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MCDONALDS CORP

$266.52 +0.49%

(8/4 09:40) ◀

Tuesday, August 4, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 9:45am) 10,135

Calls: 6,524 (64%)

Puts: 3,611 (36%)

Prior (06/26) 1,705

Calls: 728 (43%)

Puts: 977 (57%)

Current vs Prior +494.43%

Calls: +796.15% (Calls)

Puts: +269.60% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 128,537

Calls: 76,434 (59%)

Puts: 52,103 (41%)

Prior 7-Day Average 21,422

Calls: 10,919 (59%)

Puts: 7,443 (41%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -52.69%

Calls: -40.25%

Puts: -51.49%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/04 9:45am) $2.57M

Calls: $1.51M (59%)

Puts: $1.06M (41%)

Prior (06/26) $1.30M

Calls: $245.6K (19%)

Puts: $1.05M (81%)

Current vs Prior +98.31%

Calls: +516.75%

Puts: +0.56%

Prior 7-Day Total $51.15M

Calls: $28.29M (55%)

Puts: $22.86M (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.52M

Calls: $4.04M (55%)

Puts: $3.27M (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -69.83%

Calls: -62.52%

Puts: -67.62%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 9:45am) 0.55

Prior (06/26) 1.34

Current vs Prior -58.76%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.68

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -18.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 9:45am) 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 1,475,236

Calls: 837,774 (57%)

Puts: 637,462 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 245,872

Calls: 139,629 (57%)

Puts: 106,243 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 3.03% | 4.26%5.10% | 8.07%

Prior 4.28% | 5.24%5.84% | 8.34%

Current vs Prior -29.14% | -18.60%-12.68% | -3.24%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.89% | 3.83%5.30% | 8.33%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.85% | +11.33%-3.80% | -3.10%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.28% | 5.24%5.97% | 8.52%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -29.14% | -18.60%-14.56% | -5.28%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 34.14% | 48.41%

Calls: 32.56% | 47.07%

Puts: 35.71% | 49.74%

Prior 7.47% | 12.86%

Calls: 9.09% | 17.27%

Puts: 5.85% | 8.45%

Current vs Prior +357.03% | +276.44%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.82% | 13.58%

Calls: 20.02% | 15.06%

Puts: 29.62% | 12.09%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +37.56% | +256.48%

Liquidity Expensive

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Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 98% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 494% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.55. P/C ratio dropping 59% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 23 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Aug 21	50.80	53.10	$51.95	4.4%	--	0.99	30
$220.00	Aug 21	45.55	48.25	$46.90	5.8%	--	0.99	35
$220.00	Sep 18	45.95	49.20	$47.58	6.8%	--	1.00	11
$230.00	Sep 18	36.05	38.65	$37.35	7.0%	--	0.96	12
$230.00	Aug 21	35.50	38.20	$36.85	7.3%	--	0.98	18

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Sep 18	48.35	51.25	$49.80	5.8%	--	0.95	98
$310.00	Sep 18	43.55	46.40	$44.97	6.3%	--	0.95	917
$300.00	Sep 18	34.05	36.45	$35.25	6.8%	--	0.90	609
$305.00	Sep 18	38.60	41.40	$40.00	7.0%	--	0.92	425
$302.50	Aug 7	34.85	37.55	$36.20	7.5%	5	1.00	9

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.93, cheapest $0.93)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 7	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	230	0.20	1.1K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 84 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Aug 7	25.00	27.70	$26.35	10.2%	--	1.00	13
$220.00	Sep 18	45.95	49.20	$47.58	6.8%	--	1.00	11
$230.00	Aug 7	35.00	37.80	$36.40	7.7%	--	1.00	15
$245.00	Aug 7	20.20	22.75	$21.48	11.9%	1	0.99	6
$220.00	Aug 21	45.55	48.25	$46.90	5.8%	--	0.99	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Aug 7	27.45	30.30	$28.88	9.9%	3	1.00	3
$300.00	Aug 7	32.35	35.00	$33.67	7.9%	1	1.00	--
$302.50	Aug 7	34.85	37.55	$36.20	7.5%	5	1.00	9
$305.00	Aug 7	36.90	40.15	$38.53	8.4%	5	1.00	9
$282.50	Aug 7	15.10	17.85	$16.48	16.7%	--	0.99	22

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 151 active (total vol 8.9K, top 2.1K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 7	0.21	0.38	$0.30	56.7%	2.1K	0.08	3.6K
$270.00	Aug 7	1.61	2.14	$1.88	28.2%	554	0.35	1.3K
$275.00	Aug 7	0.63	0.99	$0.81	44.4%	417	0.18	937
$272.50	Aug 7	1.06	1.30	$1.18	20.3%	215	0.25	332
$295.00	Aug 7	0.01	0.02	$0.02	50.0%	203	0.01	938

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Aug 7	1.32	1.76	$1.54	28.6%	1.7K	0.29	1.7K
$250.00	Aug 7	0.06	0.16	$0.11	90.9%	241	0.03	2.0K
$260.00	Aug 7	0.85	1.00	$0.93	16.1%	230	0.20	1.1K
$265.00	Aug 7	2.16	2.86	$2.51	27.9%	135	0.41	827
$255.00	Aug 7	0.25	0.41	$0.33	48.5%	117	0.08	939

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 56 strikes (avg 54.1%, max 327.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$315.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	120.2%	28.1%	327.6%	--	514
$230.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	55.7%	26.2%	112.5%	--	27
$310.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	52.3%	26.1%	100.7%	200	3.6K
$305.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	47.1%	27.1%	73.9%	4	3.2K
$292.50	Aug 7	Aug 21	49.1%	29.6%	65.8%	1	480

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$220.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	71.4%	28.7%	149.2%	--	196
$225.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	63.8%	26.3%	142.0%	11	234
$230.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	55.7%	26.2%	112.5%	--	1.1K
$235.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	45.4%	25.9%	75.2%	32	527
$305.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	47.4%	27.1%	74.8%	5	434

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 116 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 6.27)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$310.00	$315.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$310.10
$300.00	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$300.19
$270.00	$272.50	Aug 14	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$270.12
$300.00	$305.00	Sep 4	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	19.83	$300.24
$292.50	$295.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$292.63

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$220.00	$215.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$219.84
$245.00	$240.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$244.82
$240.00	$235.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$239.78
$230.00	$225.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$229.75
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$249.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 164 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 3.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Aug 21	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$239.75
$240.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$4.87	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$244.87
$220.00	$225.00	Aug 21	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$224.85
$235.00	$240.00	Sep 18	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$239.85
$240.00	$245.00	Aug 21	$4.57	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$244.57

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$302.50	$285.00	Aug 14	$17.00	$17.00	$0.50	34.00	$285.50
$315.00	$310.00	Sep 18	$4.83	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$310.17
$275.00	$272.50	Aug 7	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$272.60
$300.00	$295.00	Aug 7	$4.79	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$295.21
$295.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$290.23

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 53 found (avg debit $0.89, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$300.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.06	41.8%	31.9%
$305.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.08	47.1%	36.9%
$235.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	$0.11	32.1%	25.9%
$295.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.15	40.5%	32.9%
$292.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.18	49.1%	33.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$225.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.08	63.8%	35.2%
$235.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.12	45.4%	36.8%
$240.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.12	38.7%	30.3%
$285.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.12	41.2%	31.1%
$295.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.12	40.5%	31.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 84 found (cheapest 2.56% of stock, avg 8.15%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 7	$4.30	$2.51	$6.81	$258.19	$271.81	2.56%
$267.50	Aug 7	$3.21	$3.78	$6.99	$260.51	$274.49	2.62%
$262.50	Aug 7	$5.48	$1.54	$7.02	$255.48	$269.52	2.63%
$270.00	Aug 7	$1.88	$5.82	$7.70	$262.30	$277.70	2.89%
$260.00	Aug 7	$7.35	$0.93	$8.28	$251.72	$268.28	3.11%
$272.50	Aug 7	$1.18	$7.20	$8.38	$264.12	$280.88	3.14%
$265.00	Aug 14	$5.63	$4.08	$9.71	$255.29	$274.71	3.64%
$257.50	Aug 7	$9.30	$0.65	$9.95	$247.55	$267.45	3.73%
$267.50	Aug 14	$4.38	$5.73	$10.11	$257.39	$277.61	3.79%
$270.00	Aug 14	$3.15	$6.98	$10.13	$259.87	$280.13	3.80%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 159 found (cheapest 0.30% of stock, avg 2.34%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$277.50	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.47	$0.33	$0.80	$254.20	$278.30
$277.50	$257.50	Aug 7	$0.47	$0.65	$1.12	$256.38	$278.62
$275.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.81	$0.33	$1.14	$253.86	$276.14
$277.50	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.47	$0.93	$1.40	$258.60	$278.90
$275.00	$257.50	Aug 7	$0.81	$0.65	$1.46	$256.04	$276.46
$272.50	$255.00	Aug 7	$1.18	$0.33	$1.51	$253.49	$274.01
$275.00	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.81	$0.93	$1.74	$258.26	$276.74
$272.50	$257.50	Aug 7	$1.18	$0.65	$1.83	$255.67	$274.33
$277.50	$262.50	Aug 7	$0.47	$1.54	$2.01	$260.49	$279.51
$290.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$1.16	$0.91	$2.07	$242.93	$292.07

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 251 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $2.48)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
240/242	255/260	Aug 14	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$237.65	$259.85
280/285	305/310	Aug 28	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$280.19	$309.81
240/245	250/255	Sep 18	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$240.20	$254.80
270/272	278/280	Aug 14	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$270.11	$279.89
235/240	245/250	Aug 21	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$235.25	$249.75
215/220	230/235	Sep 18	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$215.27	$234.73
265/268	275/278	Aug 14	$2.34	$0.16	14.63	$265.16	$277.34
255/258	260/262	Aug 21	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$255.17	$262.33
262/265	268/270	Aug 14	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$262.68	$269.82
235/240	250/255	Aug 21	$4.64	$0.36	12.89	$235.36	$254.64

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 120 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 21	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Aug 7	$0.08	$2.42	30.25

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$215.00	$220.00	$225.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Sep 4	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Sep 18	$0.09	$4.91	54.56

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 154 found (best net $-2.05, 136 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$280.00	$290.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.36	$9.64
$310.00	$315.00	1:2	Aug 21	$0.00	$5.00
$305.00	$310.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$4.99
$305.00	$310.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.09	$4.91
$305.00	$310.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.17	$4.83

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$302.50	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.05	$15.45
$225.00	$220.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$4.99
$230.00	$225.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$4.99
$235.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$4.99
$240.00	$235.00	1:2	Aug 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. 54 found (best yield 2.57%, avg 0.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Sep 18	$6.85	0.44	1.3%	2.57%	3.88%	69	905
$267.50	Aug 21	$5.20	0.49	0.4%	1.95%	2.32%	1	188
$270.00	Sep 4	$5.10	0.43	1.3%	1.91%	3.22%	1	30
$275.00	Sep 18	$4.45	0.36	3.2%	1.67%	4.85%	38	1.2K
$270.00	Aug 28	$4.30	0.44	1.3%	1.61%	2.92%	3	74
$270.00	Aug 21	$4.25	0.43	1.3%	1.59%	2.90%	75	3.0K
$280.00	Sep 18	$3.55	0.29	5.1%	1.33%	6.39%	28	1.1K
$267.50	Aug 14	$3.20	0.47	0.4%	1.20%	1.57%	4	70
$275.00	Sep 4	$3.10	0.34	3.2%	1.16%	4.34%	--	11
$272.50	Aug 21	$2.96	0.36	2.2%	1.11%	3.35%	1	215

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 6,524

Total Puts 3,611

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 2,913

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 728

Total Puts 977

Put/Call Ratio 1.34

Net Difference -249

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 76,434

Total Puts 52,103

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.68

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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