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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$295.56 +5.30%

(7/13 14:01) ◀

Monday, July 13, 2026 (3:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/13 3:00pm) 8,916

Calls: 5,541 (62%)

Puts: 3,375 (38%)

Prior (07/10) 5,556

Calls: 2,944 (53%)

Puts: 2,612 (47%)

Current vs Prior +60.48%

Calls: +88.21% (Calls)

Puts: +29.21% (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 +47.35%

Calls: +67.29%

Puts: +23.24%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/13 3:00pm) $11.53M

Calls: $9.48M (82%)

Puts: $2.04M (18%)

Prior (07/10) $4.18M

Calls: $2.71M (65%)

Puts: $1.47M (35%)

Current vs Prior +175.90%

Calls: +249.66%

Puts: +39.32%

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 +135.14%

Calls: +174.81%

Puts: +40.74%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/13 3:00pm) 0.61

Prior (07/10) 0.89

Current vs Prior -31.35%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.91

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/13 3:00pm) 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 4.57% | 6.50%4.57% | 13.43%

Prior 4.63% | 6.57%4.63% | 13.34%

Current vs Prior -1.38% | -1.17%-1.38% | +0.67%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +18.24% | +1.74%-24.27% | -1.85%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -1.38% | -1.17%-1.38% | +0.67%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.96% | 10.35%

Calls: 17.32% | 8.70%

Puts: 12.59% | 12.00%

Prior 13.72% | 11.30%

Calls: 11.38% | 8.99%

Puts: 16.06% | 13.61%

Current vs Prior +9.04% | -8.41%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.82% | 12.57%

Calls: 30.42% | 11.68%

Puts: 31.22% | 13.46%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.46% | -17.69%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 82% of dollar volume in calls ($9.48M) vs puts ($2.04M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 176% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (135% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 60% vs prior.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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
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	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 73 of results (avg 7.0%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	45.00	46.60	$45.80	3.5%	21	1.00	546
$240.00	Jul 17	53.80	56.20	$55.00	4.4%	8	1.00	278
$290.00	Aug 21	19.50	20.40	$19.95	4.5%	63	0.57	409
$242.50	Jul 17	51.30	53.70	$52.50	4.6%	5	1.00	77
$240.00	Aug 21	55.20	58.00	$56.60	4.9%	5	0.92	38

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	19.40	20.10	$19.75	3.5%	6	0.52	--
$310.00	Aug 21	25.50	26.50	$26.00	3.8%	--	0.60	10
$290.00	Aug 21	14.20	14.90	$14.55	4.8%	46	0.43	290
$295.00	Aug 7	13.80	14.70	$14.25	6.3%	1	0.48	--
$292.50	Jul 17	4.60	4.90	$4.75	6.3%	44	0.41	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.73, cheapest $0.73)

CALLS (0)

No calls meet the criteria

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 17	0.70	0.75	$0.73	6.8%	77	0.10	314

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 80 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	53.80	56.20	$55.00	4.4%	8	1.00	278
$242.50	Jul 17	51.30	53.70	$52.50	4.6%	5	1.00	77
$245.00	Jul 17	48.80	51.40	$50.10	5.2%	--	1.00	10
$247.50	Jul 17	46.30	48.90	$47.60	5.5%	1	1.00	44
$250.00	Jul 17	45.00	46.60	$45.80	3.5%	21	1.00	546

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$345.00	Jul 31	49.10	52.70	$50.90	7.1%	4	0.92	--
$335.00	Jul 31	39.70	43.50	$41.60	9.1%	2	0.87	7
$310.00	Aug 21	25.50	26.50	$26.00	3.8%	--	0.60	10
$300.00	Jul 24	11.00	12.00	$11.50	8.7%	2	0.57	--
$300.00	Jul 31	14.20	16.30	$15.25	13.8%	2	0.54	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 185 active (total vol 6.7K, top 718)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Aug 7	9.60	10.50	$10.05	9.0%	718	0.41	175
$295.00	Jul 17	5.80	6.90	$6.35	17.3%	596	0.52	560
$285.00	Aug 7	19.00	20.30	$19.65	6.6%	402	0.63	410
$290.00	Jul 24	11.70	12.40	$12.05	5.8%	220	0.61	222
$290.00	Jul 31	14.80	15.90	$15.35	7.2%	185	0.59	153

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	9.80	10.60	$10.20	7.8%	501	0.34	155
$255.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.35	$0.20	150.0%	173	0.02	145
$252.50	Jul 17	0.05	0.35	$0.20	150.0%	158	0.02	248
$285.00	Jul 17	2.00	2.40	$2.20	18.2%	148	0.24	13
$295.00	Jul 17	5.20	6.20	$5.70	17.5%	90	0.48	--

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 50 strikes (avg 28.8%, max 109.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	98.1%	46.8%	109.8%	13	316
$350.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	84.9%	47.0%	80.9%	5	98
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	95.4%	53.3%	78.8%	--	39
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	74.4%	45.7%	63.0%	24	657
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	66.2%	44.4%	49.0%	19	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	98.1%	46.8%	109.8%	73	1.2K
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	95.4%	51.8%	84.2%	1	463
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	74.4%	45.7%	63.0%	49	703
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	66.2%	44.4%	49.0%	86	530
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	71.8%	50.5%	42.2%	175	201

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 123 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 5.15)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 17	$0.37	$9.63	$0.37	26.03	$330.37
$340.00	$345.00	Jul 24	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$340.25
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.35	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$345.35
$312.50	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$312.68
$317.50	$320.00	Jul 24	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$317.70

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$245.00	$240.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$244.87
$260.00	$257.50	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$259.90
$267.50	$265.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$267.40
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$249.80
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$249.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 168 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 3.05)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$245.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$249.90
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$264.85
$242.50	$245.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$244.90
$265.00	$270.00	Jul 17	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$269.80
$240.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$244.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$345.00	$335.00	Jul 31	$9.30	$9.30	$0.70	13.29	$335.70
$335.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$26.35	$26.35	$8.65	3.05	$308.65
$292.50	$290.00	Jul 31	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	2.33	$290.75
$300.00	$295.00	Jul 31	$3.15	$3.15	$1.85	1.70	$296.85
$310.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$6.25	$6.25	$3.75	1.67	$303.75

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 48 found (avg debit $1.68, cheapest $0.13)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$330.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	66.8%	42.7%
$345.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.42	63.5%	52.1%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	98.1%	60.1%
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.50	54.3%	48.2%
$252.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.55	75.8%	57.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	71.8%	46.9%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.40	66.2%	48.0%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.55	74.4%	60.1%
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.68	64.7%	53.7%
$267.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.89	54.7%	45.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 68 found (cheapest 4.08% of stock, avg 11.04%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$295.00	Jul 17	$6.35	$5.70	$12.05	$282.95	$307.05	4.08%
$292.50	Jul 17	$7.75	$4.75	$12.50	$280.00	$305.00	4.23%
$290.00	Jul 17	$9.05	$3.70	$12.75	$277.25	$302.75	4.31%
$287.50	Jul 17	$10.95	$2.90	$13.85	$273.65	$301.35	4.69%
$285.00	Jul 17	$12.15	$2.20	$14.35	$270.65	$299.35	4.86%
$282.50	Jul 17	$14.15	$1.63	$15.78	$266.72	$298.28	5.34%
$280.00	Jul 17	$16.50	$1.27	$17.77	$262.23	$297.77	6.01%
$295.00	Jul 24	$9.20	$8.70	$17.90	$277.10	$312.90	6.06%
$292.50	Jul 24	$10.50	$7.55	$18.05	$274.45	$310.55	6.11%
$290.00	Jul 24	$12.05	$6.20	$18.25	$271.75	$308.25	6.17%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 140 found (cheapest 1.45% of stock, avg 4.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$307.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$2.10	$2.20	$4.30	$280.70	$311.80
$305.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$2.45	$2.20	$4.65	$280.35	$309.65
$307.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$2.10	$2.90	$5.00	$282.50	$312.50
$305.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$2.45	$2.90	$5.35	$282.15	$310.35
$302.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$3.23	$2.20	$5.43	$279.57	$307.93
$307.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$2.10	$3.70	$5.80	$284.20	$313.30
$302.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$3.23	$2.90	$6.13	$281.37	$308.63
$305.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$2.45	$3.70	$6.15	$283.85	$311.15
$300.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$4.05	$2.20	$6.25	$278.75	$306.25
$307.50	$292.50	Jul 17	$2.10	$4.75	$6.85	$285.65	$314.35

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 156 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $4.17)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
240/245	255/260	Jul 24	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$240.12	$259.88
245/250	255/260	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$245.15	$259.85
255/258	278/280	Jul 24	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$255.10	$279.90
245/250	265/270	Jul 24	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$245.25	$269.75
250/255	260/265	Jul 31	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$250.25	$264.75
255/258	275/278	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$255.15	$277.35
265/270	275/280	Aug 7	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$265.30	$279.70
270/280	285/295	Aug 14	$9.35	$0.65	14.38	$270.65	$294.35
240/245	265/270	Jul 24	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$240.42	$269.58
240/242	260/265	Jul 17	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$237.93	$264.57

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 91 found (best R:R 199.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$280.00	$290.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$9.95	199.00
$302.50	$305.00	$307.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$320.00	$325.00	$330.00	Jul 24	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$240.00	$245.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$0.17	$4.83	28.41
$285.00	$287.50	$290.00	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. 93 found (best net $-0.51, 87 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.51	$9.49
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.06	$7.94
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.60	$7.40
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.75	$6.25
$325.00	$330.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.16	$4.84

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.63	$9.37
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.91	$9.09
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.26	$8.74
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.90	$8.10
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.90	$8.10

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 46 found (best yield 4.97%, avg 1.49%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	$14.70	0.48	1.5%	4.97%	6.48%	44	667
$300.00	Aug 14	$12.00	0.47	1.5%	4.06%	5.56%	10	--
$300.00	Aug 7	$11.60	0.46	1.5%	3.92%	5.43%	2	8
$310.00	Aug 21	$10.90	0.39	4.9%	3.69%	8.57%	41	79
$305.00	Aug 14	$10.10	0.42	3.2%	3.42%	6.61%	1	203
$300.00	Jul 31	$9.80	0.46	1.5%	3.32%	4.82%	9	32
$305.00	Aug 7	$9.60	0.41	3.2%	3.25%	6.44%	718	175
$305.00	Jul 31	$7.90	0.40	3.2%	2.67%	5.87%	4	43
$310.00	Aug 7	$7.90	0.36	4.9%	2.67%	7.56%	14	3
$320.00	Aug 21	$7.90	0.31	8.3%	2.67%	10.94%	28	243

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 5,541

Total Puts 3,375

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 2,166

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,944

Total Puts 2,612

Put/Call Ratio 0.89

Net Difference 332

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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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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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