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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$278.70 +4.69%

(7/8 12:00) ◀

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 (1:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08 1:00pm) 8,117

Calls: 5,930 (73%)

Puts: 2,187 (27%)

Prior (07/07) 2,487

Calls: 1,177 (47%)

Puts: 1,310 (53%)

Current vs Prior +226.38%

Calls: +403.82% (Calls)

Puts: +66.95% (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 +47.15%

Calls: +104.16%

Puts: -16.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08 1:00pm) $7.85M

Calls: $6.29M (80%)

Puts: $1.56M (20%)

Prior (07/07) $2.02M

Calls: $949.4K (47%)

Puts: $1.07M (53%)

Current vs Prior +288.93%

Calls: +562.41%

Puts: +46.21%

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 +55.45%

Calls: +71.17%

Puts: +13.55%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 1:00pm) 0.37

Prior (07/07) 1.11

Current vs Prior -66.86%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.33%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 1:00pm) 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 3.59% | 6.23%6.23% | 14.14%

Prior 4.04% | 6.78%6.78% | 13.54%

Current vs Prior -11.14% | -8.18%-8.18% | +4.40%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.35% | -5.60%-8.86% | +4.48%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -11.14% | -8.18%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 22.00% | 9.84%

Calls: 22.22% | 7.91%

Puts: 21.78% | 11.76%

Prior 23.28% | 7.29%

Calls: 18.52% | 8.38%

Puts: 28.04% | 6.19%

Current vs Prior -5.50% | +34.98%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.98% | 15.50%

Calls: 34.74% | 15.83%

Puts: 33.23% | 15.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -35.26% | -36.50%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 80% of dollar volume in calls ($6.29M) vs puts ($1.56M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 289% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (55% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 226% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 46 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	21.20	22.10	$21.65	4.2%	63	0.60	376
$280.00	Aug 21	16.30	17.00	$16.65	4.2%	81	0.51	164
$230.00	Aug 21	50.40	53.10	$51.75	5.2%	4	0.90	4
$230.00	Jul 10	47.90	50.50	$49.20	5.3%	--	0.97	10
$230.00	Jul 17	48.20	51.00	$49.60	5.6%	16	0.97	132

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	17.20	18.30	$17.75	6.2%	38	0.49	3
$270.00	Aug 21	12.50	13.30	$12.90	6.2%	27	0.40	561
$310.00	Aug 21	36.40	38.80	$37.60	6.4%	--	0.73	10
$290.00	Aug 21	22.60	24.60	$23.60	8.5%	1	0.57	--
$260.00	Aug 21	8.50	9.30	$8.90	9.0%	15	0.30	144

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. 82 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 0.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Jul 10	32.90	35.80	$34.35	8.4%	--	0.98	30
$250.00	Jul 10	28.00	30.80	$29.40	9.5%	12	0.97	53
$230.00	Jul 17	48.20	51.00	$49.60	5.6%	16	0.97	132
$230.00	Jul 10	47.90	50.50	$49.20	5.3%	--	0.97	10
$240.00	Jul 10	37.80	40.70	$39.25	7.4%	--	0.96	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Jul 10	14.80	18.20	$16.50	20.6%	4	0.89	--
$290.00	Jul 10	10.90	13.40	$12.15	20.6%	4	0.83	1
$300.00	Jul 17	21.30	24.50	$22.90	14.0%	2	0.82	--
$287.50	Jul 10	8.90	11.50	$10.20	25.5%	5	0.77	--
$310.00	Aug 21	36.40	38.80	$37.60	6.4%	--	0.73	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 186 active (total vol 5.9K, top 697)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 17	7.20	8.00	$7.60	10.5%	697	0.50	1.0K
$295.00	Jul 17	2.50	3.10	$2.80	21.4%	555	0.24	35
$285.00	Aug 7	11.50	14.10	$12.80	20.3%	428	0.46	3
$300.00	Jul 17	1.70	2.35	$2.03	32.0%	306	0.18	1.7K
$330.00	Aug 21	3.20	3.70	$3.45	14.5%	262	0.16	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 10	4.50	5.60	$5.05	21.8%	176	0.54	11
$285.00	Jul 31	15.30	17.10	$16.20	11.1%	144	0.56	7
$275.00	Jul 10	2.25	3.20	$2.73	34.8%	138	0.36	72
$282.50	Jul 17	8.90	10.40	$9.65	15.5%	105	0.56	--
$250.00	Jul 17	0.55	1.50	$1.02	93.1%	67	0.09	515

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 54 strikes (avg 53.9%, max 218.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	142.2%	44.7%	218.1%	4	14
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	111.4%	44.2%	151.9%	1	77
$325.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	112.1%	49.3%	127.5%	2	48
$320.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	92.2%	45.9%	101.0%	42	193
$310.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	89.6%	45.8%	95.6%	35	60

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	142.2%	44.7%	218.1%	2	151
$225.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	155.7%	54.8%	184.0%	--	99
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	111.4%	44.2%	151.9%	32	659
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	128.9%	52.9%	143.5%	2	28
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	112.7%	64.6%	74.5%	2	114

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 130 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 5.00)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$320.00	$330.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$9.67	$0.33	29.30	$320.33
$305.00	$315.00	Jul 24	$0.47	$9.53	$0.47	20.28	$305.47
$315.00	$320.00	Jul 10	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$315.28
$295.00	$297.50	Jul 10	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$295.18
$300.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$300.18

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$225.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$229.90
$230.00	$225.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$229.87
$240.00	$235.00	Jul 24	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$239.75
$262.50	$260.00	Jul 10	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$262.37
$230.00	$225.00	Aug 7	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$229.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 175 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 2.77)

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
$235.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$239.85
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$239.65
$240.00	$242.50	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$242.40
$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
$295.00	$290.00	Jul 10	$4.35	$4.35	$0.65	6.69	$290.65
$290.00	$287.50	Jul 10	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	3.55	$288.05
$300.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$7.70	$7.70	$2.30	3.35	$292.30
$290.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$5.55	$5.55	$1.95	2.85	$284.45
$285.00	$282.50	Jul 10	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	2.57	$283.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 53 found (avg debit $1.96, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.40	142.2%	67.5%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.45	112.7%	64.6%
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.50	111.4%	59.3%
$320.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.58	92.2%	57.3%
$245.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.60	82.6%	60.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.20	111.4%	59.3%
$225.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.30	155.7%	83.8%
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.40	128.9%	71.8%
$237.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.50	119.4%	69.2%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.52	112.7%	64.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 76 found (cheapest 3.12% of stock, avg 10.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$277.50	Jul 10	$4.95	$3.75	$8.70	$268.80	$286.20	3.12%
$280.00	Jul 10	$3.85	$5.05	$8.90	$271.10	$288.90	3.19%
$275.00	Jul 10	$6.60	$2.73	$9.33	$265.67	$284.33	3.35%
$282.50	Jul 10	$2.90	$6.60	$9.50	$273.00	$292.00	3.41%
$272.50	Jul 10	$8.15	$1.93	$10.08	$262.42	$282.58	3.62%
$285.00	Jul 10	$2.28	$8.40	$10.68	$274.32	$295.68	3.83%
$287.50	Jul 10	$1.43	$10.20	$11.63	$275.87	$299.13	4.17%
$270.00	Jul 10	$10.80	$1.33	$12.13	$257.87	$282.13	4.35%
$290.00	Jul 10	$1.00	$12.15	$13.15	$276.85	$303.15	4.72%
$267.50	Jul 10	$12.90	$0.98	$13.88	$253.62	$281.38	4.98%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 148 found (cheapest 0.71% of stock, avg 4.78%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$290.00	$267.50	Jul 10	$1.00	$0.98	$1.98	$265.52	$291.98
$290.00	$270.00	Jul 10	$1.00	$1.33	$2.33	$267.67	$292.33
$287.50	$267.50	Jul 10	$1.43	$0.98	$2.41	$265.09	$289.91
$287.50	$270.00	Jul 10	$1.43	$1.33	$2.76	$267.24	$290.26
$290.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$1.00	$1.93	$2.93	$269.57	$292.93
$285.00	$267.50	Jul 10	$2.28	$0.98	$3.26	$264.24	$288.26
$287.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$1.43	$1.93	$3.36	$269.14	$290.86
$285.00	$270.00	Jul 10	$2.28	$1.33	$3.61	$266.39	$288.61
$290.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$1.00	$2.73	$3.73	$271.27	$293.73
$282.50	$267.50	Jul 10	$2.90	$0.98	$3.88	$263.62	$286.38

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 184 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $4.40)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/235	245/250	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$230.15	$249.85
240/242	255/258	Jul 10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$240.10	$257.40
240/242	258/260	Jul 10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$240.10	$259.90
255/260	265/270	Aug 7	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$255.25	$269.75
235/240	245/250	Jul 24	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$235.30	$249.70
232/235	260/265	Jul 17	$4.68	$0.32	14.62	$230.32	$264.68
225/230	240/245	Jul 24	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$225.35	$244.65
255/260	265/270	Jul 31	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$255.35	$269.65
240/245	250/255	Jul 24	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$240.37	$254.63
245/250	255/260	Jul 24	$4.62	$0.38	12.16	$245.38	$259.62

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 98 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$282.50	$285.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$292.50	$295.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Jul 10	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$250.00	$252.50	$255.00	Jul 10	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$255.00	$257.50	$260.00	Jul 10	$0.08	$2.42	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 113 found (best net $-0.17, 110 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$310.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.17	$14.83
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.12	$9.88
$305.00	$315.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$1.46	$8.54
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.05	$7.95
$265.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$7.45	$7.55

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$275.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.80	$13.20
$310.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$9.60	$10.40
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.65	$9.35
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.65	$9.35
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.45	$8.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 55 found (best yield 5.85%, avg 1.77%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	$16.30	0.51	0.5%	5.85%	6.32%	81	164
$280.00	Aug 14	$14.10	0.51	0.5%	5.06%	5.53%	1	--
$280.00	Aug 7	$13.10	0.51	0.5%	4.70%	5.17%	7	8
$290.00	Aug 21	$12.10	0.42	4.0%	4.34%	8.40%	59	362
$285.00	Aug 14	$11.90	0.46	2.3%	4.27%	6.53%	4	--
$285.00	Aug 7	$11.50	0.46	2.3%	4.13%	6.39%	428	3
$280.00	Jul 31	$11.40	0.50	0.5%	4.09%	4.56%	8	16
$285.00	Jul 31	$9.80	0.44	2.3%	3.52%	5.78%	10	26
$280.00	Jul 24	$9.40	0.50	0.5%	3.37%	3.84%	2	14
$290.00	Aug 7	$9.40	0.41	4.0%	3.37%	7.43%	1	3

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,930

Total Puts 2,187

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 3,743

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,177

Total Puts 1,310

Put/Call Ratio 1.11

Net Difference -133

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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