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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$297.00 +0.41%

(7/14 12:00) ◀

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 (1:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14 1:00pm) 14,768

Calls: 13,257 (90%)

Puts: 1,511 (10%)

Prior (07/13) 6,626

Calls: 4,084 (62%)

Puts: 2,542 (38%)

Current vs Prior +122.88%

Calls: +224.61% (Calls)

Puts: -40.56% (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 +114.14%

Calls: +240.30%

Puts: -49.64%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/14 1:00pm) $21.82M

Calls: $21.10M (97%)

Puts: $719.6K (3%)

Prior (07/13) $8.02M

Calls: $6.31M (79%)

Puts: $1.71M (21%)

Current vs Prior +172.05%

Calls: +234.46%

Puts: -57.96%

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 +251.28%

Calls: +353.15%

Puts: -53.72%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/14 1:00pm) 0.11

Prior (07/13) 0.62

Current vs Prior -81.69%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -86.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14 1:00pm) 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 3.99% | 6.04%3.99% | 13.10%

Prior 4.56% | 6.58%4.56% | 13.57%

Current vs Prior -12.58% | -8.09%-12.58% | -3.51%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -1.32% | -7.08%-30.46% | -4.14%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -12.58% | -8.09%-12.58% | -3.51%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 16.18% | 12.68%

Calls: 14.17% | 14.58%

Puts: 18.18% | 10.78%

Prior 11.84% | 9.75%

Calls: 8.96% | 11.17%

Puts: 14.71% | 8.33%

Current vs Prior +36.66% | +30.05%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.53% | 12.53%

Calls: 29.85% | 11.69%

Puts: 31.22% | 13.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -47.01% | +1.21%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 97% of dollar volume in calls ($21.10M) vs puts ($719.6K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 172% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (251% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 123% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

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
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 60 of results (avg 7.2%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	20.10	20.70	$20.40	2.9%	19	0.58	412
$300.00	Aug 21	15.20	15.80	$15.50	3.9%	21	0.49	681
$320.00	Aug 21	8.30	8.70	$8.50	4.7%	5.0K	0.32	245
$250.00	Aug 21	48.30	50.70	$49.50	4.8%	1	0.90	114
$240.00	Jul 17	56.00	58.90	$57.45	5.0%	5	0.97	274

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	24.00	25.00	$24.50	4.1%	--	0.59	10
$300.00	Aug 21	18.10	18.90	$18.50	4.3%	5	0.51	6
$290.00	Aug 21	13.10	13.90	$13.50	5.9%	8	0.41	296
$280.00	Aug 21	9.00	9.60	$9.30	6.5%	15	0.32	612
$295.00	Jul 31	10.20	11.00	$10.60	7.5%	7	0.46	67

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. 82 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 0.99)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	46.10	49.00	$47.55	6.1%	1	0.99	531
$240.00	Jul 17	56.00	58.90	$57.45	5.0%	5	0.97	274
$242.50	Jul 17	53.50	56.50	$55.00	5.5%	--	0.97	76
$245.00	Jul 17	50.90	54.10	$52.50	6.1%	1	0.97	10
$250.00	Jul 24	46.10	49.50	$47.80	7.1%	--	0.97	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$317.50	Jul 17	19.30	22.20	$20.75	14.0%	--	0.89	10
$307.50	Jul 17	10.80	13.40	$12.10	21.5%	9	0.77	--
$305.00	Jul 17	9.60	11.10	$10.35	14.5%	2	0.71	--
$310.00	Jul 31	18.20	20.50	$19.35	11.9%	4	0.65	--
$302.50	Jul 17	7.80	8.90	$8.35	13.2%	2	0.65	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 165 active (total vol 8.3K, top 5.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$320.00	Aug 21	8.30	8.70	$8.50	4.7%	5.0K	0.32	245
$315.00	Aug 7	6.50	7.30	$6.90	11.6%	344	0.32	2
$310.00	Aug 7	7.80	9.10	$8.45	15.4%	286	0.37	16
$300.00	Jul 24	6.80	7.70	$7.25	12.4%	206	0.46	108
$300.00	Jul 17	3.70	4.50	$4.10	19.5%	102	0.42	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Aug 21	1.30	1.50	$1.40	14.3%	306	0.07	629
$285.00	Jul 24	3.20	3.80	$3.50	17.1%	181	0.27	22
$275.00	Jul 17	0.30	0.40	$0.35	28.6%	74	0.06	336
$300.00	Jul 31	12.70	13.80	$13.25	8.3%	64	0.53	2
$300.00	Jul 24	9.30	10.30	$9.80	10.2%	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. 50 strikes (avg 41.5%, max 163.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	120.8%	45.8%	163.8%	6	313
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	112.3%	55.6%	101.9%	1	39
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	93.6%	47.0%	98.9%	10	52
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	86.8%	44.5%	95.0%	2	645
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	80.2%	44.5%	80.4%	11	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	120.8%	45.8%	163.8%	317	1.3K
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	112.3%	43.8%	156.4%	6	457
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	93.6%	42.1%	122.3%	4	394
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	86.8%	45.0%	93.0%	19	580
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	80.2%	44.5%	80.4%	17	539

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 118 found (best R:R 36.04, avg 4.17)

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
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$345.32
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.70	$9.30	$0.70	13.29	$330.70
$312.50	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.19	$2.31	$0.19	12.16	$312.69
$325.00	$330.00	Jul 31	$0.40	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$325.40

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$249.83
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$254.80
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.33	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$249.67
$277.50	$275.00	Jul 17	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$277.30
$260.00	$257.50	Jul 24	$0.20	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$259.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 163 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 3.21)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 17	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$264.85
$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
$252.50	$255.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$254.90
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 24	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$264.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$317.50	$307.50	Jul 17	$8.65	$8.65	$1.35	6.41	$308.85
$305.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	4.00	$303.00
$307.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	2.33	$305.75
$310.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$6.10	$6.10	$3.90	1.56	$303.90
$310.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$6.00	$6.00	$4.00	1.50	$304.00

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 49 found (avg debit $1.64, cheapest $0.20)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	86.8%	56.3%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.30	120.8%	74.5%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	93.6%	60.0%
$350.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	66.9%	53.5%
$340.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.50	56.3%	48.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	86.8%	56.3%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	120.8%	74.5%
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.32	88.6%	56.1%
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	71.7%	46.6%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.37	93.6%	60.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 3.57% of stock, avg 10.62%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$295.00	Jul 17	$6.35	$4.25	$10.60	$284.40	$305.60	3.57%
$297.50	Jul 17	$5.15	$5.50	$10.65	$286.85	$308.15	3.59%
$292.50	Jul 17	$7.70	$3.23	$10.93	$281.57	$303.43	3.68%
$300.00	Jul 17	$4.10	$6.90	$11.00	$289.00	$311.00	3.70%
$302.50	Jul 17	$3.10	$8.35	$11.45	$291.05	$313.95	3.86%
$290.00	Jul 17	$9.65	$2.42	$12.07	$277.93	$302.07	4.06%
$305.00	Jul 17	$2.38	$10.35	$12.73	$292.27	$317.73	4.29%
$287.50	Jul 17	$11.65	$1.85	$13.50	$274.00	$301.00	4.55%
$307.50	Jul 17	$1.83	$12.10	$13.93	$293.57	$321.43	4.69%
$285.00	Jul 17	$13.80	$1.35	$15.15	$269.85	$300.15	5.10%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 153 found (cheapest 1.07% of stock, avg 4.62%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$307.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$1.83	$1.35	$3.18	$281.82	$310.68
$307.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$1.83	$1.85	$3.68	$283.82	$311.18
$305.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$2.38	$1.35	$3.73	$281.27	$308.73
$305.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$2.38	$1.85	$4.23	$283.27	$309.23
$307.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$1.83	$2.42	$4.25	$285.75	$311.75
$302.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$3.10	$1.35	$4.45	$280.55	$306.95
$305.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$2.38	$2.42	$4.80	$285.20	$309.80
$302.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$3.10	$1.85	$4.95	$282.55	$307.45
$307.50	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.83	$3.23	$5.06	$287.44	$312.56
$300.00	$285.00	Jul 17	$4.10	$1.35	$5.45	$279.55	$305.45

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 125 found (best R:R 37.46, avg credit $5.00)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
245/250	255/260	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$245.13	$259.87
265/270	280/285	Aug 7	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$265.20	$284.80
245/250	265/270	Jul 31	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$245.23	$269.77
265/270	275/280	Aug 7	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$265.25	$279.75
285/290	295/300	Aug 14	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$285.25	$299.75
245/250	260/265	Jul 31	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$245.28	$264.72
258/260	272/275	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$257.65	$274.85
285/290	300/305	Aug 14	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$285.30	$304.70
255/260	270/275	Aug 7	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$255.32	$274.68
255/260	280/285	Aug 7	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$255.37	$284.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 105 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$305.00	$310.00	$315.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$285.00	$287.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$282.50	$285.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	24.00
$285.00	$287.50	$290.00	Jul 24	$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. 106 found (best net $-1.90, 100 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.90	$18.10
$265.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$6.80	$13.20
$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	-$1.75	$8.25

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$295.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.50	$14.50
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.47	$9.53
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.66	$9.34
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.75	$8.25
$285.00	$275.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.80	$7.20

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 53 found (best yield 5.52%, avg 1.71%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Aug 28	$16.40	0.50	1.0%	5.52%	6.53%	--	62
$300.00	Aug 21	$15.20	0.49	1.0%	5.12%	6.13%	21	681
$300.00	Aug 14	$12.60	0.48	1.0%	4.24%	5.25%	11	13
$300.00	Aug 7	$11.50	0.48	1.0%	3.87%	4.88%	18	9
$310.00	Aug 21	$11.30	0.40	4.4%	3.80%	8.18%	3	108
$297.50	Jul 31	$10.60	0.51	0.2%	3.57%	3.74%	6	1
$305.00	Aug 14	$10.30	0.43	2.7%	3.47%	6.16%	--	204
$300.00	Jul 31	$9.70	0.47	1.0%	3.27%	4.28%	14	40
$305.00	Aug 7	$9.60	0.42	2.7%	3.23%	5.93%	12	790
$320.00	Aug 28	$8.80	0.34	7.7%	2.96%	10.71%	1	4

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,257

Total Puts 1,511

Put/Call Ratio 0.11

Net Difference 11,746

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,084

Total Puts 2,542

Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Net Difference 1,542

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

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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