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VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$282.08 +5.96%

(7/8 11:01) ◀

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08 12:00pm) 6,673

Calls: 5,012 (75%)

Puts: 1,661 (25%)

Prior (07/07) 2,080

Calls: 971 (47%)

Puts: 1,109 (53%)

Current vs Prior +220.82%

Calls: +416.17% (Calls)

Puts: +49.77% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 38,613

Calls: 20,332 (53%)

Puts: 18,281 (47%)

Prior 7-Day Average 5,516

Calls: 2,904 (53%)

Puts: 2,611 (47%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +20.97%

Calls: +72.56%

Puts: -36.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08 12:00pm) $6.46M

Calls: $5.57M (86%)

Puts: $887.0K (14%)

Prior (07/07) $1.69M

Calls: $825.0K (49%)

Puts: $865.0K (51%)

Current vs Prior +282.15%

Calls: +575.34%

Puts: +2.54%

Prior 7-Day Total $35.36M

Calls: $25.72M (73%)

Puts: $9.64M (27%)

Prior 7-Day Average $5.05M

Calls: $3.67M (73%)

Puts: $1.38M (27%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +27.84%

Calls: +51.63%

Puts: -35.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 12:00pm) 0.33

Prior (07/07) 1.14

Current vs Prior -70.98%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -64.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 12:00pm) 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 648,242

Calls: 364,355 (56%)

Puts: 283,887 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 92,606

Calls: 52,050 (56%)

Puts: 40,555 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.93%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.74% | 6.13%6.13% | 14.09%

Prior 4.04% | 6.78%6.78% | 13.54%

Current vs Prior -7.38% | -9.54%-9.54% | +4.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.14% | 6.59%6.83% | 13.53%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.68% | -7.00%-10.21% | +4.14%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.04% | 6.78%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -7.38% | -9.54%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.62% | 9.30%

Calls: 11.97% | 8.60%

Puts: 21.28% | 10.00%

Prior 23.28% | 7.29%

Calls: 18.52% | 8.38%

Puts: 28.04% | 6.19%

Current vs Prior -28.61% | +27.57%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.98% | 15.50%

Calls: 34.74% | 15.83%

Puts: 33.23% | 15.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.09% | -39.98%

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Strong bullish conviction with 86% of dollar volume in calls ($5.57M) vs puts ($887.0K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 282% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 221% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.33 - heavy call buying (5,012 calls vs 1,661 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 70 of results (avg 7.3%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	23.40	24.00	$23.70	2.5%	58	0.64	376
$280.00	Aug 21	18.00	18.60	$18.30	3.3%	27	0.54	164
$235.00	Jul 31	47.60	49.20	$48.40	3.3%	--	0.91	12
$240.00	Jul 31	42.90	44.50	$43.70	3.7%	--	0.90	13
$230.00	Jul 31	51.90	54.00	$52.95	4.0%	--	0.93	43

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	15.90	16.30	$16.10	2.5%	38	0.46	3
$270.00	Aug 21	11.00	11.60	$11.30	5.3%	22	0.36	561
$310.00	Aug 21	34.30	36.30	$35.30	5.7%	--	0.71	10
$290.00	Jul 17	12.00	12.80	$12.40	6.5%	--	0.63	11
$275.00	Aug 7	10.80	11.60	$11.20	7.1%	1	0.41	--

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. 73 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 0.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Jul 10	36.00	38.60	$37.30	7.0%	--	0.98	30
$255.00	Jul 10	26.00	28.60	$27.30	9.5%	--	0.98	42
$230.00	Jul 10	50.90	53.60	$52.25	5.2%	--	0.98	10
$230.00	Jul 17	51.20	54.10	$52.65	5.5%	12	0.98	132
$240.00	Jul 10	41.00	43.60	$42.30	6.1%	--	0.97	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Jul 10	9.10	10.00	$9.55	9.4%	4	0.74	1
$310.00	Aug 21	34.30	36.30	$35.30	5.7%	--	0.71	10
$290.00	Jul 17	12.00	12.80	$12.40	6.5%	--	0.63	11
$285.00	Jul 10	5.60	6.50	$6.05	14.9%	11	0.58	--
$290.00	Jul 31	16.50	18.40	$17.45	10.9%	--	0.57	13

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 166 active (total vol 4.9K, top 687)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 17	8.90	9.70	$9.30	8.6%	687	0.56	1.0K
$295.00	Jul 17	3.20	3.80	$3.50	17.1%	551	0.28	35
$285.00	Aug 7	12.90	13.90	$13.40	7.5%	427	0.49	3
$330.00	Aug 21	3.30	4.10	$3.70	21.6%	259	0.17	8
$275.00	Jul 17	12.00	13.00	$12.50	8.0%	247	0.66	606

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 10	3.40	3.80	$3.60	11.1%	165	0.41	11
$275.00	Jul 10	1.85	2.20	$2.03	17.2%	127	0.27	72
$250.00	Jul 17	0.50	0.75	$0.63	39.7%	62	0.06	515
$270.00	Jul 10	0.75	1.00	$0.88	28.4%	55	0.14	54
$250.00	Aug 7	3.20	4.20	$3.70	27.0%	54	0.17	68

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 50 strikes (avg 55.3%, max 192.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	111.1%	44.1%	151.7%	1	77
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	133.2%	54.7%	143.3%	--	53
$325.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	96.1%	46.2%	108.1%	2	48
$250.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	83.8%	43.5%	92.8%	5	164
$320.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	84.1%	44.9%	87.3%	41	193

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	133.2%	45.5%	192.4%	2	151
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	111.1%	44.1%	151.7%	32	659
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	121.1%	54.8%	120.9%	2	28
$237.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	117.1%	58.8%	99.2%	--	272
$250.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	83.8%	43.5%	92.8%	50	262

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 123 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 4.83)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$300.00	$305.00	Jul 10	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$300.12
$320.00	$330.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$9.67	$0.33	29.30	$320.33
$305.00	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.45	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$305.45
$305.00	$315.00	Jul 24	$0.92	$9.08	$0.92	9.87	$305.92
$310.00	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.47	$4.53	$0.47	9.64	$310.47

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$245.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$244.77
$255.00	$252.50	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$254.88
$240.00	$235.00	Jul 24	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$239.75
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$249.75
$240.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$239.65

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 158 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 2.86)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 17	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$239.85
$245.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$249.90
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$239.65
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$269.90
$242.50	$245.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$244.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$290.00	$285.00	Jul 10	$3.50	$3.50	$1.50	2.33	$286.50
$310.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$19.20	$19.20	$10.80	1.78	$290.80
$290.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$4.40	$4.40	$3.10	1.42	$285.60
$285.00	$282.50	Jul 10	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	1.17	$283.65
$290.00	$280.00	Jul 31	$5.35	$5.35	$4.65	1.15	$284.65

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 48 found (avg debit $1.81, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.30	83.8%	51.0%
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.40	133.2%	64.8%
$315.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.43	78.3%	46.7%
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.50	111.1%	63.7%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.55	105.1%	58.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.07	121.1%	61.8%
$247.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.22	87.7%	49.5%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.28	105.1%	58.7%
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.35	111.1%	63.7%
$250.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.43	83.8%	51.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 68 found (cheapest 3.30% of stock, avg 10.51%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$282.50	Jul 10	$4.60	$4.70	$9.30	$273.20	$291.80	3.30%
$280.00	Jul 10	$5.85	$3.60	$9.45	$270.55	$289.45	3.35%
$285.00	Jul 10	$3.45	$6.05	$9.50	$275.50	$294.50	3.37%
$277.50	Jul 10	$7.60	$2.58	$10.18	$267.32	$287.68	3.61%
$275.00	Jul 10	$9.30	$2.03	$11.33	$263.67	$286.33	4.02%
$290.00	Jul 10	$1.83	$9.55	$11.38	$278.62	$301.38	4.03%
$272.50	Jul 10	$10.95	$1.27	$12.22	$260.28	$284.72	4.33%
$270.00	Jul 10	$13.05	$0.88	$13.93	$256.07	$283.93	4.94%
$282.50	Jul 17	$8.05	$8.00	$16.05	$266.45	$298.55	5.69%
$280.00	Jul 17	$9.30	$6.80	$16.10	$263.90	$296.10	5.71%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 147 found (cheapest 0.80% of stock, avg 4.65%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$295.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.98	$1.27	$2.25	$270.25	$297.25
$292.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$1.40	$1.27	$2.67	$269.83	$295.17
$295.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.98	$2.03	$3.01	$271.99	$298.01
$290.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$1.83	$1.27	$3.10	$269.40	$293.10
$292.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$1.40	$2.03	$3.43	$271.57	$295.93
$295.00	$277.50	Jul 10	$0.98	$2.58	$3.56	$273.94	$298.56
$287.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$2.50	$1.27	$3.77	$268.73	$291.27
$290.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$1.83	$2.03	$3.86	$271.14	$293.86
$292.50	$277.50	Jul 10	$1.40	$2.58	$3.98	$273.52	$296.48
$290.00	$277.50	Jul 10	$1.83	$2.58	$4.41	$273.09	$294.41

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 165 found (best R:R 19.83, avg credit $4.34)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
258/260	265/268	Jul 10	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$257.62	$267.38
238/240	258/260	Jul 17	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$237.65	$259.85
230/235	240/245	Jul 31	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$230.32	$244.68
230/235	250/255	Jul 31	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$230.32	$254.68
230/232	250/252	Jul 17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$230.17	$252.33
255/258	275/278	Jul 24	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$255.17	$277.33
240/245	250/255	Jul 31	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$240.35	$254.65
250/252	258/260	Jul 17	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$250.18	$259.82
258/260	275/278	Jul 24	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$257.68	$277.32
250/255	260/265	Jul 24	$4.62	$0.38	12.16	$250.38	$264.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 90 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$310.00	$315.00	$320.00	Jul 10	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$315.00	$320.00	$325.00	Jul 10	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$292.50	$295.00	$297.50	Jul 10	$0.07	$2.43	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$270.00	$272.50	$275.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 106 found (best net $-3.05, 103 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$265.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$3.05	$16.95
$310.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.30	$14.70
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.12	$9.88
$305.00	$315.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$1.06	$8.94
$300.00	$310.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.40	$8.60

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.71	$9.29
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.81	$9.19
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.25	$8.75
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.30	$7.70
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$2.70	$7.30

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 46 found (best yield 4.82%, avg 1.74%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	$13.60	0.45	2.8%	4.82%	7.63%	33	362
$285.00	Aug 14	$13.20	0.49	1.0%	4.68%	5.71%	4	--
$285.00	Aug 7	$12.90	0.49	1.0%	4.57%	5.61%	427	3
$285.00	Jul 31	$11.40	0.48	1.0%	4.04%	5.08%	6	26
$290.00	Aug 7	$10.70	0.43	2.8%	3.79%	6.60%	1	3
$300.00	Aug 21	$9.80	0.37	6.3%	3.47%	9.83%	37	607
$282.50	Jul 24	$9.70	0.51	0.1%	3.44%	3.59%	5	10
$290.00	Jul 31	$9.30	0.42	2.8%	3.30%	6.10%	24	156
$285.00	Jul 24	$8.70	0.47	1.0%	3.08%	4.12%	7	69
$282.50	Jul 17	$7.70	0.51	0.1%	2.73%	2.88%	6	--

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,012

Total Puts 1,661

Put/Call Ratio 0.33

Net Difference 3,351

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 971

Total Puts 1,109

Put/Call Ratio 1.14

Net Difference -138

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 20,332

Total Puts 18,281

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.93

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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