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CME

CME GROUP INC A

$250.50 +5.53%

(7/22 09:35) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (9:40am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:40am) 594

Calls: 335 (56%)

Puts: 259 (44%)

Prior --

Calls: 665 (59%)

Puts: 455 (41%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: -49.62% (Calls)

Puts: -43.08% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 10,909

Calls: 6,579 (60%)

Puts: 4,330 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,727

Calls: 939 (60%)

Puts: 618 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -78.22%

Calls: -64.36%

Puts: -58.13%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:40am) $387.7K

Calls: $300.6K (78%)

Puts: $87.1K (22%)

Prior --

Calls: $246.8K (47%)

Puts: $277.6K (53%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +21.78%

Puts: -68.61%

Prior 7-Day Total $4.16M

Calls: $1.99M (48%)

Puts: $2.17M (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.04M

Calls: $284.0K (48%)

Puts: $310.7K (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -62.75%

Calls: +5.82%

Puts: -71.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:40am) 0.77

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -22.69%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.75

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.65%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:40am) 69,486

Calls: 40,483 (58%)

Puts: 29,003 (42%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 207,555

Calls: 111,226 (54%)

Puts: 96,329 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 51,888

Calls: 27,806 (54%)

Puts: 24,082 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.91%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.51% | 5.09%7.70% | 11.54%

Prior 4.75% | 6.05%8.25% | 12.61%

Current vs Prior -26.09% | -15.80%-6.67% | -8.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.49% | +6.01%-6.67% | -8.52%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.75% | 6.05%8.00% | 12.51%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -26.09% | -15.80%-3.74% | -7.79%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 30.23% | 52.75%

Calls: 36.84% | 63.16%

Puts: 23.62% | 42.34%

Prior 16.20% | 15.05%

Calls: 23.88% | 16.15%

Puts: 8.51% | 13.95%

Current vs Prior +86.60% | +250.50%

Prior 7-Day Avg 27.37% | 18.99%

Calls: 32.64% | 18.09%

Puts: 22.10% | 19.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +10.45% | +177.73%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in calls ($300.6K) vs puts ($87.1K). P/C ratio dropping 23% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

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
09:40	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:35	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 4 of results (avg 9.4%, best 8.8%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Aug 21	31.30	34.20	$32.75	8.9%	--	0.89	77
$210.00	Jul 31	39.50	43.30	$41.40	9.2%	--	0.92	11
$215.00	Aug 28	35.80	39.50	$37.65	9.8%	1	0.91	--
$215.00	Jul 31	34.60	38.20	$36.40	9.9%	1	0.91	1

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. 43 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 0.96)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$232.50	Jul 24	17.00	20.40	$18.70	18.2%	--	0.96	17
$230.00	Jul 24	19.40	22.80	$21.10	16.1%	--	0.96	14
$225.00	Jul 24	24.40	27.90	$26.15	13.4%	--	0.95	70
$210.00	Jul 31	39.50	43.30	$41.40	9.2%	--	0.92	11
$225.00	Jul 31	24.90	28.00	$26.45	11.7%	--	0.92	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 31	22.50	26.10	$24.30	14.8%	1	0.93	--
$265.00	Jul 31	13.80	17.00	$15.40	20.8%	--	0.84	20
$265.00	Aug 7	14.20	17.50	$15.85	20.8%	--	0.82	14
$270.00	Aug 21	20.00	23.00	$21.50	14.0%	--	0.80	103
$255.00	Jul 24	4.90	7.90	$6.40	46.9%	--	0.67	17

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 70 active (total vol 485, top 78)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Jul 24	1.45	2.85	$2.15	65.1%	78	0.33	2.1K
$250.00	Jul 24	3.10	4.50	$3.80	36.8%	22	0.51	204
$245.00	Jul 24	5.60	8.90	$7.25	45.5%	18	0.71	2.3K
$265.00	Jul 24	0.10	0.50	$0.30	133.3%	12	0.07	3.5K
$250.00	Jul 31	4.40	7.40	$5.90	50.8%	11	0.52	48

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	69	0.01	237
$240.00	Jul 24	0.30	1.30	$0.80	125.0%	47	0.15	135
$217.50	Jul 24	0.00	1.10	$0.55	200.0%	21	0.06	165
$225.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.75	$0.38	197.4%	15	0.05	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 76.2%, max 141.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	87.6%	36.3%	141.5%	--	825
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	73.0%	32.0%	127.8%	--	441
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	71.0%	32.2%	120.3%	--	24
$275.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	59.6%	30.1%	98.1%	1	32
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	65.6%	33.7%	94.8%	4	241

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$222.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	92.7%	39.3%	135.6%	1	68
$225.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	84.3%	37.9%	122.7%	15	257
$215.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	82.2%	38.2%	115.5%	10	159
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	65.6%	31.2%	109.9%	13	245
$210.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	86.2%	43.2%	99.6%	10	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 73 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 5.43)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$262.50	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$260.15
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$267.65
$285.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$0.33	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$285.33
$280.00	$285.00	Aug 21	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$280.35
$262.50	$265.00	Jul 24	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$262.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$220.00	$215.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$219.88
$225.00	$215.00	Aug 14	$0.25	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$224.75
$235.00	$230.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$234.83
$245.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$244.88
$230.00	$222.50	Aug 21	$0.40	$7.10	$0.40	17.75	$229.60

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 91 found (best R:R 17.18, avg 1.97)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$225.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$9.45	$9.45	$0.55	17.18	$234.45
$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$234.70
$235.00	$237.50	Jul 24	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$237.30
$237.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$239.80
$240.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$242.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$275.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$8.90	$8.90	$1.10	8.09	$266.10
$270.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$7.50	$7.50	$2.50	3.00	$262.50
$265.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$7.05	$7.05	$2.95	2.39	$257.95
$265.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$6.50	$6.50	$3.50	1.86	$258.50
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 21	$2.85	$2.85	$2.15	1.33	$257.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 38 found (avg debit $1.37, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.30	84.3%	49.4%
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.45	87.6%	36.3%
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.54	73.0%	32.0%
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.58	53.4%	37.0%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.80	65.6%	45.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.42	75.1%	51.8%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.45	35.1%	28.4%
$235.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.62	64.3%	39.3%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.82	65.6%	45.9%
$205.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$1.03	104.8%	87.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 37 found (cheapest 2.99% of stock, avg 7.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$250.00	Jul 24	$3.80	$3.68	$7.48	$242.52	$257.48	2.99%
$252.50	Jul 24	$2.83	$5.00	$7.83	$244.67	$260.33	3.13%
$247.50	Jul 24	$5.35	$2.95	$8.30	$239.20	$255.80	3.31%
$255.00	Jul 24	$2.15	$6.40	$8.55	$246.45	$263.55	3.41%
$245.00	Jul 24	$7.25	$1.95	$9.20	$235.80	$254.20	3.67%
$242.50	Jul 24	$9.25	$1.83	$11.08	$231.42	$253.58	4.42%
$250.00	Jul 31	$5.90	$5.55	$11.45	$238.55	$261.45	4.57%
$255.00	Jul 31	$3.48	$8.35	$11.83	$243.17	$266.83	4.72%
$247.50	Jul 31	$7.40	$4.70	$12.10	$235.40	$259.60	4.83%
$240.00	Jul 24	$11.55	$0.80	$12.35	$227.65	$252.35	4.93%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 104 found (cheapest 0.52% of stock, avg 2.68%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$262.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.50	$0.80	$1.30	$238.70	$263.80
$260.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.65	$0.80	$1.45	$238.55	$261.45
$257.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$1.30	$0.80	$2.10	$237.90	$259.60
$262.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.50	$1.83	$2.33	$240.17	$264.83
$262.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.50	$1.95	$2.45	$242.55	$264.95
$260.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.65	$1.83	$2.48	$240.02	$262.48
$260.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.65	$1.95	$2.60	$242.40	$262.60
$265.00	$222.50	Aug 7	$1.38	$1.53	$2.91	$219.59	$267.91
$255.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$2.15	$0.80	$2.95	$237.05	$257.95
$265.00	$225.00	Aug 7	$1.38	$1.60	$2.98	$222.02	$267.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 109 found (best R:R 24.00, avg credit $2.97)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
232/235	242/245	Jul 24	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$232.60	$244.90
215/220	225/235	Aug 7	$9.57	$0.43	22.26	$210.43	$234.57
230/232	242/245	Aug 21	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$230.13	$244.87
210/215	220/230	Aug 21	$9.36	$0.64	14.63	$205.64	$229.36
238/240	245/248	Jul 31	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$237.67	$247.33
220/222	242/245	Jul 24	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$220.18	$244.82
230/232	238/240	Aug 21	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$230.18	$239.82
230/232	245/248	Aug 21	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$230.18	$247.32
230/232	248/250	Aug 21	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$230.18	$249.82
232/235	245/248	Jul 24	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$232.70	$247.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 38 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Aug 14	$0.35	$4.65	13.29

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$222.50	$225.00	$227.50	Jul 24	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$250.00	$252.50	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$227.50	$230.00	$232.50	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	19.83
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$0.69	$4.31	6.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 86 found (best net $-0.23, 74 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.03	$9.97
$270.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.17	$9.83
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.39	$9.61
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.35	$8.65
$235.00	$245.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$3.15	$6.85

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$230.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.23	$14.77
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.95	$9.05
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.30	$8.70
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.85	$7.15
$230.00	$222.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.68	$5.82

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 27 found (best yield 2.20%, avg 0.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$255.00	Aug 21	$5.50	0.43	1.8%	2.20%	3.99%	--	116
$255.00	Aug 14	$4.80	0.44	1.8%	1.92%	3.71%	--	27
$255.00	Aug 7	$4.20	0.41	1.8%	1.68%	3.47%	2	92
$252.50	Jul 31	$4.00	0.45	0.8%	1.60%	2.40%	6	6
$260.00	Aug 21	$3.50	0.34	3.8%	1.40%	5.19%	5	499
$260.00	Aug 14	$2.70	0.35	3.8%	1.08%	4.87%	3	23
$255.00	Jul 31	$2.05	0.37	1.8%	0.82%	2.61%	6	2.3K
$265.00	Aug 21	$1.85	0.27	5.8%	0.74%	6.53%	--	19
$252.50	Jul 24	$1.75	0.41	0.8%	0.70%	1.50%	8	268
$270.00	Aug 21	$1.65	0.20	7.8%	0.66%	8.44%	4	349

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 335

Total Puts 259

Put/Call Ratio 0.77

Net Difference 76

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 6,579

Total Puts 4,330

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.75

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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