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CME

CME GROUP INC A

$248.10 +4.52%

(7/21 18:00) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (9:35am)

▶ (7/22 09:40)

◀ 7/22 09:35 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 9:35am) 364

Calls: 176 (48%)

Puts: 188 (52%)

Prior --

Calls: 665 (59%)

Puts: 455 (41%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -73.53% (Calls)

Puts: -58.68% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 10,545

Calls: 6,403 (61%)

Puts: 4,142 (39%)

Prior 7-Day Average 3,515

Calls: 914 (61%)

Puts: 591 (39%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -89.64%

Calls: -80.76%

Puts: -68.23%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:35am) $258.4K

Calls: $184.8K (72%)

Puts: $73.5K (28%)

Prior --

Calls: $246.8K (47%)

Puts: $277.6K (53%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -25.11%

Puts: -73.50%

Prior 7-Day Total $3.90M

Calls: $1.80M (46%)

Puts: $2.10M (54%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.30M

Calls: $257.6K (46%)

Puts: $300.1K (54%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -80.15%

Calls: -28.26%

Puts: -75.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:35am) 1.07

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior +6.82%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.65

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +64.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:35am) 69,486

Calls: 40,483 (58%)

Puts: 29,003 (42%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 138,069

Calls: 70,743 (51%)

Puts: 67,326 (49%)

Prior 7-Day Average 46,023

Calls: 23,581 (51%)

Puts: 22,442 (49%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +50.98%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.68% | 5.20%7.66% | 11.89%

Prior 2.17% | 3.56%8.25% | 12.61%

Current vs Prior +69.86% | +45.92%-7.23% | -5.72%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.53% | 4.80%8.25% | 12.61%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +4.24% | +8.29%-7.23% | -5.72%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.17% | 3.56%8.00% | 12.51%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +69.86% | +45.92%-4.32% | -4.96%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 85.47% | 46.51%

Calls: 98.44% | 48.06%

Puts: 72.49% | 44.96%

Prior 34.64% | 14.23%

Calls: 40.70% | 18.95%

Puts: 28.57% | 9.52%

Current vs Prior +146.74% | +226.84%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.95% | 20.96%

Calls: 37.02% | 19.06%

Puts: 28.89% | 22.87%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +159.35% | +121.85%

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Moderately bullish flow with 72% call dollar volume ($184.8K). Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.07.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:05	BEARISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 3 of results (avg 8.5%, best 7.3%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Aug 21	47.20	50.80	$49.00	7.3%	1	0.96	23
$200.00	Jul 31	46.10	50.30	$48.20	8.7%	--	0.94	11
$210.00	Jul 31	36.50	40.10	$38.30	9.4%	--	0.93	11

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

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

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 41 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 0.96)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Aug 21	47.20	50.80	$49.00	7.3%	1	0.96	23
$230.00	Jul 24	16.20	20.00	$18.10	21.0%	--	0.95	14
$225.00	Jul 24	21.00	24.90	$22.95	17.0%	--	0.94	70
$200.00	Jul 31	46.10	50.30	$48.20	8.7%	--	0.94	11
$232.50	Jul 24	14.10	17.50	$15.80	21.5%	--	0.93	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 31	25.80	29.30	$27.55	12.7%	1	0.95	--
$265.00	Jul 31	16.20	19.70	$17.95	19.5%	--	0.83	20
$270.00	Aug 21	22.00	25.60	$23.80	15.1%	--	0.83	103
$265.00	Aug 7	16.60	20.30	$18.45	20.1%	--	0.82	14
$255.00	Jul 24	6.60	9.90	$8.25	40.0%	--	0.79	17

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 49 active (total vol 272, top 47)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Jul 24	0.15	1.90	$1.02	171.6%	21	0.22	2.1K
$250.00	Jul 24	1.80	3.50	$2.65	64.2%	15	0.44	204
$245.00	Jul 24	3.80	7.00	$5.40	59.3%	9	0.66	2.3K
$250.00	Jul 31	3.30	6.20	$4.75	61.1%	8	0.47	48
$252.50	Jul 24	0.90	2.90	$1.90	105.3%	7	0.33	268

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.40	$0.23	152.2%	47	0.03	237
$240.00	Jul 24	0.10	2.90	$1.50	186.7%	41	0.22	135
$217.50	Jul 24	0.00	1.90	$0.95	200.0%	20	0.08	165
$225.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.75	$0.38	197.4%	15	0.06	232
$230.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.50	$0.28	160.7%	11	0.05	244

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 38 strikes (avg 72.7%, max 137.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	74.0%	33.7%	119.5%	--	24
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	93.8%	44.3%	111.8%	1	34
$275.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	63.0%	30.6%	105.6%	1	32
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	75.8%	38.9%	95.0%	--	441
$235.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	69.7%	35.9%	94.1%	7	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$220.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	85.7%	36.1%	137.2%	48	1.1K
$200.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	104.8%	44.3%	136.7%	--	674
$225.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	83.6%	35.4%	136.2%	15	257
$222.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	87.4%	38.5%	126.9%	--	68
$215.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	79.1%	36.6%	116.1%	10	159

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 65 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 5.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$262.50	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$260.12
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$267.63
$262.50	$265.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$262.65
$280.00	$285.00	Aug 21	$0.33	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$280.33
$270.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$0.67	$9.33	$0.67	13.93	$270.67

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$225.00	$215.00	Aug 14	$0.25	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$224.75
$205.00	$200.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$204.85
$215.00	$210.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$214.85
$227.50	$225.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$227.38
$222.50	$220.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$222.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 83 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 2.74)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$225.00	$230.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$229.85
$210.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$14.55	$14.55	$0.45	32.33	$224.55
$200.00	$220.00	Aug 21	$18.90	$18.90	$1.10	17.18	$218.90
$225.00	$230.00	Jul 31	$4.65	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$229.65
$230.00	$232.50	Jul 24	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$232.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$275.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$265.40
$265.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$8.45	$8.45	$1.55	5.45	$256.55
$270.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$8.20	$8.20	$1.80	4.56	$261.80
$265.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$7.80	$7.80	$2.20	3.55	$257.20
$255.00	$252.50	Jul 24	$1.85	$1.85	$0.65	2.85	$253.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 38 found (avg debit $1.66, cheapest $0.27)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.38	57.0%	36.3%
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.80	83.6%	52.2%
$200.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.80	93.8%	44.3%
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.85	74.0%	33.7%
$260.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.98	48.6%	33.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.27	85.7%	50.0%
$200.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.49	104.8%	44.3%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.50	42.0%	32.5%
$205.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.90	120.9%	85.3%
$235.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.97	69.7%	44.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 34 found (cheapest 2.98% of stock, avg 7.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$245.00	Jul 24	$5.40	$2.00	$7.40	$237.60	$252.40	2.98%
$250.00	Jul 24	$2.65	$4.80	$7.45	$242.55	$257.45	3.00%
$247.50	Jul 24	$4.33	$3.25	$7.58	$239.92	$255.08	3.06%
$252.50	Jul 24	$1.90	$6.40	$8.30	$244.20	$260.80	3.35%
$242.50	Jul 24	$6.90	$1.92	$8.82	$233.68	$251.32	3.56%
$255.00	Jul 24	$1.02	$8.25	$9.27	$245.73	$264.27	3.74%
$240.00	Jul 24	$9.00	$1.50	$10.50	$229.50	$250.50	4.23%
$250.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$6.45	$11.20	$238.80	$261.20	4.51%
$237.50	Jul 24	$11.00	$0.53	$11.53	$225.97	$249.03	4.65%
$245.00	Jul 31	$7.65	$3.98	$11.63	$233.37	$256.63	4.69%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 94 found (cheapest 0.66% of stock, avg 2.58%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$257.50	$235.00	Jul 24	$0.55	$1.08	$1.63	$233.37	$259.13
$260.00	$235.00	Jul 24	$0.57	$1.08	$1.65	$233.35	$261.65
$257.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.55	$1.50	$2.05	$237.95	$259.55
$260.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.57	$1.50	$2.07	$237.93	$262.07
$255.00	$235.00	Jul 24	$1.02	$1.08	$2.10	$232.90	$257.10
$257.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.55	$1.92	$2.47	$240.03	$259.97
$260.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.57	$1.92	$2.49	$240.01	$262.49
$255.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$1.02	$1.50	$2.52	$237.48	$257.52
$257.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.55	$2.00	$2.55	$242.45	$260.05
$260.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.57	$2.00	$2.57	$242.43	$262.57

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 116 found (best R:R 24.00, avg credit $2.60)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
215/218	242/245	Jul 24	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$215.10	$244.90
200/210	220/230	Aug 21	$9.56	$0.44	21.73	$200.44	$229.56
220/222	245/248	Aug 21	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$220.15	$247.35
220/222	238/240	Aug 21	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$220.20	$239.80
220/222	242/245	Aug 21	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$220.20	$244.80
220/222	240/242	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$220.25	$242.25
232/235	242/245	Jul 24	$2.23	$0.27	8.26	$232.77	$244.73
225/228	240/242	Jul 24	$2.22	$0.28	7.93	$225.28	$242.22
210/215	220/230	Aug 21	$8.85	$1.15	7.70	$206.15	$228.85
238/240	245/248	Aug 21	$2.20	$0.30	7.33	$237.80	$247.20

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 36 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$4.75	19.00
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	18.23
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$0.30	$4.70	15.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$222.50	$225.00	$227.50	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	19.83
$250.00	$252.50	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.25	$2.25	9.00
$255.00	$265.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$1.15	$8.85	7.70
$227.50	$230.00	$232.50	Jul 24	$0.29	$2.21	7.62

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 83 found (best net $-0.56, 70 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.56	$9.44
$200.00	$220.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$11.20	$8.80
$235.00	$245.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.35	$7.65
$210.00	$225.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$9.20	$5.80
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.95	$9.05
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.05	$8.95
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.85	$7.15
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.00	$7.00
$230.00	$222.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.11	$6.39

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 26 found (best yield 2.94%, avg 0.65%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	$7.30	0.49	0.8%	2.94%	3.71%	--	1.4K
$255.00	Aug 21	$5.20	0.41	2.8%	2.10%	4.88%	--	116
$255.00	Aug 14	$3.50	0.39	2.8%	1.41%	4.19%	--	27
$250.00	Jul 31	$3.30	0.47	0.8%	1.33%	2.10%	8	48
$260.00	Aug 21	$3.30	0.33	4.8%	1.33%	6.13%	3	499
$255.00	Aug 7	$3.00	0.37	2.8%	1.21%	3.99%	--	92
$252.50	Jul 31	$2.75	0.41	1.8%	1.11%	2.88%	1	6
$265.00	Aug 21	$1.85	0.26	6.8%	0.75%	7.56%	--	19
$250.00	Jul 24	$1.80	0.44	0.8%	0.73%	1.49%	15	204
$255.00	Jul 31	$1.75	0.34	2.8%	0.71%	3.49%	3	2.3K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 176

Total Puts 188

Put/Call Ratio 1.07

Net Difference -12

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 665

Total Puts 455

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference 210

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 6,403

Total Puts 4,142

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.65

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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