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MCDONALDS CORP

$267.11 +0.71%

(8/4 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 2:00pm) 41,022

Calls: 25,139 (61%)

Puts: 15,883 (39%)

Prior --

Calls: 16,905 (53%)

Puts: 15,184 (47%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +48.71% (Calls)

Puts: +4.60% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 214,537

Calls: 128,236 (60%)

Puts: 86,301 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 30,648

Calls: 18,319 (60%)

Puts: 12,328 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.85%

Calls: +37.23%

Puts: +28.83%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 2:00pm) $12.50M

Calls: $7.31M (58%)

Puts: $5.19M (42%)

Prior --

Calls: $6.69M (48%)

Puts: $7.33M (52%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +9.23%

Puts: -29.13%

Prior 7-Day Total $75.99M

Calls: $44.08M (58%)

Puts: $31.92M (42%)

Prior 7-Day Average $10.86M

Calls: $6.30M (58%)

Puts: $4.56M (42%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +15.18%

Calls: +16.10%

Puts: +13.91%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 2:00pm) 0.63

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -36.82%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.72

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -12.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/04 2:00pm) 282,855

Calls: 166,859 (59%)

Puts: 115,996 (41%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

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

ℹ

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

Current 2.74% | 4.20%4.77% | 7.68%

Prior 4.28% | 5.24%5.84% | 8.34%

Current vs Prior -36.04% | -19.71%-18.45% | -7.94%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -5.35% | +9.81%-10.15% | -7.81%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -36.04% | -19.71%-20.20% | -9.89%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 14.82% | 19.20%

Calls: 14.46% | 24.81%

Puts: 15.19% | 13.60%

Prior 7.47% | 12.86%

Calls: 9.09% | 17.27%

Puts: 5.85% | 8.45%

Current vs Prior +98.39% | +49.30%

Prior 7-Day Avg 24.82% | 13.58%

Calls: 20.02% | 15.06%

Puts: 29.62% | 12.09%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -40.28% | +41.38%

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Bullish P/C ratio of 0.63. P/C ratio dropping 37% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:35	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:30	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:25	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:20	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:15	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 62 of results (avg 6.7%, best 2.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Sep 18	7.25	7.50	$7.38	3.4%	207	0.45	905
$265.00	Sep 18	9.65	10.10	$9.88	4.6%	70	0.53	300
$215.00	Aug 21	51.80	54.35	$53.08	4.8%	--	1.00	30
$220.00	Aug 21	46.95	49.35	$48.15	5.0%	--	1.00	35
$280.00	Sep 18	3.85	4.05	$3.95	5.1%	189	0.29	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Sep 18	43.75	44.75	$44.25	2.3%	--	0.95	917
$285.00	Sep 18	21.00	21.55	$21.28	2.6%	10	0.77	1.3K
$270.00	Sep 18	10.45	10.80	$10.63	3.3%	51	0.55	2.6K
$290.00	Sep 18	24.90	25.80	$25.35	3.6%	8	0.83	1.1K
$265.00	Sep 18	7.80	8.10	$7.95	3.8%	172	0.47	1.0K

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. 103 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Sep 18	47.10	50.00	$48.55	6.0%	--	1.00	11
$225.00	Sep 18	42.15	45.10	$43.63	6.8%	1	1.00	1
$230.00	Sep 18	37.25	39.85	$38.55	6.7%	--	1.00	12
$220.00	Aug 7	46.40	49.15	$47.78	5.8%	12	1.00	--
$230.00	Aug 7	36.40	39.00	$37.70	6.9%	--	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$287.50	Aug 7	18.65	20.90	$19.77	11.4%	2	1.00	9
$290.00	Aug 7	21.15	23.75	$22.45	11.6%	3	1.00	4
$292.50	Aug 7	23.75	26.25	$25.00	10.0%	1	1.00	--
$295.00	Aug 7	26.15	28.75	$27.45	9.5%	4	1.00	3
$300.00	Aug 7	31.15	33.65	$32.40	7.7%	1	1.00	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 242 active (total vol 33.9K, top 3.2K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 7	0.25	0.35	$0.30	33.3%	3.2K	0.08	3.6K
$270.00	Aug 21	4.70	5.00	$4.85	6.2%	2.4K	0.45	3.0K
$300.00	Aug 21	0.11	0.25	$0.18	77.8%	1.9K	0.03	4.3K
$270.00	Aug 7	1.87	2.10	$1.99	11.6%	1.3K	0.37	1.3K
$277.50	Aug 7	0.45	0.75	$0.60	50.0%	978	0.13	993

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$262.50	Aug 7	1.05	1.34	$1.20	24.2%	2.2K	0.26	1.7K
$260.00	Aug 21	2.53	2.83	$2.68	11.2%	1.8K	0.29	2.5K
$260.00	Aug 7	0.45	0.71	$0.58	44.8%	925	0.15	1.1K
$265.00	Aug 7	1.68	2.20	$1.94	26.8%	848	0.38	827
$255.00	Aug 7	0.12	0.24	$0.18	66.7%	633	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. 64 strikes (avg 63.5%, max 335.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$215.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	119.6%	40.7%	193.8%	14	30
$220.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	73.8%	28.0%	163.4%	12	11
$230.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	57.9%	24.6%	135.5%	--	27
$320.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	63.7%	27.7%	130.1%	3	1.3K
$315.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	62.4%	27.5%	126.7%	4	514

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$215.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	119.6%	27.5%	335.1%	14	55
$220.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	73.8%	28.0%	163.4%	1	196
$225.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	65.6%	25.4%	158.0%	13	234
$230.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	57.9%	24.6%	135.5%	48	1.1K
$235.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	47.3%	23.9%	98.2%	110	527

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 130 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 7.08)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$315.00	$320.00	Aug 14	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$315.13
$315.00	$320.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$315.13
$290.00	$292.50	Aug 21	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$290.10
$297.50	$300.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$297.61
$305.00	$310.00	Sep 18	$0.24	$4.76	$0.24	19.83	$305.24

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$225.00	Sep 4	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	44.45	$229.89
$220.00	$215.00	Sep 18	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$219.87
$230.00	$225.00	Sep 18	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$229.85
$225.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$224.83
$245.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$244.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 182 found (best R:R 75.92, avg 3.71)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Aug 21	$9.87	$9.87	$0.13	75.92	$239.87
$240.00	$250.00	Aug 14	$9.73	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$249.73
$240.00	$245.00	Aug 21	$4.77	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$244.77
$255.00	$257.50	Aug 7	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$257.35
$245.00	$247.50	Aug 7	$2.33	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$247.33

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$302.50	$285.00	Aug 14	$17.15	$17.15	$0.35	49.00	$285.35
$320.00	$315.00	Sep 18	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$315.10
$285.00	$280.00	Aug 14	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$280.15
$305.00	$300.00	Sep 18	$4.82	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$300.18
$305.00	$302.50	Aug 7	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$302.60

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 59 found (avg debit $0.73, cheapest $0.06)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$300.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.08	42.6%	32.5%
$305.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.08	48.1%	36.1%
$295.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.11	41.3%	29.9%
$320.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.12	63.7%	49.9%
$292.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.16	44.6%	30.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.06	40.1%	30.1%
$302.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.07	45.4%	39.5%
$280.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.10	35.4%	28.5%
$295.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.10	41.3%	27.6%
$242.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.11	39.0%	29.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 103 found (cheapest 2.28% of stock, avg 8.44%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Aug 7	$4.15	$1.94	$6.09	$258.91	$271.09	2.28%
$267.50	Aug 7	$2.95	$3.16	$6.11	$261.39	$273.61	2.29%
$270.00	Aug 7	$1.99	$4.47	$6.46	$263.54	$276.46	2.42%
$272.50	Aug 7	$1.30	$6.18	$7.48	$265.02	$279.98	2.80%
$262.50	Aug 7	$6.48	$1.20	$7.68	$254.82	$270.18	2.88%
$275.00	Aug 7	$0.74	$8.05	$8.79	$266.21	$283.79	3.29%
$260.00	Aug 7	$8.45	$0.58	$9.03	$250.97	$269.03	3.38%
$270.00	Aug 14	$3.80	$5.63	$9.43	$260.57	$279.43	3.53%
$267.50	Aug 14	$4.90	$4.78	$9.68	$257.82	$277.18	3.62%
$265.00	Aug 14	$6.45	$3.60	$10.05	$254.95	$275.05	3.76%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.29% of stock, avg 2.31%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$277.50	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.60	$0.18	$0.78	$254.22	$278.28
$275.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.74	$0.18	$0.92	$254.08	$275.92
$277.50	$257.50	Aug 7	$0.60	$0.31	$0.91	$256.59	$278.41
$275.00	$257.50	Aug 7	$0.74	$0.31	$1.05	$256.45	$276.05
$277.50	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.60	$0.58	$1.18	$258.82	$278.68
$275.00	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.74	$0.58	$1.32	$258.68	$276.32
$272.50	$255.00	Aug 7	$1.30	$0.18	$1.48	$253.52	$273.98
$272.50	$257.50	Aug 7	$1.30	$0.31	$1.61	$255.89	$274.11
$290.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$1.08	$0.57	$1.65	$243.35	$291.65
$277.50	$262.50	Aug 7	$0.60	$1.20	$1.80	$260.70	$279.30

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 265 found (best R:R 34.71, avg credit $2.61)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
240/242	245/250	Aug 21	$4.86	$0.14	34.71	$237.64	$249.86
230/235	240/245	Sep 18	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$230.15	$244.85
220/225	245/250	Aug 21	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$220.18	$249.82
280/285	300/305	Aug 28	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$280.20	$304.80
240/242	255/258	Aug 21	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$240.11	$257.39
252/255	258/260	Aug 21	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$252.61	$259.89
215/220	230/235	Sep 18	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$215.22	$234.78
225/230	235/240	Sep 18	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$225.25	$239.75
225/230	240/245	Sep 18	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$225.25	$244.75
215/220	235/240	Sep 18	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$215.27	$239.73

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 152 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Sep 4	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$220.00	$230.00	$240.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$9.87	75.92
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Sep 18	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Sep 11	$0.09	$4.91	54.56

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$252.50	$255.00	$257.50	Aug 7	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$255.00	$257.50	$260.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$4.88	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. 175 found (best net $-0.65, 162 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$315.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 14	$0.00	$5.00
$305.00	$310.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$4.99
$310.00	$315.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$4.99
$315.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$4.99
$315.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$302.50	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.65	$16.85
$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. 56 found (best yield 2.71%, avg 0.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Sep 18	$7.25	0.45	1.1%	2.71%	3.80%	207	905
$270.00	Sep 11	$6.15	0.45	1.1%	2.30%	3.38%	5	5
$270.00	Sep 4	$6.05	0.45	1.1%	2.26%	3.35%	11	30
$267.50	Aug 21	$5.70	0.51	0.1%	2.13%	2.28%	32	188
$270.00	Aug 28	$5.65	0.46	1.1%	2.12%	3.20%	67	74
$275.00	Sep 18	$5.35	0.36	3.0%	2.00%	4.96%	99	1.2K
$270.00	Aug 21	$4.70	0.45	1.1%	1.76%	2.84%	2.4K	3.0K
$267.50	Aug 14	$4.50	0.50	0.1%	1.68%	1.83%	42	70
$275.00	Sep 11	$4.35	0.35	3.0%	1.63%	4.58%	2	5
$275.00	Sep 4	$3.95	0.35	3.0%	1.48%	4.43%	15	11

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 25,139

Total Puts 15,883

Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Net Difference 9,256

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 16,905

Total Puts 15,184

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference 1,721

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 128,236

Total Puts 86,301

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.72

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 Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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