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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$298.82 +1.02%

(7/14 14:05) ◀

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 (3:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14 3:00pm) 16,298

Calls: 13,850 (85%)

Puts: 2,448 (15%)

Prior (07/13) 8,916

Calls: 5,541 (62%)

Puts: 3,375 (38%)

Current vs Prior +82.79%

Calls: +149.95% (Calls)

Puts: -27.47% (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 +136.33%

Calls: +255.52%

Puts: -18.42%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/14 3:00pm) $23.84M

Calls: $22.79M (96%)

Puts: $1.05M (4%)

Prior (07/13) $11.53M

Calls: $9.48M (82%)

Puts: $2.04M (18%)

Current vs Prior +106.88%

Calls: +140.31%

Puts: -48.49%

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 +283.92%

Calls: +389.56%

Puts: -32.38%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/14 3:00pm) 0.18

Prior (07/13) 0.61

Current vs Prior -70.98%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -79.80%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/14 3:00pm) 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 3.87% | 5.99%3.87% | 13.07%

Prior 4.56% | 6.58%4.56% | 13.57%

Current vs Prior -15.31% | -8.90%-15.31% | -3.73%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -4.41% | -7.90%-32.64% | -4.35%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -15.31% | -8.90%-15.31% | -3.73%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 14.71% | 12.32%

Calls: 15.38% | 10.99%

Puts: 14.04% | 13.64%

Prior 11.84% | 9.75%

Calls: 8.96% | 11.17%

Puts: 14.71% | 8.33%

Current vs Prior +24.24% | +26.36%

Prior 7-Day Avg 30.53% | 12.53%

Calls: 29.85% | 11.69%

Puts: 31.22% | 13.36%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.82% | -1.66%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 96% of dollar volume in calls ($22.79M) vs puts ($1.05M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 107% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (284% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 83% 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 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
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	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 56 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	21.10	21.80	$21.45	3.3%	22	0.60	412
$300.00	Aug 21	16.00	16.70	$16.35	4.3%	22	0.51	681
$242.50	Jul 17	54.80	57.30	$56.05	4.5%	--	1.00	76
$240.00	Jul 17	57.30	60.00	$58.65	4.6%	5	1.00	274
$240.00	Aug 21	58.50	61.30	$59.90	4.7%	1	0.94	39

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	17.20	18.00	$17.60	4.5%	6	0.49	6
$310.00	Aug 21	22.90	24.00	$23.45	4.7%	1	0.58	10
$290.00	Aug 21	12.30	13.10	$12.70	6.3%	19	0.40	296
$300.00	Aug 7	13.80	15.00	$14.40	8.3%	1	0.50	--
$305.00	Jul 17	8.40	9.20	$8.80	9.1%	2	0.67	--

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. 85 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	57.30	60.00	$58.65	4.6%	5	1.00	274
$242.50	Jul 17	54.80	57.30	$56.05	4.5%	--	1.00	76
$245.00	Jul 17	52.30	55.00	$53.65	5.0%	1	1.00	10
$247.50	Jul 17	49.90	52.50	$51.20	5.1%	--	1.00	45
$250.00	Jul 17	47.40	50.00	$48.70	5.3%	7	1.00	531

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$317.50	Jul 17	18.20	21.20	$19.70	15.2%	--	0.90	10
$307.50	Jul 17	9.60	12.60	$11.10	27.0%	9	0.74	--
$305.00	Jul 17	8.40	9.20	$8.80	9.1%	2	0.67	--
$310.00	Jul 31	17.50	20.40	$18.95	15.3%	4	0.63	--
$302.50	Jul 17	6.70	7.60	$7.15	12.6%	2	0.60	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 182 active (total vol 9.0K, top 5.0K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$320.00	Aug 21	8.60	9.20	$8.90	6.7%	5.0K	0.33	245
$315.00	Aug 7	6.90	7.80	$7.35	12.2%	344	0.34	2
$310.00	Aug 7	8.50	9.40	$8.95	10.1%	287	0.39	16
$300.00	Jul 24	7.40	8.20	$7.80	10.3%	232	0.49	108
$300.00	Jul 17	4.20	5.00	$4.60	17.4%	104	0.47	2.0K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Aug 21	1.10	1.35	$1.23	20.3%	308	0.06	629
$285.00	Jul 24	2.40	3.20	$2.80	28.6%	183	0.23	22
$290.00	Jul 31	7.30	8.10	$7.70	10.4%	102	0.37	187
$295.00	Jul 17	3.20	3.70	$3.45	14.5%	82	0.38	95
$275.00	Jul 17	0.30	0.40	$0.35	28.6%	80	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. 52 strikes (avg 40.8%, max 176.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	125.2%	45.3%	176.1%	6	313
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	116.6%	56.8%	105.3%	1	39
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	97.8%	48.3%	102.6%	10	52
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	90.5%	45.2%	100.3%	8	645
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	85.4%	44.6%	91.4%	12	2.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$240.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	125.2%	45.3%	176.1%	319	1.3K
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	116.6%	44.4%	162.5%	6	457
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	97.8%	43.0%	127.6%	4	394
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	90.5%	45.8%	97.6%	19	580
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	85.4%	44.6%	91.4%	21	539

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 129 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 5.64)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$320.00	$325.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$320.10
$325.00	$330.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$325.18
$317.50	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$317.63
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.55	$9.45	$0.55	17.18	$330.55
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$345.32

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$259.85
$270.00	$267.50	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$269.90
$275.00	$272.50	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$274.90
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 28	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$254.80

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 173 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 3.18)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$259.90
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 24	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$264.90
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 24	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$242.50	$245.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$244.90
$252.50	$255.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$254.90

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$307.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$305.20
$317.50	$307.50	Jul 17	$8.60	$8.60	$1.40	6.14	$308.90
$297.50	$295.00	Jul 31	$1.75	$1.75	$0.75	2.33	$295.75
$305.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$1.65	$1.65	$0.85	1.94	$303.35
$287.50	$285.00	Jul 31	$1.60	$1.60	$0.90	1.78	$285.90

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 50 found (avg debit $1.62, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.30	90.5%	64.3%
$350.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	65.6%	52.3%
$240.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.40	125.2%	68.0%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	97.8%	61.3%
$340.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	62.5%	47.5%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	85.4%	49.4%
$262.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.27	68.6%	46.1%
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.30	92.7%	57.4%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	97.8%	61.3%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	90.5%	64.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 76 found (cheapest 3.45% of stock, avg 10.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$300.00	Jul 17	$4.60	$5.70	$10.30	$289.70	$310.30	3.45%
$297.50	Jul 17	$5.85	$4.50	$10.35	$287.15	$307.85	3.46%
$302.50	Jul 17	$3.50	$7.15	$10.65	$291.85	$313.15	3.56%
$295.00	Jul 17	$7.30	$3.45	$10.75	$284.25	$305.75	3.60%
$305.00	Jul 17	$2.70	$8.80	$11.50	$293.50	$316.50	3.85%
$292.50	Jul 17	$9.00	$2.65	$11.65	$280.85	$304.15	3.90%
$290.00	Jul 17	$10.75	$1.98	$12.73	$277.27	$302.73	4.26%
$307.50	Jul 17	$2.03	$11.10	$13.13	$294.37	$320.63	4.39%
$287.50	Jul 17	$12.45	$1.40	$13.85	$273.65	$301.35	4.63%
$285.00	Jul 17	$14.60	$0.93	$15.53	$269.47	$300.53	5.20%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 148 found (cheapest 1.00% of stock, avg 4.69%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$310.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$1.58	$1.40	$2.98	$284.52	$312.98
$307.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$2.03	$1.40	$3.43	$284.07	$310.93
$310.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$1.58	$1.98	$3.56	$286.44	$313.56
$307.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$2.03	$1.98	$4.01	$285.99	$311.51
$305.00	$287.50	Jul 17	$2.70	$1.40	$4.10	$283.40	$309.10
$310.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.58	$2.65	$4.23	$288.27	$314.23
$305.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$2.70	$1.98	$4.68	$285.32	$309.68
$307.50	$292.50	Jul 17	$2.03	$2.65	$4.68	$287.82	$312.18
$302.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$3.50	$1.40	$4.90	$282.60	$307.40
$310.00	$295.00	Jul 17	$1.58	$3.45	$5.03	$289.97	$315.03

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 141 found (best R:R 24.00, avg credit $4.71)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
250/255	265/270	Jul 24	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$250.20	$269.80
255/260	265/270	Jul 31	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$255.27	$269.73
255/260	270/275	Jul 31	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$255.27	$274.73
265/268	275/278	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$265.15	$277.35
285/290	295/300	Aug 14	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$285.30	$299.70
250/255	260/265	Aug 7	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$250.33	$264.67
250/255	265/270	Aug 7	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$250.33	$269.67
265/270	275/280	Aug 7	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$265.33	$279.67
265/270	275/280	Jul 31	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$265.35	$279.65
272/275	278/280	Jul 24	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$272.70	$279.80

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 107 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$290.00	$292.50	$295.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$310.00	$312.50	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.09	$2.41	26.78

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
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$272.50	$275.00	$277.50	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	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 $-2.10, 104 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.10	$17.90
$265.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$7.40	$12.60
$330.00	$340.00	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	-$1.55	$8.45

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.24	$9.76
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.69	$9.31
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.70	$8.30
$285.00	$275.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.35	$7.65
$317.50	$307.50	1:2	Jul 17	-$2.50	$7.50

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 52 found (best yield 5.62%, avg 1.72%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Aug 28	$16.80	0.51	0.4%	5.62%	6.02%	5	62
$300.00	Aug 21	$16.00	0.51	0.4%	5.35%	5.75%	22	681
$300.00	Aug 14	$13.00	0.50	0.4%	4.35%	4.75%	11	13
$300.00	Aug 7	$12.50	0.50	0.4%	4.18%	4.58%	18	9
$310.00	Aug 21	$11.80	0.42	3.7%	3.95%	7.69%	7	108
$300.00	Jul 31	$10.80	0.49	0.4%	3.61%	4.01%	14	40
$305.00	Aug 14	$10.80	0.45	2.1%	3.61%	5.68%	1	204
$305.00	Aug 7	$10.30	0.44	2.1%	3.45%	5.52%	14	790
$310.00	Aug 14	$8.90	0.40	3.7%	2.98%	6.72%	1	24
$320.00	Aug 28	$8.80	0.34	7.1%	2.94%	10.03%	1	4

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 13,850

Total Puts 2,448

Put/Call Ratio 0.18

Net Difference 11,402

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,541

Total Puts 3,375

Put/Call Ratio 0.61

Net Difference 2,166

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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