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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$279.52 +5.00%

(7/7 18:04) ◀

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 (11:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08 11:00am) 3,315

Calls: 2,126 (64%)

Puts: 1,189 (36%)

Prior (07/07) 1,523

Calls: 691 (45%)

Puts: 832 (55%)

Current vs Prior +117.66%

Calls: +207.67% (Calls)

Puts: +42.91% (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 -43.11%

Calls: -32.94%

Puts: -55.25%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08 11:00am) $3.46M

Calls: $2.83M (82%)

Puts: $627.0K (18%)

Prior (07/07) $1.29M

Calls: $686.4K (53%)

Puts: $604.1K (47%)

Current vs Prior +167.88%

Calls: +312.31%

Puts: +3.79%

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 -34.06%

Calls: -26.75%

Puts: -54.55%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 11:00am) 0.56

Prior (07/07) 1.20

Current vs Prior -53.55%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.87

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -35.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 11:00am) 96,244

Calls: 53,209 (55%)

Puts: 43,035 (45%)

Prior (07/07) 94,264

Calls: 52,456 (56%)

Puts: 41,808 (44%)

Current vs Prior +2.10%

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 +5.03%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 3.81% | 6.14%6.14% | 13.79%

Prior 4.35% | 6.88%6.88% | 13.52%

Current vs Prior -12.34% | -10.83%-10.83% | +2.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.94% | 6.35%6.71% | 13.49%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.21% | -3.31%-8.59% | +2.23%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -12.34% | -10.83%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.95% | 12.18%

Calls: 16.95% | 13.04%

Puts: 18.95% | 11.32%

Prior 12.75% | 11.47%

Calls: 12.39% | 8.59%

Puts: 13.11% | 14.35%

Current vs Prior +40.78% | +6.19%

Prior 7-Day Avg 36.48% | 18.37%

Calls: 38.02% | 18.71%

Puts: 34.94% | 18.02%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -50.79% | -33.69%

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Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($2.83M) vs puts ($627.0K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 168% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 118% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.56.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
15:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 44 of results (avg 7.7%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	21.30	22.20	$21.75	4.1%	24	0.61	376
$280.00	Aug 21	16.30	17.00	$16.65	4.2%	15	0.52	164
$290.00	Aug 21	12.10	12.70	$12.40	4.8%	9	0.43	362
$240.00	Aug 21	42.00	44.30	$43.15	5.3%	1	0.86	40
$230.00	Jul 17	49.00	51.70	$50.35	5.4%	12	0.98	132

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	11.90	12.30	$12.10	3.3%	13	0.39	561
$280.00	Aug 21	16.40	17.20	$16.80	4.8%	9	0.48	3
$310.00	Aug 21	35.30	38.10	$36.70	7.6%	--	0.73	10
$290.00	Jul 17	13.50	14.70	$14.10	8.5%	--	0.68	11
$280.00	Aug 7	13.90	15.20	$14.55	8.9%	3	0.49	6

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. 67 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 0.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 10	28.60	30.90	$29.75	7.7%	--	0.98	53
$245.00	Jul 10	33.60	36.40	$35.00	8.0%	--	0.98	30
$230.00	Jul 10	48.60	51.40	$50.00	5.6%	--	0.98	10
$230.00	Jul 17	49.00	51.70	$50.35	5.4%	12	0.98	132
$240.00	Jul 10	38.60	41.40	$40.00	7.0%	--	0.97	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	35.30	38.10	$36.70	7.6%	--	0.73	10
$290.00	Jul 17	13.50	14.70	$14.10	8.5%	--	0.68	11
$285.00	Jul 10	7.10	8.20	$7.65	14.4%	3	0.67	--
$290.00	Jul 31	17.00	20.20	$18.60	17.2%	--	0.61	13
$282.50	Jul 17	8.70	9.80	$9.25	11.9%	50	0.54	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 135 active (total vol 2.4K, top 405)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Aug 7	11.20	12.40	$11.80	10.2%	405	0.46	3
$280.00	Jul 17	7.50	8.20	$7.85	8.9%	86	0.51	1.0K
$275.00	Jul 31	14.70	15.80	$15.25	7.2%	83	0.57	310
$270.00	Jul 31	17.10	19.20	$18.15	11.6%	80	0.64	57
$280.00	Jul 10	4.10	5.00	$4.55	19.8%	67	0.50	329

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 10	2.50	3.10	$2.80	21.4%	111	0.34	72
$280.00	Jul 10	4.30	5.20	$4.75	18.9%	110	0.50	11
$250.00	Jul 17	0.50	0.90	$0.70	57.1%	62	0.07	515
$250.00	Aug 7	3.20	4.30	$3.75	29.3%	52	0.18	68
$255.00	Aug 7	4.10	5.90	$5.00	36.0%	52	0.23	56

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 46 strikes (avg 58.9%, max 188.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	103.1%	43.3%	138.1%	1	77
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	127.0%	53.5%	137.5%	--	53
$325.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	98.7%	43.8%	125.3%	1	48
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	98.9%	52.8%	87.4%	--	149
$310.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	75.1%	43.2%	73.8%	9	60

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	127.0%	44.0%	188.4%	2	151
$225.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	139.1%	52.1%	167.0%	--	99
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	103.1%	43.3%	138.1%	3	659
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	115.0%	53.2%	116.0%	2	28
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	98.9%	52.8%	87.4%	2	114

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 117 found (best R:R 54.56, avg 5.49)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$320.00	$330.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$9.82	$0.18	54.56	$320.18
$310.00	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$310.17
$295.00	$300.00	Jul 10	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$295.25
$315.00	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$315.25
$305.00	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14.62	$305.32

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$245.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$244.87
$230.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$229.77
$245.00	$242.50	Jul 17	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$244.87
$252.50	$250.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$252.37
$265.00	$262.50	Jul 10	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$264.85

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 147 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 2.14)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$245.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$249.85
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$239.65
$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$234.80
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 10	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$254.75
$240.00	$242.50	Jul 17	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$242.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$310.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$19.90	$19.90	$10.10	1.97	$290.10
$290.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$4.85	$4.85	$2.65	1.83	$285.15
$285.00	$280.00	Jul 10	$2.90	$2.90	$2.10	1.38	$282.10
$290.00	$280.00	Jul 31	$5.35	$5.35	$4.65	1.15	$284.65
$282.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$1.30	$1.30	$1.20	1.08	$281.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 45 found (avg debit $1.77, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.35	127.0%	63.2%
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.35	103.1%	53.8%
$315.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.53	83.0%	51.3%
$310.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.67	75.1%	48.5%
$245.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.75	83.0%	52.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	103.1%	53.8%
$225.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.15	139.1%	74.2%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.15	98.9%	52.8%
$237.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.22	109.0%	60.4%
$247.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.35	74.9%	47.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 63 found (cheapest 3.33% of stock, avg 10.31%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$280.00	Jul 10	$4.55	$4.75	$9.30	$270.70	$289.30	3.33%
$277.50	Jul 10	$5.90	$3.65	$9.55	$267.95	$287.05	3.42%
$285.00	Jul 10	$2.55	$7.65	$10.20	$274.80	$295.20	3.65%
$275.00	Jul 10	$7.45	$2.80	$10.25	$264.75	$285.25	3.67%
$272.50	Jul 10	$9.20	$1.95	$11.15	$261.35	$283.65	3.99%
$270.00	Jul 10	$10.65	$1.43	$12.08	$257.92	$282.08	4.32%
$267.50	Jul 10	$13.35	$0.98	$14.33	$253.17	$281.83	5.13%
$280.00	Jul 17	$7.85	$7.95	$15.80	$264.20	$295.80	5.65%
$277.50	Jul 17	$9.20	$6.70	$15.90	$261.60	$293.40	5.69%
$282.50	Jul 17	$6.65	$9.25	$15.90	$266.60	$298.40	5.69%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 145 found (cheapest 0.70% of stock, avg 4.39%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$292.50	$267.50	Jul 10	$0.98	$0.98	$1.96	$265.54	$294.46
$290.00	$267.50	Jul 10	$1.33	$0.98	$2.31	$265.19	$292.31
$292.50	$270.00	Jul 10	$0.98	$1.43	$2.41	$267.59	$294.91
$290.00	$270.00	Jul 10	$1.33	$1.43	$2.76	$267.24	$292.76
$287.50	$267.50	Jul 10	$1.88	$0.98	$2.86	$264.64	$290.36
$292.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.98	$1.95	$2.93	$269.57	$295.43
$290.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$1.33	$1.95	$3.28	$269.22	$293.28
$287.50	$270.00	Jul 10	$1.88	$1.43	$3.31	$266.69	$290.81
$285.00	$267.50	Jul 10	$2.55	$0.98	$3.53	$263.97	$288.53
$292.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.98	$2.80	$3.78	$271.22	$296.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 167 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $4.33)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
225/230	235/240	Jul 31	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$225.12	$239.88
225/230	240/245	Jul 31	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$225.17	$244.83
230/232	242/245	Jul 17	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$230.10	$244.90
230/232	250/252	Jul 17	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$230.10	$252.40
242/245	250/252	Jul 17	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$242.62	$252.38
240/245	255/260	Jul 31	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$240.27	$259.73
230/235	255/260	Jul 31	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$230.28	$259.72
230/232	255/258	Jul 17	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$230.15	$257.35
235/240	255/260	Jul 31	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$235.30	$259.70
230/240	250/260	Aug 21	$9.35	$0.65	14.38	$230.65	$259.35

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 87 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$275.00	$277.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$305.00	$310.00	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Jul 10	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Jul 10	$0.07	$2.43	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 108 found (best net $-0.17, 102 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.17	$9.83
$315.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$0.21	$9.79
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.60	$9.40
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.80	$8.20
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.40	$7.60

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.60	$9.40
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.76	$9.24
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.25	$8.75
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.35	$7.65
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.45	$7.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 46 found (best yield 5.83%, avg 1.76%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	$16.30	0.52	0.2%	5.83%	6.00%	15	164
$280.00	Aug 7	$13.40	0.51	0.2%	4.79%	4.97%	5	8
$280.00	Jul 31	$12.20	0.51	0.2%	4.36%	4.54%	6	16
$290.00	Aug 21	$12.10	0.43	3.8%	4.33%	8.08%	9	362
$285.00	Aug 7	$11.20	0.46	2.0%	4.01%	5.97%	405	3
$285.00	Jul 31	$9.90	0.45	2.0%	3.54%	5.50%	2	26
$280.00	Jul 24	$9.60	0.51	0.2%	3.43%	3.61%	2	14
$290.00	Aug 7	$9.20	0.40	3.8%	3.29%	7.04%	1	3
$282.50	Jul 24	$8.50	0.47	1.1%	3.04%	4.11%	2	10
$300.00	Aug 21	$8.50	0.34	7.3%	3.04%	10.37%	14	607

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,126

Total Puts 1,189

Put/Call Ratio 0.56

Net Difference 937

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 691

Total Puts 832

Put/Call Ratio 1.20

Net Difference -141

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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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

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