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CME

CME GROUP INC A

$252.21 +6.25%

(7/22 09:50) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (9:55am)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 9:55am) 2,421

Calls: 1,670 (69%)

Puts: 751 (31%)

Prior --

Calls: 665 (59%)

Puts: 455 (41%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +151.13% (Calls)

Puts: +65.05% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 14,573

Calls: 9,259 (64%)

Puts: 5,314 (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,081

Calls: 1,322 (64%)

Puts: 759 (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.29%

Calls: +26.26%

Puts: -1.07%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:55am) $1.51M

Calls: $1.29M (86%)

Puts: $218.4K (14%)

Prior --

Calls: $246.8K (47%)

Puts: $277.6K (53%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +421.92%

Puts: -21.30%

Prior 7-Day Total $6.47M

Calls: $4.00M (62%)

Puts: $2.47M (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average $924.7K

Calls: $571.3K (62%)

Puts: $353.5K (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +62.92%

Calls: +125.50%

Puts: -38.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:55am) 0.45

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -55.03%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.63

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.65%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/22 9:55am) 69,486

Calls: 40,483 (58%)

Puts: 29,003 (42%)

Prior --

Calls: -- (--)

Puts: -- (--)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Total 416,013

Calls: 232,675 (56%)

Puts: 183,338 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 59,430

Calls: 33,239 (56%)

Puts: 26,191 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +16.92%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.57% | 5.04%7.79% | 11.91%

Prior 4.75% | 6.05%8.25% | 12.61%

Current vs Prior -24.92% | -16.70%-5.62% | -5.53%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +1.08% | +4.88%-5.62% | -5.53%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -24.92% | -16.70%-2.66% | -4.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 24.23% | 44.84%

Calls: 26.42% | 37.33%

Puts: 22.05% | 52.36%

Prior 16.20% | 15.05%

Calls: 23.88% | 16.15%

Puts: 8.51% | 13.95%

Current vs Prior +49.57% | +197.94%

Prior 7-Day Avg 27.37% | 18.99%

Calls: 32.64% | 18.09%

Puts: 22.10% | 19.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -11.47% | +136.08%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 86% of dollar volume in calls ($1.29M) vs puts ($218.4K). Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (63% higher). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.45 - heavy call buying (1,670 calls vs 751 puts). P/C ratio dropping 55% - 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

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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
09:55	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:50	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
09:45	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 8.8%, best 8.1%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$215.00	Aug 28	37.90	41.10	$39.50	8.1%	1	0.92	--
$210.00	Jul 31	41.30	44.80	$43.05	8.1%	--	0.93	11
$215.00	Jul 31	36.40	39.90	$38.15	9.2%	1	0.94	1
$220.00	Aug 21	33.00	36.40	$34.70	9.8%	--	0.91	77

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. 48 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$225.00	Jul 24	26.10	29.60	$27.85	12.6%	--	0.99	70
$232.50	Jul 24	18.70	22.30	$20.50	17.6%	--	0.96	17
$225.00	Jul 31	26.70	30.30	$28.50	12.6%	--	0.96	15
$230.00	Jul 24	21.20	24.80	$23.00	15.7%	--	0.96	14
$215.00	Jul 31	36.40	39.90	$38.15	9.2%	1	0.94	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 24	26.00	28.80	$27.40	10.2%	7	1.00	--
$275.00	Jul 31	21.10	24.30	$22.70	14.1%	1	0.96	--
$265.00	Jul 31	11.80	15.40	$13.60	26.5%	--	0.82	20
$265.00	Aug 7	12.60	15.70	$14.15	21.9%	--	0.77	14
$270.00	Aug 21	17.90	21.30	$19.60	17.3%	--	0.76	103

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 101 active (total vol 2.2K, top 585)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	4.60	6.00	$5.30	26.4%	585	0.63	204
$245.00	Jul 24	8.10	10.70	$9.40	27.7%	320	0.79	2.3K
$250.00	Aug 21	9.80	12.90	$11.35	27.3%	168	0.58	1.4K
$255.00	Jul 24	1.90	3.20	$2.55	51.0%	103	0.41	2.1K
$252.50	Jul 24	3.30	4.80	$4.05	37.0%	35	0.52	268

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Aug 21	0.25	0.80	$0.53	103.8%	293	0.04	1.2K
$220.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.10	$0.08	62.5%	112	0.01	237
$240.00	Jul 24	0.15	0.90	$0.53	141.5%	55	0.09	135
$217.50	Jul 24	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	21	0.01	165
$215.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.10	$0.05	200.0%	20	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. 39 strikes (avg 74.2%, max 143.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	83.1%	34.2%	143.3%	--	825
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	66.0%	28.7%	129.9%	--	24
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	72.2%	32.7%	120.6%	7	241
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	68.3%	33.4%	104.3%	3	441
$237.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	61.4%	31.4%	95.8%	4	39

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$210.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	91.0%	39.3%	131.6%	293	1.2K
$215.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	87.4%	39.0%	124.3%	20	159
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	72.2%	32.3%	123.6%	15	245
$235.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	67.4%	31.5%	113.8%	17	268
$220.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	80.6%	39.7%	103.1%	115	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 70.43, avg 6.96)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$275.00	$280.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$275.10
$290.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$0.47	$9.53	$0.47	20.28	$290.47
$275.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$0.48	$4.52	$0.48	9.42	$275.48
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$267.75
$262.50	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.27	$2.23	$0.27	8.26	$262.77

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$225.00	$215.00	Aug 14	$0.14	$9.86	$0.14	70.43	$224.86
$230.00	$222.50	Aug 21	$0.17	$7.33	$0.17	43.12	$229.83
$237.50	$232.50	Aug 21	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$237.30
$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. 104 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 3.56)

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
$225.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$234.80
$225.00	$230.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$229.85
$215.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$224.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$275.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$9.10	$9.10	$0.90	10.11	$265.90
$280.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$22.60	$22.60	$2.40	9.42	$257.40
$270.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$7.25	$7.25	$2.75	2.64	$262.75
$265.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$7.20	$7.20	$2.80	2.57	$257.80
$265.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$6.45	$6.45	$3.55	1.82	$258.55

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 39 found (avg debit $1.21, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.45	83.1%	34.2%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.60	72.2%	47.7%
$280.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	$0.60	52.8%	33.2%
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.65	65.4%	44.9%
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.65	49.9%	34.4%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.25	80.6%	51.0%
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.30	65.4%	44.9%
$235.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.45	67.4%	40.3%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.55	33.6%	30.1%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.62	72.2%	47.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 41 found (cheapest 2.91% of stock, avg 7.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$255.00	Jul 24	$2.55	$4.80	$7.35	$247.65	$262.35	2.91%
$250.00	Jul 24	$5.30	$2.40	$7.70	$242.30	$257.70	3.05%
$252.50	Jul 24	$4.05	$3.70	$7.75	$244.75	$260.25	3.07%
$247.50	Jul 24	$7.35	$2.10	$9.45	$238.05	$256.95	3.75%
$245.00	Jul 24	$9.40	$1.22	$10.62	$234.38	$255.62	4.21%
$255.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$6.40	$11.15	$243.85	$266.15	4.42%
$252.50	Jul 31	$6.15	$5.20	$11.35	$241.15	$263.85	4.50%
$250.00	Jul 31	$7.50	$4.25	$11.75	$238.25	$261.75	4.66%
$242.50	Jul 24	$11.10	$1.02	$12.12	$230.38	$254.62	4.81%
$247.50	Jul 31	$9.30	$3.60	$12.90	$234.60	$260.40	5.11%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 113 found (cheapest 0.56% of stock, avg 2.65%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$265.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.40	$1.02	$1.42	$241.08	$266.42
$265.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.40	$1.22	$1.62	$243.38	$266.62
$280.00	$225.00	Aug 7	$0.63	$1.05	$1.68	$223.32	$281.68
$280.00	$230.00	Aug 7	$0.63	$1.30	$1.93	$228.07	$281.93
$262.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.13	$1.02	$2.15	$240.35	$264.65
$260.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.20	$1.02	$2.22	$240.28	$262.22
$262.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$1.13	$1.22	$2.35	$242.65	$264.85
$260.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$1.20	$1.22	$2.42	$242.58	$262.42
$265.00	$247.50	Jul 24	$0.40	$2.10	$2.50	$245.00	$267.50
$280.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$0.63	$2.05	$2.68	$232.32	$282.68

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 126 found (best R:R 19.83, avg credit $2.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
228/230	232/235	Jul 24	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$227.62	$234.88
210/215	220/230	Aug 21	$9.47	$0.53	17.87	$205.53	$229.47
232/235	245/248	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$232.65	$247.35
232/235	248/250	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$232.65	$249.85
225/230	235/240	Jul 31	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$225.30	$239.70
235/238	242/245	Jul 31	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$235.15	$244.85
228/230	240/242	Jul 24	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$227.67	$242.33
238/240	248/250	Aug 21	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$237.70	$249.80
242/245	248/250	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$242.75	$249.75
238/240	250/252	Aug 21	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$237.75	$252.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 38 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$252.50	$255.00	$257.50	Jul 31	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 14	$0.20	$4.80	24.00
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Aug 21	$0.10	$2.40	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$215.00	$225.00	$235.00	Aug 14	$0.42	$9.58	22.81
$222.50	$225.00	$227.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	18.23
$215.00	$220.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$0.42	$4.58	10.90
$250.00	$252.50	$255.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$2.25	9.00
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$0.50	$4.50	9.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 90 found (best net $-0.19, 76 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.01	$9.99
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.03	$9.97
$245.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.05	$9.95
$285.00	$290.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.01	$4.99
$270.00	$275.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.06	$4.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$230.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.19	$14.81
$235.00	$225.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.71	$9.29
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.99	$9.01
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.25	$8.75
$247.50	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.35	$6.15

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 32 found (best yield 3.33%, avg 0.92%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$252.50	Aug 21	$8.40	0.54	0.1%	3.33%	3.45%	2	4
$255.00	Aug 21	$7.10	0.49	1.1%	2.82%	3.92%	1	116
$255.00	Aug 14	$5.60	0.48	1.1%	2.22%	3.33%	1	27
$255.00	Aug 7	$4.80	0.47	1.1%	1.90%	3.01%	2	92
$260.00	Aug 21	$4.80	0.40	3.1%	1.90%	4.99%	18	499
$252.50	Jul 31	$4.60	0.53	0.1%	1.82%	1.94%	8	6
$262.50	Aug 21	$4.00	0.36	4.1%	1.59%	5.67%	5	--
$260.00	Aug 14	$3.40	0.39	3.1%	1.35%	4.44%	3	23
$252.50	Jul 24	$3.30	0.52	0.1%	1.31%	1.42%	35	268
$255.00	Jul 31	$3.30	0.46	1.1%	1.31%	2.41%	7	2.3K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,670

Total Puts 751

Put/Call Ratio 0.45

Net Difference 919

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 9,259

Total Puts 5,314

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.63

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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