Tour v490
MCD
MCDONALDS CORP
$265.85 +0.23%
(8/4 14:07) ◀
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Option Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 3:00pm) 44,677
Calls: 27,529 (62%)
Puts: 17,148 (38%)
Prior --
Calls: 16,905 (53%)
Puts: 15,184 (47%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: +62.85% (Calls)
Puts: +12.93% (Puts)
Prior 7-Day Total 239,669
Calls: 143,912 (60%)
Puts: 95,757 (40%)
Prior 7-Day Average 34,238
Calls: 20,558 (60%)
Puts: 13,679 (40%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +30.49%
Calls: +33.90%
Puts: +25.35%
Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 3:00pm) $14.27M
Calls: $7.86M (55%)
Puts: $6.40M (45%)
Prior --
Calls: $6.69M (48%)
Puts: $7.33M (52%)
Current vs Prior +0.00%
Calls: +17.51%
Puts: -12.62%
Prior 7-Day Total $84.87M
Calls: $47.97M (57%)
Puts: $36.90M (43%)
Prior 7-Day Average $12.12M
Calls: $6.85M (57%)
Puts: $5.27M (43%)
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.68%
Calls: +14.76%
Puts: +21.48%
Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 3:00pm) 0.62
Prior 1.00
Current vs Prior -37.71%
Prior 7-Day Average 0.72
Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -13.48%
Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail
ℹ
Current (08/04 3:00pm) 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
Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)
Current 2.81% | 4.04%4.93% | 7.65%
Prior 4.28% | 5.24%5.84% | 8.34%
Current vs Prior -34.41% | -22.78%-15.68% | -8.23%
Prior 7-Day Avg 2.89% | 3.83%5.30% | 8.33%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.95% | +5.62%-7.10% | -8.09%
Prior 7-Day Eod 4.28% | 5.24%5.97% | 8.52%
Current vs 7-Day Eod -34.41% | -22.78%-17.49% | -10.17%
Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail
ℹ
Expiry | Next
Current 22.99% | 12.08%
Calls: 26.91% | 11.43%
Puts: 19.08% | 12.73%
Prior 7.47% | 12.86%
Calls: 9.09% | 17.27%
Puts: 5.85% | 8.45%
Current vs Prior +207.76% | -6.07%
Prior 7-Day Avg 24.82% | 13.58%
Calls: 20.02% | 15.06%
Puts: 29.62% | 12.09%
Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.36% | -11.05%
Liquidity Expensive
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Bullish P/C ratio of 0.62. P/C ratio dropping 38% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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 NEUTRAL
7-Day Avg NEUTRAL
Current BEARISH
Prior BULLISH
7-Day Avg BULLISH
Sentiment Timeline (Today)
TimeSmart MoneyRetailOverall
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📈 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 67 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$265.00Sep 188.959.25$9.103.3%950.51300
$260.00Sep 1811.6512.15$11.904.2%40.61300
$270.00Sep 186.656.95$6.804.4%2300.42905
$215.00Aug 2150.3052.80$51.554.8%--0.9930
$215.00Aug 749.9052.40$51.154.9%140.98--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$270.00Sep 1811.0511.45$11.253.6%780.572.6K
$310.00Sep 1844.5546.40$45.474.1%--0.95917
$265.00Sep 188.308.65$8.484.1%2020.491.0K
$290.00Sep 1826.0027.20$26.604.5%490.841.1K
$295.00Sep 1830.5532.00$31.284.6%30.88722

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 2 found (avg $0.80, cheapest $0.70)

CALLS (2)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$275.00Aug 70.650.74$0.7012.9%9800.16937
$300.00Sep 180.850.97$0.9113.2%2330.092.9K
PUTS (0)
No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 105 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$240.00Aug 1425.2027.70$26.459.5%11.001
$220.00Sep 1845.1548.10$46.636.3%--1.0011
$225.00Sep 1840.4543.15$41.806.5%11.001
$230.00Sep 1835.7038.30$37.007.0%--1.0012
$220.00Aug 744.8547.40$46.135.5%121.00--
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$287.50Aug 720.3022.70$21.5011.2%21.009
$290.00Aug 722.7525.40$24.0811.0%31.004
$292.50Aug 725.2527.70$26.489.3%11.00--
$295.00Aug 727.7530.25$29.008.6%41.003
$300.00Aug 732.7535.20$33.987.2%11.00--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 243 active (total vol 36.4K, top 3.3K)

CALLS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$280.00Aug 70.190.32$0.2650.0%3.3K0.073.6K
$270.00Aug 214.104.45$4.288.2%2.5K0.413.0K
$300.00Aug 210.110.20$0.1656.2%1.9K0.034.3K
$270.00Aug 71.451.95$1.7029.4%1.5K0.321.3K
$277.50Aug 70.250.54$0.4072.5%1.0K0.10993
PUTS (5)
StrikeExpiryBidAskMarkSpreadVolDeltaOI
$262.50Aug 71.201.81$1.5140.4%2.2K0.311.7K
$260.00Aug 212.993.25$3.128.3%1.9K0.322.5K
$260.00Aug 70.721.01$0.8733.3%1.0K0.211.1K
$265.00Aug 72.382.87$2.6318.6%9950.45827
$255.00Aug 70.120.37$0.25100.0%6550.07939

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 61 strikes (avg 66.0%, max 338.1%)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$215.00Aug 7Aug 21118.3%40.0%196.0%1430
$220.00Aug 7Sep 1872.7%27.5%164.7%1211
$315.00Aug 7Sep 1864.5%28.3%128.4%4514
$230.00Aug 7Sep 1856.9%25.1%126.3%--27
$310.00Aug 7Sep 1855.4%25.4%118.4%2593.6K
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNear IVFar IVBack%VolOI
$215.00Aug 7Sep 18118.3%27.0%338.1%1455
$220.00Aug 7Sep 1872.7%27.5%164.7%1196
$225.00Aug 7Sep 1864.8%24.8%160.9%13234
$230.00Aug 7Sep 1856.9%25.1%126.3%491.1K
$235.00Aug 7Sep 1846.0%23.8%93.4%113527

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 128 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 6.58)

BULL CALL (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$300.00$305.00Aug 28$0.11$4.89$0.1144.45$300.11
$295.00$300.00Aug 28$0.16$4.84$0.1630.25$295.16
$290.00$292.50Aug 21$0.11$2.39$0.1121.73$290.11
$297.50$300.00Aug 7$0.12$2.38$0.1219.83$297.62
$285.00$287.50Aug 14$0.12$2.38$0.1219.83$285.12
BEAR PUT (5)
BuySellExpiryDebitMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$220.00$215.00Sep 18$0.13$4.87$0.1337.46$219.87
$240.00$235.00Sep 11$0.21$4.79$0.2122.81$239.79
$235.00$230.00Sep 18$0.22$4.78$0.2221.73$234.78
$230.00$225.00Sep 4$0.25$4.75$0.2519.00$229.75
$230.00$225.00Sep 18$0.25$4.75$0.2519.00$229.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 183 found (best R:R 91.11, avg 3.81)

BEAR CALL (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$230.00$240.00Aug 21$9.84$9.84$0.1661.50$239.84
$240.00$245.00Aug 14$4.90$4.90$0.1049.00$244.90
$220.00$225.00Sep 18$4.83$4.83$0.1728.41$224.83
$220.00$225.00Aug 21$4.80$4.80$0.2024.00$224.80
$225.00$230.00Sep 18$4.80$4.80$0.2024.00$229.80
BULL PUT (5)
SellBuyExpiryCreditMax GainMax LossR:RBE
$302.50$285.00Aug 14$17.31$17.31$0.1991.11$285.19
$290.00$287.50Aug 21$2.40$2.40$0.1024.00$287.60
$275.00$272.50Aug 7$2.38$2.38$0.1219.83$272.62
$295.00$290.00Sep 18$4.68$4.68$0.3214.62$290.32
$285.00$280.00Aug 14$4.67$4.67$0.3314.15$280.33

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 54 found (avg debit $0.74, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$300.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.0844.5%33.9%
$305.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.0850.0%37.5%
$295.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.1143.3%31.4%
$290.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.1644.3%30.1%
$292.50Aug 7Aug 14$0.1746.3%32.0%
PUTS (5)
StrikeNear ExpFar ExpNet DebitNear IVFar IV
$295.00Aug 7Aug 21$0.0543.3%28.2%
$290.00Aug 7Aug 21$0.0744.3%26.8%
$230.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.1156.9%42.2%
$280.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.1237.0%28.5%
$245.00Aug 7Aug 14$0.2135.4%29.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 105 found (cheapest 2.32% of stock, avg 8.33%)

StrikeExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE HighCost%
$265.00Aug 7$3.53$2.63$6.16$258.84$271.162.32%
$267.50Aug 7$2.34$3.93$6.27$261.23$273.772.36%
$262.50Aug 7$5.48$1.51$6.99$255.51$269.492.63%
$260.00Aug 7$6.73$0.87$7.60$252.40$267.602.86%
$270.00Aug 7$1.70$6.00$7.70$262.30$277.702.90%
$272.50Aug 7$1.07$7.25$8.32$264.18$280.823.13%
$265.00Aug 14$5.25$4.10$9.35$255.65$274.353.52%
$267.50Aug 14$4.13$5.50$9.63$257.87$277.133.62%
$257.50Aug 7$9.25$0.43$9.68$247.82$267.183.64%
$262.50Aug 14$6.85$3.04$9.89$252.61$272.393.72%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 2.31%)

Call KPut KExpiryCall$Put$TotalBE LowBE High
$277.50$255.00Aug 7$0.40$0.25$0.65$254.35$278.15
$277.50$257.50Aug 7$0.40$0.43$0.83$256.67$278.33
$275.00$255.00Aug 7$0.70$0.25$0.95$254.05$275.95
$275.00$257.50Aug 7$0.70$0.43$1.13$256.37$276.13
$277.50$260.00Aug 7$0.40$0.87$1.27$258.73$278.77
$272.50$255.00Aug 7$1.07$0.25$1.32$253.68$273.82
$272.50$257.50Aug 7$1.07$0.43$1.50$256.00$274.00
$275.00$260.00Aug 7$0.70$0.87$1.57$258.43$276.57
$290.00$245.00Aug 28$0.93$0.74$1.67$243.33$291.67
$277.50$262.50Aug 7$0.40$1.51$1.91$260.59$279.41

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 253 found (best R:R 37.46, avg credit $2.55)

Put SpreadCall SpreadExpiryCreditMax LossR:RBE LowBE High
250/255260/265Sep 4$4.87$0.1337.46$250.13$264.87
215/220230/235Sep 18$4.83$0.1728.41$215.17$234.83
225/230235/240Sep 18$4.82$0.1826.78$225.18$239.82
280/285290/295Aug 28$4.72$0.2816.86$280.28$294.72
215/220235/240Sep 18$4.70$0.3015.67$215.30$239.70
252/255260/262Aug 14$2.34$0.1614.62$252.66$262.34
245/248250/252Aug 21$2.31$0.1912.16$245.19$252.31
250/252260/262Aug 14$2.29$0.2110.90$250.21$262.29
240/242260/262Aug 14$2.27$0.239.87$240.23$262.27
280/285295/300Aug 28$4.51$0.499.20$280.49$299.51

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 152 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$295.00$300.00$305.00Aug 28$0.05$4.9599.00
$300.00$305.00$310.00Aug 28$0.06$4.9482.33
$277.50$280.00$282.50Aug 7$0.05$2.4549.00
$290.00$292.50$295.00Aug 21$0.05$2.4549.00
$225.00$230.00$235.00Sep 18$0.10$4.9049.00
PUTS (5)
LowMidHighExpiryDebitMax GainR:R
$215.00$220.00$225.00Aug 21$0.06$4.9482.33
$270.00$275.00$280.00Aug 28$0.08$4.9261.50
$235.00$240.00$245.00Sep 18$0.08$4.9261.50
$280.00$285.00$290.00Sep 18$0.09$4.9154.56
$230.00$235.00$240.00Aug 14$0.10$4.9049.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 168 found (best net $-1.86, 151 credits)

CALLS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$305.00$310.001:2Aug 7-$0.01$4.99
$310.00$315.001:2Aug 7-$0.01$4.99
$305.00$310.001:2Aug 21-$0.06$4.94
$295.00$300.001:2Sep 11-$0.07$4.93
$305.00$310.001:2Sep 18-$0.11$4.89
PUTS (5)
Buy KSell KRatioExpiryNetMax Gain
$302.50$285.001:2Aug 14-$1.86$15.64
$245.00$240.001:2Aug 28$0.00$5.00
$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

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 55 found (best yield 2.50%, avg 0.72%)

StrikeExpiryBidDeltaOTM%Yield%If Called%VolOI
$270.00Sep 18$6.650.421.6%2.50%4.06%230905
$270.00Sep 4$5.700.411.6%2.14%3.71%1130
$270.00Sep 11$5.600.421.6%2.11%3.67%55
$267.50Aug 21$5.150.480.6%1.94%2.56%47188
$270.00Aug 28$5.050.431.6%1.90%3.46%6774
$275.00Sep 18$4.850.343.4%1.82%5.27%1261.2K
$270.00Aug 21$4.100.411.6%1.54%3.10%2.5K3.0K
$267.50Aug 14$3.950.460.6%1.49%2.11%4870
$275.00Sep 11$3.950.333.4%1.49%4.93%25
$280.00Sep 18$3.500.275.3%1.32%6.64%2241.1K

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 27,529
Total Puts 17,148
Put/Call Ratio 0.62
Net Difference 10,381

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 143,912
Total Puts 95,757
Average Put/Call Ratio 0.72
Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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