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CME

CME GROUP INC A

$250.81 +5.66%

(7/22 09:40) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (9:45am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 9:45am) 1,314

Calls: 983 (75%)

Puts: 331 (25%)

Prior --

Calls: 665 (59%)

Puts: 455 (41%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +47.82% (Calls)

Puts: -27.25% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 11,503

Calls: 6,914 (60%)

Puts: 4,589 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,300

Calls: 987 (60%)

Puts: 655 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -42.88%

Calls: -0.48%

Puts: -49.51%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:45am) $764.2K

Calls: $662.4K (87%)

Puts: $101.8K (13%)

Prior --

Calls: $246.8K (47%)

Puts: $277.6K (53%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +168.37%

Puts: -63.33%

Prior 7-Day Total $4.55M

Calls: $2.29M (50%)

Puts: $2.26M (50%)

Prior 7-Day Average $910.1K

Calls: $327.0K (50%)

Puts: $323.1K (50%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -16.04%

Calls: +102.57%

Puts: -68.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:45am) 0.34

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -66.33%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.76

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -55.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:45am) 69,486

Calls: 40,483 (58%)

Puts: 29,003 (42%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 277,041

Calls: 151,709 (55%)

Puts: 125,332 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 55,408

Calls: 30,341 (55%)

Puts: 25,066 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +25.41%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.49% | 5.18%7.79% | 12.04%

Prior 4.75% | 6.05%8.25% | 12.61%

Current vs Prior -26.60% | -14.26%-5.57% | -4.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.18% | +7.95%-5.57% | -4.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -26.60% | -14.26%-2.61% | -3.76%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 27.60% | 45.20%

Calls: 31.58% | 38.30%

Puts: 23.62% | 52.10%

Prior 16.20% | 15.05%

Calls: 23.88% | 16.15%

Puts: 8.51% | 13.95%

Current vs Prior +70.37% | +200.33%

Prior 7-Day Avg 27.37% | 18.99%

Calls: 32.64% | 18.09%

Puts: 22.10% | 19.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.84% | +137.98%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 87% of dollar volume in calls ($662.4K) vs puts ($101.8K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.34 - heavy call buying (983 calls vs 331 puts). P/C ratio dropping 66% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:40	BULLISH	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 9.1%, best 8.6%)

CALLS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Aug 21	32.10	35.00	$33.55	8.6%	--	0.90	77
$210.00	Jul 31	39.70	43.40	$41.55	8.9%	--	0.93	11
$215.00	Aug 28	36.00	39.70	$37.85	9.8%	1	0.91	--

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. 45 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Jul 24	24.70	28.20	$26.45	13.2%	--	0.99	70
$230.00	Jul 24	19.60	23.30	$21.45	17.2%	--	0.96	14
$232.50	Jul 24	17.20	20.90	$19.05	19.4%	--	0.95	17
$225.00	Jul 31	25.10	28.80	$26.95	13.7%	--	0.95	15
$215.00	Jul 31	34.80	38.50	$36.65	10.1%	1	0.95	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 24	27.00	30.50	$28.75	12.2%	4	1.00	--
$275.00	Jul 31	22.20	25.50	$23.85	13.8%	1	0.94	--
$265.00	Jul 31	13.00	16.00	$14.50	20.7%	--	0.81	20
$265.00	Aug 7	13.70	17.10	$15.40	22.1%	--	0.78	14
$270.00	Aug 21	19.20	22.00	$20.60	13.6%	--	0.78	103

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 83 active (total vol 1.2K, top 414)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	4.00	5.50	$4.75	31.6%	414	0.59	204
$245.00	Jul 24	6.50	9.00	$7.75	32.3%	143	0.75	2.3K
$255.00	Jul 24	1.40	2.75	$2.08	64.9%	83	0.37	2.1K
$252.50	Jul 24	2.40	4.70	$3.55	64.8%	21	0.49	268
$260.00	Jul 24	0.35	1.35	$0.85	117.6%	18	0.18	152

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	100	0.01	237
$240.00	Jul 24	0.15	1.30	$0.73	157.5%	52	0.13	135
$217.50	Jul 24	0.00	1.70	$0.85	200.0%	21	0.07	165
$225.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	17	0.01	232
$215.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	12	0.01	140

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 139.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	84.4%	35.2%	139.8%	--	825
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	69.8%	31.4%	122.1%	--	441
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	67.4%	31.0%	117.5%	--	24
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	70.2%	34.1%	105.7%	4	241
$275.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	57.7%	29.9%	92.6%	12	32

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$215.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	85.8%	38.1%	125.3%	12	159
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	70.2%	31.5%	123.0%	14	245
$205.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	181.2%	89.5%	102.3%	2	56
$220.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	78.9%	39.0%	102.1%	101	1.1K
$210.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	89.5%	44.4%	101.7%	10	1.2K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 78 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 6.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$290.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$290.15
$275.00	$280.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$275.10
$265.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$265.10
$285.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$285.27
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$267.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$225.00	$215.00	Aug 14	$0.20	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$224.80
$230.00	$222.50	Aug 21	$0.20	$7.30	$0.20	36.50	$229.80
$240.00	$237.50	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$239.88
$230.00	$227.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$229.87
$225.00	$222.50	Aug 7	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$224.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 99 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 3.15)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$210.00	$215.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$214.90
$225.00	$230.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$229.90
$215.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$224.70
$230.00	$232.50	Jul 24	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$232.40
$242.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$244.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$275.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$9.35	$9.35	$0.65	14.38	$265.65
$280.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$23.35	$23.35	$1.65	14.15	$256.65
$270.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$7.45	$7.45	$2.55	2.92	$262.55
$265.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$7.25	$7.25	$2.75	2.64	$257.75
$265.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$7.10	$7.10	$2.90	2.45	$257.90

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 38 found (avg debit $1.29, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.45	84.4%	35.2%
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.48	49.1%	33.4%
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.50	63.7%	43.9%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.60	70.2%	47.3%
$262.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.60	54.3%	32.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.25	78.9%	49.5%
$235.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.25	71.2%	38.4%
$215.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.60	85.8%	64.8%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.72	70.2%	47.3%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.90	37.7%	30.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 38 found (cheapest 2.98% of stock, avg 7.74%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$255.00	Jul 24	$2.08	$5.40	$7.48	$247.52	$262.48	2.98%
$252.50	Jul 24	$3.55	$4.00	$7.55	$244.95	$260.05	3.01%
$250.00	Jul 24	$4.75	$3.18	$7.93	$242.07	$257.93	3.16%
$247.50	Jul 24	$6.40	$2.50	$8.90	$238.60	$256.40	3.55%
$245.00	Jul 24	$7.75	$1.73	$9.48	$235.52	$254.48	3.78%
$242.50	Jul 24	$10.05	$1.15	$11.20	$231.30	$253.70	4.47%
$255.00	Jul 31	$4.40	$7.25	$11.65	$243.35	$266.65	4.64%
$250.00	Jul 31	$7.05	$4.85	$11.90	$238.10	$261.90	4.74%
$247.50	Jul 31	$8.35	$3.85	$12.20	$235.30	$259.70	4.86%
$240.00	Jul 24	$12.15	$0.73	$12.88	$227.12	$252.88	5.14%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 104 found (cheapest 0.63% of stock, avg 2.79%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$260.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.85	$0.73	$1.58	$238.42	$261.58
$262.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$1.00	$0.73	$1.73	$238.27	$264.23
$260.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.85	$1.15	$2.00	$240.50	$262.00
$262.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.00	$1.15	$2.15	$240.35	$264.65
$257.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$1.83	$0.73	$2.56	$237.44	$260.06
$260.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.85	$1.73	$2.58	$242.42	$262.58
$262.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$1.00	$1.73	$2.73	$242.27	$265.23
$255.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$2.08	$0.73	$2.81	$237.19	$257.81
$257.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.83	$1.15	$2.98	$239.52	$260.48
$255.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$2.08	$1.15	$3.23	$239.27	$258.23

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 112 found (best R:R 24.00, avg credit $2.82)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
210/212	245/248	Jul 24	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$210.10	$247.40
235/238	248/250	Jul 31	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$235.10	$249.90
230/232	242/245	Aug 21	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$230.13	$244.87
220/222	235/238	Aug 7	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$220.15	$237.35
238/240	248/250	Aug 21	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$237.65	$249.85
210/215	220/230	Aug 21	$9.28	$0.72	12.89	$205.72	$229.28
230/232	240/242	Aug 21	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$230.18	$242.32
230/232	245/248	Aug 21	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$230.23	$247.27
210/212	250/252	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$210.25	$252.25
220/222	242/245	Aug 21	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$220.25	$244.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 41 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Aug 21	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$4.80	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Jul 31	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$222.50	$225.00	$227.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	18.23
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Jul 24	$0.14	$2.36	16.86
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.16	$2.34	14.62
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Jul 24	$0.19	$2.31	12.16

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 85 found (best net $-0.15, 69 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.03	$9.97
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.33	$9.67
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.25	$7.75
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.01	$4.99
$280.00	$285.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.07	$4.93

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$230.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.15	$14.85
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Jul 31	$0.00	$10.00
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.98	$9.02
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.20	$8.80
$230.00	$222.50	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.88	$5.62

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 29 found (best yield 2.55%, avg 0.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$255.00	Aug 21	$6.40	0.47	1.7%	2.55%	4.22%	1	116
$255.00	Aug 14	$5.70	0.46	1.7%	2.27%	3.94%	--	27
$260.00	Aug 21	$4.60	0.38	3.7%	1.83%	5.50%	16	499
$252.50	Jul 31	$4.20	0.50	0.7%	1.67%	2.35%	6	6
$255.00	Aug 7	$4.20	0.45	1.7%	1.67%	3.35%	2	92
$260.00	Aug 14	$3.40	0.37	3.7%	1.36%	5.02%	3	23
$262.50	Aug 21	$3.40	0.34	4.7%	1.36%	6.02%	5	--
$255.00	Jul 31	$3.20	0.43	1.7%	1.28%	2.95%	7	2.3K
$252.50	Jul 24	$2.40	0.49	0.7%	0.96%	1.63%	21	268
$265.00	Aug 21	$2.30	0.30	5.7%	0.92%	6.57%	--	19

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 983

Total Puts 331

Put/Call Ratio 0.34

Net Difference 652

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 6,914

Total Puts 4,589

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.76

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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