MCD / McDonald's Corporation - Put/Call Ratio, Options Sentiment, Unusual Options Activity

Put/Call Ratios - Forward Looking and Historical

By looking at the put/call ratios of specific expirations, we can deduce what the options markets think of the short, medium, and long-term outlook of the company.

Expiry	DTX	Open Put Interest	Open Call Interest	Put/Call Ratio
2025-09-12	6	1,699
2025-09-19	13	29,953
2025-09-26	20	830
2025-10-03	27	2,264
2025-10-10	34	120
2025-10-17	41	6,518
2025-10-24	48	3
2025-11-21	76	6,469
2025-12-19	104	6,899
2026-01-16	132	33,668
2026-03-20	195	3,936
2026-05-15	251	871
2026-06-18	285	3,372
2026-09-18	377	1,187
2026-12-18	468	2,329
2027-01-15	496	4,419
2027-12-17	832	957

Date	Put OI	Put OI (OTM)	Call OI	Call OI (OTM)	Put/Call Ratio	Put/Call Ratio (OTM)
2025-09-05	121,398	113,677
2025-09-04	120,589	117,207
2025-09-03	119,250	113,742
2025-09-02	113,824	108,499
2025-08-29	118,180	111,589
2025-08-28	117,534	110,947
2025-08-27	116,150	101,195
2025-08-26	113,577	107,331
2025-08-25	109,571	104,060
2025-08-22	111,415	106,564
2025-08-21	114,806	106,048
2025-08-20	113,104	104,908
2025-08-19	111,773	97,716
2025-08-18	106,870	96,156
2025-08-15	135,334	128,240
2025-08-14	132,247	125,198
2025-08-13	132,548	115,154
2025-08-12	128,513	90,617
2025-08-11	107,993	98,925
2025-08-08	114,119	104,170

Unusual Options Activity - Trade Volume

The Put/Call Ratio shows the total number of disclosed open put option positions divided by the number of open call option options. Since puts are generally a bearish bet and calls are a bullish bet, put/call ratios greater than 1 indicate a bearish sentiment, and ratios less than one indicate a bullish sentiment.

Unusual options activity (UOA) is generally considered a strong signal for a directional price movement. One metric of unusual options activity is the total volume of put or call options divided by the open interest in the same option type. If the total volume of call or put options exceeds the current open interest, then that is considered unusual and indicates a strong directional signal. In the table below, any date on which the volume of an option exceeds the current open interest is highlighted in green (for call options) or red (for put options).

For example, if, on any trading day, the call volume exceeds the current call open interest, then the Call Volume/Call OI ratio will be greater than one and that cell in the able will be highlighted in green. This would indicate a significant purchase of call options, which is a bullish signal. Likewise, if the opposite is true - the put volume exceeds the put open interest, then the table cell would be highlighted in red and represent a strong bearish signal.

Update Frequency: Daily

Date	Put Volume	Put OI	Put Volume /Put OI	Call Volume	Call OI	Call Volume /Call OI
2025-09-05	11,629	121,398		8,752	124,434
2025-09-04	5,942	120,589		14,591	124,060
2025-09-03	5,793	119,250		7,747	122,145
2025-09-02	10,363	113,824		14,362	117,513
2025-08-29	5,774	118,180		28,144	122,685
2025-08-28	5,330	117,534		10,624	116,740
2025-08-27	3,985	116,150		8,768	114,591
2025-08-26	5,225	113,577		6,635	113,269
2025-08-25	8,043	109,571		5,773	111,025
2025-08-22	7,709	111,415		6,215	115,094
2025-08-21	3,604	114,806		3,831	118,047
2025-08-20	5,890	113,104		11,831	116,303
2025-08-19	4,699	111,773		12,401	116,090
2025-08-18	7,036	106,870		9,349	109,420
2025-08-15	9,219	135,334		19,472	144,904
2025-08-14	15,287	132,247		11,727	144,485
2025-08-13	5,053	132,548		8,267	143,828
2025-08-12	9,463	128,513		13,424	141,034
2025-08-11	23,877	107,993		22,799	127,930
2025-08-08	8,739	114,119		22,969	137,673
2025-08-07	8,085	111,383		8,054	136,764
2025-08-06	18,708	109,091		23,276	133,488
2025-08-05	14,936	102,062		13,946	127,502
2025-08-04	6,206	99,982		9,506	125,262
2025-08-01	6,717	107,064		12,820	136,889

Option Premium Bought/Sold - Total Market

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Option Greeks - Delta, Gamma, Theta

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Option Trading Volume - Exchange

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