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VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$239.77 -1.79%

(6/16 EOD) ◀

Wednesday, June 17, 2026 (6:04pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (06/17) 7,730

Calls: 6,390 (83%)

Puts: 1,340 (17%)

Prior (06/16) 5,310

Calls: 3,307 (62%)

Puts: 2,003 (38%)

Current vs Prior +45.57%

Calls: +93.23% (Calls)

Puts: -33.10% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 31,471

Calls: 19,464 (62%)

Puts: 12,007 (38%)

Prior 7-Day Average 4,495

Calls: 2,780 (62%)

Puts: 1,715 (38%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +71.94%

Calls: +129.81%

Puts: -21.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (06/17) $3.14M

Calls: $2.05M (65%)

Puts: $1.09M (35%)

Prior (06/16) $3.08M

Calls: $2.13M (69%)

Puts: $945.9K (31%)

Current vs Prior +2.03%

Calls: -3.93%

Puts: +15.46%

Prior 7-Day Total $22.22M

Calls: $14.98M (67%)

Puts: $7.24M (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average $3.17M

Calls: $2.14M (67%)

Puts: $1.03M (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -1.08%

Calls: -4.32%

Puts: +5.60%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (06/17) 0.21

Prior (06/16) 0.61

Current vs Prior -65.38%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.62

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -65.93%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (06/17) 120,700

Calls: 72,049 (60%)

Puts: 48,651 (40%)

Prior (06/16) 119,752

Calls: 71,482 (60%)

Puts: 48,270 (40%)

Current vs Prior +0.79%

Prior 7-Day Total 831,175

Calls: 501,063 (60%)

Puts: 330,112 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 118,739

Calls: 71,580 (60%)

Puts: 47,158 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +1.65%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (--) | Next (--)Expiry (06/26) | Next (07/10)Expiry (06/26) | Next (07/10)Expiry (06/18) | Next (07/17)

Current -- | --5.76% | 9.01%5.76% | 9.01%2.88% | 11.45%

Prior 3.21% | 5.94%-- | ---- | ---- | --

Current vs Prior -10.27% | -3.10%-- | ---- | ---- | --

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.99% | 6.46%-- | ---- | ---- | --

Current vs 7-Day Avg -27.82% | -10.95%-- | ---- | ---- | --

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.21% | 5.94%-- | ---- | ---- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -10.27% | -3.10%-- | ---- | ---- | --

Sentiment BULLISH------

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 45.82% | 12.88%

Calls: 48.78% | 14.38%

Puts: 42.86% | 11.38%

Prior 47.75% | 20.41%

Calls: 49.41% | 26.32%

Puts: 46.09% | 14.49%

Current vs Prior -4.04% | -36.89%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.57% | 13.79%

Calls: 32.39% | 15.19%

Puts: 28.74% | 12.39%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +49.91% | -6.61%

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($2.05M). Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.21 - heavy call buying (6,390 calls vs 1,340 puts). P/C ratio dropping 65% - sentiment shifting bullish.

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 18 of results (avg 8.2%, best 5.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$195.00	Jun 18	43.40	46.00	$44.70	5.8%	--	0.93	13
$200.00	Jun 18	38.40	41.00	$39.70	6.5%	1	1.00	76
$240.00	Jul 17	10.90	11.80	$11.35	7.9%	22	0.52	176
$210.00	Jul 17	30.90	33.50	$32.20	8.1%	--	0.88	90
$250.00	Jul 17	6.90	7.50	$7.20	8.3%	25	0.39	389

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	15.90	16.80	$16.35	5.5%	17	0.61	231
$280.00	Jul 17	39.70	42.40	$41.05	6.6%	--	0.89	12
$240.00	Jul 17	10.20	11.00	$10.60	7.5%	17	0.48	344
$260.00	Jul 17	22.90	24.90	$23.90	8.4%	--	0.73	294
$270.00	Jul 17	30.60	33.30	$31.95	8.5%	--	0.82	57

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. -- found (avg $--, cheapest $--)

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 56 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$200.00	Jun 18	38.40	41.00	$39.70	6.5%	1	1.00	76
$210.00	Jun 18	28.50	31.00	$29.75	8.4%	7	1.00	394
$230.00	Jun 18	8.70	11.10	$9.90	24.2%	4	0.94	499
$195.00	Jun 18	43.40	46.00	$44.70	5.8%	--	0.93	13
$210.00	Jul 17	30.90	33.50	$32.20	8.1%	--	0.88	90

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Jun 18	28.90	31.70	$30.30	9.2%	92	0.99	213
$267.50	Jun 18	26.40	29.20	$27.80	10.1%	10	0.97	5
$265.00	Jun 18	23.90	26.60	$25.25	10.7%	--	0.96	25
$262.50	Jun 18	21.40	24.20	$22.80	12.3%	82	0.94	55
$260.00	Jun 18	19.00	21.70	$20.35	13.3%	7	0.94	219

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 133 active (total vol 2.8K, top 520)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Jun 18	1.85	3.10	$2.48	50.4%	520	0.48	1.2K
$250.00	Jun 18	0.10	0.70	$0.40	150.0%	191	0.11	834
$245.00	Jun 18	0.60	1.50	$1.05	85.7%	109	0.24	78
$237.50	Jun 26	7.10	8.20	$7.65	14.4%	72	0.58	1
$260.00	Jun 18	0.00	0.60	$0.30	200.0%	67	0.06	1.7K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$210.00	Jul 17	1.50	1.90	$1.70	23.5%	182	0.12	182
$270.00	Jun 18	28.90	31.70	$30.30	9.2%	92	0.99	213
$220.00	Jul 17	3.10	3.60	$3.35	14.9%	87	0.21	371
$262.50	Jun 18	21.40	24.20	$22.80	12.3%	82	0.94	55
$237.50	Jun 18	1.20	2.00	$1.60	50.0%	61	0.36	258

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 43 strikes (avg 131.6%, max 440.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$285.00	Jun 18	Jul 31	193.0%	42.3%	356.0%	4	89
$280.00	Jun 18	Jul 31	179.2%	41.5%	331.5%	11	835
$220.00	Jun 18	Jul 17	148.6%	39.8%	272.9%	65	715
$210.00	Jun 18	Jul 31	131.2%	41.3%	217.8%	7	411
$257.50	Jun 18	Jul 2	130.3%	42.7%	205.2%	14	74

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$195.00	Jun 18	Jul 24	266.5%	49.3%	440.2%	--	251
$220.00	Jun 18	Jul 24	148.6%	40.5%	267.2%	4	691
$200.00	Jun 18	Jul 24	152.0%	48.2%	215.4%	51	445
$257.50	Jun 18	Jun 26	130.3%	42.7%	205.2%	3	154
$205.00	Jun 18	Jun 26	231.6%	75.9%	204.9%	--	39

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 106 found (best R:R 23.19, avg 4.26)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$265.00	$280.00	Jul 10	$0.62	$14.38	$0.62	23.19	$265.62
$267.50	$270.00	Jun 18	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$267.62
$262.50	$265.00	Jun 18	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$262.63
$270.00	$275.00	Jul 2	$0.26	$4.74	$0.26	18.23	$270.26
$270.00	$275.00	Jul 24	$0.43	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$270.43

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$215.00	$210.00	Jul 24	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$214.73
$200.00	$195.00	Jul 17	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14.62	$199.68
$225.00	$222.50	Jun 26	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$224.83
$210.00	$200.00	Jul 17	$0.90	$9.10	$0.90	10.11	$209.10
$200.00	$195.00	Jul 24	$0.45	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$199.55

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 131 found (best R:R 36.50, avg 1.46)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$220.00	$227.50	Jun 18	$7.30	$7.30	$0.20	36.50	$227.30
$210.00	$220.00	Jul 17	$8.15	$8.15	$1.85	4.41	$218.15
$230.00	$235.00	Jun 18	$3.95	$3.95	$1.05	3.76	$233.95
$235.00	$237.50	Jun 18	$1.85	$1.85	$0.65	2.85	$236.85
$222.50	$237.50	Jun 26	$10.80	$10.80	$4.20	2.57	$233.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$280.00	$270.00	Jul 17	$9.10	$9.10	$0.90	10.11	$270.90
$247.50	$245.00	Jun 18	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$245.25
$257.50	$255.00	Jun 26	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$255.25
$250.00	$247.50	Jun 18	$2.20	$2.20	$0.30	7.33	$247.80
$255.00	$252.50	Jun 18	$2.15	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$252.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 40 found (avg debit $1.98, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$257.50	Jun 18	Jun 26	$0.12	130.3%	42.7%
$272.50	Jun 18	Jun 26	$0.12	193.1%	63.4%
$275.00	Jun 18	Jun 26	$0.17	107.8%	45.7%
$280.00	Jun 18	Jun 26	$0.35	179.2%	65.1%
$265.00	Jun 18	Jun 26	$0.43	111.0%	44.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$210.00	Jun 18	Jun 26	$0.35	131.2%	54.4%
$227.50	Jun 18	Jun 26	$0.50	108.2%	40.7%
$260.00	Jun 18	Jun 26	$0.60	101.6%	42.2%
$200.00	Jun 18	Jul 17	$0.75	152.0%	42.7%
$257.50	Jun 18	Jun 26	$1.10	130.3%	42.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 50 found (cheapest 2.20% of stock, avg 8.75%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$240.00	Jun 18	$2.48	$2.80	$5.28	$234.72	$245.28	2.20%
$237.50	Jun 18	$4.10	$1.60	$5.70	$231.80	$243.20	2.38%
$242.50	Jun 18	$1.68	$4.30	$5.98	$236.52	$248.48	2.49%
$235.00	Jun 18	$5.95	$0.85	$6.80	$228.20	$241.80	2.84%
$245.00	Jun 18	$1.05	$6.15	$7.20	$237.80	$252.20	3.00%
$247.50	Jun 18	$0.63	$8.40	$9.03	$238.47	$256.53	3.77%
$230.00	Jun 18	$9.90	$0.20	$10.10	$219.90	$240.10	4.21%
$250.00	Jun 18	$0.40	$10.60	$11.00	$239.00	$261.00	4.59%
$240.00	Jun 26	$6.40	$6.15	$12.55	$227.45	$252.55	5.23%
$237.50	Jun 26	$7.65	$4.95	$12.60	$224.90	$250.10	5.26%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 160 found (cheapest 0.46% of stock, avg 3.89%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$247.50	$232.50	Jun 18	$0.63	$0.48	$1.11	$231.39	$248.61
$247.50	$235.00	Jun 18	$0.63	$0.85	$1.48	$233.52	$248.98
$245.00	$232.50	Jun 18	$1.05	$0.48	$1.53	$230.97	$246.53
$257.50	$232.50	Jun 18	$1.13	$0.48	$1.61	$230.89	$259.11
$247.50	$220.00	Jun 18	$0.63	$1.08	$1.71	$218.29	$249.21
$247.50	$227.50	Jun 18	$0.63	$1.15	$1.78	$225.72	$249.28
$245.00	$235.00	Jun 18	$1.05	$0.85	$1.90	$233.10	$246.90
$257.50	$235.00	Jun 18	$1.13	$0.85	$1.98	$233.02	$259.48
$245.00	$220.00	Jun 18	$1.05	$1.08	$2.13	$217.87	$247.13
$242.50	$232.50	Jun 18	$1.68	$0.48	$2.16	$230.34	$244.66

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 304 found (best R:R 21.73, avg credit $3.07)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/260	280/285	Jul 10	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$255.22	$284.78
240/245	250/255	Jul 31	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$240.40	$254.60
240/242	245/248	Jun 26	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$240.25	$247.25
235/238	245/248	Jul 2	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$235.25	$247.25
240/242	248/250	Jun 26	$2.20	$0.30	7.33	$240.30	$249.70
235/240	245/250	Jul 24	$4.35	$0.65	6.69	$235.65	$249.35
250/255	275/280	Jul 24	$4.35	$0.65	6.69	$250.65	$279.35
250/260	270/280	Jul 17	$8.65	$1.35	6.41	$251.35	$278.65
235/238	240/242	Jun 26	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$235.35	$242.15
230/232	235/238	Jun 18	$2.13	$0.37	5.76	$230.37	$237.13

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 82 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$255.00	$257.50	$260.00	Jun 26	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Jun 18	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Jul 2	$0.17	$4.83	28.41
$237.50	$240.00	$242.50	Jun 26	$0.10	$2.40	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$230.00	$232.50	$235.00	Jun 18	$0.09	$2.41	26.78
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Jun 18	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Jun 26	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$225.00	$230.00	$235.00	Jul 24	$0.20	$4.80	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 122 found (best net $-0.93, 107 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$265.00	$280.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$0.93	$14.07
$270.00	$280.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.33	$9.67
$260.00	$270.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.76	$9.24
$250.00	$260.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$1.40	$8.60
$260.00	$270.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$1.71	$8.29

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$220.00	$210.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.05	$9.95
$230.00	$220.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.40	$9.60
$210.00	$200.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.97	$9.03
$260.00	$245.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$6.00	$9.00
$225.00	$215.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.86	$8.14

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 54 found (best yield 4.75%, avg 1.43%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 24	$11.40	0.53	0.1%	4.75%	4.85%	--	29
$240.00	Jul 17	$10.90	0.52	0.1%	4.55%	4.64%	22	176
$245.00	Jul 31	$10.90	0.47	2.2%	4.55%	6.73%	5	16
$240.00	Jul 10	$9.30	0.52	0.1%	3.88%	3.97%	4	--
$245.00	Jul 24	$9.30	0.47	2.2%	3.88%	6.06%	2	--
$250.00	Jul 31	$8.60	0.42	4.3%	3.59%	7.85%	--	18
$245.00	Jul 10	$7.20	0.44	2.2%	3.00%	5.18%	3	4
$250.00	Jul 24	$7.20	0.41	4.3%	3.00%	7.27%	1	6
$250.00	Jul 17	$6.90	0.39	4.3%	2.88%	7.14%	25	389
$255.00	Jul 31	$6.70	0.36	6.3%	2.79%	9.15%	--	11

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,390

Total Puts 1,340

Put/Call Ratio 0.21

Net Difference 5,050

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,307

Total Puts 2,003

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 1,304

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 19,464

Total Puts 12,007

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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