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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$279.79 +5.10%

(7/8 14:00) ◀

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 (3:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 3:00pm) 9,466

Calls: 6,629 (70%)

Puts: 2,837 (30%)

Prior (07/07) 3,250

Calls: 1,644 (51%)

Puts: 1,606 (49%)

Current vs Prior +191.26%

Calls: +303.22% (Calls)

Puts: +76.65% (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 +71.61%

Calls: +128.23%

Puts: +8.63%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/08 3:00pm) $9.23M

Calls: $7.31M (79%)

Puts: $1.92M (21%)

Prior (07/07) $2.56M

Calls: $1.52M (59%)

Puts: $1.04M (41%)

Current vs Prior +259.99%

Calls: +380.91%

Puts: +83.93%

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 +82.78%

Calls: +99.03%

Puts: +39.44%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 3:00pm) 0.43

Prior (07/07) 0.98

Current vs Prior -56.19%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -53.96%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/08 3:00pm) 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 3.47% | 5.95%5.95% | 14.15%

Prior 4.04% | 6.78%6.78% | 13.54%

Current vs Prior -14.14% | -12.23%-12.23% | +4.52%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -16.28% | -9.76%-12.88% | +4.60%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.14% | -12.23%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.38% | 8.85%

Calls: 14.81% | 11.24%

Puts: 13.95% | 6.45%

Prior 23.28% | 7.29%

Calls: 18.52% | 8.38%

Puts: 28.04% | 6.19%

Current vs Prior -38.23% | +21.40%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.98% | 15.50%

Calls: 34.74% | 15.83%

Puts: 33.23% | 15.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -57.68% | -42.89%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 79% of dollar volume in calls ($7.31M) vs puts ($1.92M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 260% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (83% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 191% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 61 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	21.90	22.60	$22.25	3.1%	67	0.61	376
$280.00	Aug 21	16.80	17.40	$17.10	3.5%	89	0.52	164
$240.00	Jul 10	38.80	40.60	$39.70	4.5%	--	0.97	37
$230.00	Jul 31	49.30	51.70	$50.50	4.8%	--	0.96	43
$280.00	Jul 24	10.20	10.70	$10.45	4.8%	2	0.52	14

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	36.40	37.80	$37.10	3.8%	--	0.72	10
$270.00	Aug 21	12.20	12.70	$12.45	4.0%	31	0.39	561
$280.00	Aug 21	17.00	17.70	$17.35	4.0%	48	0.48	3
$282.50	Jul 24	11.20	11.80	$11.50	5.2%	21	0.52	--
$280.00	Jul 24	9.90	10.50	$10.20	5.9%	2	0.48	--

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. 83 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 0.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Jul 10	33.00	35.70	$34.35	7.9%	--	0.98	30
$230.00	Jul 10	48.00	50.60	$49.30	5.3%	--	0.98	10
$250.00	Jul 10	28.00	30.70	$29.35	9.2%	13	0.98	53
$255.00	Jul 10	23.10	26.40	$24.75	13.3%	7	0.98	42
$240.00	Jul 10	38.80	40.60	$39.70	4.5%	--	0.97	37

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$295.00	Jul 10	14.80	17.60	$16.20	17.3%	4	0.90	--
$300.00	Jul 17	21.20	23.90	$22.55	12.0%	2	0.82	--
$290.00	Jul 10	10.50	12.30	$11.40	15.8%	8	0.82	1
$287.50	Jul 10	8.50	11.10	$9.80	26.5%	5	0.76	--
$310.00	Aug 21	36.40	37.80	$37.10	3.8%	--	0.72	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 196 active (total vol 6.8K, top 731)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 17	7.40	8.20	$7.80	10.3%	731	0.51	1.0K
$295.00	Jul 17	2.25	2.95	$2.60	26.9%	557	0.23	35
$285.00	Aug 7	12.00	13.30	$12.65	10.3%	430	0.46	3
$300.00	Jul 17	1.65	2.10	$1.88	23.9%	322	0.18	1.7K
$330.00	Aug 21	3.30	3.80	$3.55	14.1%	269	0.16	8

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 10	4.00	4.60	$4.30	14.0%	177	0.50	11
$275.00	Jul 10	1.95	2.50	$2.23	24.7%	149	0.32	72
$285.00	Jul 31	15.50	18.00	$16.75	14.9%	144	0.55	7
$282.50	Jul 17	8.80	9.40	$9.10	6.6%	105	0.54	--
$277.50	Jul 10	2.90	3.40	$3.15	15.9%	71	0.41	--

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 53 strikes (avg 51.9%, max 192.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	132.2%	45.2%	192.6%	4	14
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	109.3%	44.9%	143.1%	1	77
$325.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	102.4%	48.6%	110.9%	2	48
$320.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	93.6%	45.2%	107.2%	42	193
$315.00	Jul 10	Jul 24	86.1%	44.9%	91.5%	13	3

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	132.2%	45.2%	192.6%	2	151
$225.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	144.8%	54.0%	168.5%	--	99
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	109.3%	44.9%	143.1%	32	659
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	121.8%	52.2%	133.2%	2	28
$237.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	115.5%	63.0%	83.3%	5	272

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 140 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 4.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$310.00	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$310.20
$315.00	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$315.23
$305.00	$307.50	Jul 10	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$305.12
$300.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$300.15
$292.50	$295.00	Jul 10	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$292.67

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$240.00	$235.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$239.90
$240.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$239.78
$245.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$244.75
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$249.72
$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. 175 found (best R:R 39.00, avg 2.69)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$9.75	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$239.75
$245.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$249.85
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 10	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$239.60
$242.50	$245.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$244.90
$245.00	$247.50	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$247.40

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$295.00	$290.00	Jul 10	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$290.20
$300.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$8.65	$8.65	$1.35	6.41	$291.35
$310.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$13.95	$13.95	$6.05	2.31	$296.05
$285.00	$282.50	Jul 10	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	1.94	$283.35
$280.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$3.25	$3.25	$1.75	1.86	$276.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 53 found (avg debit $1.83, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$325.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.27	102.4%	56.3%
$320.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.32	93.6%	52.7%
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.40	109.3%	62.0%
$315.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.53	86.1%	51.6%
$310.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.68	79.2%	49.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$225.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.15	144.8%	75.0%
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.22	132.2%	70.9%
$247.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.27	75.0%	45.9%
$237.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.28	115.5%	63.0%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.30	103.1%	57.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 80 found (cheapest 3.04% of stock, avg 9.95%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$280.00	Jul 10	$4.20	$4.30	$8.50	$271.50	$288.50	3.04%
$277.50	Jul 10	$5.40	$3.15	$8.55	$268.95	$286.05	3.06%
$282.50	Jul 10	$2.97	$5.65	$8.62	$273.88	$291.12	3.08%
$275.00	Jul 10	$7.05	$2.23	$9.28	$265.72	$284.28	3.32%
$285.00	Jul 10	$2.03	$7.30	$9.33	$275.67	$294.33	3.33%
$272.50	Jul 10	$8.70	$1.53	$10.23	$262.27	$282.73	3.66%
$287.50	Jul 10	$1.40	$9.80	$11.20	$276.30	$298.70	4.00%
$270.00	Jul 10	$11.15	$1.00	$12.15	$257.85	$282.15	4.34%
$290.00	Jul 10	$1.00	$11.40	$12.40	$277.60	$302.40	4.43%
$267.50	Jul 10	$12.85	$0.70	$13.55	$253.95	$281.05	4.84%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 156 found (cheapest 0.61% of stock, avg 4.95%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$292.50	$270.00	Jul 10	$0.70	$1.00	$1.70	$268.30	$294.20
$290.00	$270.00	Jul 10	$1.00	$1.00	$2.00	$268.00	$292.00
$292.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.70	$1.53	$2.23	$270.27	$294.73
$287.50	$270.00	Jul 10	$1.40	$1.00	$2.40	$267.60	$289.90
$290.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$1.00	$1.53	$2.53	$269.97	$292.53
$287.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$1.40	$1.53	$2.93	$269.57	$290.43
$292.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.70	$2.23	$2.93	$272.07	$295.43
$285.00	$270.00	Jul 10	$2.03	$1.00	$3.03	$266.97	$288.03
$290.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$1.00	$2.23	$3.23	$271.77	$293.23
$285.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$2.03	$1.53	$3.56	$268.94	$288.56

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 190 found (best R:R 49.00, avg credit $4.28)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/235	250/255	Jul 31	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$230.10	$254.90
230/235	260/265	Jul 31	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$230.20	$264.80
225/230	240/245	Jul 24	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$225.23	$244.77
240/245	250/255	Aug 7	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$240.25	$254.75
270/275	285/290	Aug 7	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$270.25	$289.75
250/255	260/265	Jul 24	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$250.30	$264.70
270/275	280/285	Aug 7	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$270.30	$284.70
248/250	260/265	Jul 17	$4.68	$0.32	14.62	$245.32	$264.68
235/240	245/250	Jul 31	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$235.33	$249.67
240/245	250/255	Jul 31	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$240.35	$254.65

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 102 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$230.00	$240.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$9.75	39.00
$297.50	$300.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$302.50	$305.00	$307.50	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Jul 10	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$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. 115 found (best net $-0.55, 112 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$285.00	$305.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.55	$19.45
$310.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.13	$14.87
$305.00	$315.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.42	$9.58
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.25	$7.75
$265.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$7.80	$7.20

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$275.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.90	$13.10
$310.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$9.20	$10.80
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.61	$9.39
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.70	$9.30
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.70	$8.30

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 56 found (best yield 6.00%, avg 1.87%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	$16.80	0.52	0.1%	6.00%	6.08%	89	164
$280.00	Aug 7	$14.20	0.52	0.1%	5.08%	5.15%	10	8
$280.00	Aug 14	$14.00	0.51	0.1%	5.00%	5.08%	1	--
$280.00	Jul 31	$12.80	0.51	0.1%	4.57%	4.65%	8	16
$290.00	Aug 21	$12.60	0.43	3.6%	4.50%	8.15%	107	362
$285.00	Aug 7	$12.00	0.46	1.9%	4.29%	6.15%	430	3
$285.00	Aug 14	$11.80	0.47	1.9%	4.22%	6.08%	4	--
$285.00	Jul 31	$10.50	0.45	1.9%	3.75%	5.61%	11	26
$280.00	Jul 24	$10.20	0.52	0.1%	3.65%	3.72%	2	14
$300.00	Aug 21	$9.30	0.35	7.2%	3.32%	10.55%	51	607

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 6,629

Total Puts 2,837

Put/Call Ratio 0.43

Net Difference 3,792

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,644

Total Puts 1,606

Put/Call Ratio 0.98

Net Difference 38

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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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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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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