Insider trade

Director sold ~$264K of CME shares in the open market

Traded Nov 3, 2025 · Filed Nov 4, 2025

CME GroupCME

~$264K
Reported value · 1,000 sh @ $263.53: 1,091
Holds after · shares reported: +0.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.8%, $264.16 → $265.10 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of CME Group sold $264K of CME Group shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Nov 3, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Nov 4, 2025

Director$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$263,530

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

12 days after results of Oct 22, 2025, 93 days before results of Feb 4, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $264.16 on Nov 3, 2025, 19% above its 52-week low and 9% below its high, after a 1% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $221.17 (Nov 6, 2024) to $290.71 (Jun 2, 2025), 62% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $261.08 on Sep 22, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Jun 14, 2024 in the U.S. District Court, S.D. New York. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

Global Carbon Opportunity (Cayman) Fund Ltd. v. CME Group Inc., docket 1:24-cv-04562, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+4.3%	+0.9%	+3.5%
30 days	+1.1%	+1.2%	-0.1%
90 days	+9.3%	+1.8%	+7.6%
180 days	+8.3%	+6.0%	+2.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001156375-25-000208
Filed / recorded: Nov 4, 2025, 4:34 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: CME GROUP INC.
Issuer CIK: 1156375
Ticker: CME
Reporting person: Harold Eugene Jr. Ford
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock Class A
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Nov 3, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,000
Price per share: $263.53
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,091
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

On November 3, 2025, Mr. Ford sold an aggregate of 1,000 shares of CME Group Class A common stock. For reporting purposes, the sale prices within $1 range have been aggregated and the weighted average has been reported. The price range was $263.21 to $263.68. The Company maintains a record of the transaction and copies will be provided upon request.