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MCDONALDS CORP

$272.26 +3.50%

(11/4 09:40) ◀

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04 9:45am) 15,543

Calls: 12,027 (77%)

Puts: 3,516 (23%)

Prior (09/24) 16,370

Calls: 12,635 (77%)

Puts: 3,735 (23%)

Current vs Prior -5.05%

Calls: -4.81% (Calls)

Puts: -5.86% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 259,872

Calls: 176,018 (68%)

Puts: 83,854 (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average 37,124

Calls: 25,145 (68%)

Puts: 11,979 (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -58.13%

Calls: -52.17%

Puts: -70.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 9:45am) $14.05M

Calls: $13.41M (95%)

Puts: $643.7K (5%)

Prior (09/24) $8.06M

Calls: $5.84M (72%)

Puts: $2.22M (28%)

Current vs Prior +74.38%

Calls: +129.73%

Puts: -71.03%

Prior 7-Day Total $126.61M

Calls: $88.59M (70%)

Puts: $38.02M (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average $18.09M

Calls: $12.66M (70%)

Puts: $5.43M (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -22.31%

Calls: +5.94%

Puts: -88.15%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04 9:45am) 0.29

Prior (09/24) 0.30

Current vs Prior -1.10%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -49.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04 9:45am) 393,390

Calls: 240,670 (61%)

Puts: 152,720 (39%)

Prior (09/24) 417,339

Calls: 266,932 (64%)

Puts: 150,407 (36%)

Current vs Prior -5.74%

Prior 7-Day Total 2,219,131

Calls: 1,350,204 (61%)

Puts: 868,927 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 317,018

Calls: 192,886 (61%)

Puts: 124,132 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +24.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (11/06) | Next (11/13)Expiry (11/20) | Next (12/18)

Current 2.64% | 3.79%4.97% | 7.05%

Prior 4.14% | 4.85%5.46% | 7.80%

Current vs Prior -36.06% | -21.74%-8.95% | -9.59%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.72% | 3.76%4.90% | 7.89%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.71% | +0.81%+1.43% | -10.65%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.14% | 4.85%5.38% | 7.84%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -36.06% | -21.74%-7.69% | -10.08%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.02% | 28.20%

Calls: 15.55% | 25.08%

Puts: 28.48% | 31.33%

Prior 11.90% | 13.04%

Calls: 11.27% | 14.33%

Puts: 12.54% | 11.76%

Current vs Prior +85.04% | +116.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.20% | 15.22%

Calls: 23.31% | 14.77%

Puts: 33.11% | 15.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.93% | +85.23%

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Strong bullish conviction with 95% of dollar volume in calls ($13.41M) vs puts ($643.7K). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 74% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.29 - heavy call buying (12,027 calls vs 3,516 puts). Call-heavy open interest (240,670 calls vs 152,720 puts) suggests bullish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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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 60 of results (avg 7.1%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Nov 6	36.80	38.30	$37.55	4.0%	1	1.00	113
$235.00	Nov 13	36.95	38.55	$37.75	4.2%	2	0.99	56
$240.00	Nov 27	32.50	34.00	$33.25	4.5%	--	0.97	103
$235.00	Dec 18	37.70	39.45	$38.58	4.5%	--	1.00	1.1K
$240.00	Nov 20	32.45	34.00	$33.23	4.7%	142	0.98	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Nov 20	40.75	43.40	$42.08	6.3%	--	1.00	82
$315.00	Dec 18	41.65	44.40	$43.03	6.4%	--	0.96	23
$325.00	Dec 18	51.45	54.85	$53.15	6.4%	--	0.97	201
$320.00	Dec 18	46.50	49.70	$48.10	6.7%	--	0.98	12
$310.00	Dec 18	36.75	39.55	$38.15	7.3%	--	0.95	258

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. 106 found (avg delta 0.87, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Nov 6	51.05	54.50	$52.78	6.5%	--	1.00	54
$230.00	Nov 6	41.50	44.35	$42.93	6.6%	--	1.00	35
$232.50	Nov 6	39.25	41.85	$40.55	6.4%	1	1.00	12
$237.50	Nov 6	34.35	37.00	$35.67	7.4%	--	1.00	19
$230.00	Dec 4	41.40	45.25	$43.33	8.9%	--	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Nov 20	40.75	43.40	$42.08	6.3%	--	1.00	82
$300.00	Nov 13	25.65	28.40	$27.03	10.2%	3	0.98	--
$320.00	Dec 18	46.50	49.70	$48.10	6.7%	--	0.98	12
$325.00	Dec 18	51.45	54.85	$53.15	6.4%	--	0.97	201
$315.00	Dec 18	41.65	44.40	$43.03	6.4%	--	0.96	23

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 201 active (total vol 9.9K, top 2.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Nov 20	1.22	1.77	$1.50	36.7%	2.4K	0.20	805
$275.00	Nov 20	4.20	4.85	$4.53	14.3%	735	0.45	2.8K
$275.00	Nov 6	1.78	2.40	$2.09	29.7%	296	0.39	1.8K
$270.00	Nov 6	3.85	4.50	$4.18	15.6%	292	0.65	1.2K
$265.00	Dec 18	12.05	13.20	$12.63	9.1%	245	0.64	3.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Nov 6	0.03	0.04	$0.04	25.0%	309	0.01	1.4K
$255.00	Nov 13	0.02	0.50	$0.26	184.6%	238	0.05	175
$230.00	Dec 18	0.26	0.44	$0.35	51.4%	149	0.03	3.1K
$247.50	Nov 6	0.02	0.03	$0.03	33.3%	136	0.01	781
$255.00	Nov 6	0.05	0.20	$0.13	115.4%	130	0.03	509

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 11 strikes (avg 41.5%, max 75.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	36.3%	20.7%	75.0%	327	3.1K
$280.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	35.0%	23.3%	50.4%	306	4.0K
$275.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	35.6%	23.7%	50.0%	330	3.2K
$267.50	Nov 6	Nov 20	34.6%	23.1%	49.6%	96	950
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	36.8%	25.2%	46.3%	129	518

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	36.3%	20.7%	75.0%	56	865
$267.50	Nov 6	Nov 20	34.6%	23.1%	49.6%	50	56
$275.00	Nov 13	Dec 18	26.0%	23.7%	9.5%	20	763
$285.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	24.2%	22.4%	7.9%	4	456
$280.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	24.4%	23.3%	4.8%	1	422

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 110 found (best R:R 1.69, avg 9.78)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$272.50	Nov 6	$0.93	$1.57	$0.93	65%	1.69	$270.93
$265.00	$267.50	Nov 20	$1.45	$1.05	$1.45	72%	0.72	$266.45
$265.00	$267.50	Nov 13	$1.64	$0.86	$1.64	76%	0.52	$266.64
$290.00	$295.00	Nov 13	$0.11	$4.89	$0.11	8%	44.45	$290.11
$290.00	$295.00	Nov 20	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	13%	19.00	$290.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$262.50	$260.00	Nov 20	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	22%	9.00	$262.25
$280.00	$275.00	Nov 20	$3.02	$1.98	$3.02	69%	0.66	$276.98
$280.00	$275.00	Dec 18	$2.88	$2.12	$2.88	64%	0.74	$277.12
$267.50	$265.00	Nov 13	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	30%	4.00	$267.00
$250.00	$245.00	Dec 4	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	10%	17.52	$249.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 91 found (best R:R 0.37, avg 0.24)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$280.00	$290.00	Dec 11	$2.69	$2.69	$7.31	65%	0.37	$282.69
$275.00	$280.00	Dec 4	$2.18	$2.18	$2.82	56%	0.77	$277.18
$280.00	$285.00	Dec 18	$1.72	$1.72	$3.28	64%	0.52	$281.72
$315.00	$320.00	Nov 20	$0.23	$0.23	$4.77	97%	0.05	$315.23
$290.00	$300.00	Dec 4	$0.95	$0.95	$9.05	84%	0.10	$290.95

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$222.50	$220.00	Nov 6	$0.25	$0.25	$2.25	98%	0.11	$222.25
$260.00	$257.50	Nov 20	$0.54	$0.54	$1.96	82%	0.28	$259.46
$222.50	$220.00	Nov 20	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	98%	0.09	$222.29
$227.50	$225.00	Nov 20	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	98%	0.09	$227.29
$232.50	$230.00	Nov 13	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	97%	0.09	$232.29

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 7 found (avg debit $1.62, cheapest $1.13)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.43	36.8%	25.2%
$270.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$2.00	36.3%	25.5%
$275.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.38	35.6%	26.0%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.13	36.8%	25.2%
$270.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.20	36.3%	25.5%
$280.00	Nov 20	Dec 18	$3.28	24.4%	23.3%
$275.00	Nov 13	Nov 20	$0.95	26.0%	25.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 58 found (cheapest 2.23% of stock, avg 6.30%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$270.00	Nov 6	$4.18	$1.90	$6.08	$263.92	$276.08	2.23%
$272.50	Nov 6	$3.25	$3.02	$6.27	$266.23	$278.77	2.30%
$267.50	Nov 6	$6.25	$1.04	$7.29	$260.21	$274.79	2.68%
$265.00	Nov 6	$8.18	$0.62	$8.80	$256.20	$273.80	3.23%
$272.50	Nov 13	$4.68	$4.15	$8.83	$263.67	$281.33	3.24%
$275.00	Nov 13	$3.47	$5.48	$8.95	$266.05	$283.95	3.29%
$270.00	Nov 13	$6.18	$3.10	$9.28	$260.72	$279.28	3.41%
$267.50	Nov 13	$7.93	$2.19	$10.12	$257.38	$277.62	3.72%
$262.50	Nov 6	$10.43	$0.27	$10.70	$251.80	$273.20	3.93%
$275.00	Nov 20	$4.53	$6.43	$10.96	$264.04	$285.96	4.03%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.18% of stock, avg 1.79%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$285.00	$262.50	Nov 6	$0.21	$0.27	$0.48	$262.02	$285.48
$282.50	$262.50	Nov 6	$0.48	$0.27	$0.75	$261.75	$283.25
$285.00	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.21	$0.62	$0.83	$264.17	$285.83
$280.00	$262.50	Nov 6	$0.70	$0.27	$0.97	$261.53	$280.97
$282.50	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.48	$0.62	$1.10	$263.90	$283.60
$300.00	$245.00	Dec 4	$0.51	$0.67	$1.18	$243.82	$301.18
$280.00	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.70	$0.62	$1.32	$263.68	$281.32
$295.00	$250.00	Nov 27	$0.70	$0.63	$1.33	$248.67	$296.33
$300.00	$250.00	Dec 4	$0.51	$0.94	$1.45	$248.55	$301.45
$285.00	$267.50	Nov 6	$0.21	$1.04	$1.25	$266.25	$286.25

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 187 found (best R:R 0.10, avg credit $0.93)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
220/222	315/320	Nov 20	$0.44	$4.56	94%	0.10	$222.06	$315.44
220/222	282/285	Nov 6	$0.52	$1.98	86%	0.26	$221.98	$283.02
225/228	315/320	Nov 20	$0.44	$4.56	94%	0.10	$227.06	$315.44
230/232	315/320	Nov 20	$0.40	$4.60	94%	0.09	$232.10	$315.40
240/242	315/320	Nov 20	$0.40	$4.60	93%	0.09	$242.10	$315.40
220/222	295/300	Nov 20	$0.50	$4.50	90%	0.11	$222.00	$295.50
225/228	295/300	Nov 20	$0.50	$4.50	90%	0.11	$227.00	$295.50
220/222	278/280	Nov 6	$0.73	$1.77	71%	0.41	$221.77	$278.23
230/232	280/282	Nov 13	$0.74	$1.76	70%	0.42	$231.76	$280.74
230/232	282/285	Nov 13	$0.57	$1.93	77%	0.30	$231.93	$283.07

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 136 found (best R:R 15.13, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Nov 27	$0.31	$4.69	22%	15.13
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Dec 4	$0.22	$4.78	19%	21.73
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Dec 4	$0.32	$4.68	22%	14.62
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Dec 18	$0.27	$4.73	20%	17.52
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Dec 18	$0.21	$4.79	18%	22.81

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Dec 18	$0.23	$4.77	16%	20.74
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Nov 27	$0.30	$4.70	17%	15.67
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Dec 18	$0.37	$4.63	19%	12.51
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Nov 6	$0.07	$2.43	15%	34.71
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Dec 11	$0.32	$4.68	17%	14.63

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 $-2.28, 134 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$7.54	$2.46
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.93	$4.07
$280.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.27	$4.73
$270.00	$275.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.96	$3.04
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.21	$4.79

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$315.00	$295.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.28	$17.72
$295.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$4.38	$5.62
$270.00	$265.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.87	$4.13
$275.00	$270.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.77	$3.23
$270.00	$267.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.18	$2.32

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 39 found (best yield 2.41%, avg 0.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$275.00	Dec 18	$6.55	0.45	1.0%	2.41%	3.41%	34	1.5K
$280.00	Dec 18	$4.60	0.36	2.8%	1.69%	4.53%	119	1.9K
$275.00	Dec 11	$5.80	0.45	1.0%	2.13%	3.14%	2	18
$280.00	Dec 11	$4.00	0.35	2.8%	1.47%	4.31%	4	9
$275.00	Dec 4	$5.30	0.44	1.0%	1.95%	2.95%	9	63
$285.00	Dec 18	$3.05	0.27	4.7%	1.12%	5.80%	13	1.1K
$275.00	Nov 27	$4.85	0.46	1.0%	1.78%	2.79%	14	128
$280.00	Dec 4	$3.40	0.33	2.8%	1.25%	4.09%	15	116
$280.00	Nov 27	$3.00	0.34	2.8%	1.10%	3.94%	19	117
$290.00	Dec 18	$1.98	0.20	6.5%	0.73%	7.24%	24	2.3K

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 12,027

Total Puts 3,516

Put/Call Ratio 0.29

Net Difference 8,511

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 12,635

Total Puts 3,735

Put/Call Ratio 0.30

Net Difference 8,900

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 176,018

Total Puts 83,854

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.58

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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