$224.27	$260.73
235/238	268/270	Nov 20	$0.96	$1.54	61%	0.62	$236.54	$268.46
205/210	275/280	Nov 6	$0.35	$4.65	92%	0.08	$209.65	$275.35
222/225	258/260	Nov 6	$0.86	$1.64	64%	0.52	$224.14	$258.36
230/232	268/270	Nov 20	$0.75	$1.75	69%	0.43	$231.75	$268.25
230/232	260/262	Nov 6	$0.80	$1.70	66%	0.47	$231.70	$260.80
235/238	260/262	Nov 20	$1.25	$1.25	48%	1.00	$236.25	$261.25
222/225	262/265	Nov 6	$0.53	$1.97	77%	0.27	$224.47	$263.03
222/225	265/268	Nov 6	$0.41	$2.09	82%	0.20	$224.59	$265.41
235/238	265/268	Nov 20	$1.01	$1.49	57%	0.68	$236.49	$266.01

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 95 found (best R:R 4.49, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Nov 27	$0.27	$4.73	20%	17.52
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Dec 4	$0.15	$4.85	15%	32.33
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Nov 13	$0.45	$4.55	24%	10.11
$252.50	$255.00	$257.50	Oct 30	$0.15	$2.35	25%	15.67
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Nov 13	$0.41	$4.59	19%	11.20

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$250.00	$260.00	$270.00	Nov 27	$1.82	$8.18	36%	4.49
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Dec 4	$0.06	$4.94	14%	82.33
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Oct 30	$0.12	$2.38	29%	19.83
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Nov 13	$0.19	$4.81	14%	25.32
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Dec 4	$0.38	$4.62	20%	12.16

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 123 found (best net $-3.18, 111 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$210.00	$230.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$3.18	$16.82
$235.00	$245.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$3.90	$6.10
$240.00	$250.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$2.58	$7.42
$255.00	$260.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.98	$4.02
$260.00	$265.00	1:2	Nov 13	-$0.50	$4.50

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.50	$9.50
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$4.17	$5.83
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$4.63	$5.37
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$1.00	$4.00
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Dec 4	-$3.61	$6.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 41 found (best yield 2.21%, avg 0.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$255.00	Dec 4	$5.55	0.42	1.7%	2.21%	3.88%	12	12
$255.00	Nov 27	$5.30	0.43	1.7%	2.11%	3.78%	47	146
$252.50	Nov 20	$6.05	0.47	0.7%	2.41%	3.08%	60	80
$255.00	Nov 20	$4.90	0.42	1.7%	1.95%	3.62%	189	1.9K
$260.00	Dec 4	$3.70	0.32	3.7%	1.48%	5.13%	13	6
$257.50	Nov 20	$4.15	0.37	2.7%	1.65%	4.31%	101	116
$260.00	Nov 27	$3.45	0.32	3.7%	1.38%	5.03%	15	200
$260.00	Nov 20	$3.25	0.31	3.7%	1.30%	4.95%	306	3.0K
$265.00	Dec 4	$2.49	0.24	5.7%	0.99%	6.64%	19	53
$255.00	Nov 13	$4.05	0.40	1.7%	1.61%	3.28%	35	306

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 20,882

Total Puts 7,300

Put/Call Ratio 0.35

Net Difference 13,582

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 21,506

Total Puts 10,518

Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Net Difference 10,988

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 191,952

Total Puts 70,647

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Earnings - Day Before / Day After

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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