Consumer Discretionary

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (QSR) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

QSR is Restaurant Brands International Inc., a Consumer Discretionary name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

FigureValueDate
IV rank72 of 10028 Sep
At the money IV27.7%28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct5.9% down, 6.4% up28 Sep
Call wall and put wall77.5 and 7028 Sep
Signal and the desk's viewNo signal, view bullish25 Sep
Last close71.4328 Sep
Next report29 Oct 202628 Sep

Options Snapshot

QSR's IV rank is 72 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
IV rank72 of 100
At the money IV27.7%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest0.18
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price25,600 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price4,550 contracts
Cost to trade at the moneyFair, 24.4% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among QSR's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, QSR options priced a move of 5.9 percent down and 6.4 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

ExpiryDaysDownUpRange
16 Oct 2026185.9%6.4%67.20 to 76.03
20 Nov 20265311.4%11.3%63.28 to 79.52
18 Dec 20268112.1%13.7%62.82 to 81.25
15 Jan 202710914.4%15.3%61.13 to 82.33
16 Apr 202720021.1%21.7%56.33 to 86.93

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 71.43, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, QSR's call wall is the 77.5 strike and its put wall is the 70 strike.

FigureValue
Call wall, most open call gamma77.5
Put wall, most open put gamma70
Flip strike, where net gamma changes sign70.71
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts$4.75 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides$7.36 million
Close71.43

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, QSR's at the money IV is 27.7 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 24.2 percent.

FigureValue
At the money IV27.7%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days24.2%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days24.8%
IV against its own weekly recordIn the middle
Weekly readings on record587, from 19 Dec 2014
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move25.4% of 236 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, QSR's at the money IV runs from 27.7 percent at 18 days to 27.3 percent at 200 days.

Days to expiryAt the money IV
1827.7%
5329.5%
8128.2%
10927.5%
20027.3%

Near and far expiries price about the same volatility, a flat term structure.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 53 day expiry, QSR's IV ten percent below the price sits 0.9 points above at the money IV.

Strike areaImplied volatilityAgainst at the money
10% below the price30.5%+0.9 points
At the money29.5%0.0 points
10% above the price29.8%+0.2 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, QSR's surface spans 5 expiries out to 200 days, with IV from 25.6 to 107.2 percent near the price.

FigureValue
Expiries captured5
Nearest expiry16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry16 Apr 2027, 200 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more27
Lowest IV among them25.6%
Highest IV among them107.2%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, QSR has 5 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 16 Apr 2027.

ExpiryDaysAt the money IVCall open interestPut open interest
16 Oct 20261827.7%20,0072,465
20 Nov 20265329.5%716191
18 Dec 20268128.2%6135
15 Jan 202710927.5%4,8301,680
16 Apr 202720027.3%6980

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, QSR's largest open interest sits at the 77.5 strike, with 9,194 contracts across the captured expiries.

StrikeCall open interestPut open interestTotal
77.58,9712239,194
755,0083735,381
72.53,4408464,286
803,4781633,641
82.51,877431,920
704051,2691,674

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, QSR's at the money IV moved from 26.5 percent to 27.7 percent.

Figure25 Sep28 SepChange
At the money IV26.5%27.7%+1.2 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price30,02430,179+155
Put/call ratio, open interest0.170.18+0.01

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 1,807 QSR option contracts traded, 0.3 times its own recent average.

FigureValue
Calls traded1,138
Puts traded669
Against its recent average0.3 times
Busier than13 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain32,701 contracts
Volume to open interest0.06
Unusual volume flagNo

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of QSR's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

DateCloseNet dollar gammaTop call strikeTop put strike
11 Aug 202673.33$2.81 million77.572.5
21 Sep 202672.56$836,70577.570
28 Sep 202671.43$4.75 million77.570

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of QSR was bullish, paper trading.

FigureValue
SideBullish at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close74.00, the swing high of 22 Sep 2026
Level below the close70.01, the swing low of 25 Sep 2026, a close past it runs against the view
The chartSits against the view
Strategy familyCash-secured put (sell a put below the price)
Price targetNone. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 QSR sat at the 69th percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

TimeframePercentileSide
10 trading days17 of 100Bearish
20 trading days30 of 100Neutral
45 trading days69 of 100Neutral

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026 QSR's near timeframes were bearish and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

GroupTimeframesSideOn that side
Near10 day, 20 dayBearish1 of 2
Long45 dayNeutral0 of 1

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 QSR had carried no signal for at least 18 trading days, paper trading.

Trading daySignal45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026None69 of 100
24 Sep 2026None67 of 100
23 Sep 2026None82 of 100
22 Sep 2026None76 of 100
21 Sep 2026None69 of 100
18 Sep 2026None63 of 100
17 Sep 2026None30 of 100
16 Sep 2026None42 of 100

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 27 of 106 Consumer Discretionary names were bullish and 33 were bearish, paper trading.

SectorNamesBullishBearishNeutral
Consumer Discretionary106273346

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Price Chart

QSR closed at 71.43 on 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Last close71.43
Change over 5 trading days-1.6%
Change over 21 trading days-8.5%
Change over 63 trading days-2.5%
Change over 252 trading days+10.6%
52 week high81.96
52 week low64.11
20 day moving average75.49
50 day moving average75.64
200 day moving average73.64
RSI, 14 days35

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

QSR reports next on 29 Oct 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 8.4 percent through 20 Nov 2026.

FigureValue
Next report29 Oct 2026, before the open
DateConfirmed by the company
Priced earnings move8.4%, a straddle of $6.00 at the 72.5 strike, expiring 20 Nov 2026
Move after the report of 6 Aug 2026-2.1%
Move after the report of 29 Jul 2026-1.6%
Move after the report of 30 Apr 2026-0.8%
Move after the report of 28 Jan 2026+0.0%

The priced earnings move is the straddle's cost over the share price. It restates option prices and says nothing certain about the report.

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Public Filings

The filings the desk holds carry 1 recent trade in QSR shares.

FiledWhoTradeSize
14 Sep 2026. Josh Gottheimer, member of CongressBought$1,001 to $15,000

Every filing is reproduced as filed, and each one reaches the public days or weeks after the trade.

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 11 Septembers on record, QSR's average change was minus 2.0 percent, and it rose in 45.5 percent of them.

MonthAverage changeMiddle changeShare of years upYears
September-2.0%-4.1%45.5%11
October-0.8%-0.2%45.5%11
November+3.5%+5.8%72.7%11

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Headlines

The desk's news feeds carried 3 headlines naming QSR in the 3 days to 28 Sep 2026.

FigureValue
Headlines in the window3
Latest28 Sep 2026

The titles are in the Headlines window, with the time each was published.

Headlines as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is QSR's IV rank?
QSR's IV rank is 72 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are QSR options pricing?
On 28 Sep 2026, QSR options priced a move of 5.9 percent down and 6.4 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are QSR's call wall and put wall?
On 28 Sep 2026, QSR's call wall is the 77.5 strike and its put wall is the 70 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of QSR on the Free plan?
On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of QSR was bullish, paper trading.
When does QSR report earnings next?
QSR reports next on 29 Oct 2026, and options priced an earnings move of 8.4 percent through 20 Nov 2026.

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