Tour v490
MCD
MCDONALDS CORP
$266.86 +0.61%
(8/4 09:35) ◀
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:40am) 4,760
Calls: 3,197 (67%)
Puts: 1,563 (33%)
Prior (06/26) 1,186
Calls: 570 (48%)
Puts: 616 (52%)
Current vs Prior +301.35%
Calls: +460.88% (Calls)
Puts: +153.73% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 123,777
Calls: 73,237 (59%)
Puts: 50,540 (41%)
Prior 7-Day Average 24,755
Calls: 10,462 (59%)
Puts: 7,220 (41%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -80.77%
Calls: -69.44%
Puts: -78.35%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:40am) $1.55M
Calls: $935.9K (60%)
Puts: $614.0K (40%)
Prior (06/26) $895.3K
Calls: $183.5K (20%)
Puts: $711.8K (80%)
Current vs Prior +73.11%
Calls: +410.06%
Puts: -13.74%
Prior 7-Day Total $49.60M
Calls: $27.35M (55%)
Puts: $22.25M (45%)
Prior 7-Day Average $9.92M
Calls: $3.91M (55%)
Puts: $3.18M (45%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -84.38%
Calls: -76.05%
Puts: -80.68%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:40am) 0.49
Prior (06/26) 1.08
Current vs Prior -54.76%
Prior 7-Day Average 0.72
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -32.28%
Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 9:40am) 282,855
Calls: 166,859 (59%)
Puts: 115,996 (41%)
Prior (06/26) 222,651
Calls: 128,778 (58%)
Puts: 93,873 (42%)
Current vs Prior +27.04%
Prior 7-Day Total 1,192,381
Calls: 670,915 (56%)
Puts: 521,466 (44%)
Prior 7-Day Average 238,476
Calls: 134,183 (56%)
Puts: 104,293 (44%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +18.61%
Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail
ℹ
Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 3.19% | 4.63%5.14% | 7.90%
Prior 4.28% | 5.24%5.84% | 8.34%
Current vs Prior -25.38% | -11.62%-11.96% | -5.29%
Prior 7-Day Avg 2.89% | 3.83%5.30% | 8.33%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.42% | +20.88%-3.01% | -5.16%
Prior 7-Day Eod 4.28% | 5.24%5.97% | 8.52%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -25.38% | -11.62%-13.85% | -7.30%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 28.27% | 58.45%
Calls: 31.19% | 34.48%
Puts: 25.35% | 82.42%
Prior 7.47% | 12.86%
Calls: 9.09% | 17.27%
Puts: 5.85% | 8.45%
Current vs Prior +278.45% | +354.51%
Prior 7-Day Avg 24.82% | 13.58%
Calls: 20.02% | 15.06%
Puts: 29.62% | 12.09%
Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.91% | +330.41%
Liquidity Expensive
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Moderately bullish flow with 60% call dollar volume ($935.9K). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 73% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 301% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.49 - heavy call buying (3,197 calls vs 1,563 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH
Retail Flow BULLISH
Overall BULLISH
Dollar Volume
Option Volume
Put/Call Ratio
Open Interest
Expected Move
Current BULLISH
Prior BEARISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Current BULLISH
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BULLISH
Prior NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BULLISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Sentiment Timeline (Today)
TimeSmart MoneyRetailOverall
09:40BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH
09:35BULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads
💰 Best Value Under $1
📊 High Delta (ITM)
🔥 High Volume
⏰ Backwardation
📈 Debit Spreads
📉 Credit Spreads
📅 Calendar Spreads
⚡ Straddles
🔀 Strangles
🦅 Iron Condors
🦋 Butterflies
⚖️ Ratio Spreads
🛡️ Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 25 of results (avg 7.9%, best 5.1%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$215.00Aug 2151.9554.65$53.305.1%--0.9930
$220.00Aug 2146.9549.70$48.335.7%--0.9935
$225.00Aug 2141.9544.70$43.336.3%--0.9916
$220.00Sep 1846.6549.95$48.306.8%--1.0011
$230.00Aug 736.5039.30$37.907.4%--1.0015
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$315.00Sep 1847.0049.70$48.355.6%--0.9598
$320.00Sep 1851.8054.80$53.305.6%--0.97204
$310.00Sep 1842.2045.00$43.606.4%--0.94917
$305.00Aug 736.2538.90$37.587.1%51.009
$305.00Sep 1837.3040.10$38.707.2%--0.92425

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. 85 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$240.00Aug 726.5529.30$27.939.8%--1.0013
$230.00Aug 736.5039.30$37.907.4%--1.0015
$220.00Sep 1846.6549.95$48.306.8%--1.0011
$245.00Aug 721.5524.35$22.9512.2%10.996
$220.00Aug 2146.9549.70$48.335.7%--0.9935
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$280.00Aug 711.1514.40$12.7825.4%--1.00233
$285.00Aug 716.0019.40$17.7019.2%--1.0093
$295.00Aug 725.9028.75$27.3310.4%31.003
$300.00Aug 730.9034.00$32.459.6%11.00--
$302.50Aug 733.4536.30$34.888.2%51.009

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 139 active (total vol 4.0K, top 521)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$280.00Aug 70.290.41$0.3534.3%5210.083.6K
$270.00Aug 72.002.75$2.3831.5%4390.401.3K
$275.00Aug 70.851.10$0.9825.5%2080.20937
$295.00Aug 70.010.02$0.0250.0%1900.01938
$290.00Sep 182.002.50$2.2522.2%1030.184.9K
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$262.50Aug 71.241.60$1.4225.4%3120.281.7K
$250.00Aug 70.080.14$0.1154.5%1560.032.0K
$260.00Aug 70.841.24$1.0438.5%1330.201.1K
$265.00Aug 72.002.76$2.3831.9%1050.38827
$267.50Aug 73.104.00$3.5525.4%930.50658

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 58 strikes (avg 60.7%, max 333.3%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$315.00Aug 7Sep 18118.8%27.4%333.3%--514
$320.00Aug 7Sep 1868.0%27.1%150.7%--1.3K
$230.00Aug 7Sep 1857.2%26.8%113.4%--27
$305.00Aug 7Sep 1854.2%26.3%106.0%33.2K
$310.00Aug 7Sep 1851.5%26.7%93.3%153.6K
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$220.00Aug 7Sep 1872.2%27.3%164.6%--196
$225.00Aug 7Sep 1864.7%26.4%145.4%6234
$230.00Aug 7Sep 1857.2%26.8%113.4%--1.1K
$305.00Aug 7Sep 1854.2%26.3%106.0%5434
$235.00Aug 7Sep 1846.4%26.7%73.9%31527

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 124 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 8.12)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$300.00$305.00Aug 21$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$300.10
$305.00$310.00Aug 21$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$305.10
$310.00$315.00Sep 18$0.14$4.86$0.1434.71$310.14
$315.00$320.00Sep 18$0.18$4.82$0.1826.78$315.18
$282.50$285.00Aug 7$0.12$2.38$0.1219.83$282.62
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$240.00$235.00Aug 21$0.10$4.90$0.1049.00$239.90
$225.00$220.00Sep 18$0.11$4.89$0.1144.45$224.89
$240.00$235.00Aug 14$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$239.87
$235.00$230.00Aug 21$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$234.87
$235.00$230.00Sep 4$0.17$4.83$0.1728.41$234.83

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 172 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 3.45)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$230.00$240.00Aug 21$9.85$9.85$0.1565.67$239.85
$230.00$235.00Sep 18$4.85$4.85$0.1532.33$234.85
$220.00$230.00Sep 18$9.60$9.60$0.4024.00$229.60
$250.00$255.00Aug 7$4.77$4.77$0.2320.74$254.77
$240.00$245.00Aug 21$4.73$4.73$0.2717.52$244.73
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$310.00$305.00Sep 18$4.90$4.90$0.1049.00$305.10
$302.50$285.00Aug 14$17.10$17.10$0.4042.75$285.40
$295.00$285.00Aug 7$9.63$9.63$0.3726.03$285.37
$290.00$285.00Aug 21$4.77$4.77$0.2320.74$285.23
$315.00$310.00Sep 18$4.75$4.75$0.2519.00$310.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 55 found (avg debit $0.95, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$300.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.0641.0%31.0%
$305.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.0754.2%36.5%
$235.00Aug 28Sep 18$0.1233.0%26.7%
$297.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.1652.8%35.5%
$290.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.2541.0%30.2%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$225.00Aug 7Aug 21$0.0864.7%35.9%
$235.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.1346.4%38.7%
$300.00Aug 7Aug 21$0.1541.0%30.7%
$302.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.1762.8%54.8%
$245.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.1838.7%30.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 85 found (cheapest 2.66% of stock, avg 8.31%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$267.50Aug 7$3.55$3.55$7.10$260.40$274.602.66%
$270.00Aug 7$2.38$4.88$7.26$262.74$277.262.72%
$265.00Aug 7$4.97$2.38$7.35$257.65$272.352.75%
$272.50Aug 7$1.71$6.60$8.31$264.19$280.813.11%
$262.50Aug 7$7.15$1.42$8.57$253.93$271.073.21%
$275.00Aug 7$0.98$8.63$9.61$265.39$284.613.60%
$260.00Aug 7$8.95$1.04$9.99$250.01$269.993.74%
$267.50Aug 14$5.28$5.10$10.38$257.12$277.883.89%
$270.00Aug 14$4.55$6.23$10.78$259.22$280.784.04%
$277.50Aug 7$0.66$10.45$11.11$266.39$288.614.16%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 156 found (cheapest 0.35% of stock, avg 2.43%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$280.00$257.50Aug 7$0.35$0.58$0.93$256.57$280.93
$277.50$257.50Aug 7$0.66$0.58$1.24$256.26$278.74
$280.00$260.00Aug 7$0.35$1.04$1.39$258.61$281.39
$275.00$257.50Aug 7$0.98$0.58$1.56$255.94$276.56
$277.50$260.00Aug 7$0.66$1.04$1.70$258.30$279.20
$280.00$262.50Aug 7$0.35$1.42$1.77$260.73$281.77
$275.00$260.00Aug 7$0.98$1.04$2.02$257.98$277.02
$277.50$262.50Aug 7$0.66$1.42$2.08$260.42$279.58
$272.50$257.50Aug 7$1.71$0.58$2.29$255.21$274.79
$275.00$262.50Aug 7$0.98$1.42$2.40$260.10$277.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 291 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $2.43)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
245/248250/255Aug 7$4.88$0.1240.67$242.62$254.88
230/235240/245Aug 21$4.86$0.1434.71$230.14$244.86
265/268272/275Aug 14$2.40$0.1024.00$265.10$274.90
260/265270/275Sep 4$4.80$0.2024.00$260.20$274.80
245/248255/258Aug 7$2.38$0.1219.83$245.12$257.38
255/258262/265Aug 7$2.38$0.1219.83$255.12$264.88
250/252265/268Aug 14$2.38$0.1219.83$250.12$267.38
225/230235/240Sep 18$4.75$0.2519.00$225.25$239.75
252/255262/265Aug 7$2.36$0.1416.86$252.64$264.86
248/250255/258Aug 21$2.35$0.1515.67$247.65$257.35

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 118 found (best R:R 70.43, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$305.00$310.00$315.00Aug 21$0.11$4.8944.45
$305.00$310.00$315.00Sep 18$0.11$4.8944.45
$282.50$285.00$287.50Aug 7$0.06$2.4440.67
$245.00$247.50$250.00Aug 7$0.07$2.4334.71
$250.00$255.00$260.00Sep 18$0.15$4.8532.33
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$265.00$270.00$275.00Sep 18$0.07$4.9370.43
$215.00$220.00$225.00Aug 21$0.08$4.9261.50
$225.00$230.00$235.00Aug 28$0.09$4.9154.56
$225.00$230.00$235.00Sep 18$0.10$4.9049.00
$225.00$230.00$235.00Aug 21$0.11$4.8944.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 158 found (best net $-0.85, 142 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$280.00$290.001:2Sep 11-$0.26$9.74
$315.00$320.001:2Aug 21-$0.02$4.98
$305.00$310.001:2Aug 21-$0.03$4.97
$315.00$320.001:2Sep 18-$0.12$4.88
$300.00$305.001:2Aug 21-$0.13$4.87
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$302.50$285.001:2Aug 14-$0.85$16.65
$225.00$220.001:2Aug 7-$0.01$4.99
$230.00$225.001:2Aug 7-$0.01$4.99
$235.00$230.001:2Aug 7-$0.01$4.99
$240.00$235.001:2Aug 7-$0.01$4.99

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 57 found (best yield 2.59%, avg 0.70%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$270.00Sep 18$6.900.461.2%2.59%3.76%8905
$270.00Sep 4$6.000.471.2%2.25%3.43%--30
$267.50Aug 21$5.600.510.2%2.10%2.34%--188
$270.00Aug 28$5.500.471.2%2.06%3.24%374
$275.00Sep 18$5.400.383.0%2.02%5.07%381.2K
$270.00Aug 21$4.800.451.2%1.80%2.98%603.0K
$267.50Aug 14$4.600.510.2%1.72%1.96%--70
$280.00Sep 18$3.950.314.9%1.48%6.40%261.1K
$275.00Sep 4$3.700.363.0%1.39%4.44%--11
$272.50Aug 21$3.300.392.1%1.24%3.35%1215

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,197
Total Puts 1,563
Put/Call Ratio 0.49
Net Difference 1,634

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 570
Total Puts 616
Put/Call Ratio 1.08
Net Difference -46

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 73,237
Total Puts 50,540
Average Put/Call Ratio 0.72
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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