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| CME Stock | USD 275.06 0.00 0.00% |
CME's latest option contracts expiring on March 20th 2026 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.46 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.89 over 57 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 20th 2026. The total put volume is at 4.0, with calls trading at the volume of 156. This yields a 0.03 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against March 20th 2026 Option Contracts
2026-03-20
The chart above shows CME's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. CME's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for CME's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
CME Maximum Pain Price Across 2026-03-20 Option Contracts
Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as CME close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, CME's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on CME
Analyzing CME's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in CME regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when CME's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money CME's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with CME's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
CME's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of CME Group common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell CME stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If CME's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, CME's Liabilities And Stockholders Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Stock Based Compensation To Revenue is expected to grow to 0.01, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 315.2 M. CME Group In The Money Call Balance
When CME's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against CME Group stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying CME's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on CME Group are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.
CME Current Options Market Mood
CME's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps CME Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.
Put-to-Call Open Interest
Put-to-Call Volume
Unfortunately, most CME's options investors are not very successful. CME's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.
Rule 16 of the current CME contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that CME Group will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0288% per day over the life of the 2026-03-20 option contract. With CME trading at USD 275.06, that is roughly USD 0.0791. If you think that the market is fully incorporating CME's daily price movement you should consider buying CME Group options at the current volatility level of 0.46%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Purchasing CME options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" CME calls. Remember, the seller must deliver CME Group stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
CME Option Chain
When CME's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against CME Group stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
CME's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on CME. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for CME. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a CME against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone. | Open Int | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | CME260320C00410000 | 0 | 410.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.15 | |
Call | CME260320C00400000 | 1 | 400.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.35 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00390000 | 0 | 390.0 | 0.0 - 1.3 | 1.3 | |
Call | CME260320C00380000 | 0 | 380.0 | 0.0 - 1.35 | 1.35 | |
Call | CME260320C00370000 | 2 | 370.0 | 0.0 - 1.35 | 0.9 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00360000 | 10 | 360.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 0.85 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00350000 | 4 | 350.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 1.5 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00340000 | 10 | 340.0 | 0.0 - 2.15 | 2.43 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00330000 | 27 | 330.0 | 0.0 - 2.2 | 1.55 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00320000 | 185 | 320.0 | 0.0 - 0.65 | 0.45 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00310000 | 397 | 310.0 | 0.0 - 1.15 | 0.8 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00300000 | 815 | 300.0 | 0.75 - 2.2 | 1.0 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00290000 | 1001 | 290.0 | 1.65 - 2.6 | 2.42 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00280000 | 427 | 280.0 | 4.1 - 5.5 | 5.0 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00270000 | 271 | 270.0 | 8.5 - 10.2 | 9.0 | Out |
Call | CME260320C00260000 | 166 | 260.0 | 14.4 - 16.6 | 15.15 | In |
Call | CME260320C00250000 | 163 | 250.0 | 21.7 - 25.5 | 27.32 | In |
Call | CME260320C00240000 | 16 | 240.0 | 30.5 - 34.5 | 36.54 | In |
Call | CME260320C00230000 | 13 | 230.0 | 40.0 - 44.0 | 43.0 | In |
Call | CME260320C00220000 | 37 | 220.0 | 49.8 - 53.5 | 59.32 | In |
Call | CME260320C00210000 | 29 | 210.0 | 59.5 - 63.5 | 73.0 | In |
Call | CME260320C00200000 | 84 | 200.0 | 69.4 - 73.5 | 69.0 | In |
Call | CME260320C00190000 | 1 | 190.0 | 79.2 - 83.3 | 80.7 | In |
Call | CME260320C00180000 | 5 | 180.0 | 89.0 - 93.2 | 93.73 | In |
Call | CME260320C00170000 | 1 | 170.0 | 99.0 - 103.1 | 104.05 | In |
Put | CME260320P00120000 | 5 | 120.0 | 0.0 - 2.25 | 2.25 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00140000 | 1 | 140.0 | 0.0 - 2.35 | 2.35 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00145000 | 1 | 145.0 | 0.0 - 2.35 | 2.35 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00150000 | 13 | 150.0 | 0.0 - 2.4 | 0.6 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00170000 | 3 | 170.0 | 0.0 - 2.5 | 1.1 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00175000 | 4 | 175.0 | 0.0 - 2.55 | 1.2 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00180000 | 25 | 180.0 | 0.0 - 2.55 | 0.5 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00185000 | 23 | 185.0 | 0.0 - 2.6 | 1.25 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00190000 | 41 | 190.0 | 0.0 - 2.65 | 0.65 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00195000 | 9 | 195.0 | 0.0 - 2.7 | 0.55 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00200000 | 24 | 200.0 | 0.0 - 2.75 | 0.75 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00210000 | 45 | 210.0 | 0.0 - 2.9 | 1.0 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00220000 | 152 | 220.0 | 0.25 - 2.35 | 0.8 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00230000 | 190 | 230.0 | 0.8 - 3.7 | 1.2 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00240000 | 363 | 240.0 | 1.6 - 3.7 | 1.85 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00250000 | 574 | 250.0 | 3.1 - 4.9 | 3.6 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00260000 | 955 | 260.0 | 6.3 - 8.3 | 7.3 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00270000 | 469 | 270.0 | 10.7 - 13.0 | 13.0 | Out |
Put | CME260320P00280000 | 288 | 280.0 | 17.5 - 20.3 | 14.7 | In |
Put | CME260320P00290000 | 25 | 290.0 | 25.5 - 29.0 | 24.71 | In |
Put | CME260320P00300000 | 11 | 300.0 | 34.2 - 37.5 | 33.0 | In |
Put | CME260320P00310000 | 5 | 310.0 | 43.6 - 47.0 | 35.7 | In |
Put | CME260320P00320000 | 1 | 320.0 | 53.2 - 57.0 | 49.8 | In |
Put | CME260320P00330000 | 20 | 330.0 | 63.1 - 66.5 | 53.3 | In |
Put | CME260320P00340000 | 26 | 340.0 | 73.0 - 76.5 | 61.4 | In |
Put | CME260320P00350000 | 2 | 350.0 | 82.9 - 86.5 | 69.7 | In |
Put | CME260320P00360000 | 1 | 360.0 | 92.8 - 96.5 | 86.1 | In |
Put | CME260320P00370000 | 1 | 370.0 | 102.8 - 106.5 | 95.9 | In |
Put | CME260320P00380000 | 1 | 380.0 | 112.8 - 116.5 | 103.2 | In |
Put | CME260320P00390000 | 0 | 390.0 | 122.6 - 126.0 | 122.6 | In |
Put | CME260320P00400000 | 0 | 400.0 | 132.6 - 136.0 | 132.6 | In |
Put | CME260320P00410000 | 0 | 410.0 | 142.6 - 146.0 | 142.6 | In |
CME Market Cap Over Time
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CME Total Stockholder Equity
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CME Corporate Directors
| Hilda Piell | Chief Human Resource Officer, Senior Managing Director | Profile | |
| Jack Tobin | Chief Accounting Officer, Managing Director | Profile | |
| Derek Sammann | Senior Managing Director - Financial Products and Services | Profile | |
| Julie Winkler | Senior Managing Director - Research and Product Development | Profile |
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Is Financial Exchanges & Data space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of CME. If investors know CME will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about CME listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0) | Dividend Share 4.9 | Earnings Share 10.33 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth (0.03) |
The market value of CME Group is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of CME that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of CME's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is CME's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because CME's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect CME's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between CME's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if CME is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, CME's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.