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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$296.96 +0.40%

(7/14 11:00) ◀

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/14 12:00pm) 14,267

Calls: 12,874 (90%)

Puts: 1,393 (10%)

Prior (07/13) 5,797

Calls: 3,598 (62%)

Puts: 2,199 (38%)

Current vs Prior +146.11%

Calls: +257.81% (Calls)

Puts: -36.65% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 48,274

Calls: 27,270 (56%)

Puts: 21,004 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 6,896

Calls: 3,895 (56%)

Puts: 3,000 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +106.88%

Calls: +230.47%

Puts: -53.58%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/14 12:00pm) $21.06M

Calls: $20.43M (97%)

Puts: $632.0K (3%)

Prior (07/13) $6.90M

Calls: $5.25M (76%)

Puts: $1.65M (24%)

Current vs Prior +205.14%

Calls: +288.89%

Puts: -61.67%

Prior 7-Day Total $43.48M

Calls: $32.59M (75%)

Puts: $10.88M (25%)

Prior 7-Day Average $6.21M

Calls: $4.66M (75%)

Puts: $1.55M (25%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +239.08%

Calls: +338.75%

Puts: -59.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/14 12:00pm) 0.11

Prior (07/13) 0.61

Current vs Prior -82.30%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -87.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14 12:00pm) 103,608

Calls: 56,883 (55%)

Puts: 46,725 (45%)

Prior (07/13) 99,304

Calls: 54,761 (55%)

Puts: 44,543 (45%)

Current vs Prior +4.33%

Prior 7-Day Total 674,962

Calls: 375,870 (56%)

Puts: 299,092 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 96,423

Calls: 53,695 (56%)

Puts: 42,727 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +7.45%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.94% | 6.03%3.94% | 13.02%

Prior 4.56% | 6.58%4.56% | 13.57%

Current vs Prior -13.67% | -8.33%-13.67% | -4.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.04% | 6.50%5.74% | 13.66%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -2.56% | -7.33%-31.33% | -4.74%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.56% | 6.58%4.56% | 13.57%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.67% | -8.33%-13.67% | -4.12%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 17.36% | 14.52%

Calls: 14.17% | 14.58%

Puts: 20.56% | 14.46%

Prior 11.84% | 9.75%

Calls: 8.96% | 11.17%

Puts: 14.71% | 8.33%

Current vs Prior +46.62% | +48.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.53% | 12.53%

Calls: 29.85% | 11.69%

Puts: 31.22% | 13.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -43.14% | +15.90%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 97% of dollar volume in calls ($20.43M) vs puts ($632.0K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 205% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (239% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 146% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

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	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 54 of results (avg 6.8%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	19.90	20.60	$20.25	3.5%	19	0.58	412
$300.00	Aug 21	15.00	15.70	$15.35	4.6%	20	0.49	681
$250.00	Jul 17	46.20	48.50	$47.35	4.9%	1	1.00	531
$240.00	Jul 17	56.10	58.90	$57.50	4.9%	5	1.00	274
$242.50	Jul 17	53.60	56.30	$54.95	4.9%	--	1.00	76

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	18.10	18.70	$18.40	3.3%	5	0.51	6
$310.00	Aug 21	24.10	24.90	$24.50	3.3%	--	0.60	10
$280.00	Aug 21	9.00	9.40	$9.20	4.3%	15	0.32	612
$290.00	Aug 21	13.00	13.60	$13.30	4.5%	8	0.41	296
$270.00	Aug 21	5.90	6.30	$6.10	6.6%	15	0.23	579

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. 80 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	56.10	58.90	$57.50	4.9%	5	1.00	274
$242.50	Jul 17	53.60	56.30	$54.95	4.9%	--	1.00	76
$245.00	Jul 17	51.10	54.20	$52.65	5.9%	1	1.00	10
$250.00	Jul 17	46.20	48.50	$47.35	4.9%	1	1.00	531
$260.00	Jul 17	36.20	39.00	$37.60	7.4%	7	1.00	2.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$317.50	Jul 17	19.20	22.50	$20.85	15.8%	--	0.90	10
$307.50	Jul 17	11.10	13.90	$12.50	22.4%	9	0.77	--
$305.00	Jul 17	9.70	10.90	$10.30	11.7%	2	0.71	--
$302.50	Jul 17	7.90	8.90	$8.40	11.9%	2	0.65	10
$310.00	Aug 21	24.10	24.90	$24.50	3.3%	--	0.60	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 155 active (total vol 7.9K, top 5.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$320.00	Aug 21	8.00	8.50	$8.25	6.1%	5.0K	0.32	245
$315.00	Aug 7	6.10	7.00	$6.55	13.7%	344	0.31	2
$310.00	Aug 7	7.60	8.50	$8.05	11.2%	286	0.36	16
$300.00	Jul 17	3.60	4.50	$4.05	22.2%	97	0.42	2.0K
$310.00	Jul 31	6.00	6.80	$6.40	12.5%	97	0.34	30

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Aug 21	1.25	1.60	$1.43	24.5%	301	0.07	629
$285.00	Jul 24	2.85	3.60	$3.23	23.2%	181	0.26	22
$275.00	Jul 17	0.30	0.40	$0.35	28.6%	74	0.06	336
$300.00	Jul 31	12.20	15.00	$13.60	20.6%	60	0.53	2
$300.00	Jul 24	8.90	10.40	$9.65	15.5%	59	0.54	19

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 48 strikes (avg 43.3%, max 160.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	119.9%	45.9%	160.9%	6	313
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	95.8%	44.7%	114.0%	1	645
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	112.7%	55.1%	104.5%	1	39
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	92.8%	46.6%	99.3%	10	52
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	75.8%	43.2%	75.6%	6	304

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	119.9%	45.9%	160.9%	312	1.3K
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	112.7%	44.5%	153.2%	6	457
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	92.8%	42.0%	121.0%	4	394
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	95.8%	45.8%	109.2%	19	580
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 7	75.8%	42.4%	79.0%	8	306

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 118 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 5.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 17	$0.27	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$330.27
$320.00	$325.00	Jul 24	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$320.22
$315.00	$317.50	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$315.12
$327.50	$330.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$327.62
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$345.27

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$249.90
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$254.88
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$249.80
$265.00	$260.00	Jul 17	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$264.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 162 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 3.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$240.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$9.85	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$249.85
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$240.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$249.65
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$259.80
$265.00	$270.00	Jul 24	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$269.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$307.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$2.20	$2.20	$0.30	7.33	$305.30
$317.50	$307.50	Jul 17	$8.35	$8.35	$1.65	5.06	$309.15
$305.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	3.17	$303.10
$297.50	$295.00	Jul 31	$1.70	$1.70	$0.80	2.12	$295.80
$302.50	$300.00	Jul 17	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	1.94	$300.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 47 found (avg debit $1.51, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	119.9%	74.4%
$350.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	66.6%	53.4%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.40	92.8%	59.9%
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.45	112.7%	55.1%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.50	95.8%	63.0%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	119.9%	74.4%
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.32	87.8%	56.0%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	95.8%	63.0%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.37	92.8%	59.9%
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.40	75.8%	49.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 69 found (cheapest 3.45% of stock, avg 10.69%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$297.50	Jul 17	$4.90	$5.35	$10.25	$287.25	$307.75	3.45%
$295.00	Jul 17	$6.35	$4.15	$10.50	$284.50	$305.50	3.54%
$300.00	Jul 17	$4.05	$6.75	$10.80	$289.20	$310.80	3.64%
$292.50	Jul 17	$7.80	$3.18	$10.98	$281.52	$303.48	3.70%
$302.50	Jul 17	$3.10	$8.40	$11.50	$291.00	$314.00	3.87%
$290.00	Jul 17	$9.50	$2.33	$11.83	$278.17	$301.83	3.98%
$305.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$10.30	$12.70	$292.30	$317.70	4.28%
$287.50	Jul 17	$11.30	$1.83	$13.13	$274.37	$300.63	4.42%
$307.50	Jul 17	$1.78	$12.50	$14.28	$293.22	$321.78	4.81%
$285.00	Jul 17	$13.65	$1.42	$15.07	$269.93	$300.07	5.07%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 153 found (cheapest 1.08% of stock, avg 4.49%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$307.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$1.78	$1.42	$3.20	$281.80	$310.70
$307.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$1.78	$1.83	$3.61	$283.89	$311.11
$305.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$1.42	$3.82	$281.18	$308.82
$307.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$1.78	$2.33	$4.11	$285.89	$311.61
$305.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$2.40	$1.83	$4.23	$283.27	$309.23
$302.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$3.10	$1.42	$4.52	$280.48	$307.02
$305.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.33	$4.73	$285.27	$309.73
$302.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$3.10	$1.83	$4.93	$282.57	$307.43
$307.50	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.78	$3.18	$4.96	$287.54	$312.46
$302.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$3.10	$2.33	$5.43	$284.57	$307.93

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 132 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $4.73)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
265/270	280/285	Aug 7	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$265.15	$284.85
265/268	280/282	Jul 24	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$265.10	$282.40
265/268	272/275	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$265.15	$274.85
285/290	295/300	Aug 14	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$285.30	$299.70
258/260	280/282	Jul 24	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$257.67	$282.33
255/260	275/280	Aug 7	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$255.37	$279.63
255/260	270/275	Jul 31	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$255.40	$274.60
255/260	280/285	Aug 7	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$255.42	$284.58
258/260	272/275	Jul 24	$2.28	$0.22	10.36	$257.72	$274.78
255/260	265/270	Jul 31	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$255.45	$269.55

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 94 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$300.00	$305.00	$310.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$325.00	$327.50	$330.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$330.00	$340.00	$350.00	Jul 17	$0.27	$9.73	36.04

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$282.50	$285.00	$287.50	Jul 24	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$275.00	$277.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$285.00	$287.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$2.41	26.78
$290.00	$292.50	$295.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	19.83

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 102 found (best net $-2.95, 96 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.95	$17.05
$265.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$6.75	$13.25
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$9.97
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.70	$9.30
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.65	$8.35

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$295.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.45	$14.55
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.48	$9.52
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.91	$9.09
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.10	$8.90
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.60	$8.40

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 51 found (best yield 5.08%, avg 1.68%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Aug 28	$15.10	0.49	1.0%	5.08%	6.11%	--	62
$300.00	Aug 21	$15.00	0.49	1.0%	5.05%	6.07%	20	681
$300.00	Aug 14	$12.40	0.48	1.0%	4.18%	5.20%	11	13
$300.00	Aug 7	$11.50	0.47	1.0%	3.87%	4.90%	16	9
$310.00	Aug 21	$11.10	0.40	4.4%	3.74%	8.13%	1	108
$305.00	Aug 14	$10.30	0.43	2.7%	3.47%	6.18%	--	204
$297.50	Jul 31	$10.10	0.50	0.2%	3.40%	3.58%	6	1
$300.00	Jul 31	$9.70	0.47	1.0%	3.27%	4.29%	13	40
$305.00	Aug 7	$9.60	0.42	2.7%	3.23%	5.94%	12	790
$320.00	Aug 28	$9.00	0.34	7.8%	3.03%	10.79%	1	4

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 12,874

Total Puts 1,393

Put/Call Ratio 0.11

Net Difference 11,481

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,598

Total Puts 2,199

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 1,399

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 27,270

Total Puts 21,004

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.88

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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