How Can Investors Proceed When There Are No 'Cheap' Options? [Yahoo! Finance]
McDonald's Corporation (MCD)
Last mcdonald's corporation earnings: 4/30 06:58 am
Check Earnings Report
US:NYSE Investor Relations:
corporate.mcdonalds.com/mcd/investors.html
Company Research
Source: Yahoo! Finance
The war in Iran is causing uncertainty in the markets, which has led to a general increase in the price of options. There are hardly any stocks whose options are cheap right now, relative to the past year. In the article below, I'm examining the data to see if this could lead to headwinds for options traders going forward. What Are “Cheap” and “Expensive” Options? There are a few ways to define cheap and expensive when it comes to option prices. For example, a week ago, McDonald's (MCD) one-week at-the-money (ATM) call had a 21% implied volatility (IV), compared to about 45% for Tesla (TSLA). On an absolute basis, MCD options were much cheaper than TSLA. But relative to itself over the past year, MCD was actually more expensive. Its IV was higher than about 85% of the past year's readings, while TSLA's IVs ranked higher than 40% of its own readings over the past year. MCD has lower IV's naturally because its earnings are more predictable than TSLA. Compared to itself over the pas
Show less
Read more
Impact Snapshot
Event Time:
MCD
Last Price
Price Change
Price Change%
Volume Shares
Max Up
Max Down
%
Volume Ratio
Performance Comparison
Updated
|
Event Day
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
Last price at news event
|
Since Event
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
|---|---|---|
|
EVENT DAY
Stock performance from the time of news release until the following 4pm ET market close
|
LAST
PRICE AT NEWS EVENT |
SINCE EVENT
Multi-day stock performance from the time of the news release
|
| Last Price | ||
| VWAP | ||
|
High:
|
Max Up |
High:
|
|
Low:
|
Max Down |
Low:
|
|
%
|
Post news range |
%
|
|
|
Price change |
|
|
|
Price Change Percentage |
|
|
|
S&P 500 (SPX) |
|
|
%
|
Volume ratio |
%
|
| Volume | ||
| Ticks | ||
|
|
Avg transaction size |
|
Don't Miss Out On The Next BIG Stock Move
Event day
Event Day Chart will not be displayed beyond 90-day period of the event
Performance since event
Time And Velocity Analysis
Be the first to know
Opt in for alerts from News Quantifed
Sign Up Today
Opt-in for
MCD alerts
Learn More With NQ
Reading the Impact Report
Help Me Understand This Data
Help Me Understand This Data
How NQ Works
What is news-based trading?
And why is it so successful?
And why is it so successful?
Movers & Shakers
The biggest gainers and losers and WHY it moved
MCD alerts
High impacting McDonald's Corporation news events
Weekly update
A roundup of the hottest topics
MCD
News
- McDonald's faces a burger pricing challenge [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Stop Fighting Time Decay: How Credit Spreads Change the Game for Options Traders [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- Follow CNN Business [CNN]CNN
- The restaurant reservation wars show no signs of slowing down [CNN]CNN
- McDonald's Expands Value Offerings with New Low-Priced Menu Push [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
MCD
Earnings
- 2/11/26 - Beat
MCD
Sec Filings
- 3/18/26 - Form 144
- 3/11/26 - Form 4
- 3/10/26 - Form 144
- MCD's page on the SEC website