McDonald's Unusual Options Activity For August 25 - McDonald's (NYSE:MCD)

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on McDonald's (NYSE:MCD).

And retail traders should know.

We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual, we don't know. But when something this big happens with MCD, it often means somebody knows something is about to happen.

So how do we know what this whale just did?

Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 13 uncommon options trades for McDonald's.

This isn't normal.

The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 76% bullish and 23%, bearish.

Out of all of the special options we uncovered, 4 are puts, for a total amount of $402,600, and 9 are calls, for a total amount of $375,016.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $225.0 to $295.0 for McDonald's over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for McDonald's options trades today is 737.0 with a total volume of 1,277.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for McDonald's's big money trades within a strike price range of $225.0 to $295.0 over the last 30 days.

McDonald's Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol	PUT/CALL	Trade Type	Sentiment	Exp. Date	Strike Price	Total Trade Price	Open Interest	Volume
MCD	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	09/15/23	$290.00	$153.9K	1.9K	223
MCD	PUT	TRADE	BULLISH	09/15/23	$290.00	$152.1K	1.9K	203
MCD	PUT	SWEEP	BEARISH	09/15/23	$290.00	$66.0K	1.9K	618
MCD	CALL	SWEEP	BULLISH	11/17/23	$295.00	$65.0K	394	7
MCD	CALL	TRADE	BULLISH	01/19/24	$280.00	$62.7K	1.9K	41

Where Is McDonald's Standing Right Now?

With a volume of 1,490,163, the price of MCD is up 1.21% at $285.77.
RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
Next earnings are expected to be released in 62 days.

What The Experts Say On McDonald's:

TD Cowen downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $326
Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on McDonald's, which currently sits at a price target of $310.
Stephens & Co. downgraded its action to Overweight with a price target of $325
Baird has decided to maintain their Outperform rating on McDonald's, which currently sits at a price target of $330.
Wedbush downgraded its action to Outperform with a price target of $330

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for McDonald's, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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