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William R Shepard bought $73k of CME

director at CME GROUP INC.. 262 shares at an average of $278.37, traded Dec 30, 2025, filed Jan 2, 2026.

Conviction score
26
Value
$73k
262 shares
Holdings after
258,710
+11% from before
From 52-week low
+24%
low $214.30, close $266.75
From 52-week high
-4%
high $277.25, as of Dec 30, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $73k at market
    +8
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 11%
    +3
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    No other insider buying within 14 days
    0
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

CMEOct 9, 2026 · close 280.56
Since filing Jan 2, 2026: +7.6%SPY +14.9% · excess -7.3%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001628280-26-000085, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 30, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock Class A
+11$278.37$3,0792,477Jan 2, 2026
Dec 30, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stock Class Aindirect: by Trust
+251$278.37$70k258,710Jan 2, 2026

Related signals

Other insiders at CME GROUP INC. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
19Weak
CMEbuy
CME GROUP INC.
William R Shepard
director
$79k
293 shares
+0%
34Weak
CMEsell 2
CME GROUP INC.
Elizabeth A Cook
director
$140k
500 shares
-3%
68Notable
CMEsell 2
CME GROUP INC.
Terrence A Duffy
Chairman and CEO
$4.1M
15,000 shares
-27%
32Weak
CMEbuy
CME GROUP INC.
William R Shepard
director
$437k
1,470 shares
+1%
45Moderate
CMEsell 310b5-1
CME GROUP INC.
Jonathan L Marcus
Sr MD General Counsel
$1.0M
3,291 shares
-31%
45Moderate
CMEsell 310b5-1
CME GROUP INC.
Jonathan L Marcus
Sr MD General Counsel
$1.1M
3,291 shares
-31%
65Notable
CMEsell 3
CME GROUP INC.
Ken Vroman
Chief Transformation Officer
$1.6M
5,160 shares
-26%
44Moderate
CMEsell 5
CME GROUP INC.
Elizabeth A Cook
director
$320k
1,000 shares
-5%
55Moderate
CMEsell 3
CME GROUP INC.
Bryan T Durkin
director
$1.3M
4,200 shares
-9%
39Weak
CMEsell 4
CME GROUP INC.
Martin J Gepsman
director
$92k
300 shares
-1%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

William R Shepard bought $73k of CME | InsiderTell