CME Options History — April 2025

In April 2025, CME traded between $252.63 and $276.06. ATM implied volatility averaged 25.0%, placing in the 41.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 1.5% (HV 20d: 23.5%). Max pain ranged from $260.00 to $260.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 4 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.39.

Notable Days

  • 2025-04-09: Highest Volume — 6,888 contracts
  • 2025-04-04: Largest IV spike — 43.4% change
  • 2025-04-04: Highest IV Rank — 100.0%
  • 2025-04-08: Largest Expected Move — 10.1%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$262.62$252.63$276.06$263.07$276.06
Max Pain$260.00$260.00$260.00$260.00$260.00
ATM IV25.0%18.3%45.5%20.5%18.3%
Expected Move7.0%5.2%10.1%6.3%5.2%
HV 20d23.5%16.7%26.7%17.1%26.7%
HV 60d19.3%16.4%20.5%16.9%20.5%
IV Rank41.6%13.5%100.0%45.4%13.5%
IV Percentile85.7%43.3%100.0%79.8%43.3%
Term Structure-1.6%-4.6%1.6%1.6%0.6%
VWIV25.3%19.1%35.6%22.7%21.8%
Skew 25d5.7%2.8%9.7%2.8%5.0%
Skew 10d12.7%4.7%31.3%4.7%11.8%
Call IV 25d21.6%17.2%29.6%18.6%17.7%
Put IV 25d27.4%21.4%39.3%21.4%22.7%
Bid-Ask Spread %79.2873.8387.0777.4880.26
Gamma HHI0.260.160.420.290.41
Net GEX9.6M-610.8K22.2M12.1M22.2M
Net DEX-256.9M-434.9M-132.3M-279.9M-434.9M
Net VEX-1.9M-2.0M-1.8M-1.8M-2.0M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.390.333.921.560.60
Total Volume3,218.6678666,8884,3726,025
Total OI49,581.09542,74454,87642,74452,157

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call WallPut WallCall VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-04-01$263.07$260.0020.5%6.3%17.1%45.4%22.7%2.8%1.6%12.1M-279.9M-1.8M1.5677.48N/AN/A1,7072,66527,78414,960
2025-04-02$262.03$260.0020.1%6.0%16.7%42.6%21.3%3.6%-0.6%9.0M-254.2M-1.8M0.7580.11N/AN/A49537128,78617,061
2025-04-03$268.69$260.0021.3%6.5%18.3%51.5%23.6%4.0%-1.5%15.0M-345.7M-1.9M0.5776.61N/AN/A3,7312,13328,91617,106
2025-04-04$257.77$260.0030.6%8.4%24.2%100.0%29.6%7.2%-3.4%6.2M-190.3M-1.9M2.2078.31N/AN/A2,0014,40529,67017,476
2025-04-07$252.63$260.0040.5%9.3%23.5%100.0%35.6%9.5%-3.1%4.7M-137.1M-2.0M1.7775.72N/AN/A54596230,73018,476
2025-04-08$254.05$260.0045.5%10.1%23.6%100.0%34.3%9.7%-4.6%5.4M-156.0M-2.0M3.5976.76N/AN/A5531,98730,89618,814
2025-04-09$253.21$260.0025.9%7.4%23.2%37.9%26.5%5.7%-4.2%2.0M-132.3M-1.8M3.8787.07N/AN/A1,4135,47530,99219,394
2025-04-10$256.86$260.0028.1%8.1%23.0%44.8%33.5%5.1%-3.2%7.2M-197.3M-1.9M3.9284.63N/AN/A5932,32730,95918,483
2025-04-11$262.91$260.0027.3%7.8%24.2%42.2%33.1%7.8%-3.0%9.9M-256.5M-1.9M2.3477.73N/AN/A8211,92131,16720,367
2025-04-14$264.27$260.0025.2%7.2%23.4%35.5%24.9%7.4%-1.7%10.5M-279.2M-1.9M0.5582.88N/AN/A92750931,45821,671
2025-04-15$264.06$260.0024.7%7.1%23.1%34.1%25.0%6.1%-2.0%9.1M-267.7M-1.8M0.5381.95N/AN/A96051231,60121,826
2025-04-16$261.05$260.0025.6%7.3%23.5%36.8%24.8%6.8%-2.1%-610.8K-222.5M-1.9M0.9478.98N/AN/A1,4221,33832,11922,145
2025-04-17$264.00$260.0024.3%7.0%23.8%32.7%22.9%6.1%-1.4%5.3M-271.1M-1.9M0.4179.36N/AN/A1,24551232,47822,398
2025-04-21$260.42$260.0026.0%7.5%24.2%38.1%26.1%6.4%-2.2%6.2M-217.6M-1.9M1.3981.78N/AN/A55977726,35918,678
2025-04-22$265.22$260.0021.9%6.3%24.7%25.1%20.9%6.2%-1.1%7.9M-270.6M-1.8M0.3379.94N/AN/A4,5371,49226,51218,990
2025-04-23$260.26$260.0021.4%6.1%25.7%23.6%23.4%4.5%-0.8%8.8M-221.1M-1.9M0.9473.83N/AN/A2,5092,36830,33319,184
2025-04-24$263.21$260.0021.3%6.1%26.0%23.0%19.9%4.3%0.0%12.3M-271.5M-1.9M0.7576.59N/AN/A1,07581030,70818,936
2025-04-25$265.78$260.0018.5%5.3%26.2%14.4%19.1%4.3%-0.1%13.1M-284.2M-1.9M0.7177.30N/AN/A1,15881930,81619,177
2025-04-28$267.66$260.0019.2%5.5%26.3%16.5%22.2%4.2%-0.2%15.8M-319.7M-1.9M0.7880.72N/AN/A89169731,36719,049
2025-04-29$271.82$260.0019.3%5.5%26.5%16.7%19.1%4.2%0.1%19.8M-385.6M-1.9M0.6776.77N/AN/A1,40494131,69919,505
2025-04-30$276.06$260.0018.3%5.2%26.7%13.5%21.8%5.0%0.6%22.2M-434.9M-2.0M0.6080.26N/AN/A3,7552,27032,02120,136