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MCDONALDS CORP

$276.21 +5.00%

(11/4 10:30) ◀

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (10:35am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 10:35am) 34,062

Calls: 24,133 (71%)

Puts: 9,929 (29%)

Prior (09/24) 30,086

Calls: 21,858 (73%)

Puts: 8,228 (27%)

Current vs Prior +13.22%

Calls: +10.41% (Calls)

Puts: +20.67% (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 -8.25%

Calls: -4.03%

Puts: -17.11%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 10:35am) $30.61M

Calls: $28.40M (93%)

Puts: $2.20M (7%)

Prior (09/24) $16.35M

Calls: $10.64M (65%)

Puts: $5.70M (35%)

Current vs Prior +87.19%

Calls: +166.80%

Puts: -61.35%

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 +69.21%

Calls: +124.41%

Puts: -59.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/04 10:35am) 0.41

Prior (09/24) 0.38

Current vs Prior +9.30%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -29.28%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/04 10:35am) 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 2.53% | 3.76%5.10% | 7.14%

Prior 4.14% | 4.85%5.46% | 7.80%

Current vs Prior -38.90% | -22.49%-6.60% | -8.42%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -7.03% | -0.15%+4.05% | -9.49%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -38.90% | -22.49%-5.31% | -8.92%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.90% | 19.70%

Calls: 17.39% | 13.59%

Puts: 18.41% | 25.81%

Prior 11.90% | 13.04%

Calls: 11.27% | 14.33%

Puts: 12.54% | 11.76%

Current vs Prior +50.42% | +51.07%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.20% | 15.22%

Calls: 23.31% | 14.77%

Puts: 33.11% | 15.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -36.53% | +29.40%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 93% of dollar volume in calls ($28.40M) vs puts ($2.20M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 87% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (69% higher). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.41 - heavy call buying (24,133 calls vs 9,929 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
10:35	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 85 of results (avg 6.8%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Nov 13	21.50	22.35	$21.93	3.9%	6	0.95	288
$245.00	Nov 20	31.05	32.30	$31.67	3.9%	19	1.00	1.6K
$230.00	Dec 18	45.35	47.30	$46.33	4.2%	6	1.00	272
$225.00	Nov 20	50.00	52.20	$51.10	4.3%	31	1.00	213
$255.00	Nov 6	21.00	21.95	$21.48	4.4%	31	1.00	849

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Dec 18	21.00	22.00	$21.50	4.7%	16	0.82	103
$295.00	Nov 20	18.70	19.60	$19.15	4.7%	50	0.91	94
$315.00	Dec 18	39.35	41.35	$40.35	5.0%	--	0.96	23
$275.00	Dec 4	6.55	6.90	$6.73	5.2%	40	0.49	4
$330.00	Dec 18	53.95	56.95	$55.45	5.4%	--	0.98	60

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 5 found (avg $0.27, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Nov 20	0.11	0.13	$0.12	16.7%	97	0.02	1.7K
$237.50	Nov 20	0.08	0.09	$0.09	11.1%	11	0.01	162
$255.00	Nov 20	0.50	0.61	$0.55	20.0%	45	0.08	2.0K
$232.50	Nov 20	0.05	0.06	$0.06	16.7%	2	0.01	527
$240.00	Dec 18	0.50	0.58	$0.54	14.8%	230	0.05	1.8K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 119 found (avg delta 0.86, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Nov 6	49.60	51.90	$50.75	4.5%	--	1.00	21
$230.00	Nov 6	44.60	46.75	$45.68	4.7%	3	1.00	35
$232.50	Nov 6	42.10	44.40	$43.25	5.3%	3	1.00	12
$235.00	Nov 6	39.60	41.65	$40.63	5.0%	5	1.00	113
$237.50	Nov 6	37.10	39.30	$38.20	5.8%	--	1.00	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Nov 20	38.40	40.95	$39.67	6.4%	--	0.98	82
$330.00	Dec 18	53.95	56.95	$55.45	5.4%	--	0.98	60
$320.00	Dec 18	43.90	47.00	$45.45	6.8%	--	0.97	12
$325.00	Dec 18	49.00	52.00	$50.50	5.9%	--	0.97	201
$300.00	Nov 13	23.30	25.95	$24.63	10.8%	3	0.96	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 244 active (total vol 21.3K, top 2.4K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Nov 20	2.08	2.55	$2.32	20.3%	2.4K	0.27	805
$275.00	Nov 6	3.15	3.75	$3.45	17.4%	1.0K	0.57	1.8K
$275.00	Nov 20	5.95	6.75	$6.35	12.6%	829	0.54	2.8K
$290.00	Nov 6	0.06	0.10	$0.08	50.0%	534	0.03	652
$270.00	Nov 6	6.55	7.55	$7.05	14.2%	435	0.81	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Nov 6	2.05	2.57	$2.31	22.5%	557	0.43	2
$250.00	Nov 6	0.02	0.04	$0.03	66.7%	452	0.01	1.4K
$262.50	Nov 20	1.08	1.52	$1.30	33.8%	422	0.17	153
$250.00	Nov 20	0.27	0.40	$0.34	38.2%	332	0.05	3.9K
$255.00	Nov 13	0.20	0.42	$0.31	71.0%	307	0.05	175

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 46.4%, max 66.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	34.3%	20.6%	66.4%	551	3.1K
$275.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	32.7%	20.5%	59.8%	1.1K	3.2K
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	34.1%	24.6%	38.8%	318	518
$280.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	31.6%	22.9%	37.9%	678	4.0K
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	33.4%	25.9%	29.1%	361	543

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	34.3%	20.6%	66.4%	237	865
$275.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	32.7%	20.5%	59.8%	620	695
$280.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	31.6%	22.9%	37.9%	38	402

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 117 found (best R:R 0.50, avg 8.30)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$252.50	$255.00	Nov 13	$1.67	$0.83	$1.67	96%	0.50	$254.17
$267.50	$270.00	Nov 13	$1.55	$0.95	$1.55	80%	0.61	$269.05
$267.50	$270.00	Nov 20	$1.43	$1.07	$1.43	74%	0.75	$268.93
$265.00	$270.00	Dec 4	$3.28	$1.72	$3.28	75%	0.52	$268.28
$305.00	$325.00	Dec 4	$0.26	$19.74	$0.26	6%	75.92	$305.26

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$290.00	$285.00	Dec 18	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	75%	0.60	$286.88
$255.00	$250.00	Nov 27	$0.16	$4.84	$0.16	9%	30.25	$254.84
$275.00	$270.00	Dec 11	$2.12	$2.88	$2.12	50%	1.36	$272.88
$280.00	$275.00	Nov 27	$2.55	$2.45	$2.55	58%	0.96	$277.45
$250.00	$245.00	Dec 11	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	10%	15.67	$249.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 89 found (best R:R 0.39, avg 0.25)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$280.00	$285.00	Dec 11	$1.95	$1.95	$3.05	60%	0.64	$281.95
$285.00	$290.00	Nov 20	$1.16	$1.16	$3.84	73%	0.30	$286.16
$280.00	$285.00	Dec 4	$1.87	$1.87	$3.13	60%	0.60	$281.87
$285.00	$290.00	Nov 13	$0.79	$0.79	$4.21	79%	0.19	$285.79
$290.00	$295.00	Dec 18	$1.11	$1.11	$3.89	76%	0.29	$291.11

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$260.00	Dec 4	$2.79	$2.79	$7.21	62%	0.39	$267.21
$232.50	$230.00	Nov 13	$0.23	$0.23	$2.27	97%	0.10	$232.27
$242.50	$240.00	Nov 13	$0.21	$0.21	$2.29	97%	0.09	$242.29
$275.00	$272.50	Nov 13	$1.17	$1.17	$1.33	54%	0.88	$273.83
$245.00	$240.00	Dec 11	$0.34	$0.34	$4.66	93%	0.07	$244.66

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 6 found (avg debit $1.51, cheapest $1.17)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.17	34.1%	24.6%
$275.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.70	32.7%	25.2%
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.57	33.4%	25.9%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.30	34.1%	24.6%
$275.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.64	32.7%	25.2%
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.70	33.4%	25.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 73 found (cheapest 2.09% of stock, avg 6.30%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$275.00	Nov 6	$3.45	$2.31	$5.76	$269.24	$280.76	2.09%
$277.50	Nov 6	$2.23	$3.53	$5.76	$271.74	$283.26	2.09%
$280.00	Nov 6	$1.30	$5.45	$6.75	$273.25	$286.75	2.44%
$272.50	Nov 6	$5.38	$1.48	$6.86	$265.64	$279.36	2.48%
$270.00	Nov 6	$7.05	$0.84	$7.89	$262.11	$277.89	2.86%
$277.50	Nov 13	$3.80	$5.23	$9.03	$268.47	$286.53	3.27%
$275.00	Nov 13	$5.15	$3.95	$9.10	$265.90	$284.10	3.29%
$272.50	Nov 13	$6.55	$2.78	$9.33	$263.17	$281.83	3.38%
$280.00	Nov 13	$2.74	$6.73	$9.47	$270.53	$289.47	3.43%
$267.50	Nov 6	$9.20	$0.42	$9.62	$257.88	$277.12	3.48%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.21% of stock, avg 1.81%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$285.00	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.35	$0.24	$0.59	$264.41	$285.59
$285.00	$267.50	Nov 6	$0.35	$0.42	$0.77	$266.73	$285.77
$282.50	$265.00	Nov 6	$0.63	$0.24	$0.87	$264.13	$283.37
$282.50	$267.50	Nov 6	$0.63	$0.42	$1.05	$266.45	$283.55
$300.00	$255.00	Nov 27	$0.48	$0.73	$1.21	$253.79	$301.21
$285.00	$270.00	Nov 6	$0.35	$0.84	$1.19	$268.81	$286.19
$290.00	$265.00	Nov 13	$0.53	$0.88	$1.41	$263.59	$291.41
$300.00	$250.00	Dec 4	$0.67	$0.81	$1.48	$248.52	$301.48
$282.50	$270.00	Nov 6	$0.63	$0.84	$1.47	$268.53	$283.97
$295.00	$255.00	Nov 27	$0.86	$0.73	$1.59	$253.41	$296.59

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 171 found (best R:R 0.55, avg credit $1.07)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/232	282/285	Nov 13	$0.89	$1.61	69%	0.55	$231.61	$283.39
240/242	282/285	Nov 13	$0.87	$1.63	68%	0.53	$241.63	$283.37
248/250	282/285	Nov 13	$0.78	$1.72	68%	0.45	$249.22	$283.28
230/232	290/295	Nov 13	$0.55	$4.45	87%	0.12	$231.95	$290.55
230/235	315/320	Dec 18	$0.26	$4.74	93%	0.05	$234.74	$315.26
262/265	280/282	Nov 6	$0.78	$1.72	64%	0.45	$264.22	$280.78
265/268	282/285	Nov 13	$1.13	$1.37	50%	0.82	$266.37	$283.63
268/270	280/282	Nov 6	$1.09	$1.41	51%	0.77	$268.91	$281.09
230/235	310/315	Dec 18	$0.33	$4.67	91%	0.07	$234.67	$310.33
260/262	282/285	Nov 13	$0.85	$1.65	60%	0.52	$261.65	$283.35

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 154 found (best R:R 30.25, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Dec 4	$0.16	$4.84	24%	30.25
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Dec 18	$0.10	$4.90	20%	49.00
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Nov 27	$0.33	$4.67	26%	14.15
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Dec 18	$0.28	$4.72	20%	16.86
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Nov 27	$0.13	$4.87	13%	37.46

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Dec 11	$0.37	$4.63	20%	12.51
$270.00	$272.50	$275.00	Nov 6	$0.19	$2.31	23%	12.16
$272.50	$275.00	$277.50	Nov 13	$0.11	$2.39	18%	21.73
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Dec 4	$0.06	$4.94	7%	82.33
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Nov 27	$0.60	$4.40	26%	7.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 170 found (best net $-1.47, 152 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Nov 20	$0.00	$5.00
$280.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.64	$4.36
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.45	$4.55
$275.00	$280.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.65	$3.35
$280.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$1.07	$3.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$285.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$1.47	$13.53
$295.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$3.21	$6.79
$285.00	$275.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$1.50	$8.50
$285.00	$280.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.97	$4.03
$275.00	$270.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.11	$3.89

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 37 found (best yield 2.17%, avg 0.68%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$280.00	Dec 18	$6.00	0.41	1.4%	2.17%	3.54%	286	1.9K
$285.00	Dec 18	$4.20	0.33	3.2%	1.52%	4.70%	67	1.1K
$280.00	Dec 11	$4.95	0.40	1.4%	1.79%	3.16%	10	9
$280.00	Dec 4	$4.70	0.40	1.4%	1.70%	3.07%	21	116
$290.00	Dec 18	$2.76	0.24	5.0%	1.00%	5.99%	81	2.3K
$280.00	Nov 27	$4.35	0.41	1.4%	1.57%	2.95%	224	117
$285.00	Dec 11	$3.20	0.30	3.2%	1.16%	4.34%	1	2
$285.00	Dec 4	$2.96	0.30	3.2%	1.07%	4.25%	16	29
$280.00	Nov 20	$3.70	0.40	1.4%	1.34%	2.71%	417	1.5K
$285.00	Nov 27	$2.60	0.30	3.2%	0.94%	4.12%	27	47

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 24,133

Total Puts 9,929

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 14,204

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 21,858

Total Puts 8,228

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 13,630

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 176,018

Total Puts 83,854

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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Earnings This Week

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Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

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