CME - Options Database

CME

CME GROUP INC A

$249.24 +5.00%

$251.60 (+0.95%)🌙

as of 07/22 06:01 PM

(7/22 14:05) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (6:01pm)

▶ (7/23 18:21)

◀ 7/22 18:01 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) 15,038

Calls: 10,786 (72%)

Puts: 4,252 (28%)

Prior (07/21) 13,414

Calls: 9,173 (68%)

Puts: 4,241 (32%)

Current vs Prior +12.11%

Calls: +17.58% (Calls)

Puts: +0.26% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 38,098

Calls: 28,286 (74%)

Puts: 9,812 (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average 5,442

Calls: 4,040 (74%)

Puts: 1,401 (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +176.30%

Calls: +166.92%

Puts: +203.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) $6.58M

Calls: $4.00M (61%)

Puts: $2.58M (39%)

Prior (07/21) $3.55M

Calls: $1.91M (54%)

Puts: $1.65M (46%)

Current vs Prior +85.24%

Calls: +110.17%

Puts: +56.42%

Prior 7-Day Total $16.90M

Calls: $10.55M (62%)

Puts: $6.35M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $2.41M

Calls: $1.51M (62%)

Puts: $906.8K (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +172.70%

Calls: +165.73%

Puts: +184.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) 0.39

Prior (07/21) 0.46

Current vs Prior -14.73%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.46

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -14.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22) 69,486

Calls: 40,483 (58%)

Puts: 29,003 (42%)

Prior (07/21) 62,181

Calls: 36,420 (59%)

Puts: 25,761 (41%)

Current vs Prior +11.75%

Prior 7-Day Total 216,137

Calls: 128,615 (60%)

Puts: 87,522 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 30,876

Calls: 18,373 (60%)

Puts: 12,503 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +125.04%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.89% | 4.71%7.78% | 12.12%

Prior 5.01% | 6.51%8.00% | 12.51%

Current vs Prior -42.37% | -27.57%-2.75% | -3.16%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.98% | 6.00%4.20% | 10.94%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -27.37% | -21.38%+85.17% | +10.78%

Prior 7-Day Eod 5.01% | 6.51%8.00% | 12.51%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -42.37% | -27.57%-2.75% | -3.16%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 16.52% | 11.95%

Calls: 21.62% | 14.88%

Puts: 11.43% | 9.01%

Prior 16.20% | 15.05%

Calls: 23.88% | 16.15%

Puts: 8.51% | 13.95%

Current vs Prior +1.98% | -20.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.01% | 14.35%

Calls: 38.30% | 18.55%

Puts: 25.70% | 10.15%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -48.38% | -16.71%

Liquidity Expensive

Add Card

🤖 AI Insights

Moderately bullish flow with 61% call dollar volume ($4.00M). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 85% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (173% higher). Volume explosion - 176% above 7-day average (15,038 vs avg 5,442).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads

💰 Best Value Under $1

📊 High Delta (ITM)

🔥 High Volume

⏰ Backwardation

📈 Debit Spreads

📉 Credit Spreads

📅 Calendar Spreads

⚡ Straddles

🔀 Strangles

🦅 Iron Condors

🦋 Butterflies

⚖️ Ratio Spreads

🛡️ Covered Calls

🎯

Tightest Spreads

💰

Best Value <$1

📊

High Delta

⚖️

Ratio Spreads

🛡️

Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 7 of results (avg 8.5%, best 7.3%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Aug 21	48.60	52.50	$50.55	7.7%	2	0.97	23
$200.00	Jul 31	47.70	51.60	$49.65	7.9%	--	0.94	11
$237.50	Aug 21	16.40	17.90	$17.15	8.7%	18	0.73	22
$210.00	Jul 31	37.80	41.70	$39.75	9.8%	--	0.95	11

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Aug 7	9.20	9.90	$9.55	7.3%	--	0.62	47
$255.00	Aug 21	10.80	11.80	$11.30	8.8%	4	0.57	--
$265.00	Jul 31	16.20	17.80	$17.00	9.4%	1	0.87	20

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. -- found (avg $--, cheapest $--)

No options available for this category

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 63 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Jul 24	22.60	26.50	$24.55	15.9%	--	0.99	70
$230.00	Jul 24	17.50	21.50	$19.50	20.5%	4	0.99	14
$232.50	Jul 24	14.80	19.20	$17.00	25.9%	--	0.98	17
$200.00	Aug 21	48.60	52.50	$50.55	7.7%	2	0.97	23
$210.00	Jul 31	37.80	41.70	$39.75	9.8%	--	0.95	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 24	28.60	32.10	$30.35	11.5%	20	1.00	--
$265.00	Jul 24	14.10	17.30	$15.70	20.4%	46	0.96	8
$267.50	Jul 24	16.10	20.10	$18.10	22.1%	118	0.95	--
$275.00	Jul 31	23.80	27.20	$25.50	13.3%	1	0.94	--
$270.00	Jul 31	19.10	22.20	$20.65	15.0%	1	0.94	2

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 162 active (total vol 13.8K, top 3.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.25	$0.15	133.3%	3.0K	0.04	3.5K
$245.00	Jul 24	5.00	6.10	$5.55	19.8%	2.7K	0.73	2.3K
$250.00	Jul 24	2.30	3.10	$2.70	29.6%	1.2K	0.47	204
$255.00	Jul 24	0.90	1.30	$1.10	36.4%	872	0.24	2.1K
$255.00	Jul 31	2.50	2.90	$2.70	14.8%	203	0.34	2.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	2.90	3.60	$3.25	21.5%	407	0.53	108
$245.00	Jul 24	1.00	1.45	$1.23	36.6%	405	0.27	165
$232.50	Jul 24	0.00	0.15	$0.08	187.5%	364	0.02	25
$210.00	Aug 21	0.10	1.10	$0.60	166.7%	295	0.05	1.2K
$250.00	Jul 31	4.80	5.80	$5.30	18.9%	269	0.50	306

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 47 strikes (avg 60.5%, max 163.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	80.6%	33.2%	142.3%	15	441
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	78.6%	35.5%	121.8%	29	14
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	96.8%	43.9%	120.8%	2	34
$215.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	72.0%	38.2%	88.5%	2	1
$280.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	63.8%	34.2%	86.6%	38	732

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$200.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	115.7%	43.9%	163.8%	8	674
$215.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	87.9%	38.2%	130.0%	20	159
$210.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	92.3%	41.4%	122.8%	1	65
$225.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	63.8%	30.4%	109.9%	56	234
$222.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	69.8%	34.6%	101.8%	38	68

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 101 found (best R:R 82.33, avg 7.53)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$270.00	$285.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$14.82	$0.18	82.33	$270.18
$275.00	$285.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$9.77	$0.23	42.48	$275.23
$285.00	$290.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$285.12
$275.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$275.25
$260.00	$262.50	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$260.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$210.00	$200.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$209.83
$225.00	$215.00	Aug 28	$0.18	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$224.82
$220.00	$215.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$219.88
$215.00	$210.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$214.85
$225.00	$215.00	Aug 14	$0.43	$9.57	$0.43	22.26	$224.57

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 132 found (best R:R 99.00, avg 3.93)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$200.00	$210.00	Jul 31	$9.90	$9.90	$0.10	99.00	$209.90
$210.00	$215.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$214.90
$215.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$224.70
$200.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$19.05	$19.05	$0.95	20.05	$219.05
$232.50	$235.00	Jul 24	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$234.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$280.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$12.25	$12.25	$0.25	49.00	$267.75
$275.00	$270.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$270.15
$257.50	$255.00	Jul 24	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$255.15
$262.50	$260.00	Jul 24	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$260.15
$260.00	$257.50	Jul 24	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$257.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 47 found (avg debit $1.26, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$290.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.10	80.6%	45.8%
$285.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.20	78.6%	46.2%
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.38	50.3%	34.0%
$280.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	$0.52	63.8%	36.8%
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.60	63.8%	44.1%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.22	69.6%	45.4%
$217.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.33	81.7%	52.6%
$200.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.40	115.7%	43.9%
$222.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.40	69.8%	47.3%
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.43	63.8%	44.1%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 59 found (cheapest 2.39% of stock, avg 7.19%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$250.00	Jul 24	$2.70	$3.25	$5.95	$244.05	$255.95	2.39%
$247.50	Jul 24	$3.95	$2.08	$6.03	$241.47	$253.53	2.42%
$252.50	Jul 24	$1.70	$4.75	$6.45	$246.05	$258.95	2.59%
$245.00	Jul 24	$5.55	$1.23	$6.78	$238.22	$251.78	2.72%
$255.00	Jul 24	$1.10	$6.05	$7.15	$247.85	$262.15	2.87%
$242.50	Jul 24	$7.70	$0.73	$8.43	$234.07	$250.93	3.38%
$257.50	Jul 24	$0.63	$8.40	$9.03	$248.47	$266.53	3.62%
$252.50	Jul 31	$3.35	$6.50	$9.85	$242.65	$262.35	3.95%
$240.00	Jul 24	$9.90	$0.38	$10.28	$229.72	$250.28	4.12%
$250.00	Jul 31	$5.10	$5.30	$10.40	$239.60	$260.40	4.17%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.31% of stock, avg 2.92%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$260.00	$237.50	Jul 24	$0.45	$0.33	$0.78	$236.72	$260.78
$260.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.45	$0.38	$0.83	$239.17	$260.83
$257.50	$237.50	Jul 24	$0.63	$0.33	$0.96	$236.54	$258.46
$257.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.63	$0.38	$1.01	$238.99	$258.51
$260.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.45	$0.73	$1.18	$241.32	$261.18
$257.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.63	$0.73	$1.36	$241.14	$258.86
$255.00	$237.50	Jul 24	$1.10	$0.33	$1.43	$236.07	$256.43
$255.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$1.10	$0.38	$1.48	$238.52	$256.48
$260.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.45	$1.23	$1.68	$243.32	$261.68
$255.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.10	$0.73	$1.83	$240.67	$256.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 183 found (best R:R 49.00, avg credit $2.53)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
220/222	225/230	Jul 31	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$217.60	$229.90
220/222	230/235	Jul 31	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$217.70	$234.80
235/238	242/245	Jul 31	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$235.10	$244.90
230/232	235/240	Jul 31	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$227.72	$239.78
220/222	235/240	Jul 31	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$217.75	$239.75
232/235	242/245	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$232.65	$244.85
232/235	242/245	Jul 31	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$232.68	$244.82
245/250	255/260	Aug 14	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$245.40	$259.60
230/232	240/242	Aug 21	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$230.20	$242.30
240/242	250/252	Aug 21	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$240.20	$252.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 72 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$255.00	$257.50	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Aug 7	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Jul 31	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$220.00	$222.50	$225.00	Aug 7	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$230.00	$232.50	$235.00	Jul 31	$0.09	$2.41	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 111 found (best net $-0.07, 105 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$285.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.07	$14.93
$260.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$9.95
$280.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.41	$9.59
$275.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.52	$8.48
$200.00	$220.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$12.45	$7.55

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$235.00	$225.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.18	$9.82
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.26	$9.74
$245.00	$235.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.31	$9.69
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.82	$9.18
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.32	$8.68

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 38 found (best yield 3.33%, avg 1.11%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	$8.30	0.52	0.3%	3.33%	3.64%	193	1.4K
$252.50	Aug 21	$7.00	0.48	1.3%	2.81%	4.12%	9	4
$255.00	Aug 28	$6.70	0.44	2.3%	2.69%	5.00%	60	--
$250.00	Aug 14	$6.60	0.50	0.3%	2.65%	2.95%	1	6
$255.00	Aug 21	$6.40	0.44	2.3%	2.57%	4.88%	3	116
$250.00	Aug 7	$5.40	0.49	0.3%	2.17%	2.47%	3	5
$257.50	Aug 21	$5.40	0.40	3.3%	2.17%	5.48%	2	2
$255.00	Aug 14	$4.80	0.41	2.3%	1.93%	4.24%	2	27
$260.00	Aug 21	$4.70	0.36	4.3%	1.89%	6.20%	37	499
$250.00	Jul 31	$4.50	0.50	0.3%	1.81%	2.11%	37	48

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,786

Total Puts 4,252

Put/Call Ratio 0.39

Net Difference 6,534

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 9,173

Total Puts 4,241

Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Net Difference 4,932

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 28,286

Total Puts 9,812

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.46

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
Loading data...

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Loading earnings data...

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Loading earnings data...

Earnings This Week

Loading earnings data...

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Loading earnings data...

Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
Loading data...

Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

🤖 AI Insights

📈 Options Analysis

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

Chart Title

Price — Past 7 Days

Add Card