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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$263.76 -2.43%

(7/7 13:00) ◀

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/07 2:00pm) 2,907

Calls: 1,504 (52%)

Puts: 1,403 (48%)

Prior (07/06) 3,452

Calls: 1,659 (48%)

Puts: 1,793 (52%)

Current vs Prior -15.79%

Calls: -9.34% (Calls)

Puts: -21.75% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 40,792

Calls: 22,192 (54%)

Puts: 18,600 (46%)

Prior 7-Day Average 5,827

Calls: 3,170 (54%)

Puts: 2,657 (46%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -50.12%

Calls: -52.56%

Puts: -47.20%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/07 2:00pm) $2.29M

Calls: $1.25M (54%)

Puts: $1.05M (46%)

Prior (07/06) $2.74M

Calls: $1.48M (54%)

Puts: $1.25M (46%)

Current vs Prior -16.14%

Calls: -15.94%

Puts: -16.38%

Prior 7-Day Total $36.70M

Calls: $27.04M (74%)

Puts: $9.66M (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average $5.24M

Calls: $3.86M (74%)

Puts: $1.38M (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -56.24%

Calls: -67.70%

Puts: -24.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/07 2:00pm) 0.93

Prior (07/06) 1.08

Current vs Prior -13.69%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.05%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/07 2:00pm) 94,264

Calls: 52,456 (56%)

Puts: 41,808 (44%)

Prior (07/06) 91,754

Calls: 51,306 (56%)

Puts: 40,448 (44%)

Current vs Prior +2.74%

Prior 7-Day Total 641,443

Calls: 360,864 (56%)

Puts: 280,579 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 91,634

Calls: 51,552 (56%)

Puts: 40,082 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +2.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/10) | Next (07/17)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 3.94% | 6.60%6.60% | 13.44%

Prior 4.35% | 6.88%6.88% | 13.52%

Current vs Prior -9.29% | -4.12%-4.12% | -0.60%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.94% | 6.35%6.88% | 13.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.17% | +3.96%-4.12% | -0.60%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.35% | 6.88%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -9.29% | -4.12%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.30% | 12.54%

Calls: 19.23% | 13.76%

Puts: 15.38% | 11.32%

Prior 12.75% | 11.47%

Calls: 12.39% | 8.59%

Puts: 13.11% | 14.35%

Current vs Prior +35.69% | +9.33%

Prior 7-Day Avg 36.48% | 18.37%

Calls: 38.02% | 18.71%

Puts: 34.94% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -52.57% | -31.73%

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Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 24 of results (avg 6.8%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$222.50	Jul 10	40.40	41.80	$41.10	3.4%	1	1.00	--
$212.50	Jul 10	49.40	51.70	$50.55	4.5%	1	1.00	--
$220.00	Jul 17	42.80	44.80	$43.80	4.6%	--	1.00	71
$270.00	Aug 21	12.00	12.60	$12.30	4.9%	45	0.45	305
$250.00	Aug 21	22.00	23.10	$22.55	4.9%	1	0.66	111

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	48.60	50.50	$49.55	3.8%	--	0.84	10
$270.00	Aug 21	18.20	19.00	$18.60	4.3%	159	0.54	410
$265.00	Jul 31	11.70	12.60	$12.15	7.4%	2	0.50	21
$260.00	Aug 21	12.80	13.80	$13.30	7.5%	4	0.44	143
$275.00	Jul 17	14.00	15.10	$14.55	7.6%	1	0.71	15

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. 59 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$212.50	Jul 10	49.40	51.70	$50.55	4.5%	1	1.00	--
$222.50	Jul 10	40.40	41.80	$41.10	3.4%	1	1.00	--
$225.00	Jul 10	37.00	39.40	$38.20	6.3%	2	1.00	--
$230.00	Jul 10	32.10	34.20	$33.15	6.3%	--	1.00	10
$220.00	Jul 17	42.80	44.80	$43.80	4.6%	--	1.00	71

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 10	15.70	18.10	$16.90	14.2%	8	0.90	11
$290.00	Jul 17	25.60	29.00	$27.30	12.5%	--	0.90	11
$310.00	Aug 21	48.60	50.50	$49.55	3.8%	--	0.84	10
$275.00	Jul 10	12.00	14.50	$13.25	18.9%	37	0.82	72
$290.00	Jul 31	28.50	31.50	$30.00	10.0%	--	0.80	13

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 120 active (total vol 2.3K, top 215)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Jul 17	4.20	5.20	$4.70	21.3%	215	0.38	1.4K
$275.00	Jul 17	2.80	3.60	$3.20	25.0%	161	0.29	566
$275.00	Jul 10	0.80	1.40	$1.10	54.5%	150	0.18	80
$300.00	Aug 21	3.80	4.50	$4.15	16.9%	139	0.20	475
$265.00	Jul 17	6.20	7.40	$6.80	17.6%	61	0.48	304

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	18.20	19.00	$18.60	4.3%	159	0.54	410
$240.00	Aug 21	5.50	6.20	$5.85	12.0%	133	0.24	456
$250.00	Jul 10	0.50	0.95	$0.73	61.6%	81	0.12	130
$270.00	Jul 17	10.30	11.30	$10.80	9.3%	77	0.62	90
$255.00	Jul 10	1.25	1.85	$1.55	38.7%	66	0.22	112

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 41 strikes (avg 32.1%, max 120.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	71.7%	42.2%	69.8%	139	508
$305.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	77.3%	46.2%	67.5%	10	169
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	70.3%	44.3%	58.7%	--	53
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	60.9%	40.8%	49.4%	1	75
$295.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	65.4%	44.2%	47.7%	--	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$220.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	95.2%	43.1%	120.8%	4	290
$215.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	105.6%	51.9%	103.2%	--	196
$225.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	80.0%	46.9%	70.4%	10	98
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	70.3%	41.6%	68.9%	4	140
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 24	69.3%	41.4%	67.2%	14	166

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 117 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 5.53)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$295.00	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$295.17
$287.50	$290.00	Jul 10	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$287.60
$305.00	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$305.25
$290.00	$295.00	Jul 17	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$290.28
$300.00	$305.00	Jul 24	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$300.28

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$220.00	$215.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$219.88
$235.00	$230.00	Jul 10	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$234.87
$230.00	$225.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$229.85
$250.00	$247.50	Jul 10	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$249.87
$225.00	$220.00	Jul 31	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$224.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 146 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 2.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 17	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$239.75
$245.00	$250.00	Jul 10	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$249.85
$247.50	$250.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$249.90
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 10	$9.50	$9.50	$0.50	19.00	$239.50
$220.00	$230.00	Jul 17	$9.50	$9.50	$0.50	19.00	$229.50

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$275.00	$270.00	Jul 10	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$270.20
$280.00	$275.00	Jul 17	$4.55	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$275.45
$290.00	$280.00	Jul 17	$8.20	$8.20	$1.80	4.56	$281.80
$310.00	$270.00	Aug 21	$30.95	$30.95	$9.05	3.42	$279.05
$275.00	$270.00	Jul 17	$3.75	$3.75	$1.25	3.00	$271.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 41 found (avg debit $1.53, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$305.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.25	77.3%	50.6%
$220.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	58.0%	49.6%
$300.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.30	71.7%	47.6%
$295.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.45	65.4%	45.8%
$290.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.78	54.4%	44.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$215.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	105.6%	64.2%
$220.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	95.2%	58.0%
$225.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.20	80.0%	52.7%
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.25	70.3%	47.9%
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.37	69.3%	46.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 57 found (cheapest 3.49% of stock, avg 9.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$265.00	Jul 10	$4.00	$5.20	$9.20	$255.80	$274.20	3.49%
$262.50	Jul 10	$5.20	$4.10	$9.30	$253.20	$271.80	3.53%
$260.00	Jul 10	$6.70	$2.93	$9.63	$250.37	$269.63	3.65%
$267.50	Jul 10	$2.95	$6.70	$9.65	$257.85	$277.15	3.66%
$257.50	Jul 10	$8.40	$2.08	$10.48	$247.02	$267.98	3.97%
$270.00	Jul 10	$2.15	$8.45	$10.60	$259.40	$280.60	4.02%
$255.00	Jul 10	$9.90	$1.55	$11.45	$243.55	$266.45	4.34%
$275.00	Jul 10	$1.10	$13.25	$14.35	$260.65	$289.35	5.44%
$250.00	Jul 10	$13.75	$0.73	$14.48	$235.52	$264.48	5.49%
$265.00	Jul 17	$6.80	$7.95	$14.75	$250.25	$279.75	5.59%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 154 found (cheapest 0.80% of stock, avg 4.29%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$275.00	$252.50	Jul 10	$1.10	$1.02	$2.12	$250.38	$277.12
$272.50	$252.50	Jul 10	$1.55	$1.02	$2.57	$249.93	$275.07
$275.00	$255.00	Jul 10	$1.10	$1.55	$2.65	$252.35	$277.65
$272.50	$255.00	Jul 10	$1.55	$1.55	$3.10	$251.90	$275.60
$270.00	$252.50	Jul 10	$2.15	$1.02	$3.17	$249.33	$273.17
$275.00	$257.50	Jul 10	$1.10	$2.08	$3.18	$254.32	$278.18
$272.50	$257.50	Jul 10	$1.55	$2.08	$3.63	$253.87	$276.13
$270.00	$255.00	Jul 10	$2.15	$1.55	$3.70	$251.30	$273.70
$285.00	$250.00	Jul 17	$1.43	$2.42	$3.85	$246.15	$288.85
$267.50	$252.50	Jul 10	$2.95	$1.02	$3.97	$248.53	$271.47

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 215 found (best R:R 24.00, avg credit $3.44)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/232	240/242	Jul 17	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$230.10	$242.40
235/238	252/255	Jul 17	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$235.12	$254.88
220/225	230/235	Jul 31	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$220.37	$234.63
250/252	255/258	Jul 17	$2.31	$0.19	12.16	$250.19	$257.31
250/255	260/265	Aug 7	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$250.40	$264.60
230/232	252/255	Jul 17	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$230.25	$254.75
215/220	230/235	Jul 31	$4.47	$0.53	8.43	$215.53	$234.47
252/255	258/260	Jul 10	$2.23	$0.27	8.26	$252.77	$259.73
242/245	252/255	Jul 17	$2.23	$0.27	8.26	$242.77	$254.73
245/250	255/260	Jul 24	$4.45	$0.55	8.09	$245.55	$259.45

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 96 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$220.00	$225.00	$230.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$217.50	$220.00	$222.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$250.00	$252.50	$255.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$2.44	40.67

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 111 found (best net $-1.30, 106 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$305.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.60	$14.40
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.21	$9.79
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.71	$8.29
$290.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.30	$7.70
$280.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.35	$6.65

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$270.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.30	$18.70
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.18	$9.82
$230.00	$220.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.80	$9.20
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.35	$8.65
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.60	$7.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 46 found (best yield 4.81%, avg 1.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$265.00	Aug 14	$12.70	0.50	0.5%	4.81%	5.29%	10	--
$270.00	Aug 21	$12.00	0.45	2.4%	4.55%	6.92%	45	305
$265.00	Aug 7	$11.50	0.49	0.5%	4.36%	4.83%	1	2
$265.00	Jul 31	$10.30	0.50	0.5%	3.91%	4.38%	1	36
$270.00	Aug 7	$9.30	0.44	2.4%	3.53%	5.89%	1	6
$265.00	Jul 24	$8.20	0.49	0.5%	3.11%	3.58%	--	22
$270.00	Jul 31	$8.20	0.43	2.4%	3.11%	5.47%	13	44
$280.00	Aug 21	$8.20	0.36	6.2%	3.11%	9.27%	16	151
$275.00	Aug 7	$7.50	0.38	4.3%	2.84%	7.10%	2	1
$275.00	Jul 31	$6.50	0.37	4.3%	2.46%	6.73%	5	310

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,504

Total Puts 1,403

Put/Call Ratio 0.93

Net Difference 101

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,659

Total Puts 1,793

Put/Call Ratio 1.08

Net Difference -134

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 22,192

Total Puts 18,600

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.87

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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