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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$277.57 -1.31%

(7/10 13:00) ◀

Friday, July 10, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/10 2:00pm) 4,904

Calls: 2,489 (51%)

Puts: 2,415 (49%)

Prior (07/08) 8,975

Calls: 6,354 (71%)

Puts: 2,621 (29%)

Current vs Prior -45.36%

Calls: -60.83% (Calls)

Puts: -7.86% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 44,587

Calls: 24,439 (55%)

Puts: 20,148 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 6,369

Calls: 3,491 (55%)

Puts: 2,878 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -23.01%

Calls: -28.71%

Puts: -16.10%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/10 2:00pm) $3.91M

Calls: $2.45M (63%)

Puts: $1.46M (37%)

Prior (07/08) $8.28M

Calls: $6.49M (78%)

Puts: $1.79M (22%)

Current vs Prior -52.74%

Calls: -62.27%

Puts: -18.12%

Prior 7-Day Total $41.91M

Calls: $31.36M (75%)

Puts: $10.55M (25%)

Prior 7-Day Average $5.99M

Calls: $4.48M (75%)

Puts: $1.51M (25%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.67%

Calls: -45.36%

Puts: -2.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/10 2:00pm) 0.97

Prior (07/08) 0.41

Current vs Prior +135.22%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +6.39%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/10 2:00pm) 103,038

Calls: 57,045 (55%)

Puts: 45,993 (45%)

Prior (07/08) 96,244

Calls: 53,209 (55%)

Puts: 43,035 (45%)

Current vs Prior +7.06%

Prior 7-Day Total 654,395

Calls: 366,552 (56%)

Puts: 287,843 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 93,485

Calls: 52,364 (56%)

Puts: 41,120 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +10.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.56% | 4.77%4.77% | 12.90%

Prior 3.48% | 5.83%5.83% | 14.33%

Current vs Prior -55.30% | -18.16%-18.16% | -10.03%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.75% | 6.31%6.50% | 13.80%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -58.45% | -24.31%-26.54% | -6.53%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.48% | 5.83%-- | --

Current vs 7-Day Eod -55.30% | -18.16%-- | --

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 88.21% | 11.21%

Calls: 133.80% | 9.84%

Puts: 42.62% | 12.59%

Prior 21.01% | 14.68%

Calls: 18.60% | 17.72%

Puts: 23.42% | 11.63%

Current vs Prior +319.85% | -23.64%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.79% | 13.88%

Calls: 35.30% | 14.43%

Puts: 32.29% | 13.33%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +161.02% | -19.24%

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Moderately bullish flow with 63% call dollar volume ($2.45M). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 53% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 45% vs prior. P/C ratio rising 135% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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
14:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
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 55 of results (avg 7.4%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	14.10	14.80	$14.45	4.8%	43	0.49	222
$230.00	Jul 24	46.50	49.00	$47.75	5.2%	--	0.94	42
$230.00	Jul 31	46.90	49.50	$48.20	5.4%	--	0.94	43
$230.00	Jul 10	45.80	48.40	$47.10	5.5%	--	1.00	10
$230.00	Jul 17	46.10	48.80	$47.45	5.7%	5	1.00	111

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	22.40	23.20	$22.80	3.5%	126	0.60	165
$280.00	Aug 21	16.50	17.20	$16.85	4.2%	11	0.50	141
$290.00	Aug 7	20.10	21.10	$20.60	4.9%	1	0.63	3
$280.00	Jul 31	12.20	12.90	$12.55	5.6%	20	0.52	25
$285.00	Jul 31	15.10	16.00	$15.55	5.8%	--	0.58	156

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 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$230.00	Jul 10	45.80	48.40	$47.10	5.5%	--	1.00	10
$240.00	Jul 10	35.80	38.60	$37.20	7.5%	--	1.00	37
$242.50	Jul 10	33.20	36.00	$34.60	8.1%	--	1.00	72
$245.00	Jul 10	30.80	33.60	$32.20	8.7%	--	1.00	30
$265.00	Jul 10	10.90	13.50	$12.20	21.3%	9	1.00	115

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$292.50	Jul 10	14.30	16.60	$15.45	14.9%	1	0.95	--
$285.00	Jul 10	6.70	8.70	$7.70	26.0%	66	0.92	4
$282.50	Jul 10	4.50	6.60	$5.55	37.8%	186	0.88	25
$290.00	Jul 17	13.40	15.80	$14.60	16.4%	5	0.78	11
$310.00	Aug 21	36.80	39.20	$38.00	6.3%	--	0.76	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 160 active (total vol 4.2K, top 317)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Jul 10	0.25	0.80	$0.53	103.8%	266	0.24	332
$290.00	Jul 17	1.50	2.10	$1.80	33.3%	237	0.22	593
$305.00	Aug 14	4.00	6.00	$5.00	40.0%	202	0.25	1
$290.00	Aug 21	10.00	10.80	$10.40	7.7%	171	0.40	411
$270.00	Jul 10	7.00	8.30	$7.65	17.0%	101	1.00	144

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 10	0.15	0.90	$0.53	141.5%	317	0.25	231
$282.50	Jul 10	4.50	6.60	$5.55	37.8%	186	0.88	25
$290.00	Jul 31	18.20	19.30	$18.75	5.9%	166	0.65	13
$267.50	Jul 17	1.95	2.35	$2.15	18.6%	159	0.24	396
$275.00	Jul 17	4.50	5.00	$4.75	10.5%	148	0.42	242

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 439.6%, max 1167.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$325.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	495.2%	48.9%	912.7%	2	62
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	448.6%	46.4%	866.7%	--	53
$245.00	Jul 10	Jul 31	414.0%	44.6%	829.1%	--	59
$250.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	356.9%	41.3%	765.1%	12	157
$240.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	355.8%	42.8%	731.8%	--	75

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$225.00	Jul 10	Aug 7	645.6%	50.9%	1167.8%	--	97
$235.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	528.8%	47.8%	1006.6%	10	20
$230.00	Jul 10	Aug 21	448.6%	42.9%	946.8%	23	168
$247.50	Jul 10	Jul 24	385.4%	40.1%	861.6%	2	35
$245.00	Jul 10	Aug 14	414.0%	43.6%	849.5%	1	120

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 116 found (best R:R 28.41, avg 5.11)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$300.00	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$300.17
$305.00	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$305.18
$305.00	$310.00	Jul 31	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$305.23
$300.00	$302.50	Jul 10	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$300.15
$305.00	$315.00	Jul 24	$0.70	$9.30	$0.70	13.29	$305.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$235.00	$230.00	Jul 10	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$234.83
$247.50	$245.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$247.40
$230.00	$225.00	Aug 7	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$229.80
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$249.73
$232.50	$230.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$232.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 151 found (best R:R 99.00, avg 3.33)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 10	$9.90	$9.90	$0.10	99.00	$239.90
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 17	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$239.80
$240.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$249.70
$230.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$239.65
$242.50	$245.00	Jul 10	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$244.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$285.00	$282.50	Jul 10	$2.15	$2.15	$0.35	6.14	$282.85
$310.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$15.20	$15.20	$4.80	3.17	$294.80
$285.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	2.33	$283.25
$280.00	$277.50	Jul 10	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	2.12	$278.30
$287.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	2.12	$285.80

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 55 found (avg debit $1.75, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$305.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.23	324.7%	42.9%
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.35	448.6%	64.5%
$300.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.42	271.1%	40.1%
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.45	355.8%	53.0%
$315.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.53	52.0%	44.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$225.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	645.6%	79.1%
$235.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	528.8%	65.0%
$245.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.10	414.0%	51.1%
$230.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.12	448.6%	64.5%
$240.00	Jul 10	Jul 17	$0.15	355.8%	53.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 0.94% of stock, avg 8.62%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$277.50	Jul 10	$1.27	$1.35	$2.62	$274.88	$280.12	0.94%
$275.00	Jul 10	$2.68	$0.53	$3.21	$271.79	$278.21	1.16%
$280.00	Jul 10	$0.53	$3.05	$3.58	$276.42	$283.58	1.29%
$272.50	Jul 10	$4.70	$0.13	$4.83	$267.67	$277.33	1.74%
$282.50	Jul 10	$0.25	$5.55	$5.80	$276.70	$288.30	2.09%
$270.00	Jul 10	$7.65	$0.05	$7.70	$262.30	$277.70	2.77%
$285.00	Jul 10	$0.20	$7.70	$7.90	$277.10	$292.90	2.85%
$267.50	Jul 10	$10.20	$0.20	$10.40	$257.10	$277.90	3.75%
$277.50	Jul 17	$6.10	$5.85	$11.95	$265.55	$289.45	4.31%
$280.00	Jul 17	$4.90	$7.15	$12.05	$267.95	$292.05	4.34%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 3.49%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$285.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.13	$0.33	$272.17	$285.33
$287.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.13	$0.33	$272.17	$287.83
$282.50	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.13	$0.38	$272.12	$282.88
$285.00	$267.50	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.20	$0.40	$267.10	$285.40
$287.50	$267.50	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.20	$0.40	$267.10	$287.90
$282.50	$267.50	Jul 10	$0.25	$0.20	$0.45	$267.05	$282.95
$280.00	$272.50	Jul 10	$0.53	$0.13	$0.66	$271.84	$280.66
$280.00	$267.50	Jul 10	$0.53	$0.20	$0.73	$266.77	$280.73
$285.00	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.53	$0.73	$274.27	$285.73
$287.50	$275.00	Jul 10	$0.20	$0.53	$0.73	$274.27	$288.23

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 169 found (best R:R 24.00, avg credit $4.23)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
230/232	242/245	Jul 17	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$230.10	$244.90
240/245	255/260	Jul 24	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$240.22	$259.78
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$260.25	$274.75
240/245	255/260	Jul 31	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$240.35	$259.65
240/242	258/260	Jul 17	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$240.18	$259.82
248/250	255/260	Jul 24	$4.64	$0.36	12.89	$245.36	$259.64
230/232	258/260	Jul 17	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$230.20	$259.80
250/255	260/265	Jul 24	$4.56	$0.44	10.36	$250.44	$264.56
240/242	250/252	Jul 17	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$240.23	$252.27
230/232	250/252	Jul 17	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$230.25	$252.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 103 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$300.00	$305.00	$310.00	Aug 7	$0.18	$4.82	26.78

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$230.00	$235.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$272.50	$275.00	$277.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$230.00	$240.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.34	$9.66	28.41
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	24.00
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.23	$4.77	20.74

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 132 found (best net $-0.20, 116 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$305.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 10	-$0.20	$19.80
$310.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.21	$14.79
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.17	$9.83
$305.00	$315.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.18	$9.82
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.80	$8.20

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$245.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.16	$14.84
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.00	$14.00
$310.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$7.60	$12.40
$240.00	$230.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.32	$9.68
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.46	$8.54

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 48 found (best yield 5.08%, avg 1.40%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	$14.10	0.49	0.9%	5.08%	5.96%	43	222
$280.00	Aug 7	$11.50	0.48	0.9%	4.14%	5.02%	7	17
$290.00	Aug 21	$10.00	0.40	4.5%	3.60%	8.08%	171	411
$280.00	Jul 31	$9.90	0.48	0.9%	3.57%	4.44%	31	26
$285.00	Aug 7	$9.30	0.42	2.7%	3.35%	6.03%	23	430
$285.00	Jul 31	$7.80	0.41	2.7%	2.81%	5.49%	6	23
$290.00	Aug 7	$7.50	0.37	4.5%	2.70%	7.18%	2	6
$280.00	Jul 24	$7.30	0.47	0.9%	2.63%	3.51%	14	15
$300.00	Aug 21	$7.10	0.31	8.1%	2.56%	10.64%	43	643
$282.50	Jul 24	$6.20	0.42	1.8%	2.23%	4.01%	4	20

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,489

Total Puts 2,415

Put/Call Ratio 0.97

Net Difference 74

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,354

Total Puts 2,621

Put/Call Ratio 0.41

Net Difference 3,733

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 24,439

Total Puts 20,148

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.91

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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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