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CME

CME GROUP INC A

$253.40 +6.75%

(7/22 09:55) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 10:00am) 3,089

Calls: 2,241 (73%)

Puts: 848 (27%)

Prior --

Calls: 665 (59%)

Puts: 455 (41%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +236.99% (Calls)

Puts: +86.37% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 16,630

Calls: 10,753 (65%)

Puts: 5,877 (35%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,375

Calls: 1,536 (65%)

Puts: 839 (35%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +30.02%

Calls: +45.88%

Puts: +1.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 10:00am) $1.86M

Calls: $1.61M (87%)

Puts: $248.7K (13%)

Prior --

Calls: $246.8K (47%)

Puts: $277.6K (53%)

Current vs Prior +0.00%

Calls: +553.65%

Puts: -10.40%

Prior 7-Day Total $7.72M

Calls: $5.10M (66%)

Puts: $2.62M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.10M

Calls: $728.9K (66%)

Puts: $374.2K (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +68.80%

Calls: +121.34%

Puts: -33.54%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/22 10:00am) 0.38

Prior 1.00

Current vs Prior -62.16%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.54

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/22 10:00am) 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 3.51% | 4.95%7.85% | 11.86%

Prior 4.75% | 6.05%8.25% | 12.61%

Current vs Prior -26.10% | -18.07%-4.87% | -5.97%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -0.51% | +3.15%-4.87% | -5.97%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -26.10% | -18.07%-1.88% | -5.22%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 46.14% | 51.63%

Calls: 40.96% | 53.26%

Puts: 51.33% | 50.00%

Prior 16.20% | 15.05%

Calls: 23.88% | 16.15%

Puts: 8.51% | 13.95%

Current vs Prior +184.81% | +243.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 27.37% | 18.99%

Calls: 32.64% | 18.09%

Puts: 22.10% | 19.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +68.58% | +171.83%

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Strong bullish conviction with 87% of dollar volume in calls ($1.61M) vs puts ($248.7K). Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (69% higher). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.38 - heavy call buying (2,241 calls vs 848 puts). P/C ratio dropping 62% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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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
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 7 of results (avg 8.3%, best 6.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Aug 21	24.90	26.60	$25.75	6.6%	7	0.85	227
$215.00	Jul 31	37.50	40.40	$38.95	7.4%	1	0.93	1
$210.00	Jul 31	42.40	45.80	$44.10	7.7%	--	0.92	11
$220.00	Aug 21	33.90	36.80	$35.35	8.2%	--	0.89	77
$242.50	Jul 24	10.60	11.60	$11.10	9.0%	6	0.85	92

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 24	24.90	27.50	$26.20	9.9%	8	0.99	--

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	27.20	30.70	$28.95	12.1%	--	1.00	70
$232.50	Jul 24	19.80	23.00	$21.40	15.0%	--	1.00	17
$230.00	Jul 24	22.30	25.40	$23.85	13.0%	--	0.97	14
$235.00	Jul 24	17.30	20.50	$18.90	16.9%	4	0.95	14
$225.00	Jul 31	27.70	31.10	$29.40	11.6%	--	0.94	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 24	24.90	27.50	$26.20	9.9%	8	0.99	--
$275.00	Jul 31	20.20	23.40	$21.80	14.7%	1	0.91	--
$265.00	Jul 31	11.80	14.40	$13.10	19.8%	--	0.79	20
$265.00	Aug 7	12.60	15.20	$13.90	18.7%	--	0.76	14
$270.00	Aug 21	17.90	20.40	$19.15	13.1%	--	0.74	103

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 105 active (total vol 2.8K, top 591)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	4.80	7.00	$5.90	37.3%	591	0.64	204
$245.00	Jul 24	8.50	9.40	$8.95	10.1%	578	0.87	2.3K
$265.00	Jul 24	0.45	0.75	$0.60	50.0%	286	0.11	3.5K
$250.00	Aug 21	9.80	12.90	$11.35	27.3%	168	0.58	1.4K
$255.00	Jul 24	2.55	3.80	$3.18	39.3%	105	0.43	2.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Aug 21	0.25	0.75	$0.50	100.0%	293	0.04	1.2K
$220.00	Jul 24	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	114	0.01	237
$240.00	Jul 24	0.15	0.90	$0.53	141.5%	56	0.10	135
$250.00	Aug 21	6.50	8.10	$7.30	21.9%	29	0.42	635
$240.00	Aug 21	3.70	4.70	$4.20	23.8%	25	0.27	347

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 70.6%, max 143.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	83.0%	34.2%	143.0%	--	825
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	72.5%	32.8%	121.5%	7	241
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	65.9%	30.6%	115.2%	--	24
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	68.2%	33.4%	103.9%	3	441
$237.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	61.0%	31.3%	95.1%	4	39

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$210.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	91.2%	38.9%	134.4%	293	1.2K
$215.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	87.6%	39.1%	123.9%	20	159
$230.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	72.5%	33.3%	117.9%	16	245
$235.00	Jul 24	Aug 14	65.1%	31.7%	105.5%	19	268
$222.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	75.1%	37.1%	102.3%	17	68

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 77 found (best R:R 70.43, avg 6.54)

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
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$267.68
$265.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$0.22	$2.28	$0.22	10.36	$265.22
$260.00	$262.50	Jul 24	$0.23	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$260.23

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
$237.50	$235.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$237.40
$235.00	$230.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$234.80
$230.00	$227.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$229.87
$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. 100 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 2.35)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$225.00	$230.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$229.85
$225.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$234.70
$220.00	$230.00	Aug 21	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$229.60
$215.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$9.55	$9.55	$0.45	21.22	$224.55
$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$4.65	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$234.65

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$275.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$8.70	$8.70	$1.30	6.69	$266.30
$280.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$21.45	$21.45	$3.55	6.04	$258.55
$270.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$6.80	$6.80	$3.20	2.12	$263.20
$265.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$6.70	$6.70	$3.30	2.03	$258.30
$265.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$6.20	$6.20	$3.80	1.63	$258.80

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 39 found (avg debit $1.23, cheapest $0.30)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.45	65.6%	44.9%
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.45	83.0%	34.2%
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.60	49.7%	33.8%
$280.00	Jul 24	Aug 7	$0.60	52.6%	33.2%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.70	72.5%	46.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$220.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.30	70.5%	51.0%
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.30	65.6%	44.9%
$222.50	Jul 24	Aug 7	$0.35	75.1%	37.9%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.52	72.5%	46.3%
$235.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.57	65.1%	41.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 42 found (cheapest 3.10% of stock, avg 7.94%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$252.50	Jul 24	$4.15	$3.70	$7.85	$244.65	$260.35	3.10%
$255.00	Jul 24	$3.18	$4.75	$7.93	$247.07	$262.93	3.13%
$247.50	Jul 24	$6.70	$1.55	$8.25	$239.25	$255.75	3.26%
$250.00	Jul 24	$5.90	$2.42	$8.32	$241.68	$258.32	3.28%
$245.00	Jul 24	$8.95	$0.95	$9.90	$235.10	$254.90	3.91%
$255.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$6.40	$11.15	$243.85	$266.15	4.40%
$252.50	Jul 31	$6.15	$5.20	$11.35	$241.15	$263.85	4.48%
$250.00	Jul 31	$7.50	$4.25	$11.75	$238.25	$261.75	4.64%
$242.50	Jul 24	$11.10	$1.02	$12.12	$230.38	$254.62	4.78%
$247.50	Jul 31	$9.30	$3.50	$12.80	$234.70	$260.30	5.05%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 114 found (cheapest 0.61% of stock, avg 2.69%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$265.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.60	$0.95	$1.55	$243.45	$266.55
$265.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.60	$1.02	$1.62	$240.88	$266.62
$280.00	$230.00	Aug 7	$0.63	$1.25	$1.88	$228.12	$281.88
$262.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$1.02	$0.95	$1.97	$243.03	$264.47
$262.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.02	$1.02	$2.04	$240.46	$264.54
$265.00	$247.50	Jul 24	$0.60	$1.55	$2.15	$245.35	$267.15
$260.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$1.25	$0.95	$2.20	$242.80	$262.20
$260.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$1.25	$1.02	$2.27	$240.23	$262.27
$280.00	$237.50	Aug 7	$0.63	$1.70	$2.33	$235.17	$282.33
$262.50	$247.50	Jul 24	$1.02	$1.55	$2.57	$244.93	$265.07

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 117 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $2.85)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
225/230	235/240	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$225.15	$239.85
235/238	245/248	Jul 31	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$235.10	$247.40
228/230	245/248	Jul 24	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$227.62	$247.38
232/235	242/245	Jul 24	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$232.62	$244.88
230/232	248/250	Aug 21	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$230.13	$249.87
235/238	245/248	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$235.15	$247.35
245/248	250/252	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$245.15	$252.35
230/232	250/252	Aug 21	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$230.18	$252.32
230/232	252/255	Aug 21	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$230.18	$254.82
228/230	242/245	Jul 24	$2.28	$0.22	10.36	$227.72	$244.78

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 43 found (best R:R 99.00, 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
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	24.00
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Aug 21	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$4.75	19.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$210.00	$215.00	$220.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$217.50	$220.00	$222.50	Jul 24	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$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
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Aug 7	$0.36	$4.64	12.89

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 91 found (best net $-0.04, 80 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	-$0.04	$14.96
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.15	$9.85
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.59	$9.41
$235.00	$225.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.71	$9.29
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.99	$9.01

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 29 found (best yield 2.80%, avg 0.85%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$255.00	Aug 21	$7.10	0.49	0.6%	2.80%	3.43%	1	116
$255.00	Aug 14	$6.00	0.48	0.6%	2.37%	3.00%	1	27
$260.00	Aug 21	$4.90	0.40	2.6%	1.93%	4.54%	18	499
$255.00	Aug 7	$4.80	0.47	0.6%	1.89%	2.53%	2	92
$262.50	Aug 21	$4.00	0.36	3.6%	1.58%	5.17%	5	--
$260.00	Aug 14	$3.60	0.39	2.6%	1.42%	4.03%	3	23
$255.00	Jul 31	$3.30	0.46	0.6%	1.30%	1.93%	7	2.3K
$265.00	Aug 21	$2.95	0.32	4.6%	1.16%	5.74%	1	19
$257.50	Jul 31	$2.85	0.39	1.6%	1.12%	2.74%	16	98
$270.00	Aug 21	$2.75	0.26	6.5%	1.09%	7.64%	18	349

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,241

Total Puts 848

Put/Call Ratio 0.38

Net Difference 1,393

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 10,753

Total Puts 5,877

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.54

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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