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CME

Status-Quo-Player

CME Group

$300.59

+1.79%

Open $297.12·Prev $295.29

as of 13 Apr

STATUS-QUO-PLAYER

Power Core

The moat in one sentence: CME Group's power core is the self-reinforcing cycle of open interest concentration, margin pool gravity, and central counterparty clearing lock-in that makes switching costs for institutional participants prohibitively high.

Published1 Apr 2026

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Steady Compounding on Structural Tailwinds

ROC 200

+14.1%

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