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MCDONALDS CORP

$268.99 +1.42%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/04 10:10am) 15,001

Calls: 9,570 (64%)

Puts: 5,431 (36%)

Prior (06/26) 2,882

Calls: 1,482 (51%)

Puts: 1,400 (49%)

Current vs Prior +420.51%

Calls: +545.75% (Calls)

Puts: +287.93% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 160,864

Calls: 96,952 (60%)

Puts: 63,912 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 22,980

Calls: 13,850 (60%)

Puts: 9,130 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.72%

Calls: -30.90%

Puts: -40.52%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/04 10:10am) $4.23M

Calls: $2.92M (69%)

Puts: $1.31M (31%)

Prior (06/26) $1.89M

Calls: $539.9K (29%)

Puts: $1.35M (71%)

Current vs Prior +124.27%

Calls: +440.72%

Puts: -2.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $59.64M

Calls: $34.15M (57%)

Puts: $25.49M (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average $8.52M

Calls: $4.88M (57%)

Puts: $3.64M (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.34%

Calls: -40.16%

Puts: -63.98%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/04 10:10am) 0.57

Prior (06/26) 0.94

Current vs Prior -39.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.31%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 10:10am) 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 1,758,091

Calls: 1,004,633 (57%)

Puts: 753,458 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 251,155

Calls: 143,519 (57%)

Puts: 107,636 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +12.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.93% | 4.25%5.06% | 7.81%

Prior 4.28% | 5.24%5.84% | 8.34%

Current vs Prior -31.53% | -18.85%-13.48% | -6.40%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.31% | +10.99%-4.68% | -6.27%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -31.53% | -18.85%-15.34% | -8.38%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 19.73% | 16.27%

Calls: 13.82% | 9.52%

Puts: 25.64% | 23.01%

Prior 7.47% | 12.86%

Calls: 9.09% | 17.27%

Puts: 5.85% | 8.45%

Current vs Prior +164.12% | +26.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.82% | 13.58%

Calls: 20.02% | 15.06%

Puts: 29.62% | 12.09%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -20.50% | +19.81%

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Moderately bullish flow with 69% call dollar volume ($2.92M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 124% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 421% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.57.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:10	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 35 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Aug 7	29.10	29.80	$29.45	2.4%	1	1.00	13
$270.00	Sep 18	8.45	8.75	$8.60	3.5%	96	0.48	905
$275.00	Sep 18	6.25	6.55	$6.40	4.7%	48	0.40	1.2K
$280.00	Sep 18	4.60	4.85	$4.72	5.3%	58	0.32	1.1K
$220.00	Aug 21	47.55	50.15	$48.85	5.3%	--	1.00	35

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$320.00	Sep 18	51.20	53.95	$52.58	5.2%	--	0.96	204
$262.50	Aug 7	0.90	0.95	$0.93	5.4%	1.9K	0.20	1.7K
$315.00	Sep 18	46.45	49.10	$47.78	5.5%	--	0.95	98
$310.00	Sep 18	41.85	44.35	$43.10	5.8%	--	0.93	917
$305.00	Sep 18	36.85	39.20	$38.03	6.2%	3	0.90	425

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 3 found (avg $0.74, cheapest $0.54)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 7	0.50	0.59	$0.54	16.7%	442	0.13	1.1K
$255.00	Aug 14	0.71	0.78	$0.75	9.3%	7	0.12	185
$262.50	Aug 7	0.90	0.95	$0.93	5.4%	1.9K	0.20	1.7K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 89 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Aug 7	37.05	39.80	$38.42	7.2%	--	1.00	15
$240.00	Aug 7	29.10	29.80	$29.45	2.4%	1	1.00	13
$245.00	Aug 7	22.15	24.80	$23.48	11.3%	1	1.00	6
$247.50	Aug 7	19.60	22.30	$20.95	12.9%	--	1.00	11
$250.00	Aug 7	17.30	19.85	$18.58	13.7%	1	1.00	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$302.50	Aug 7	33.00	35.55	$34.28	7.4%	5	1.00	9
$305.00	Aug 7	35.40	38.05	$36.72	7.2%	5	1.00	9
$300.00	Aug 7	30.45	33.05	$31.75	8.2%	1	1.00	--
$295.00	Aug 7	25.35	28.05	$26.70	10.1%	3	0.99	3
$292.50	Aug 7	22.85	25.55	$24.20	11.2%	1	0.99	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 189 active (total vol 12.8K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 7	0.36	0.50	$0.43	32.6%	2.3K	0.10	3.6K
$270.00	Aug 7	2.57	3.05	$2.81	17.1%	727	0.45	1.3K
$275.00	Aug 7	1.17	1.43	$1.30	20.0%	593	0.25	937
$277.50	Aug 7	0.65	0.99	$0.82	41.5%	371	0.17	993
$272.50	Aug 7	1.55	2.00	$1.78	25.3%	246	0.33	332

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Aug 7	0.90	0.95	$0.93	5.4%	1.9K	0.20	1.7K
$260.00	Aug 7	0.50	0.59	$0.54	16.7%	442	0.13	1.1K
$250.00	Aug 7	0.02	0.06	$0.04	100.0%	334	0.01	2.0K
$265.00	Aug 7	1.45	1.68	$1.57	14.6%	245	0.31	827
$255.00	Aug 7	0.15	0.24	$0.20	45.0%	212	0.05	939

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 51.9%, max 335.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$315.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	116.4%	26.7%	335.6%	1	514
$320.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	60.2%	26.7%	125.2%	--	1.3K
$230.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	58.9%	27.3%	115.8%	--	27
$310.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	50.1%	26.4%	90.0%	242	3.6K
$305.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	44.9%	26.9%	66.7%	55	3.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$220.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	73.9%	29.1%	153.8%	--	196
$225.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	66.4%	26.2%	153.7%	13	234
$230.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	58.9%	27.3%	115.8%	1	1.1K
$235.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	48.1%	26.1%	84.7%	32	527
$305.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	44.9%	26.9%	66.7%	8	434

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 129 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 6.86)

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
$315.00	$320.00	Sep 18	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	30.25	$315.16
$310.00	$315.00	Sep 18	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$310.18
$300.00	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$300.20
$280.00	$282.50	Aug 7	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$280.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$235.00	$230.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$234.89
$225.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$224.83
$245.00	$240.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$244.80
$245.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$244.79
$257.50	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$257.39

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 177 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 3.02)

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
$250.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$230.00	$235.00	Sep 18	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$234.80
$240.00	$245.00	Aug 21	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$244.77
$247.50	$250.00	Aug 7	$2.37	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$249.87

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$302.50	$285.00	Aug 14	$17.02	$17.02	$0.48	35.46	$285.48
$290.00	$285.00	Aug 21	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$285.18
$320.00	$315.00	Sep 18	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$315.20
$300.00	$295.00	Sep 18	$4.78	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$295.22
$295.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$4.68	$4.68	$0.32	14.62	$290.32

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 53 found (avg debit $0.86, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$305.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.08	44.9%	35.2%
$300.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.10	42.3%	32.0%
$292.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.15	39.2%	28.7%
$235.00	Aug 28	Sep 18	$0.18	33.7%	26.1%
$295.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.25	37.9%	32.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$235.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.07	48.1%	36.4%
$300.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.08	42.3%	28.8%
$230.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.09	58.9%	42.5%
$245.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.15	38.4%	29.7%
$242.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.16	42.1%	32.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 88 found (cheapest 2.49% of stock, avg 8.03%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$270.00	Aug 7	$2.81	$3.90	$6.71	$263.29	$276.71	2.49%
$267.50	Aug 7	$3.98	$2.78	$6.76	$260.74	$274.26	2.51%
$265.00	Aug 7	$5.33	$1.57	$6.90	$258.10	$271.90	2.57%
$272.50	Aug 7	$1.78	$5.75	$7.53	$264.97	$280.03	2.80%
$262.50	Aug 7	$7.05	$0.93	$7.98	$254.52	$270.48	2.97%
$275.00	Aug 7	$1.30	$7.73	$9.03	$265.97	$284.03	3.36%
$260.00	Aug 7	$9.30	$0.54	$9.84	$250.16	$269.84	3.66%
$270.00	Aug 14	$4.28	$5.65	$9.93	$260.07	$279.93	3.69%
$267.50	Aug 14	$5.78	$4.38	$10.16	$257.34	$277.66	3.78%
$265.00	Aug 14	$7.18	$3.25	$10.43	$254.57	$275.43	3.88%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 166 found (cheapest 0.28% of stock, avg 2.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$280.00	$257.50	Aug 7	$0.43	$0.31	$0.74	$256.76	$280.74
$280.00	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.43	$0.54	$0.97	$259.03	$280.97
$277.50	$257.50	Aug 7	$0.82	$0.31	$1.13	$256.37	$278.63
$277.50	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.82	$0.54	$1.36	$258.64	$278.86
$280.00	$262.50	Aug 7	$0.43	$0.93	$1.36	$261.14	$281.36
$275.00	$257.50	Aug 7	$1.30	$0.31	$1.61	$255.89	$276.61
$277.50	$262.50	Aug 7	$0.82	$0.93	$1.75	$260.75	$279.25
$275.00	$260.00	Aug 7	$1.30	$0.54	$1.84	$258.16	$276.84
$280.00	$265.00	Aug 7	$0.43	$1.57	$2.00	$263.00	$282.00
$290.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$1.25	$0.75	$2.00	$243.00	$292.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 272 found (best R:R 49.00, avg credit $2.37)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
220/225	245/250	Aug 21	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$220.10	$249.90
225/230	235/240	Sep 18	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$225.15	$239.85
248/250	252/255	Aug 21	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$247.60	$254.90
262/265	268/270	Aug 14	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$262.62	$269.88
255/258	260/262	Aug 7	$2.36	$0.14	16.86	$255.14	$262.36
260/262	268/270	Aug 14	$2.34	$0.16	14.62	$260.16	$269.84
280/285	300/305	Aug 28	$4.64	$0.36	12.89	$280.36	$304.64
280/285	295/300	Aug 28	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$280.37	$299.63
240/245	250/255	Sep 18	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$240.43	$254.57
235/240	245/250	Sep 18	$4.50	$0.50	9.00	$235.50	$249.50

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 124 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Sep 18	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$310.00	$315.00	$320.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Sep 4	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Aug 7	$0.05	$2.45	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Aug 28	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Aug 7	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$270.00	$272.50	$275.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$2.44	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. 159 found (best net $-0.16, 141 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$280.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.22	$9.78
$310.00	$315.00	1:2	Aug 21	$0.00	$5.00
$305.00	$310.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$4.99
$315.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.06	$4.94
$315.00	$320.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.14	$4.86

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$302.50	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.16	$17.34
$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 3.14%, avg 0.79%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Sep 18	$8.45	0.48	0.4%	3.14%	3.52%	96	905
$270.00	Aug 28	$6.45	0.49	0.4%	2.40%	2.77%	42	74
$275.00	Sep 18	$6.25	0.40	2.2%	2.32%	4.56%	48	1.2K
$270.00	Sep 4	$6.20	0.46	0.4%	2.30%	2.68%	2	30
$270.00	Sep 11	$6.10	0.46	0.4%	2.27%	2.64%	1	5
$270.00	Aug 21	$5.55	0.48	0.4%	2.06%	2.44%	186	3.0K
$280.00	Sep 18	$4.60	0.32	4.1%	1.71%	5.80%	58	1.1K
$275.00	Aug 28	$4.40	0.38	2.2%	1.64%	3.87%	7	80
$272.50	Aug 21	$4.30	0.42	1.3%	1.60%	2.90%	6	215
$275.00	Aug 21	$3.40	0.36	2.2%	1.26%	3.50%	25	1.1K

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 9,570

Total Puts 5,431

Put/Call Ratio 0.57

Net Difference 4,139

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,482

Total Puts 1,400

Put/Call Ratio 0.94

Net Difference 82

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 96,952

Total Puts 63,912

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.69

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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