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CME

CME GROUP INC A

$253.65 +6.85%

(7/22 09:45) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (9:50am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 9:50am) 1,756

Calls: 1,362 (78%)

Puts: 394 (22%)

Prior --

Calls: 665 (59%)

Puts: 455 (41%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +104.81% (Calls)

Puts: -13.41% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 12,817

Calls: 7,897 (62%)

Puts: 4,920 (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,136

Calls: 1,128 (62%)

Puts: 702 (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -17.80%

Calls: +20.73%

Puts: -43.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:50am) $1.16M

Calls: $1.05M (90%)

Puts: $110.9K (10%)

Prior --

Calls: $246.8K (47%)

Puts: $277.6K (53%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +324.41%

Puts: -60.06%

Prior 7-Day Total $5.31M

Calls: $2.95M (56%)

Puts: $2.36M (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average $885.8K

Calls: $421.6K (56%)

Puts: $337.6K (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +30.77%

Calls: +148.45%

Puts: -67.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 9:50am) 0.29

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -71.07%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.69

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -57.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 9:50am) 69,486

Calls: 40,483 (58%)

Puts: 29,003 (42%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 346,527

Calls: 192,192 (55%)

Puts: 154,335 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 57,754

Calls: 32,032 (55%)

Puts: 25,722 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.31%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.80% | 4.99%7.65% | 11.71%

Prior 4.75% | 6.05%8.25% | 12.61%

Current vs Prior -19.95% | -17.50%-7.35% | -7.16%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +7.77% | +3.87%-7.35% | -7.16%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -19.95% | -17.50%-4.44% | -6.41%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 38.70% | 44.15%

Calls: 24.18% | 50.00%

Puts: 53.23% | 38.30%

Prior 16.20% | 15.05%

Calls: 23.88% | 16.15%

Puts: 8.51% | 13.95%

Current vs Prior +138.89% | +193.36%

Prior 7-Day Avg 27.37% | 18.99%

Calls: 32.64% | 18.09%

Puts: 22.10% | 19.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +41.40% | +132.45%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 90% of dollar volume in calls ($1.05M) vs puts ($110.9K). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.29 - heavy call buying (1,362 calls vs 394 puts). P/C ratio dropping 71% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 5 of results (avg 8.9%, best 8.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Jul 31	41.70	45.30	$43.50	8.3%	--	0.94	11
$250.00	Aug 21	11.00	12.00	$11.50	8.7%	5	0.56	1.4K
$220.00	Aug 21	33.30	36.50	$34.90	9.2%	--	0.91	77
$215.00	Aug 28	38.20	41.90	$40.05	9.2%	1	0.91	--
$215.00	Jul 31	36.70	40.30	$38.50	9.4%	1	0.97	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. 46 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Jul 24	26.50	30.30	$28.40	13.4%	--	1.00	70
$230.00	Jul 24	21.60	25.00	$23.30	14.6%	--	1.00	14
$232.50	Jul 24	19.10	22.60	$20.85	16.8%	--	1.00	17
$225.00	Jul 31	27.00	30.70	$28.85	12.8%	--	1.00	15
$215.00	Jul 31	36.70	40.30	$38.50	9.4%	1	0.97	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 24	25.40	28.70	$27.05	12.2%	4	0.99	--
$275.00	Jul 31	21.00	23.80	$22.40	12.5%	1	0.91	--
$265.00	Jul 31	12.00	14.90	$13.45	21.6%	--	0.79	20
$265.00	Aug 7	13.10	15.80	$14.45	18.7%	--	0.76	14
$270.00	Aug 21	17.90	21.10	$19.50	16.4%	--	0.76	103

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 88 active (total vol 1.6K, top 576)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	5.20	6.60	$5.90	23.7%	576	0.62	204
$245.00	Jul 24	8.00	10.00	$9.00	22.2%	299	0.81	2.3K
$255.00	Jul 24	1.95	3.80	$2.88	64.2%	90	0.42	2.1K
$252.50	Jul 24	4.00	5.10	$4.55	24.2%	32	0.53	268
$260.00	Jul 24	0.35	1.75	$1.05	133.3%	19	0.21	152

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$220.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	109	0.01	237
$240.00	Jul 24	0.15	1.30	$0.73	157.5%	54	0.12	135
$217.50	Jul 24	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	21	0.01	165
$225.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	20	0.01	232
$215.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	19	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 77.1%, max 137.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	82.9%	34.9%	137.4%	--	825
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	68.1%	31.2%	118.5%	--	441
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	65.8%	30.7%	114.4%	--	24
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	72.4%	34.5%	109.9%	7	241
$250.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	55.9%	28.0%	100.0%	581	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$215.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	87.5%	39.0%	124.3%	19	159
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	72.4%	32.6%	121.9%	14	245
$235.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	70.1%	32.4%	116.1%	17	268
$210.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	91.1%	43.0%	111.7%	10	1.2K
$220.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	80.7%	39.5%	104.0%	112	1.1K

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 76 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 7.15)

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
$275.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$275.25
$285.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$285.27
$265.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$1.52	$13.48	$1.52	8.87	$266.52

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$225.00	$215.00	Aug 14	$0.18	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$224.82
$220.00	$215.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$219.85
$245.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$244.88
$230.00	$225.00	Aug 7	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$229.75
$230.00	$227.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$229.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 97 found (best R:R 27.57, avg 2.32)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$215.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$224.65
$225.00	$230.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$229.80
$225.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$9.50	$9.50	$0.50	19.00	$234.50
$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$4.65	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$234.65
$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	$8.95	$8.95	$1.05	8.52	$266.05
$280.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$21.95	$21.95	$3.05	7.20	$258.05
$270.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$6.50	$6.50	$3.50	1.86	$263.50
$265.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$6.40	$6.40	$3.60	1.78	$258.60
$265.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$6.25	$6.25	$3.75	1.67	$258.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 38 found (avg debit $1.19, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.45	65.5%	47.0%
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.45	82.9%	34.9%
$280.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	$0.60	52.5%	34.2%
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.60	68.1%	31.2%
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.70	47.0%	36.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.25	80.7%	49.7%
$235.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.37	70.1%	38.7%
$215.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.60	87.5%	65.1%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.65	72.4%	46.5%
$222.50	Jul 24	Aug 7	$0.92	75.0%	45.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 38 found (cheapest 3.15% of stock, avg 7.97%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$255.00	Jul 24	$2.88	$5.10	$7.98	$247.02	$262.98	3.15%
$252.50	Jul 24	$4.55	$4.00	$8.55	$243.95	$261.05	3.37%
$250.00	Jul 24	$5.90	$3.13	$9.03	$240.97	$259.03	3.56%
$247.50	Jul 24	$7.10	$2.40	$9.50	$238.00	$257.00	3.75%
$245.00	Jul 24	$9.00	$1.22	$10.22	$234.78	$255.22	4.03%
$255.00	Jul 31	$4.40	$7.05	$11.45	$243.55	$266.45	4.51%
$250.00	Jul 31	$7.05	$4.80	$11.85	$238.15	$261.85	4.67%
$242.50	Jul 24	$11.30	$1.10	$12.40	$230.10	$254.90	4.89%
$247.50	Jul 31	$8.95	$3.85	$12.80	$234.70	$260.30	5.05%
$245.00	Jul 31	$10.80	$3.15	$13.95	$231.05	$258.95	5.50%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 112 found (cheapest 0.63% of stock, avg 2.62%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$265.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.50	$1.10	$1.60	$240.90	$266.60
$262.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.60	$1.10	$1.70	$240.80	$264.20
$265.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.50	$1.22	$1.72	$243.28	$266.72
$280.00	$225.00	Aug 7	$0.63	$1.18	$1.81	$223.19	$281.81
$262.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.60	$1.22	$1.82	$243.18	$264.32
$280.00	$230.00	Aug 7	$0.63	$1.43	$2.06	$227.94	$282.06
$260.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.05	$1.10	$2.15	$240.35	$262.15
$260.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$1.05	$1.22	$2.27	$242.73	$262.27
$280.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$0.63	$2.10	$2.73	$232.27	$282.73
$257.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.80	$1.10	$2.90	$239.60	$260.40

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 128 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $2.92)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
210/215	220/230	Aug 21	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$205.30	$229.70
230/232	245/248	Aug 21	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$230.13	$247.37
220/222	230/238	Aug 21	$7.03	$0.47	14.96	$215.47	$237.03
228/230	240/242	Jul 24	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$227.67	$242.33
232/235	245/248	Jul 24	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$232.67	$247.33
215/220	230/238	Aug 21	$6.90	$0.60	11.50	$213.10	$236.90
240/242	245/248	Jul 24	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$240.23	$247.27
238/240	242/245	Jul 31	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$237.75	$244.75
238/240	248/250	Jul 31	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$237.75	$249.75
230/235	238/245	Aug 7	$6.67	$0.83	8.04	$228.33	$244.17

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 39 found (best R:R 40.67, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$252.50	$255.00	$257.50	Jul 31	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$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	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$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
$215.00	$225.00	$235.00	Aug 14	$0.59	$9.41	15.95
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	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. 88 found (best net $-0.09, 75 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	-$0.75	$9.25
$280.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 21	$0.00	$5.00
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.01	$4.99

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$230.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.09	$14.91
$235.00	$225.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.56	$9.44
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.65	$9.35
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.97	$9.03
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.95	$8.05

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 28 found (best yield 2.60%, avg 0.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$255.00	Aug 21	$6.60	0.47	0.5%	2.60%	3.13%	1	116
$255.00	Aug 14	$5.80	0.47	0.5%	2.29%	2.82%	1	27
$260.00	Aug 21	$4.70	0.39	2.5%	1.85%	4.36%	17	499
$255.00	Aug 7	$4.50	0.45	0.5%	1.77%	2.31%	2	92
$262.50	Aug 21	$3.70	0.35	3.5%	1.46%	4.95%	5	--
$260.00	Aug 14	$3.50	0.37	2.5%	1.38%	3.88%	3	23
$255.00	Jul 31	$3.20	0.44	0.5%	1.26%	1.79%	7	2.3K
$270.00	Aug 21	$2.60	0.24	6.5%	1.03%	7.47%	12	349
$265.00	Aug 21	$2.50	0.30	4.5%	0.99%	5.46%	--	19
$260.00	Aug 7	$2.20	0.34	2.5%	0.87%	3.37%	3	12

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,362

Total Puts 394

Put/Call Ratio 0.29

Net Difference 968

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 7,897

Total Puts 4,920

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.69

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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