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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$291.94 +4.01%

(7/13 10:00) ◀

Monday, July 13, 2026 (11:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13 11:00am) 4,858

Calls: 3,042 (63%)

Puts: 1,816 (37%)

Prior (07/10) 2,083

Calls: 1,179 (57%)

Puts: 904 (43%)

Current vs Prior +133.22%

Calls: +158.02% (Calls)

Puts: +100.88% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 42,356

Calls: 23,186 (55%)

Puts: 19,170 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 6,050

Calls: 3,312 (55%)

Puts: 2,738 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -19.71%

Calls: -8.16%

Puts: -33.69%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13 11:00am) $5.74M

Calls: $4.25M (74%)

Puts: $1.49M (26%)

Prior (07/10) $2.20M

Calls: $1.66M (75%)

Puts: $540.7K (25%)

Current vs Prior +160.27%

Calls: +155.45%

Puts: +175.08%

Prior 7-Day Total $34.31M

Calls: $24.16M (70%)

Puts: $10.15M (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average $4.90M

Calls: $3.45M (70%)

Puts: $1.45M (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +17.00%

Calls: +23.07%

Puts: +2.55%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/13 11:00am) 0.60

Prior (07/10) 0.77

Current vs Prior -22.14%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -34.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/13 11:00am) 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 668,362

Calls: 373,445 (56%)

Puts: 294,917 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 95,480

Calls: 53,349 (56%)

Puts: 42,131 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.00%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 4.74% | 6.53%4.74% | 13.48%

Prior 4.63% | 6.57%4.63% | 13.34%

Current vs Prior +2.43% | -0.73%+2.43% | +1.02%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.86% | 6.38%6.03% | 13.68%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +22.80% | +2.20%-21.34% | -1.51%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.63% | 6.57%4.63% | 13.34%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +2.43% | -0.73%+2.43% | +1.02%

Sentiment BEARISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 12.04% | 9.93%

Calls: 16.44% | 11.06%

Puts: 7.63% | 8.79%

Prior 13.72% | 11.30%

Calls: 11.38% | 8.99%

Puts: 16.06% | 13.61%

Current vs Prior -12.24% | -12.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.82% | 12.57%

Calls: 30.42% | 11.68%

Puts: 31.22% | 13.46%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -60.94% | -21.03%

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Moderately bullish flow with 74% call dollar volume ($4.25M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 160% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 133% vs prior - elevated interest. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.60.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Prior NEUTRAL

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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10:00	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 50 of results (avg 7.2%, best 2.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	22.80	23.80	$23.30	4.3%	7	0.63	226
$235.00	Jul 31	55.90	58.50	$57.20	4.5%	--	1.00	12
$310.00	Aug 21	9.50	10.00	$9.75	5.1%	5	0.36	79
$240.00	Jul 17	50.20	52.90	$51.55	5.2%	4	0.97	278
$240.00	Aug 21	52.00	54.90	$53.45	5.4%	4	0.91	38

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	21.20	21.80	$21.50	2.8%	3	0.55	--
$290.00	Aug 21	15.70	16.20	$15.95	3.1%	10	0.46	290
$310.00	Aug 21	27.40	28.80	$28.10	5.0%	--	0.64	10
$290.00	Aug 7	12.60	13.50	$13.05	6.9%	1	0.46	4
$292.50	Jul 17	6.30	6.80	$6.55	7.6%	5	0.50	--

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. 69 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$235.00	Jul 31	55.90	58.50	$57.20	4.5%	--	1.00	12
$255.00	Jul 17	35.30	38.00	$36.65	7.4%	--	0.97	27
$240.00	Jul 17	50.20	52.90	$51.55	5.2%	4	0.97	278
$247.50	Jul 17	42.70	46.10	$44.40	7.7%	--	0.97	44
$242.50	Jul 17	47.70	50.60	$49.15	5.9%	2	0.97	77

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	27.40	28.80	$28.10	5.0%	--	0.64	10
$295.00	Jul 17	7.60	8.80	$8.20	14.6%	1	0.56	--
$300.00	Aug 21	21.20	21.80	$21.50	2.8%	3	0.55	--
$295.00	Jul 24	9.90	11.20	$10.55	12.3%	76	0.54	--
$295.00	Jul 31	13.20	14.30	$13.75	8.0%	61	0.53	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 136 active (total vol 4.0K, top 704)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Aug 7	7.90	9.20	$8.55	15.2%	704	0.37	175
$295.00	Jul 17	4.60	5.40	$5.00	16.0%	524	0.43	560
$285.00	Aug 7	17.00	18.00	$17.50	5.7%	401	0.59	410
$270.00	Jul 17	21.10	23.50	$22.30	10.8%	124	0.92	1.4K
$285.00	Aug 14	17.30	20.20	$18.75	15.5%	110	0.58	4

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	10.80	11.70	$11.25	8.0%	483	0.37	155
$255.00	Jul 17	0.10	0.30	$0.20	100.0%	101	0.03	145
$252.50	Jul 17	0.05	0.55	$0.30	166.7%	84	0.03	248
$295.00	Jul 24	9.90	11.20	$10.55	12.3%	76	0.54	--
$285.00	Jul 17	3.00	3.60	$3.30	18.2%	65	0.32	13

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 46 strikes (avg 31.6%, max 106.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	97.2%	47.2%	106.0%	8	316
$350.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	84.6%	44.4%	90.7%	1	98
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	79.8%	45.7%	74.8%	5	657
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	91.8%	53.7%	70.9%	--	39
$340.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	70.7%	45.5%	55.4%	5	120

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	97.2%	47.2%	106.0%	5	1.2K
$235.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	104.6%	51.5%	103.0%	2	199
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	91.8%	49.3%	86.5%	1	463
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	79.8%	45.7%	74.8%	10	703
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	65.5%	44.6%	46.7%	101	201

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 104 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 4.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 17	$0.28	$9.72	$0.28	34.71	$330.28
$315.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$1.62	$23.38	$1.62	14.43	$316.62
$307.50	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$307.67
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$345.35
$317.50	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$317.75

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$245.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$244.87
$257.50	$255.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$257.35
$270.00	$267.50	Jul 17	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$269.83
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$249.65
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.42	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$249.58

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 143 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 3.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$240.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$249.80
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$259.85
$240.00	$242.50	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$242.40
$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
$292.50	$290.00	Jul 31	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$290.25
$295.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	1.94	$293.35
$310.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$6.60	$6.60	$3.40	1.94	$303.40
$295.00	$292.50	Jul 24	$1.45	$1.45	$1.05	1.38	$293.55
$285.00	$280.00	Jul 31	$2.80	$2.80	$2.20	1.27	$282.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 43 found (avg debit $1.79, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.40	97.2%	63.5%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.60	79.8%	59.2%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.65	65.5%	51.2%
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.75	91.8%	53.7%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.75	59.7%	45.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$235.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	104.6%	68.5%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	97.2%	63.5%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.48	59.7%	45.3%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.52	79.8%	59.2%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.53	65.5%	51.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 62 found (cheapest 4.33% of stock, avg 10.64%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$290.00	Jul 17	$7.30	$5.35	$12.65	$277.35	$302.65	4.33%
$292.50	Jul 17	$6.10	$6.55	$12.65	$279.85	$305.15	4.33%
$287.50	Jul 17	$8.60	$4.35	$12.95	$274.55	$300.45	4.44%
$295.00	Jul 17	$5.00	$8.20	$13.20	$281.80	$308.20	4.52%
$285.00	Jul 17	$10.60	$3.30	$13.90	$271.10	$298.90	4.76%
$282.50	Jul 17	$11.85	$2.55	$14.40	$268.10	$296.90	4.93%
$280.00	Jul 17	$13.60	$1.88	$15.48	$264.52	$295.48	5.30%
$277.50	Jul 17	$15.55	$1.38	$16.93	$260.57	$294.43	5.80%
$292.50	Jul 24	$8.55	$9.10	$17.65	$274.85	$310.15	6.05%
$290.00	Jul 24	$9.95	$7.85	$17.80	$272.20	$307.80	6.10%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 129 found (cheapest 1.41% of stock, avg 4.54%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$302.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$2.25	$1.88	$4.13	$275.87	$306.63
$302.50	$282.50	Jul 17	$2.25	$2.55	$4.80	$277.70	$307.30
$300.00	$280.00	Jul 17	$3.20	$1.88	$5.08	$274.92	$305.08
$302.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$2.25	$3.30	$5.55	$279.45	$308.05
$300.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$3.20	$2.55	$5.75	$276.75	$305.75
$297.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$4.05	$1.88	$5.93	$274.07	$303.43
$305.00	$272.50	Jul 24	$4.00	$2.17	$6.17	$266.33	$311.17
$302.50	$272.50	Jul 24	$4.30	$2.17	$6.47	$266.03	$308.97
$300.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$3.20	$3.30	$6.50	$278.50	$306.50
$297.50	$282.50	Jul 17	$4.05	$2.55	$6.60	$275.90	$304.10

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 132 found (best R:R 26.78, avg credit $4.70)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
245/250	265/270	Jul 24	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$245.18	$269.82
255/258	260/265	Jul 24	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$252.70	$264.80
240/245	250/255	Jul 31	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$240.22	$254.78
245/250	255/260	Jul 31	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$245.25	$259.75
255/260	270/275	Jul 31	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$255.30	$274.70
265/268	272/275	Jul 24	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$265.20	$274.80
260/265	275/280	Aug 7	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$260.43	$279.57
255/258	265/270	Jul 24	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$252.95	$269.55
240/245	255/260	Jul 31	$4.53	$0.47	9.64	$240.47	$259.53
255/258	270/272	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$255.25	$272.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 84 found (best R:R 65.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$270.00	$280.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$330.00	$340.00	$350.00	Aug 21	$0.18	$9.82	54.56
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Jul 17	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$280.00	$282.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$2.41	26.78
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.18	$4.82	26.78
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$0.20	$4.80	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 91 found (best net $-9.95, 84 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$265.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$9.95	$15.05
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.30	$9.70
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.51	$9.49
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.91	$9.09
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.06	$8.94

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.90	$9.10
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.60	$8.40
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.30	$7.70
$280.00	$272.50	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.29	$7.21
$290.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.15	$5.85

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 41 found (best yield 4.45%, avg 1.54%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	$13.00	0.45	2.8%	4.45%	7.21%	20	667
$295.00	Jul 31	$10.30	0.46	1.1%	3.53%	4.58%	12	59
$292.50	Jul 31	$10.20	0.49	0.2%	3.49%	3.69%	11	--
$300.00	Aug 7	$9.80	0.42	2.8%	3.36%	6.12%	1	8
$310.00	Aug 21	$9.50	0.36	6.2%	3.25%	9.44%	5	79
$300.00	Jul 31	$8.20	0.40	2.8%	2.81%	5.57%	2	32
$305.00	Aug 7	$7.90	0.37	4.5%	2.71%	7.18%	704	175
$305.00	Aug 14	$7.90	0.38	4.5%	2.71%	7.18%	--	203
$292.50	Jul 24	$7.80	0.50	0.2%	2.67%	2.86%	1	4
$295.00	Jul 24	$7.10	0.46	1.1%	2.43%	3.48%	20	45

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,042

Total Puts 1,816

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 1,226

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,179

Total Puts 904

Put/Call Ratio 0.77

Net Difference 275

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 23,186

Total Puts 19,170

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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Options Activity Around Earnings

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