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MCD · McDonald's Corporation
$250.83 +0.95% Oct 26 close
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$MCD
McDonald's CorporationMcDonald's Corporation is a large-cap Restaurants company in the Consumer Services sector with a market cap of $177B.
Market Structure
Trend structure: downtrend
Latest event: bos
(bearish)
Resistance
310.17–312.54
· 5 touches · strong
Resistance
320.15–322.01
· 4 touches · moderate
Resistance
301.53–303.03
· 4 touches · moderate
Resistance
264.09–265.14
· 4 touches · moderate
Resistance
294.44–296.04
· 3 touches · moderate
Earnings
Pre-earnings setup
Next earnings
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Before market open
Exact clock time not supplied by source
Deterministic evidence
MCD+0.95%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
CatalystPending
Stock reactionPositive
Sector reactionUnavailable
Opening surgePending
Event riskEarnings-driven
Session internals Mixed
Rule: direction and internals disagree — it met neither the strong nor the weak rule. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.
Vs prior close+0.95%
From the open+0.96%
Range position58%
GapNo gap
QQQ confirmationConfirming (+1.11%)
SMH confirmationConfirming (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
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- A sourced earnings report is still pending inside the risk window; ordinary technical conviction is reduced until it is out.
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More stats
52W Low
$229.20
Tight Wks
3
Base
B1
SMA 200
$284.26
Group Rank
#47/65
ADR%
1.7%
ATR(14)
$4.66 (1.9%)
Vol Pace (live)
N/A
A/D Days
8A / 11D
A/D Rating
E
Earnings
in 7d
MCD Chart
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Technical Analysis Report Card
$MCD · $250.83 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
54
/ 100
Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly
Daily
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Weekly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly
▬ Sideways / consolidating
Moving Averages
50-day$249.35 ↑
100-day$261.49 ↓
200-day$284.26 ↓
Bearish (50 < 200)
RSI (14)
Reading60.7 · Bullish
Bullish momentum — comfortably in buyer territory.
MACD (12/26/9)
StateBullish
Histogram+2.527
Bullish — MACD above its signal line and above zero. Histogram contracting.
Bollinger Bands (20,2)
%B / Width92% · 11.8%
Near the upper band — buyers in control.
Volume · Buyer vs Seller
Up/Down vol1.24 · Neutral
Rel volume0.87×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol90%
Heavy vol up / down1 / 0
Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is easing versus its baseline.
- 1 heavy-volume up day vs 0 down in the last 20 sessions.
Support & Resistance
R · $273.42swing level
R · $278.53swing level
R · $287.75swing level
Price · $250.83now
S · $229.2052-week low
Fibonacci · Downtrend swing
23.6%$243.88
38.2% ◄ price here$252.96
50.0%$260.30
61.8%$267.64
78.6%$278.09
Retracement resistance zones measured from the recent swing high down to the low.
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Below 200-day MA50/200 bearish
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Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through
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Latest candle: Bullish Engulfing — Today's up candle fully engulfs yesterday's down candle — a classic bullish reversal, strongest after a pullback to support.
RS Line vs SPY
52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH
Accumulation / Distribution
last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol
Net +2
No patterns detected
This symbol didn't match any pattern in the latest scan.
Minervini Trend Template
1/8Grades the price structure — moving-average stacking, distance from the 52-week high/low, and relative strength above the ≥70 uptrend bar. This is the technical trend check; the company's fundamentals and ≥80 RS leadership are scored separately in the Grade Card.
Price above SMA 150 & 200
$250.83 vs SMA150 $271.95 / SMA200 $284.26
SMA 150 above SMA 200
SMA150 $271.95 vs SMA200 $284.26
SMA 200 trending up
Slope -7.18 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200
SMA50 $249.35
Price above SMA 50
$250.83 vs SMA50 $249.35
30%+ above 52-week low
+9.4% from $229.20
Within 25% of 52-week high
-26.6% from $341.75
RS score above 70
RS 50
Fundamentals
52W Range
19%
Mkt Cap SEC
177.5B
Rev YoY
+4%
EPS TTM
$11.95
P/E TTM
21.0x
Float
708M
Insider
No Buy
Company
Company profile
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