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MCDONALDS CORP

$274.90 +4.51%

(11/4 10:25) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04 10:30am) 32,400

Calls: 23,058 (71%)

Puts: 9,342 (29%)

Prior (09/24) 28,677

Calls: 21,128 (74%)

Puts: 7,549 (26%)

Current vs Prior +12.98%

Calls: +9.13% (Calls)

Puts: +23.75% (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 -12.73%

Calls: -8.30%

Puts: -22.01%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 10:30am) $27.64M

Calls: $25.62M (93%)

Puts: $2.02M (7%)

Prior (09/24) $16.07M

Calls: $10.59M (66%)

Puts: $5.48M (34%)

Current vs Prior +71.97%

Calls: +141.93%

Puts: -63.17%

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 +52.80%

Calls: +102.43%

Puts: -62.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04 10:30am) 0.41

Prior (09/24) 0.36

Current vs Prior +13.39%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/04 10:30am) 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 2.54% | 3.68%5.22% | 7.09%

Prior 4.14% | 4.85%5.46% | 7.80%

Current vs Prior -38.61% | -24.07%-4.36% | -9.15%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -6.59% | -2.19%+6.55% | -10.21%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -38.61% | -24.07%-3.03% | -9.65%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 18.10% | 13.63%

Calls: 11.49% | 11.86%

Puts: 24.71% | 15.40%

Prior 11.90% | 13.04%

Calls: 11.27% | 14.33%

Puts: 12.54% | 11.76%

Current vs Prior +52.10% | +4.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.20% | 15.22%

Calls: 23.31% | 14.77%

Puts: 33.11% | 15.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.83% | -10.47%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 93% of dollar volume in calls ($25.62M) vs puts ($2.02M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 72% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (53% higher). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.41 - heavy call buying (23,058 calls vs 9,342 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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
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 94 of results (avg 6.5%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Dec 18	40.25	41.40	$40.83	2.8%	--	1.00	1.1K
$240.00	Dec 18	35.40	36.50	$35.95	3.1%	10	1.00	1.6K
$255.00	Dec 18	21.75	22.45	$22.10	3.2%	32	0.86	1.1K
$245.00	Dec 18	30.65	31.70	$31.17	3.4%	14	0.96	1.2K
$250.00	Dec 18	26.15	27.05	$26.60	3.4%	77	0.92	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Dec 18	8.40	8.70	$8.55	3.5%	63	0.51	693
$280.00	Dec 18	11.15	11.55	$11.35	3.5%	37	0.60	402
$270.00	Dec 18	6.15	6.45	$6.30	4.8%	96	0.42	557
$265.00	Dec 18	4.30	4.55	$4.43	5.6%	124	0.32	524
$280.00	Nov 13	6.85	7.25	$7.05	5.7%	2	0.67	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 4 found (avg $0.67, cheapest $0.96)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Nov 6	0.90	1.01	$0.96	11.5%	373	0.24	2.1K

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Dec 18	0.25	0.29	$0.27	14.8%	241	0.03	3.1K
$240.00	Dec 18	0.55	0.61	$0.58	10.3%	215	0.06	1.8K
$245.00	Dec 18	0.80	0.95	$0.88	17.0%	146	0.08	1.2K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 120 found (avg delta 0.86, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Nov 6	54.00	56.85	$55.43	5.1%	--	1.00	54
$230.00	Dec 4	44.70	47.55	$46.13	6.2%	--	1.00	16
$240.00	Dec 4	34.80	37.70	$36.25	8.0%	--	1.00	17
$220.00	Dec 18	54.65	57.25	$55.95	4.6%	--	1.00	182
$225.00	Dec 18	49.70	52.35	$51.03	5.2%	4	1.00	51

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Nov 20	38.70	41.15	$39.92	6.1%	--	1.00	82
$320.00	Dec 18	44.30	47.15	$45.72	6.2%	--	0.97	12
$325.00	Dec 18	49.20	52.10	$50.65	5.7%	--	0.97	201
$300.00	Nov 13	23.65	26.20	$24.92	10.2%	3	0.96	--
$315.00	Dec 18	39.55	42.20	$40.88	6.5%	--	0.95	23

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 248 active (total vol 20.4K, top 2.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Nov 20	1.75	2.25	$2.00	25.0%	2.4K	0.25	805
$275.00	Nov 6	2.50	3.00	$2.75	18.2%	1.0K	0.51	1.8K
$275.00	Nov 20	5.55	6.25	$5.90	11.9%	814	0.51	2.8K
$290.00	Nov 6	0.04	0.09	$0.07	71.4%	534	0.02	652
$270.00	Nov 6	5.80	7.00	$6.40	18.8%	432	0.78	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Nov 6	2.30	2.95	$2.63	24.7%	546	0.49	2
$250.00	Nov 6	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	449	0.01	1.4K
$262.50	Nov 20	1.27	1.52	$1.40	17.9%	394	0.18	153
$260.00	Nov 20	0.85	1.26	$1.06	38.7%	273	0.14	1.0K
$270.00	Nov 20	3.10	3.55	$3.33	13.5%	259	0.35	67

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 9 strikes (avg 38.0%, max 53.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	31.8%	20.7%	53.6%	535	3.1K
$280.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	31.7%	22.7%	39.8%	658	4.0K
$282.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	34.1%	25.0%	36.6%	380	148
$275.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	30.9%	23.4%	31.7%	1.1K	3.2K
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	33.0%	25.4%	29.9%	358	543

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	31.8%	20.7%	53.6%	230	865
$280.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	31.7%	22.7%	39.8%	38	402
$275.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	30.9%	23.4%	31.7%	609	695

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 117 found (best R:R 0.54, avg 8.45)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$260.00	$262.50	Nov 13	$1.62	$0.88	$1.62	92%	0.54	$261.62
$265.00	$270.00	Dec 11	$3.00	$2.00	$3.00	70%	0.67	$268.00
$305.00	$325.00	Dec 4	$0.27	$19.73	$0.27	6%	73.07	$305.27
$300.00	$305.00	Dec 4	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	8%	25.32	$300.19
$275.00	$277.50	Nov 6	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	51%	1.63	$275.95

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$285.00	$280.00	Nov 20	$3.00	$2.00	$3.00	75%	0.67	$282.00
$285.00	$275.00	Dec 11	$5.97	$4.03	$5.97	70%	0.68	$279.03
$277.50	$275.00	Nov 6	$1.30	$1.20	$1.30	63%	0.92	$276.20
$255.00	$250.00	Nov 27	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	9%	20.74	$254.77
$270.00	$267.50	Nov 13	$0.58	$1.92	$0.58	31%	3.31	$269.42

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 90 found (best R:R 0.40, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$275.00	$280.00	Dec 4	$2.37	$2.37	$2.63	51%	0.90	$277.37
$280.00	$285.00	Nov 20	$1.63	$1.63	$3.37	62%	0.48	$281.63
$285.00	$290.00	Dec 18	$1.43	$1.43	$3.57	69%	0.40	$286.43
$280.00	$285.00	Nov 27	$1.74	$1.74	$3.26	61%	0.53	$281.74
$280.00	$285.00	Dec 4	$1.74	$1.74	$3.26	62%	0.53	$281.74

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$260.00	Dec 4	$2.87	$2.87	$7.13	60%	0.40	$267.13
$222.50	$220.00	Nov 6	$0.25	$0.25	$2.25	98%	0.11	$222.25
$232.50	$230.00	Nov 13	$0.23	$0.23	$2.27	97%	0.10	$232.27
$260.00	$255.00	Dec 11	$1.03	$1.03	$3.97	78%	0.26	$258.97
$242.50	$240.00	Nov 13	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	97%	0.09	$242.29

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.61, cheapest $1.55)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.55	33.0%	25.4%
$275.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.82	30.9%	24.4%
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.55	30.5%	24.4%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.60	33.0%	25.4%
$275.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.59	30.9%	24.4%
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.54	30.5%	24.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 76 found (cheapest 1.96% of stock, avg 6.41%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$275.00	Nov 6	$2.75	$2.63	$5.38	$269.62	$280.38	1.96%
$277.50	Nov 6	$1.80	$3.93	$5.73	$271.77	$283.23	2.08%
$272.50	Nov 6	$4.35	$1.53	$5.88	$266.62	$278.38	2.14%
$280.00	Nov 6	$0.96	$5.75	$6.71	$273.29	$286.71	2.44%
$270.00	Nov 6	$6.40	$0.90	$7.30	$262.70	$277.30	2.66%
$275.00	Nov 13	$4.57	$4.22	$8.79	$266.21	$283.79	3.20%
$277.50	Nov 13	$3.35	$5.53	$8.88	$268.62	$286.38	3.23%
$272.50	Nov 13	$5.90	$3.07	$8.97	$263.53	$281.47	3.26%
$267.50	Nov 6	$8.57	$0.54	$9.11	$258.39	$276.61	3.31%
$280.00	Nov 13	$2.38	$7.05	$9.43	$270.57	$289.43	3.43%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.20% of stock, avg 1.92%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$285.00	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$0.26	$0.54	$264.46	$285.54
$285.00	$267.50	Nov 6	$0.28	$0.54	$0.82	$266.68	$285.82
$282.50	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.62	$0.26	$0.88	$264.12	$283.38
$282.50	$267.50	Nov 6	$0.62	$0.54	$1.16	$266.34	$283.66
$300.00	$255.00	Nov 27	$0.48	$0.71	$1.19	$253.81	$301.19
$285.00	$270.00	Nov 6	$0.28	$0.90	$1.18	$268.82	$286.18
$280.00	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.96	$0.26	$1.22	$263.78	$281.22
$295.00	$255.00	Nov 27	$0.86	$0.71	$1.57	$253.43	$296.57
$282.50	$270.00	Nov 6	$0.62	$0.90	$1.52	$268.48	$284.02
$280.00	$267.50	Nov 6	$0.96	$0.54	$1.50	$266.00	$281.50

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 180 found (best R:R 0.31, avg credit $1.00)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
220/222	282/285	Nov 6	$0.59	$1.91	82%	0.31	$221.91	$283.09
230/232	280/282	Nov 13	$0.95	$1.55	64%	0.61	$231.55	$280.95
230/232	282/285	Nov 13	$0.75	$1.75	72%	0.43	$231.75	$283.25
240/242	280/282	Nov 13	$0.93	$1.57	63%	0.59	$241.57	$280.93
240/242	282/285	Nov 13	$0.73	$1.77	71%	0.41	$241.77	$283.23
242/245	282/285	Nov 6	$0.44	$2.06	82%	0.21	$244.56	$282.94
220/222	280/282	Nov 6	$0.59	$1.91	74%	0.31	$221.91	$280.59
230/232	295/300	Nov 13	$0.34	$4.66	92%	0.07	$232.16	$295.34
220/222	285/290	Nov 6	$0.46	$4.54	89%	0.10	$222.04	$285.46
248/250	280/282	Nov 13	$0.83	$1.67	63%	0.50	$249.17	$280.83

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 158 found (best R:R 28.41, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Nov 27	$0.25	$4.75	24%	19.00
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Dec 4	$0.08	$4.92	13%	61.50
$275.00	$277.50	$280.00	Nov 6	$0.11	$2.39	27%	21.73
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Dec 4	$0.35	$4.65	21%	13.29
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Dec 18	$0.07	$4.93	11%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Nov 20	$0.17	$4.83	26%	28.41
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Dec 18	$0.20	$4.80	17%	24.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Dec 11	$0.17	$4.83	15%	28.41
$272.50	$275.00	$277.50	Nov 6	$0.20	$2.30	29%	11.50
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Dec 4	$0.44	$4.56	22%	10.36

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 174 found (best net $-0.24, 156 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$280.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.37	$4.63
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.04	$4.96
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.36	$3.64
$280.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.77	$4.23
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.31	$4.69

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$315.00	$295.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.24	$19.76
$300.00	$285.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$1.47	$13.53
$295.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$2.38	$7.62
$285.00	$275.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$1.96	$8.04
$285.00	$280.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$1.48	$3.52

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 44 found (best yield 2.86%, avg 0.86%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$275.00	Dec 18	$7.85	0.49	0.0%	2.86%	2.89%	127	1.5K
$280.00	Dec 18	$5.55	0.40	1.9%	2.02%	3.87%	285	1.9K
$275.00	Dec 11	$7.15	0.49	0.0%	2.60%	2.64%	4	18
$280.00	Dec 11	$4.95	0.40	1.9%	1.80%	3.66%	10	9
$285.00	Dec 18	$3.80	0.31	3.7%	1.38%	5.06%	66	1.1K
$275.00	Dec 4	$6.65	0.49	0.0%	2.42%	2.46%	20	63
$275.00	Nov 27	$6.25	0.51	0.0%	2.27%	2.31%	42	128
$280.00	Dec 4	$4.35	0.38	1.9%	1.58%	3.44%	21	116
$285.00	Dec 11	$3.20	0.30	3.7%	1.16%	4.84%	1	2
$280.00	Nov 27	$4.00	0.39	1.9%	1.46%	3.31%	224	117

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 23,058

Total Puts 9,342

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 13,716

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 21,128

Total Puts 7,549

Put/Call Ratio 0.36

Net Difference 13,579

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 176,018

Total Puts 83,854

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.58

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Put/Call Ratio

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Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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