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VLO

$284.20 +1.05%

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/10 10:00am) 600

Calls: 298 (50%)

Puts: 302 (50%)

Prior (07/07) 427

Calls: 137 (32%)

Puts: 290 (68%)

Current vs Prior +40.52%

Calls: +117.52% (Calls)

Puts: +4.14% (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 -89.12%

Calls: -89.74%

Puts: -88.44%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/10 10:00am) $540.9K

Calls: $460.4K (85%)

Puts: $80.5K (15%)

Prior (07/07) $358.5K

Calls: $191.5K (53%)

Puts: $167.0K (47%)

Current vs Prior +50.87%

Calls: +140.47%

Puts: -51.83%

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 -89.29%

Calls: -87.47%

Puts: -94.16%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/10 10:00am) 1.01

Prior (07/07) 2.12

Current vs Prior -52.12%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/10 10:00am) 103,038

Calls: 57,045 (55%)

Puts: 45,993 (45%)

Prior (07/07) 94,264

Calls: 52,456 (56%)

Puts: 41,808 (44%)

Current vs Prior +9.31%

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 +11.26%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.62% | 5.17%5.17% | 13.58%

Prior 4.04% | 6.78%6.78% | 13.54%

Current vs Prior -60.00% | -23.71%-23.71% | +0.30%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.14% | 6.59%6.26% | 13.98%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -61.00% | -21.56%-17.43% | -2.88%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -60.00% | -23.71%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 68.36% | 33.62%

Calls: 47.52% | 39.49%

Puts: 89.19% | 27.74%

Prior 23.28% | 7.29%

Calls: 18.52% | 8.38%

Puts: 28.04% | 6.19%

Current vs Prior +193.64% | +361.18%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.98% | 15.50%

Calls: 34.74% | 15.83%

Puts: 33.23% | 15.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +101.17% | +116.96%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 85% of dollar volume in calls ($460.4K) vs puts ($80.5K). Elevated premium activity with dollar volume up 51% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.01. P/C ratio dropping 52% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior BEARISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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
10:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 27 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Jul 17	53.50	56.10	$54.80	4.7%	5	1.00	111
$230.00	Jul 31	53.50	56.80	$55.15	6.0%	--	0.94	43
$230.00	Jul 24	53.20	56.50	$54.85	6.0%	--	1.00	42
$240.00	Jul 10	43.10	45.80	$44.45	6.1%	--	1.00	37
$230.00	Jul 10	52.50	55.80	$54.15	6.1%	--	0.98	10

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	31.10	34.10	$32.60	9.2%	--	0.70	10

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. 72 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Jul 17	53.50	56.10	$54.80	4.7%	5	1.00	111
$230.00	Jul 24	53.20	56.50	$54.85	6.0%	--	1.00	42
$240.00	Jul 10	43.10	45.80	$44.45	6.1%	--	1.00	37
$230.00	Jul 10	52.50	55.80	$54.15	6.1%	--	0.98	10
$242.50	Jul 10	40.00	43.40	$41.70	8.2%	--	0.98	72

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	31.10	34.10	$32.60	9.2%	--	0.70	10
$290.00	Jul 17	8.30	11.20	$9.75	29.7%	--	0.63	11
$290.00	Jul 31	13.50	16.40	$14.95	19.4%	--	0.56	13
$285.00	Jul 10	1.35	3.00	$2.17	76.0%	24	0.55	4
$290.00	Aug 21	19.00	21.00	$20.00	10.0%	1	0.53	165

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 72 active (total vol 451, top 80)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Jul 17	3.70	4.30	$4.00	15.0%	28	0.37	593
$297.50	Jul 17	1.75	2.85	$2.30	47.8%	21	0.23	22
$282.50	Jul 10	1.85	3.00	$2.42	47.5%	18	0.65	112
$270.00	Jul 10	12.80	16.00	$14.40	22.2%	14	0.95	144
$270.00	Jul 17	14.50	17.30	$15.90	17.6%	13	0.80	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$282.50	Jul 10	0.40	2.10	$1.25	136.0%	80	0.35	25
$285.00	Jul 10	1.35	3.00	$2.17	76.0%	24	0.55	4
$267.50	Jul 17	1.00	1.70	$1.35	51.9%	13	0.15	396
$250.00	Jul 31	1.05	3.10	$2.08	98.6%	10	0.12	30
$245.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.70	$0.38	171.1%	9	0.04	287

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 47 strikes (avg 263.7%, max 767.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	389.8%	52.3%	644.8%	--	53
$325.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	256.1%	41.8%	512.3%	2	62
$245.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	288.1%	47.3%	508.6%	--	59
$250.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	254.7%	42.5%	498.8%	--	157
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	245.1%	43.5%	463.2%	--	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	389.8%	44.9%	767.5%	9	168
$245.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	288.1%	46.0%	525.5%	--	134
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 24	355.6%	56.9%	525.2%	--	160
$250.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	254.7%	42.5%	498.8%	2	285
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	245.1%	43.5%	463.2%	7	708

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 91 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 6.13)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$320.00	$330.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$320.15
$315.00	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$315.15
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 17	$0.30	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$330.30
$295.00	$297.50	Jul 10	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$295.10
$315.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$1.30	$23.70	$1.30	18.23	$316.30

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$259.80
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$249.73
$267.50	$265.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$267.35
$245.00	$230.00	Aug 7	$0.90	$14.10	$0.90	15.67	$244.10
$242.50	$240.00	Jul 10	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$242.33

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 120 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 3.84)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$239.80
$240.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$249.80
$230.00	$235.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$234.90
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 10	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$239.70
$235.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$239.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$282.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	2.12	$280.80
$310.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$12.60	$12.60	$7.40	1.70	$297.40
$290.00	$285.00	Jul 31	$2.60	$2.60	$2.40	1.08	$287.40
$290.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$5.15	$5.15	$4.85	1.06	$284.85
$285.00	$280.00	Jul 31	$2.50	$2.50	$2.50	1.00	$282.50

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 48 found (avg debit $1.91, cheapest $0.08)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$340.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	51.5%	41.4%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.30	304.8%	63.2%
$250.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.50	254.7%	55.1%
$255.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.50	221.5%	44.1%
$260.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.55	188.3%	44.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.08	221.5%	44.1%
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	389.8%	78.4%
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	355.6%	72.6%
$237.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.13	338.5%	69.1%
$242.50	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.15	304.8%	63.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 63 found (cheapest 1.26% of stock, avg 10.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$285.00	Jul 10	$1.40	$2.17	$3.57	$281.43	$288.57	1.26%
$282.50	Jul 10	$2.42	$1.25	$3.67	$278.83	$286.17	1.29%
$280.00	Jul 10	$5.05	$0.43	$5.48	$274.52	$285.48	1.93%
$277.50	Jul 10	$7.15	$0.40	$7.55	$269.95	$285.05	2.66%
$275.00	Jul 10	$9.70	$0.18	$9.88	$265.12	$284.88	3.48%
$272.50	Jul 10	$11.95	$0.23	$12.18	$260.32	$284.68	4.29%
$280.00	Jul 17	$9.15	$4.40	$13.55	$266.45	$293.55	4.77%
$290.00	Jul 17	$4.00	$9.75	$13.75	$276.25	$303.75	4.84%
$282.50	Jul 17	$7.85	$6.10	$13.95	$268.55	$296.45	4.91%
$277.50	Jul 17	$10.65	$3.60	$14.25	$263.25	$291.75	5.01%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 125 found (cheapest 0.15% of stock, avg 3.20%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$292.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.18	$0.43	$274.57	$292.93
$292.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.23	$0.48	$272.02	$292.98
$295.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.33	$0.18	$0.51	$274.49	$295.51
$295.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.33	$0.23	$0.56	$271.94	$295.56
$292.50	$277.50	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.40	$0.65	$276.85	$293.15
$292.50	$280.00	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.43	$0.68	$279.32	$293.18
$295.00	$277.50	Jul 10	$0.33	$0.40	$0.73	$276.77	$295.73
$290.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.58	$0.18	$0.76	$274.24	$290.76
$295.00	$280.00	Jul 10	$0.33	$0.43	$0.76	$279.24	$295.76
$290.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.58	$0.23	$0.81	$271.69	$290.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 103 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $5.03)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/260	265/270	Jul 24	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$255.15	$269.85
245/250	255/260	Jul 31	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$245.19	$259.81
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$260.20	$274.80
250/255	260/265	Jul 31	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$250.23	$264.77
240/242	260/262	Jul 10	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$240.13	$262.37
245/250	255/260	Jul 24	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$245.28	$259.72
250/255	260/265	Jul 24	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$250.30	$264.70
250/255	265/270	Jul 24	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$250.30	$269.70
245/250	260/265	Jul 31	$4.61	$0.39	11.82	$245.39	$264.61
260/265	275/280	Jul 31	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$260.40	$279.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 68 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Jul 10	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$255.00	$257.50	$260.00	Jul 10	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Jul 10	$0.07	$2.43	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$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. 108 found (best net $-0.20, 95 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$305.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$0.20	$19.80
$250.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$6.95	$13.05
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.20	$9.80
$305.00	$315.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.39	$9.61
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.56	$8.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.35	$14.65
$310.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.40	$12.60
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.57	$9.43
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.01	$8.99
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.65	$8.35

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 31 found (best yield 4.71%, avg 1.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	$13.40	0.46	2.0%	4.71%	6.76%	6	411
$285.00	Aug 7	$11.60	0.51	0.3%	4.08%	4.36%	--	430
$285.00	Jul 31	$10.30	0.50	0.3%	3.62%	3.91%	4	23
$300.00	Aug 21	$8.70	0.37	5.6%	3.06%	8.62%	9	643
$285.00	Jul 24	$8.00	0.50	0.3%	2.81%	3.10%	3	66
$290.00	Jul 31	$8.00	0.44	2.0%	2.81%	4.86%	1	153
$295.00	Jul 31	$6.20	0.38	3.8%	2.18%	5.98%	--	58
$310.00	Aug 21	$6.00	0.29	9.1%	2.11%	11.19%	--	79
$290.00	Jul 24	$5.20	0.41	2.0%	1.83%	3.87%	--	173
$285.00	Jul 17	$5.00	0.49	0.3%	1.76%	2.04%	1	262

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 298

Total Puts 302

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -4

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 137

Total Puts 290

Put/Call Ratio 2.12

Net Difference -153

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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