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VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$297.89 +0.71%

(7/14 13:00) ◀

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/14 2:00pm) 15,386

Calls: 13,532 (88%)

Puts: 1,854 (12%)

Prior (07/13) 7,581

Calls: 4,731 (62%)

Puts: 2,850 (38%)

Current vs Prior +102.95%

Calls: +186.03% (Calls)

Puts: -34.95% (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 +123.11%

Calls: +247.36%

Puts: -38.21%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/14 2:00pm) $22.78M

Calls: $21.90M (96%)

Puts: $880.1K (4%)

Prior (07/13) $9.42M

Calls: $7.67M (81%)

Puts: $1.75M (19%)

Current vs Prior +141.87%

Calls: +185.45%

Puts: -49.60%

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 +266.77%

Calls: +370.37%

Puts: -43.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/14 2:00pm) 0.14

Prior (07/13) 0.60

Current vs Prior -77.26%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -84.34%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14 2:00pm) 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 3.89% | 6.06%3.89% | 13.09%

Prior 4.56% | 6.58%4.56% | 13.57%

Current vs Prior -14.68% | -7.85%-14.68% | -3.55%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -3.69% | -6.84%-32.13% | -4.18%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -14.68% | -7.85%-14.68% | -3.55%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 14.08% | 10.46%

Calls: 17.14% | 9.41%

Puts: 11.02% | 11.52%

Prior 11.84% | 9.75%

Calls: 8.96% | 11.17%

Puts: 14.71% | 8.33%

Current vs Prior +18.92% | +7.28%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.53% | 12.53%

Calls: 29.85% | 11.69%

Puts: 31.22% | 13.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -53.88% | -16.51%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 96% of dollar volume in calls ($21.90M) vs puts ($880.1K). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 142% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (267% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 103% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Open Interest

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
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 63 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	15.70	16.20	$15.95	3.1%	22	0.50	681
$290.00	Aug 21	20.50	21.30	$20.90	3.8%	20	0.59	412
$310.00	Aug 21	11.50	12.00	$11.75	4.3%	4	0.41	108
$250.00	Aug 21	48.30	50.70	$49.50	4.8%	1	0.90	114
$240.00	Aug 21	57.40	60.30	$58.85	4.9%	1	0.93	39

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	23.70	24.80	$24.25	4.5%	--	0.59	10
$300.00	Aug 21	17.60	18.60	$18.10	5.5%	5	0.50	6
$300.00	Aug 7	14.70	15.60	$15.15	5.9%	1	0.51	--
$290.00	Aug 21	12.80	13.60	$13.20	6.1%	19	0.41	296
$280.00	Aug 21	8.80	9.50	$9.15	7.7%	26	0.31	612

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. 84 found (avg delta 0.78, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	56.00	58.90	$57.45	5.0%	5	1.00	274
$242.50	Jul 17	53.50	56.50	$55.00	5.5%	--	1.00	76
$245.00	Jul 17	51.00	54.10	$52.55	5.9%	1	1.00	10
$247.50	Jul 17	48.50	51.10	$49.80	5.2%	--	1.00	45
$250.00	Jul 17	46.10	48.70	$47.40	5.5%	7	1.00	531

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	0.76	--
$305.00	Jul 17	9.10	9.90	$9.50	8.4%	2	0.70	--
$310.00	Jul 31	18.10	20.50	$19.30	12.4%	4	0.65	--
$302.50	Jul 17	7.40	8.30	$7.85	11.5%	2	0.64	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 176 active (total vol 8.6K, top 5.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$320.00	Aug 21	8.40	8.90	$8.65	5.8%	5.0K	0.33	245
$315.00	Aug 7	6.50	7.50	$7.00	14.3%	344	0.33	2
$310.00	Aug 7	8.30	9.10	$8.70	9.2%	286	0.38	16
$300.00	Jul 24	6.90	7.70	$7.30	11.0%	206	0.47	108
$300.00	Jul 17	3.70	4.40	$4.05	17.3%	103	0.44	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Aug 21	1.25	1.45	$1.35	14.8%	308	0.07	629
$285.00	Jul 24	3.00	3.50	$3.25	15.4%	181	0.26	22
$290.00	Jul 31	7.60	8.40	$8.00	10.0%	99	0.38	187
$285.00	Jul 17	0.95	1.35	$1.15	34.8%	76	0.16	166
$275.00	Jul 17	0.30	0.40	$0.35	28.6%	75	0.05	336

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 51 strikes (avg 40.4%, max 167.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	122.6%	45.9%	167.2%	6	313
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	114.1%	55.9%	103.9%	1	39
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	95.2%	47.4%	101.0%	10	52
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	88.3%	45.3%	94.7%	8	645
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	77.8%	44.4%	75.0%	11	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	122.6%	45.9%	167.2%	319	1.3K
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	114.1%	44.3%	157.6%	6	457
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	95.2%	42.6%	123.4%	4	394
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	88.3%	45.7%	93.0%	19	580
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	77.8%	44.4%	75.0%	21	539

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 131 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 4.67)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$325.00	$330.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$325.18
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$345.32
$312.50	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.17	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$312.67
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.70	$9.30	$0.70	13.29	$330.70
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 31	$0.82	$9.18	$0.82	11.20	$330.82

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$249.88
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$254.87
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$249.73
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.33	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$249.67

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 170 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 3.34)

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
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$259.85
$240.00	$245.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$244.85
$245.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$249.85
$247.50	$250.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$249.90

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	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	1.94	$303.35
$297.50	$295.00	Jul 31	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	1.94	$295.85
$310.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$6.55	$6.55	$3.45	1.90	$303.45
$310.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$6.15	$6.15	$3.85	1.60	$303.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 50 found (avg debit $1.65, cheapest $0.25)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$270.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	59.2%	43.8%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.30	122.6%	75.0%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.30	95.2%	60.0%
$350.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	66.6%	53.3%
$340.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.48	60.6%	48.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	122.6%	75.0%
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.32	90.2%	56.5%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	95.2%	60.0%
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.43	69.8%	47.1%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.47	88.3%	63.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 75 found (cheapest 3.44% of stock, avg 10.52%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$297.50	Jul 17	$5.25	$5.00	$10.25	$287.25	$307.75	3.44%
$300.00	Jul 17	$4.05	$6.35	$10.40	$289.60	$310.40	3.49%
$295.00	Jul 17	$6.65	$3.95	$10.60	$284.40	$305.60	3.56%
$302.50	Jul 17	$3.08	$7.85	$10.93	$291.57	$313.43	3.67%
$292.50	Jul 17	$8.25	$3.00	$11.25	$281.25	$303.75	3.78%
$305.00	Jul 17	$2.38	$9.50	$11.88	$293.12	$316.88	3.99%
$290.00	Jul 17	$10.10	$2.23	$12.33	$277.67	$302.33	4.14%
$287.50	Jul 17	$11.65	$1.63	$13.28	$274.22	$300.78	4.46%
$307.50	Jul 17	$1.83	$12.10	$13.93	$293.57	$321.43	4.68%
$285.00	Jul 17	$13.45	$1.15	$14.60	$270.40	$299.60	4.90%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 148 found (cheapest 1.00% of stock, avg 4.70%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$310.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$1.35	$1.63	$2.98	$284.52	$312.98
$307.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$1.83	$1.63	$3.46	$284.04	$310.96
$310.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$1.35	$2.23	$3.58	$286.42	$313.58
$305.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$2.38	$1.63	$4.01	$283.49	$309.01
$307.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$1.83	$2.23	$4.06	$285.94	$311.56
$310.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.35	$3.00	$4.35	$288.15	$314.35
$305.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$2.38	$2.23	$4.61	$285.39	$309.61
$302.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$3.08	$1.63	$4.71	$282.79	$307.21
$307.50	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.83	$3.00	$4.83	$287.67	$312.33
$302.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$3.08	$2.23	$5.31	$284.69	$307.81

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 147 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $4.71)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
250/255	260/265	Jul 24	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$250.12	$264.88
250/255	265/270	Jul 24	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$250.12	$269.88
245/250	255/260	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$245.13	$259.87
265/270	280/285	Aug 7	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$265.15	$284.85
265/268	275/278	Jul 24	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$265.10	$277.40
265/270	290/295	Aug 7	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$265.20	$294.80
275/280	290/295	Aug 7	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$275.25	$294.75
258/260	270/272	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$257.65	$272.35
258/260	278/280	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$257.65	$279.85
250/252	265/270	Jul 17	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$247.85	$269.65

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 107 found (best R:R 124.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$330.00	$340.00	$350.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$9.92	124.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$295.00	$297.50	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$295.00	$300.00	$305.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$282.50	$285.00	$287.50	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 31	$0.16	$4.84	30.25

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 109 found (best net $-2.15, 103 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.15	$17.85
$265.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$6.90	$13.10
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.01	$9.99
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.96	$9.04
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.70	$8.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.32	$9.68
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.91	$9.09
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.60	$8.40
$285.00	$275.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.75	$7.25
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$3.05	$6.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 52 found (best yield 5.51%, avg 1.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Aug 28	$16.40	0.50	0.7%	5.51%	6.21%	--	62
$300.00	Aug 21	$15.70	0.50	0.7%	5.27%	5.98%	22	681
$300.00	Aug 14	$12.60	0.49	0.7%	4.23%	4.94%	11	13
$300.00	Aug 7	$12.20	0.49	0.7%	4.10%	4.80%	18	9
$310.00	Aug 21	$11.50	0.41	4.1%	3.86%	7.93%	4	108
$305.00	Aug 7	$10.30	0.43	2.4%	3.46%	5.84%	12	790
$305.00	Aug 14	$10.30	0.44	2.4%	3.46%	5.84%	--	204
$300.00	Jul 31	$10.20	0.48	0.7%	3.42%	4.13%	14	40
$320.00	Aug 28	$8.80	0.34	7.4%	2.95%	10.38%	1	4
$310.00	Aug 14	$8.60	0.39	4.1%	2.89%	6.95%	1	24

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 13,532

Total Puts 1,854

Put/Call Ratio 0.14

Net Difference 11,678

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,731

Total Puts 2,850

Put/Call Ratio 0.60

Net Difference 1,881

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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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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