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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$291.37 +3.80%

(7/13 11:01) ◀

Monday, July 13, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13 12:00pm) 5,797

Calls: 3,598 (62%)

Puts: 2,199 (38%)

Prior (07/10) 2,951

Calls: 1,898 (64%)

Puts: 1,053 (36%)

Current vs Prior +96.44%

Calls: +89.57% (Calls)

Puts: +108.83% (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 -4.20%

Calls: +8.63%

Puts: -19.70%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13 12:00pm) $6.90M

Calls: $5.25M (76%)

Puts: $1.65M (24%)

Prior (07/10) $2.65M

Calls: $1.88M (71%)

Puts: $766.4K (29%)

Current vs Prior +160.68%

Calls: +179.24%

Puts: +115.13%

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 +40.80%

Calls: +52.19%

Puts: +13.68%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/13 12:00pm) 0.61

Prior (07/10) 0.55

Current vs Prior +10.16%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.19%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/13 12:00pm) 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 4.38% | 6.42%4.38% | 13.38%

Prior 4.63% | 6.57%4.63% | 13.34%

Current vs Prior -5.52% | -2.36%-5.52% | +0.32%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +13.27% | +0.52%-27.45% | -2.19%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -5.52% | -2.36%-5.52% | +0.32%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 11.82% | 12.80%

Calls: 9.23% | 14.74%

Puts: 14.40% | 10.87%

Prior 13.72% | 11.30%

Calls: 11.38% | 8.99%

Puts: 16.06% | 13.61%

Current vs Prior -13.85% | +13.27%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.82% | 12.57%

Calls: 30.42% | 11.68%

Puts: 31.22% | 13.46%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -61.65% | +1.80%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 76% of dollar volume in calls ($5.25M) vs puts ($1.65M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 161% vs prior. Above-average activity with volume up 96% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.61.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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 58 of results (avg 7.0%, best 2.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	50.10	52.10	$51.10	3.9%	4	0.99	278
$290.00	Aug 21	17.00	17.70	$17.35	4.0%	25	0.53	409
$250.00	Jul 17	40.20	42.00	$41.10	4.4%	3	0.98	546
$300.00	Aug 21	12.60	13.20	$12.90	4.7%	21	0.44	667
$280.00	Aug 21	22.30	23.40	$22.85	4.8%	8	0.63	226

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	15.80	16.20	$16.00	2.5%	34	0.47	290
$300.00	Aug 21	21.30	22.00	$21.65	3.2%	3	0.56	--
$310.00	Aug 21	27.60	28.60	$28.10	3.6%	--	0.64	10
$290.00	Aug 7	12.80	13.60	$13.20	6.1%	2	0.47	4
$280.00	Aug 21	11.00	11.70	$11.35	6.2%	485	0.37	155

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. 71 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 0.99)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	50.10	52.10	$51.10	3.9%	4	0.99	278
$250.00	Jul 17	40.20	42.00	$41.10	4.4%	3	0.98	546
$257.50	Jul 17	32.70	35.60	$34.15	8.5%	1	0.98	40
$255.00	Jul 17	35.20	38.10	$36.65	7.9%	--	0.97	27
$242.50	Jul 17	47.60	50.10	$48.85	5.1%	2	0.97	77

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	27.60	28.60	$28.10	3.6%	--	0.64	10
$295.00	Jul 17	7.20	8.30	$7.75	14.2%	1	0.59	--
$300.00	Aug 21	21.30	22.00	$21.65	3.2%	3	0.56	--
$295.00	Jul 24	10.00	11.10	$10.55	10.4%	76	0.55	--
$295.00	Jul 31	13.30	14.40	$13.85	7.9%	61	0.54	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 151 active (total vol 4.5K, top 704)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Aug 7	7.80	8.90	$8.35	13.2%	704	0.37	175
$295.00	Jul 17	3.90	4.50	$4.20	14.3%	538	0.42	560
$285.00	Aug 7	16.40	17.70	$17.05	7.6%	402	0.59	410
$270.00	Jul 17	21.20	22.40	$21.80	5.5%	127	0.92	1.4K
$290.00	Jul 17	6.20	6.80	$6.50	9.2%	119	0.55	690

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	11.00	11.70	$11.35	6.2%	485	0.37	155
$252.50	Jul 17	0.05	0.70	$0.38	171.1%	157	0.04	248
$255.00	Jul 17	0.15	0.25	$0.20	50.0%	152	0.03	145
$285.00	Jul 17	2.75	3.40	$3.08	21.1%	143	0.32	13
$295.00	Jul 24	10.00	11.10	$10.55	10.4%	76	0.55	--

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 42 strikes (avg 27.8%, max 102.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	83.8%	46.1%	81.8%	8	316
$340.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	77.5%	45.7%	69.6%	8	120
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	88.4%	53.9%	64.0%	--	39
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	70.2%	45.0%	56.0%	5	657
$330.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	68.5%	45.1%	51.8%	4	329

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$235.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	104.6%	51.6%	102.8%	2	199
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	83.8%	46.1%	81.8%	7	1.2K
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	88.4%	48.8%	81.0%	1	463
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	70.2%	45.0%	56.0%	11	703
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	65.3%	47.6%	37.2%	154	201

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 114 found (best R:R 28.41, avg 4.38)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$325.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.72	$14.28	$0.72	19.83	$325.72
$312.50	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$312.63
$340.00	$345.00	Jul 17	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$340.30
$307.50	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$307.68
$315.00	$325.00	Jul 24	$0.83	$9.17	$0.83	11.05	$315.83

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$254.83
$272.50	$270.00	Jul 17	$0.16	$2.34	$0.16	14.62	$272.34
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.33	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$249.67
$245.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$244.65
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.37	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$259.63

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 2.92)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$240.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$9.90	$9.90	$0.10	99.00	$249.90
$235.00	$240.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$239.85
$245.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$249.80
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$254.75
$242.50	$245.00	Jul 17	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$244.85

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$292.50	$290.00	Jul 31	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	4.56	$290.45
$310.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$6.45	$6.45	$3.55	1.82	$303.55
$295.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	1.50	$293.50
$300.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$5.65	$5.65	$4.35	1.30	$294.35
$292.50	$290.00	Jul 24	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	1.27	$291.10

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 47 found (avg debit $1.81, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$345.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.47	59.4%	55.3%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.55	65.3%	46.6%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.55	58.4%	45.9%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.75	83.8%	63.4%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.85	70.2%	58.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	88.4%	56.6%
$235.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	104.6%	67.7%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.28	65.3%	46.6%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	83.8%	63.4%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.54	58.4%	45.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 65 found (cheapest 3.96% of stock, avg 10.51%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$290.00	Jul 17	$6.50	$5.05	$11.55	$278.45	$301.55	3.96%
$292.50	Jul 17	$5.45	$6.25	$11.70	$280.80	$304.20	4.02%
$295.00	Jul 17	$4.20	$7.75	$11.95	$283.05	$306.95	4.10%
$287.50	Jul 17	$8.10	$3.95	$12.05	$275.45	$299.55	4.14%
$285.00	Jul 17	$9.55	$3.08	$12.63	$272.37	$297.63	4.33%
$282.50	Jul 17	$11.50	$2.38	$13.88	$268.62	$296.38	4.76%
$280.00	Jul 17	$13.35	$1.78	$15.13	$264.87	$295.13	5.19%
$277.50	Jul 17	$15.05	$1.35	$16.40	$261.10	$293.90	5.63%
$290.00	Jul 24	$9.50	$7.80	$17.30	$272.70	$307.30	5.94%
$292.50	Jul 24	$8.40	$9.20	$17.60	$274.90	$310.10	6.04%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 145 found (cheapest 1.29% of stock, avg 4.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$302.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$1.98	$1.78	$3.76	$276.24	$306.26
$300.00	$280.00	Jul 17	$2.58	$1.78	$4.36	$275.64	$304.36
$302.50	$282.50	Jul 17	$1.98	$2.38	$4.36	$278.14	$306.86
$300.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$2.58	$2.38	$4.96	$277.54	$304.96
$297.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$3.30	$1.78	$5.08	$274.92	$302.58
$302.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$1.98	$3.08	$5.06	$279.94	$307.56
$300.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$2.58	$3.08	$5.66	$279.34	$305.66
$297.50	$282.50	Jul 17	$3.30	$2.38	$5.68	$276.82	$303.18
$302.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$1.98	$3.95	$5.93	$281.57	$308.43
$295.00	$280.00	Jul 17	$4.20	$1.78	$5.98	$274.02	$300.98

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 148 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $4.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
245/250	265/270	Jul 24	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$245.15	$269.85
255/258	265/270	Jul 24	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$252.65	$269.85
240/245	250/255	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$240.15	$254.85
250/255	260/265	Aug 7	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$250.20	$264.80
260/265	275/280	Aug 7	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$260.25	$279.75
240/242	245/248	Jul 17	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$240.13	$247.37
255/258	270/272	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$255.15	$272.35
265/268	280/282	Jul 24	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$265.20	$282.30
275/280	285/290	Aug 7	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$275.40	$289.60
255/258	275/278	Jul 24	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$255.25	$277.25

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 86 found (best R:R 34.71, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$305.00	$310.00	$315.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$302.50	$305.00	$307.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.20	$4.80	24.00
$295.00	$297.50	$300.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$242.50	$245.00	$247.50	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$267.50	$270.00	$272.50	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$4.84	30.25
$235.00	$240.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.18	$4.82	26.78
$280.00	$282.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	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. 92 found (best net $-9.45, 85 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$240.00	$265.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$9.45	$15.55
$285.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$3.50	$11.50
$315.00	$325.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.12	$9.88
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.23	$9.77
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.41	$9.59

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.73	$9.27
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.46	$8.54
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.35	$7.65
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.95	$6.05
$290.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.30	$5.70

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 44 found (best yield 4.32%, avg 1.57%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	$12.60	0.44	3.0%	4.32%	7.29%	21	667
$295.00	Aug 7	$11.20	0.47	1.2%	3.84%	5.09%	1	2
$292.50	Jul 31	$10.20	0.49	0.4%	3.50%	3.89%	11	--
$295.00	Jul 31	$9.70	0.46	1.2%	3.33%	4.57%	12	59
$300.00	Aug 14	$9.60	0.42	3.0%	3.29%	6.26%	10	--
$310.00	Aug 21	$9.10	0.35	6.4%	3.12%	9.52%	5	79
$300.00	Aug 7	$9.00	0.42	3.0%	3.09%	6.05%	2	8
$292.50	Jul 24	$7.90	0.49	0.4%	2.71%	3.10%	1	4
$300.00	Jul 31	$7.90	0.40	3.0%	2.71%	5.67%	3	32
$305.00	Aug 7	$7.80	0.37	4.7%	2.68%	7.35%	704	175

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 3,598

Total Puts 2,199

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 1,399

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,898

Total Puts 1,053

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 845

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 23,186

Total Puts 19,170

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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