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MCDONALDS CORP

$278.99 +6.06%

(11/4 10:35) ◀

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (2:15pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (11/04 2:15pm) 69,091

Calls: 48,345 (70%)

Puts: 20,746 (30%)

Prior (11/03) 26,305

Calls: 15,186 (58%)

Puts: 11,119 (42%)

Current vs Prior +162.65%

Calls: +218.35% (Calls)

Puts: +86.58% (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 +86.11%

Calls: +92.26%

Puts: +73.18%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (11/04 2:15pm) $66.12M

Calls: $60.95M (92%)

Puts: $5.17M (8%)

Prior (11/03) $32.04M

Calls: $29.02M (91%)

Puts: $3.02M (9%)

Current vs Prior +106.39%

Calls: +110.01%

Puts: +71.57%

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 +265.57%

Calls: +381.58%

Puts: -4.73%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (11/04 2:15pm) 0.43

Prior (11/03) 0.73

Current vs Prior -41.39%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.58

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -26.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (11/04 2:15pm) 393,390

Calls: 240,670 (61%)

Puts: 152,720 (39%)

Prior (11/03) 379,658

Calls: 235,096 (62%)

Puts: 144,562 (38%)

Current vs Prior +3.62%

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 2.32% | 3.49%4.90% | 7.01%

Prior 4.14% | 4.85%5.46% | 7.80%

Current vs Prior -44.02% | -27.92%-10.16% | -10.12%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -14.81% | -7.14%+0.09% | -11.17%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -44.02% | -27.92%-8.91% | -10.61%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 15.52% | 9.43%

Calls: 11.76% | 5.83%

Puts: 19.28% | 13.04%

Prior 11.90% | 13.04%

Calls: 11.27% | 14.33%

Puts: 12.54% | 11.76%

Current vs Prior +30.42% | -27.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.20% | 15.22%

Calls: 23.31% | 14.77%

Puts: 33.11% | 15.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -44.97% | -38.06%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 92% of dollar volume in calls ($60.95M) vs puts ($5.17M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 106% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (266% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 163% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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
14:15	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 117 of results (avg 6.4%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Nov 20	34.05	35.00	$34.53	2.8%	54	1.00	1.6K
$260.00	Nov 6	19.00	19.60	$19.30	3.1%	1.1K	0.99	2.0K
$275.00	Nov 20	7.85	8.10	$7.98	3.1%	1.1K	0.63	2.8K
$270.00	Nov 20	11.50	11.90	$11.70	3.4%	827	0.75	2.0K
$240.00	Nov 20	38.65	40.00	$39.33	3.4%	159	1.00	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Nov 27	8.90	9.30	$9.10	4.4%	1	0.63	--
$265.00	Dec 18	3.20	3.35	$3.28	4.6%	275	0.26	524
$280.00	Dec 18	8.90	9.35	$9.13	4.9%	99	0.53	402
$275.00	Nov 6	0.97	1.02	$1.00	5.0%	968	0.26	2
$275.00	Dec 18	6.50	6.85	$6.68	5.2%	151	0.44	693

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 6 found (avg $0.46, cheapest $0.28)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Nov 6	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	454	0.08	308
$240.00	Dec 18	0.40	0.45	$0.43	11.6%	317	0.04	1.8K
$245.00	Dec 18	0.54	0.65	$0.60	18.3%	259	0.06	1.2K
$235.00	Dec 18	0.27	0.32	$0.30	16.7%	112	0.03	1.8K
$225.00	Dec 18	0.14	0.17	$0.16	18.8%	175	0.01	1.9K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 124 found (avg delta 0.87, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Nov 13	47.65	50.25	$48.95	5.3%	--	1.00	33
$232.50	Nov 13	45.15	47.75	$46.45	5.6%	1	1.00	17
$235.00	Nov 13	42.65	45.25	$43.95	5.9%	5	1.00	56
$237.50	Nov 13	40.15	42.75	$41.45	6.3%	--	1.00	10
$240.00	Nov 13	37.85	40.15	$39.00	5.9%	56	1.00	103

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Nov 20	35.00	37.65	$36.33	7.3%	--	0.98	82
$330.00	Dec 18	50.65	53.70	$52.18	5.8%	--	0.98	60
$300.00	Nov 13	20.15	22.65	$21.40	11.7%	3	0.97	--
$325.00	Dec 18	45.10	48.75	$46.93	7.8%	--	0.97	201
$320.00	Dec 18	41.05	43.75	$42.40	6.4%	--	0.96	12

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 263 active (total vol 41.2K, top 2.7K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Nov 20	2.94	3.30	$3.12	11.5%	2.7K	0.34	805
$280.00	Nov 6	2.09	2.34	$2.22	11.3%	1.4K	0.45	2.1K
$275.00	Nov 6	4.95	5.50	$5.23	10.5%	1.3K	0.74	1.8K
$260.00	Nov 6	19.00	19.60	$19.30	3.1%	1.1K	0.99	2.0K
$285.00	Nov 6	0.53	0.71	$0.62	29.0%	1.1K	0.18	611

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Nov 6	0.97	1.02	$1.00	5.0%	968	0.26	2
$260.00	Nov 6	0.00	0.06	$0.03	200.0%	938	0.01	662
$265.00	Nov 6	0.01	0.11	$0.06	166.7%	808	0.02	201
$262.50	Nov 20	0.65	1.00	$0.83	42.2%	703	0.12	153
$250.00	Nov 6	0.01	0.04	$0.03	100.0%	658	0.01	1.4K

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 35.9%, max 49.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$275.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	30.4%	20.3%	49.6%	1.6K	3.2K
$280.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	31.4%	23.3%	34.7%	2.1K	4.0K
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	30.8%	23.0%	33.9%	919	543
$285.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	30.1%	22.7%	32.5%	1.3K	1.7K
$272.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	31.0%	23.7%	30.8%	433	518

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$275.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	30.4%	20.3%	49.6%	1.1K	695
$280.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	31.4%	23.3%	34.7%	157	402
$285.00	Nov 6	Dec 18	30.1%	22.7%	32.5%	14	409

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 114 found (best R:R 0.53, avg 8.58)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$270.00	$275.00	Nov 27	$3.33	$1.67	$3.33	74%	0.50	$273.33
$277.50	$280.00	Nov 6	$1.18	$1.32	$1.18	60%	1.12	$278.68
$305.00	$325.00	Dec 4	$0.42	$19.58	$0.42	8%	46.62	$305.42
$300.00	$305.00	Dec 4	$0.31	$4.69	$0.31	11%	15.13	$300.31
$270.00	$275.00	Dec 18	$3.12	$1.88	$3.12	67%	0.60	$273.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$285.00	$280.00	Nov 6	$3.27	$1.73	$3.27	82%	0.53	$281.73
$290.00	$285.00	Dec 18	$3.10	$1.90	$3.10	70%	0.61	$286.90
$285.00	$280.00	Nov 20	$2.85	$2.15	$2.85	66%	0.75	$282.15
$270.00	$267.50	Nov 13	$0.26	$2.24	$0.26	19%	8.62	$269.74
$262.50	$260.00	Nov 20	$0.14	$2.36	$0.14	12%	16.86	$262.36

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 89 found (best R:R 0.10, avg 0.24)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$290.00	$295.00	Dec 11	$1.26	$1.26	$3.74	72%	0.34	$291.26
$280.00	$285.00	Dec 11	$2.25	$2.25	$2.75	53%	0.82	$282.25
$285.00	$290.00	Nov 6	$0.49	$0.49	$4.51	82%	0.11	$285.49
$295.00	$300.00	Nov 13	$0.32	$0.32	$4.68	92%	0.07	$295.32
$290.00	$295.00	Dec 4	$1.13	$1.13	$3.87	74%	0.29	$291.13

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$232.50	$230.00	Nov 13	$0.23	$0.23	$2.27	98%	0.10	$232.27
$265.00	$260.00	Dec 18	$1.13	$1.13	$3.87	74%	0.29	$263.87
$275.00	$270.00	Dec 4	$1.88	$1.88	$3.12	58%	0.60	$273.12
$275.00	$270.00	Nov 27	$1.60	$1.60	$3.40	62%	0.47	$273.40
$277.50	$275.00	Nov 6	$0.87	$0.87	$1.63	60%	0.53	$276.63

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $1.60, cheapest $1.46)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.75	30.8%	23.0%
$280.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.66	31.4%	24.8%
$282.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.58	30.7%	24.7%

PUTS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$277.50	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.46	30.8%	23.0%
$280.00	Nov 6	Nov 13	$1.54	31.4%	24.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 73 found (cheapest 1.89% of stock, avg 6.14%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$277.50	Nov 6	$3.40	$1.87	$5.27	$272.23	$282.77	1.89%
$280.00	Nov 6	$2.22	$3.06	$5.28	$274.72	$285.28	1.89%
$275.00	Nov 6	$5.23	$1.00	$6.23	$268.77	$281.23	2.23%
$285.00	Nov 6	$0.62	$6.33	$6.95	$278.05	$291.95	2.49%
$272.50	Nov 6	$7.30	$0.52	$7.82	$264.68	$280.32	2.80%
$277.50	Nov 13	$5.15	$3.33	$8.48	$269.02	$285.98	3.04%
$280.00	Nov 13	$3.88	$4.60	$8.48	$271.52	$288.48	3.04%
$282.50	Nov 13	$2.83	$6.05	$8.88	$273.62	$291.38	3.18%
$275.00	Nov 13	$6.75	$2.42	$9.17	$265.83	$284.17	3.29%
$285.00	Nov 13	$2.04	$7.65	$9.69	$275.31	$294.69	3.47%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 162 found (cheapest 0.32% of stock, avg 1.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$285.00	$270.00	Nov 6	$0.62	$0.28	$0.90	$269.10	$285.90
$285.00	$272.50	Nov 6	$0.62	$0.52	$1.14	$271.36	$286.14
$300.00	$255.00	Nov 27	$0.74	$0.53	$1.27	$253.73	$301.27
$295.00	$267.50	Nov 13	$0.42	$0.83	$1.25	$266.25	$296.25
$300.00	$262.50	Nov 20	$0.45	$0.83	$1.28	$261.22	$301.28
$300.00	$260.00	Nov 27	$0.74	$0.90	$1.64	$258.36	$301.64
$295.00	$270.00	Nov 13	$0.42	$1.09	$1.51	$268.49	$296.51
$300.00	$265.00	Nov 20	$0.45	$1.15	$1.60	$263.40	$301.60
$285.00	$275.00	Nov 6	$0.62	$1.00	$1.62	$273.38	$286.62
$295.00	$262.50	Nov 20	$0.89	$0.83	$1.72	$260.78	$296.72

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 167 found (best R:R 0.12, avg credit $1.12)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/232	295/300	Nov 13	$0.55	$4.45	89%	0.12	$231.95	$295.55
235/238	295/300	Nov 13	$0.43	$4.57	90%	0.09	$237.07	$295.43
260/262	282/285	Nov 6	$0.74	$1.76	66%	0.42	$261.76	$283.24
230/235	310/315	Dec 18	$0.37	$4.63	90%	0.08	$234.63	$310.37
230/235	305/310	Dec 18	$0.53	$4.47	86%	0.12	$234.47	$305.53
268/270	282/285	Nov 6	$0.79	$1.71	61%	0.46	$269.21	$283.29
235/240	290/295	Dec 11	$1.38	$3.62	69%	0.38	$238.62	$291.38
230/232	290/295	Nov 13	$0.78	$4.22	81%	0.18	$231.72	$290.78
235/240	310/315	Dec 18	$0.39	$4.61	88%	0.08	$239.61	$310.39
245/250	310/315	Dec 18	$0.62	$4.38	84%	0.14	$249.38	$310.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 156 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Dec 11	$0.10	$4.90	18%	49.00
$277.50	$280.00	$282.50	Nov 6	$0.21	$2.29	30%	10.90
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Dec 18	$0.10	$4.90	11%	49.00
$270.00	$272.50	$275.00	Nov 6	$0.06	$2.44	18%	40.67
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Dec 18	$0.07	$4.93	9%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Dec 18	$0.13	$4.87	14%	37.46
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Nov 20	$0.60	$4.40	28%	7.33
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Dec 18	$0.31	$4.69	16%	15.13
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Dec 4	$0.51	$4.49	22%	8.80
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Dec 11	$0.06	$4.94	6%	82.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 171 found (best net $-0.92, 150 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.34	$4.66
$280.00	$285.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.06	$3.94
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.73	$4.27
$290.00	$295.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.05	$4.95
$280.00	$282.50	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.28	$2.22

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$285.00	$275.00	1:2	Dec 11	-$0.92	$9.08
$280.00	$275.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$1.20	$3.80
$275.00	$270.00	1:2	Nov 20	-$0.65	$4.35
$275.00	$270.00	1:2	Nov 27	-$0.80	$4.20
$277.50	$275.00	1:2	Nov 6	-$0.13	$2.37

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 38 found (best yield 2.72%, avg 0.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$280.00	Dec 18	$7.60	0.47	0.4%	2.72%	3.09%	684	1.9K
$285.00	Dec 18	$5.40	0.38	2.1%	1.94%	4.09%	218	1.1K
$280.00	Dec 11	$6.60	0.47	0.4%	2.37%	2.73%	13	9
$290.00	Dec 18	$3.70	0.29	4.0%	1.33%	5.27%	370	2.3K
$285.00	Dec 11	$4.45	0.37	2.1%	1.60%	3.75%	3	2
$280.00	Dec 4	$6.15	0.47	0.4%	2.20%	2.57%	32	116
$280.00	Nov 27	$5.85	0.49	0.4%	2.10%	2.46%	266	117
$285.00	Dec 4	$4.05	0.36	2.1%	1.45%	3.61%	45	29
$290.00	Dec 11	$2.87	0.28	4.0%	1.03%	4.98%	6	13
$295.00	Dec 18	$2.45	0.22	5.7%	0.88%	6.62%	114	310

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

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 48,345

Total Puts 20,746

Put/Call Ratio 0.43

Net Difference 27,599

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 15,186

Total Puts 11,119

Put/Call Ratio 0.73

Net Difference 4,067

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)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
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