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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$290.14 +3.37%

(7/10 18:04) ◀

Monday, July 13, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13 10:00am) 3,431

Calls: 2,335 (68%)

Puts: 1,096 (32%)

Prior (07/10) 600

Calls: 298 (50%)

Puts: 302 (50%)

Current vs Prior +471.83%

Calls: +683.56% (Calls)

Puts: +262.91% (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 -46.13%

Calls: -33.12%

Puts: -61.92%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13 10:00am) $3.81M

Calls: $2.67M (70%)

Puts: $1.15M (30%)

Prior (07/10) $540.9K

Calls: $460.4K (85%)

Puts: $80.5K (15%)

Current vs Prior +605.20%

Calls: +479.02%

Puts: +1327.20%

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 -36.29%

Calls: -40.49%

Puts: -23.79%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/13 10:00am) 0.47

Prior (07/10) 1.01

Current vs Prior -53.68%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -48.53%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/13 10:00am) 99,304

Calls: 54,761 (55%)

Puts: 44,543 (45%)

Prior (07/10) 103,038

Calls: 57,045 (55%)

Puts: 45,993 (45%)

Current vs Prior -3.62%

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 +6.22%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/17) | Next (07/24)Expiry (07/17) | Next (08/21)

Current 4.64% | 6.63%4.64% | 13.73%

Prior 3.48% | 5.83%5.83% | 14.33%

Current vs Prior +33.13% | +13.75%-20.52% | -4.19%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.75% | 6.31%5.48% | 13.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +23.75% | +5.20%-15.47% | +2.53%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.48% | 5.83%4.63% | 13.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +33.13% | +13.75%+0.09% | +2.94%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 39.22% | 24.54%

Calls: 32.06% | 20.20%

Puts: 46.38% | 28.88%

Prior 21.01% | 14.68%

Calls: 18.60% | 17.72%

Puts: 23.42% | 11.63%

Current vs Prior +86.67% | +67.17%

Prior 7-Day Avg 33.79% | 13.88%

Calls: 35.30% | 14.43%

Puts: 32.29% | 13.33%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +16.06% | +76.80%

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Moderately bullish flow with 70% call dollar volume ($2.67M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 605% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 472% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.47 - heavy call buying (2,335 calls vs 1,096 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

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

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 26 of results (avg 7.8%, best 5.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	39.80	41.90	$40.85	5.1%	1	0.97	546
$240.00	Aug 21	51.40	54.40	$52.90	5.7%	--	0.90	38
$240.00	Jul 17	49.60	52.60	$51.10	5.9%	--	0.98	278
$235.00	Jul 31	54.90	58.30	$56.60	6.0%	--	0.95	12
$250.00	Aug 21	42.40	45.10	$43.75	6.2%	--	0.86	111

PUTS (2)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	27.00	29.30	$28.15	8.2%	--	0.64	10
$290.00	Aug 21	16.10	17.60	$16.85	8.9%	4	0.47	290

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. 65 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 0.98)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$255.00	Jul 17	34.90	38.00	$36.45	8.5%	--	0.98	27
$240.00	Jul 17	49.60	52.60	$51.10	5.9%	--	0.98	278
$242.50	Jul 17	46.60	50.40	$48.50	7.8%	2	0.98	77
$245.00	Jul 17	44.80	47.70	$46.25	6.3%	--	0.97	10
$247.50	Jul 17	42.30	45.30	$43.80	6.8%	--	0.97	44

PUTS (4)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	27.00	29.30	$28.15	8.2%	--	0.64	10
$295.00	Jul 17	6.70	10.00	$8.35	39.5%	1	0.59	--
$295.00	Jul 24	9.20	12.20	$10.70	28.0%	15	0.55	--
$292.50	Jul 17	5.30	8.50	$6.90	46.4%	4	0.52	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 97 active (total vol 2.9K, top 700)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Aug 7	6.60	10.10	$8.35	41.9%	700	0.37	175
$295.00	Jul 17	3.40	5.40	$4.40	45.5%	510	0.42	560
$285.00	Aug 7	15.60	18.80	$17.20	18.6%	401	0.59	410
$290.00	Jul 24	8.90	10.90	$9.90	20.2%	78	0.56	222
$300.00	Jul 17	2.10	3.30	$2.70	44.4%	62	0.29	1.9K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	10.80	12.50	$11.65	14.6%	480	0.37	155
$285.00	Jul 17	2.50	5.00	$3.75	66.7%	52	0.34	13
$270.00	Jul 24	1.35	2.55	$1.95	61.5%	47	0.15	87
$277.50	Jul 17	0.95	2.75	$1.85	97.3%	25	0.19	69
$282.50	Jul 17	2.00	4.00	$3.00	66.7%	25	0.28	56

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 40 strikes (avg 31.8%, max 103.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	95.9%	47.1%	103.7%	--	316
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	79.7%	44.2%	80.5%	1	657
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	86.1%	54.5%	58.0%	--	39
$340.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	71.1%	45.2%	57.5%	4	120
$330.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	67.3%	44.9%	49.8%	2	329

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	95.9%	47.1%	103.7%	5	1.2K
$235.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	101.8%	51.4%	98.0%	2	199
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	79.7%	44.2%	80.5%	5	703
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	86.1%	50.0%	72.0%	--	463
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	62.5%	43.1%	45.1%	17	530

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 92 found (best R:R 44.45, avg 5.35)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 17	$0.22	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$330.22
$320.00	$330.00	Jul 17	$0.23	$9.77	$0.23	42.48	$320.23
$315.00	$317.50	Jul 17	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$315.13
$315.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$1.52	$23.48	$1.52	15.45	$316.52
$295.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$295.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$254.87
$260.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.19	$4.81	$0.19	25.32	$259.81
$245.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$244.80
$257.50	$255.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$257.38
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$249.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 123 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 2.80)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$240.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$244.90
$240.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$9.70	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$249.70
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$254.75
$250.00	$252.50	Jul 17	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$252.35
$257.50	$260.00	Jul 17	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$259.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$295.00	$290.00	Jul 24	$3.05	$3.05	$1.95	1.56	$291.95
$295.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	1.38	$293.55
$310.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$11.30	$11.30	$8.70	1.30	$298.70
$292.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$1.35	$1.35	$1.15	1.17	$291.15
$290.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$5.20	$5.20	$4.80	1.08	$284.80

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 40 found (avg debit $1.95, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	63.0%	53.5%
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.40	86.1%	54.5%
$340.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	71.1%	52.9%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.50	79.7%	57.0%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.60	62.5%	49.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	95.9%	63.8%
$235.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.17	101.8%	68.8%
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.17	86.1%	58.8%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.40	79.7%	57.0%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.65	63.0%	53.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 54 found (cheapest 4.17% of stock, avg 10.80%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$290.00	Jul 17	$6.55	$5.55	$12.10	$277.90	$302.10	4.17%
$292.50	Jul 17	$5.80	$6.90	$12.70	$279.80	$305.20	4.38%
$295.00	Jul 17	$4.40	$8.35	$12.75	$282.25	$307.75	4.39%
$287.50	Jul 17	$8.55	$4.90	$13.45	$274.05	$300.95	4.64%
$285.00	Jul 17	$10.10	$3.75	$13.85	$271.15	$298.85	4.77%
$282.50	Jul 17	$11.75	$3.00	$14.75	$267.75	$297.25	5.08%
$280.00	Jul 17	$13.55	$2.35	$15.90	$264.10	$295.90	5.48%
$277.50	Jul 17	$15.10	$1.85	$16.95	$260.55	$294.45	5.84%
$290.00	Jul 24	$9.90	$7.65	$17.55	$272.45	$307.55	6.05%
$295.00	Jul 24	$7.35	$10.70	$18.05	$276.95	$313.05	6.22%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 116 found (cheapest 1.64% of stock, avg 4.21%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$302.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.35	$4.75	$275.25	$307.25
$300.00	$280.00	Jul 17	$2.70	$2.35	$5.05	$274.95	$305.05
$302.50	$282.50	Jul 17	$2.40	$3.00	$5.40	$277.10	$307.90
$300.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$2.70	$3.00	$5.70	$276.80	$305.70
$325.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$2.45	$3.23	$5.68	$259.32	$330.68
$302.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$3.75	$6.15	$278.85	$308.65
$300.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$2.70	$3.75	$6.45	$278.55	$306.45
$305.00	$272.50	Jul 24	$3.80	$2.63	$6.43	$266.07	$311.43
$340.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$3.38	$3.08	$6.46	$243.54	$346.46
$297.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$4.15	$2.35	$6.50	$273.50	$304.00

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 102 found (best R:R 20.74, avg credit $4.71)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/258	265/270	Jul 17	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$252.73	$269.77
245/250	255/260	Jul 31	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$245.25	$259.75
240/245	250/255	Jul 31	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$240.30	$254.70
245/250	260/265	Jul 31	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$245.30	$264.70
245/250	260/265	Jul 24	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$245.40	$264.60
255/260	270/275	Jul 31	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$255.43	$274.57
245/250	265/270	Jul 24	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$245.45	$269.55
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.53	$0.47	9.64	$260.47	$274.53
240/245	255/260	Jul 31	$4.50	$0.50	9.00	$240.50	$259.50
255/260	265/270	Jul 24	$4.49	$0.51	8.80	$255.51	$269.49

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 69 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$305.00	$310.00	$315.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$315.00	$317.50	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$282.50	$285.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$297.50	$300.00	$302.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$235.00	$237.50	$240.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$240.00	$242.50	$245.00	Jul 17	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 78 found (best net $-5.55, 72 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$305.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$2.25	$12.75
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.17	$9.83
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.96	$8.04
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.60	$7.40
$305.00	$312.50	1:2	Jul 24	-$1.20	$6.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$310.00	$290.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$5.55	$14.45
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.22	$8.78
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.31	$8.69
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.39	$8.61
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.85	$8.15

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 35 found (best yield 4.17%, avg 1.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	$12.10	0.44	3.4%	4.17%	7.57%	3	667
$292.50	Jul 31	$10.70	0.51	0.8%	3.69%	4.50%	11	--
$295.00	Jul 31	$9.30	0.48	1.7%	3.21%	4.88%	2	59
$310.00	Aug 21	$9.10	0.36	6.8%	3.14%	9.98%	3	79
$305.00	Aug 14	$7.90	0.38	5.1%	2.72%	7.84%	--	203
$292.50	Jul 24	$7.70	0.51	0.8%	2.65%	3.47%	1	4
$300.00	Jul 31	$7.40	0.41	3.4%	2.55%	5.95%	2	32
$305.00	Aug 7	$6.60	0.37	5.1%	2.27%	7.40%	700	175
$295.00	Jul 24	$6.50	0.47	1.7%	2.24%	3.92%	17	45
$310.00	Aug 14	$6.30	0.34	6.8%	2.17%	9.02%	--	24

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,335

Total Puts 1,096

Put/Call Ratio 0.47

Net Difference 1,239

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 298

Total Puts 302

Put/Call Ratio 1.01

Net Difference -4

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 24,439

Total Puts 20,148

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.91

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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