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CME

CME GROUP INC A

$251.08 +5.77%

(7/22 10:00) ◀

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 (2:05pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 2:05pm) 13,041

Calls: 10,331 (79%)

Puts: 2,710 (21%)

Prior (07/21) 6,127

Calls: 3,657 (60%)

Puts: 2,470 (40%)

Current vs Prior +112.84%

Calls: +182.50% (Calls)

Puts: +9.72% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 19,125

Calls: 12,659 (66%)

Puts: 6,466 (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average 2,732

Calls: 1,808 (66%)

Puts: 923 (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +377.32%

Calls: +471.27%

Puts: +193.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/22 2:05pm) $5.96M

Calls: $4.65M (78%)

Puts: $1.32M (22%)

Prior (07/21) $1.98M

Calls: $939.5K (47%)

Puts: $1.04M (53%)

Current vs Prior +200.97%

Calls: +394.67%

Puts: +26.38%

Prior 7-Day Total $9.20M

Calls: $6.41M (70%)

Puts: $2.78M (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average $1.31M

Calls: $916.4K (70%)

Puts: $397.3K (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +354.05%

Calls: +407.14%

Puts: +231.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/22 2:05pm) 0.26

Prior (07/21) 0.68

Current vs Prior -61.16%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.49

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/22 2:05pm) 69,486

Calls: 40,483 (58%)

Puts: 29,003 (42%)

Prior (07/21) 62,181

Calls: 36,420 (59%)

Puts: 25,761 (41%)

Current vs Prior +11.75%

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 2.87% | 4.62%7.55% | 11.63%

Prior 4.75% | 6.05%8.25% | 12.61%

Current vs Prior -39.66% | -23.57%-8.57% | -7.78%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.77% | -3.78%-8.57% | -7.78%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -39.66% | -23.57%-5.70% | -7.05%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.52% | 11.95%

Calls: 21.62% | 14.88%

Puts: 11.43% | 9.01%

Prior 16.20% | 15.05%

Calls: 23.88% | 16.15%

Puts: 8.51% | 13.95%

Current vs Prior +1.98% | -20.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 27.37% | 18.99%

Calls: 32.64% | 18.09%

Puts: 22.10% | 19.90%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -39.64% | -37.08%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 78% of dollar volume in calls ($4.65M) vs puts ($1.32M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 201% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (354% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 113% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 17 of results (avg 8.0%, best 4.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$252.50	Jul 31	4.40	4.60	$4.50	4.4%	60	0.48	6
$255.00	Jul 31	3.40	3.60	$3.50	5.7%	129	0.40	2.3K
$257.50	Jul 31	2.55	2.75	$2.65	7.5%	127	0.33	98
$220.00	Aug 21	31.90	34.80	$33.35	8.7%	--	0.91	77
$210.00	Jul 31	39.80	43.60	$41.70	9.1%	--	0.99	11

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$260.00	Aug 21	12.90	13.80	$13.35	6.7%	2	0.63	99
$257.50	Aug 21	11.30	12.10	$11.70	6.8%	1	0.58	--
$257.50	Jul 31	8.40	9.00	$8.70	6.9%	156	0.68	8
$255.00	Jul 24	4.90	5.30	$5.10	7.8%	11	0.69	17
$265.00	Jul 24	13.90	15.10	$14.50	8.3%	41	0.92	8

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. 60 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	27.90	$26.30	12.2%	--	0.99	70
$210.00	Jul 31	39.80	43.60	$41.70	9.1%	--	0.99	11
$230.00	Jul 24	20.00	23.40	$21.70	15.7%	4	0.99	14
$232.50	Jul 24	17.30	20.90	$19.10	18.8%	--	0.97	17
$235.00	Jul 24	15.10	18.00	$16.55	17.5%	4	0.97	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 24	26.80	30.70	$28.75	13.6%	20	1.00	--
$267.50	Jul 24	16.40	18.40	$17.40	11.5%	94	0.94	--
$275.00	Jul 31	22.40	25.20	$23.80	11.8%	1	0.93	--
$270.00	Jul 31	17.60	20.50	$19.05	15.2%	1	0.93	2
$265.00	Jul 24	13.90	15.10	$14.50	8.3%	41	0.92	8

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 160 active (total vol 12.1K, top 3.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Jul 24	0.05	0.60	$0.33	166.7%	3.0K	0.08	3.5K
$245.00	Jul 24	6.20	8.60	$7.40	32.4%	2.7K	0.79	2.3K
$250.00	Jul 24	3.30	4.10	$3.70	21.6%	1.2K	0.57	204
$255.00	Jul 24	1.25	1.45	$1.35	14.8%	828	0.31	2.1K
$250.00	Aug 21	9.70	10.80	$10.25	10.7%	192	0.55	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Aug 21	0.10	1.10	$0.60	166.7%	295	0.05	1.2K
$250.00	Jul 31	4.10	4.90	$4.50	17.8%	267	0.45	306
$257.50	Jul 24	6.10	7.20	$6.65	16.5%	163	0.78	3
$257.50	Jul 31	8.40	9.00	$8.70	6.9%	156	0.68	8
$247.50	Jul 31	3.10	4.00	$3.55	25.4%	139	0.37	38

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 46 strikes (avg 54.4%, max 153.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	89.3%	35.3%	153.0%	13	825
$290.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	74.1%	32.8%	125.6%	15	441
$215.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	74.3%	38.6%	92.4%	2	1
$285.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	66.1%	34.5%	91.8%	29	14
$280.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	57.7%	31.8%	81.3%	37	732

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$215.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	87.9%	38.6%	127.7%	20	159
$210.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	91.9%	42.1%	118.3%	1	65
$225.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	64.9%	32.9%	97.6%	53	234
$220.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	70.1%	36.3%	93.0%	144	1.1K
$222.50	Jul 24	Aug 21	70.6%	36.7%	92.1%	38	68

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 103 found (best R:R 87.24, avg 7.99)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$270.00	$285.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$14.83	$0.17	87.24	$270.17
$280.00	$290.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$280.12
$290.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$0.27	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$290.27
$285.00	$290.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$285.15
$285.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$285.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$215.00	$210.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$214.87
$215.00	$210.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$214.87
$225.00	$215.00	Aug 14	$0.40	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$224.60
$222.50	$220.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$222.38
$222.50	$220.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$222.37

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 133 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 2.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$215.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$224.75
$225.00	$230.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$229.75
$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$234.70
$235.00	$237.50	Aug 7	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$237.35
$220.00	$230.00	Aug 21	$9.25	$9.25	$0.75	12.33	$229.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$275.00	$270.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$270.25
$262.50	$260.00	Jul 31	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$260.15
$260.00	$257.50	Jul 24	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$257.70
$280.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$11.35	$11.35	$1.15	9.87	$268.65
$260.00	$257.50	Jul 31	$2.15	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$257.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 46 found (avg debit $1.26, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$290.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.10	74.1%	43.4%
$285.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.25	66.1%	44.4%
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.40	44.4%	31.7%
$300.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	$0.45	89.3%	35.3%
$230.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.55	53.5%	39.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$210.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.07	91.9%	52.5%
$220.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.22	70.1%	47.0%
$225.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.28	64.9%	42.5%
$227.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.30	62.7%	40.3%
$222.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.33	70.6%	47.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 58 found (cheapest 2.28% of stock, avg 7.05%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$252.50	Jul 24	$2.23	$3.50	$5.73	$246.77	$258.23	2.28%
$250.00	Jul 24	$3.70	$2.40	$6.10	$243.90	$256.10	2.43%
$255.00	Jul 24	$1.35	$5.10	$6.45	$248.55	$261.45	2.57%
$247.50	Jul 24	$5.25	$1.50	$6.75	$240.75	$254.25	2.69%
$257.50	Jul 24	$0.95	$6.65	$7.60	$249.90	$265.10	3.03%
$245.00	Jul 24	$7.40	$0.93	$8.33	$236.67	$253.33	3.32%
$260.00	Jul 24	$0.60	$8.95	$9.55	$250.45	$269.55	3.80%
$252.50	Jul 31	$4.50	$5.55	$10.05	$242.45	$262.55	4.00%
$242.50	Jul 24	$9.55	$0.55	$10.10	$232.40	$252.60	4.02%
$255.00	Jul 31	$3.50	$7.00	$10.50	$244.50	$265.50	4.18%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 0.28% of stock, avg 2.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$262.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.35	$0.35	$0.70	$239.30	$263.20
$262.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.35	$0.55	$0.90	$241.60	$263.40
$260.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.60	$0.35	$0.95	$239.05	$260.95
$260.00	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.60	$0.55	$1.15	$241.35	$261.15
$262.50	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.35	$0.93	$1.28	$243.72	$263.78
$257.50	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.95	$0.35	$1.30	$238.70	$258.80
$257.50	$242.50	Jul 24	$0.95	$0.55	$1.50	$241.00	$259.00
$260.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.60	$0.93	$1.53	$243.47	$261.53
$255.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$1.35	$0.35	$1.70	$238.30	$256.70
$262.50	$247.50	Jul 24	$0.35	$1.50	$1.85	$245.65	$264.35

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 208 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $2.52)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
220/222	225/230	Jul 31	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$217.62	$229.88
230/232	235/240	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$227.63	$239.87
220/222	230/235	Jul 31	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$217.67	$234.83
245/248	250/252	Jul 31	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$245.10	$252.40
228/230	235/240	Jul 31	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$225.25	$239.75
238/240	242/245	Jul 31	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$237.63	$244.87
235/238	240/242	Aug 21	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$235.13	$242.37
220/222	235/240	Jul 31	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$217.77	$239.73
235/238	242/245	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$235.15	$244.85
235/238	245/248	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$235.15	$247.35

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 78 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$255.00	$257.50	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$247.50	$250.00	$252.50	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$232.50	$235.00	$237.50	Jul 24	$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	$0.12	$9.88	82.33
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Aug 28	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$227.50	$230.00	$232.50	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$222.50	$225.00	$227.50	Jul 31	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$225.00	$227.50	$230.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$2.40	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 107 found (best net $-0.11, 100 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$285.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.11	$14.89
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.03	$9.97
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.21	$9.79
$280.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.36	$9.64
$275.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.83	$9.17

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.83	$9.17
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.86	$9.14
$235.00	$225.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.11	$8.89
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.20	$8.80
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.45	$8.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 35 found (best yield 3.35%, avg 1.18%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$252.50	Aug 21	$8.40	0.51	0.6%	3.35%	3.91%	9	4
$255.00	Aug 28	$7.80	0.47	1.6%	3.11%	4.67%	60	--
$255.00	Aug 21	$7.20	0.47	1.6%	2.87%	4.43%	3	116
$257.50	Aug 21	$6.20	0.42	2.6%	2.47%	5.03%	2	2
$260.00	Aug 28	$5.90	0.39	3.5%	2.35%	5.90%	5	--
$255.00	Aug 14	$5.60	0.44	1.6%	2.23%	3.79%	2	27
$260.00	Aug 21	$5.30	0.38	3.5%	2.11%	5.66%	34	499
$255.00	Aug 7	$4.80	0.44	1.6%	1.91%	3.47%	3	92
$262.50	Aug 21	$4.50	0.34	4.5%	1.79%	6.34%	5	--
$252.50	Jul 31	$4.40	0.48	0.6%	1.75%	2.32%	60	6

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 10,331

Total Puts 2,710

Put/Call Ratio 0.26

Net Difference 7,621

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,657

Total Puts 2,470

Put/Call Ratio 0.68

Net Difference 1,187

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 12,659

Total Puts 6,466

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.49

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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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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