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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$301.30 +2.95%

(7/16 13:00) ◀

Thursday, July 16, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/16 2:00pm) 15,183

Calls: 3,303 (22%)

Puts: 11,880 (78%)

Prior (07/15) 6,726

Calls: 4,916 (73%)

Puts: 1,810 (27%)

Current vs Prior +125.74%

Calls: -32.81% (Calls)

Puts: +556.35% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 73,383

Calls: 51,616 (70%)

Puts: 21,767 (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average 10,483

Calls: 7,373 (70%)

Puts: 3,109 (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +44.83%

Calls: -55.21%

Puts: +282.05%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/16 2:00pm) $17.63M

Calls: $4.03M (23%)

Puts: $13.61M (77%)

Prior (07/15) $6.12M

Calls: $4.75M (78%)

Puts: $1.37M (22%)

Current vs Prior +188.20%

Calls: -15.25%

Puts: +895.83%

Prior 7-Day Total $85.29M

Calls: $68.54M (80%)

Puts: $16.75M (20%)

Prior 7-Day Average $12.18M

Calls: $9.79M (80%)

Puts: $2.39M (20%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +44.73%

Calls: -58.87%

Puts: +468.62%

Sentiment BEARISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/16 2:00pm) 3.60

Prior (07/15) 0.37

Current vs Prior +876.88%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.66

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +444.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/16 2:00pm) 119,717

Calls: 70,100 (59%)

Puts: 49,617 (41%)

Prior (07/15) 116,763

Calls: 68,648 (59%)

Puts: 48,115 (41%)

Current vs Prior +2.53%

Prior 7-Day Total 704,975

Calls: 394,308 (56%)

Puts: 310,667 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 100,710

Calls: 56,329 (56%)

Puts: 44,381 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +18.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 2.69% | 5.44%2.69% | 13.23%

Prior 3.37% | 5.64%3.37% | 13.26%

Current vs Prior -20.12% | -3.46%-20.12% | -0.24%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.05% | 6.34%5.14% | 13.54%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -33.56% | -14.16%-47.66% | -2.35%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.37% | 5.64%3.37% | 13.26%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -20.12% | -3.46%-20.12% | -0.24%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.69% | 12.20%

Calls: 26.32% | 9.76%

Puts: 51.06% | 14.63%

Prior 27.44% | 13.37%

Calls: 27.96% | 14.01%

Puts: 26.92% | 12.72%

Current vs Prior +41.00% | -8.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 19.94% | 12.30%

Calls: 17.26% | 11.27%

Puts: 22.62% | 13.33%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +94.03% | -0.84%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bearish conviction with 77% of dollar volume in puts ($13.61M) vs calls ($4.03M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 188% vs prior. Unusually high activity with volume up 126% vs prior - elevated interest. Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 3.60 - heavy put buying.

Smart Money BEARISH

Retail Flow BEARISH

Overall BEARISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

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
14:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
11:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
10:00	BEARISH	BEARISH	BEARISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 57 of results (avg 7.1%, best 3.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	22.50	23.30	$22.90	3.5%	14	0.62	524
$242.50	Jul 17	57.40	59.70	$58.55	3.9%	--	1.00	78
$247.50	Jul 17	52.40	54.70	$53.55	4.3%	--	1.00	45
$250.00	Jul 17	49.90	52.20	$51.05	4.5%	13	1.00	520
$310.00	Aug 21	12.90	13.50	$13.20	4.5%	47	0.44	445

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	16.10	16.90	$16.50	4.8%	17	0.47	15
$310.00	Aug 21	21.70	22.80	$22.25	4.9%	6	0.56	11
$360.00	Aug 21	60.10	63.40	$61.75	5.3%	--	0.87	30
$290.00	Aug 21	11.50	12.30	$11.90	6.7%	17	0.38	356
$270.00	Aug 21	5.00	5.50	$5.25	9.5%	10	0.20	587

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. 89 found (avg delta 0.80, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$242.50	Jul 17	57.40	59.70	$58.55	3.9%	--	1.00	78
$245.00	Jul 17	54.40	57.20	$55.80	5.0%	1	1.00	10
$247.50	Jul 17	52.40	54.70	$53.55	4.3%	--	1.00	45
$250.00	Jul 17	49.90	52.20	$51.05	4.5%	13	1.00	520
$252.50	Jul 17	47.00	49.70	$48.35	5.6%	--	1.00	15

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Jul 17	12.70	16.00	$14.35	23.0%	4	0.92	--
$360.00	Aug 21	60.10	63.40	$61.75	5.3%	--	0.87	30
$310.00	Jul 17	8.60	11.30	$9.95	27.1%	2	0.86	--
$305.00	Jul 17	5.00	7.20	$6.10	36.1%	4	0.69	3
$302.50	Jul 17	3.10	5.50	$4.30	55.8%	4	0.59	3

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 171 active (total vol 3.6K, top 289)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	7.80	8.60	$8.20	9.8%	289	0.53	1.6K
$320.00	Aug 21	9.40	10.00	$9.70	6.2%	278	0.35	2.5K
$350.00	Aug 21	3.20	3.90	$3.55	19.7%	269	0.16	118
$310.00	Jul 17	0.35	0.75	$0.55	72.7%	248	0.13	172
$305.00	Jul 24	5.50	6.30	$5.90	13.6%	183	0.43	32

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$297.50	Jul 17	1.25	2.50	$1.88	66.5%	104	0.34	61
$300.00	Jul 24	6.20	7.40	$6.80	17.6%	58	0.47	77
$267.50	Jul 17	0.00	0.35	$0.18	194.4%	36	0.03	444
$302.50	Jul 24	7.60	8.80	$8.20	14.6%	36	0.52	3
$265.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.20	$0.10	200.0%	30	0.01	278

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 54 strikes (avg 81.1%, max 237.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	148.0%	44.6%	232.1%	9	27
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	150.7%	47.2%	219.0%	15	633
$360.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	123.1%	46.4%	165.4%	2	38
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	117.5%	45.9%	156.1%	31	2.3K
$252.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	155.6%	61.9%	151.4%	1	19

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	150.7%	44.7%	237.4%	--	587
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	148.0%	44.6%	232.1%	--	397
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	140.4%	46.4%	202.5%	3	460
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	117.5%	45.9%	156.1%	35	558
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	140.4%	56.8%	147.0%	--	36

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 126 found (best R:R 65.67, avg 5.74)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$9.85	$0.15	65.67	$330.15
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.45	$9.55	$0.45	21.22	$330.45
$315.00	$317.50	Jul 17	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$315.13
$320.00	$325.00	Jul 24	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$320.28
$312.50	$315.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$312.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$245.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$249.90
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$254.87
$260.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$259.78
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$249.78
$277.50	$275.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$277.38

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 2.67)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 17	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$264.90
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$259.90
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$245.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$249.75
$250.00	$260.00	Aug 7	$9.45	$9.45	$0.55	17.18	$259.45

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$315.00	$310.00	Jul 17	$4.40	$4.40	$0.60	7.33	$310.60
$360.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$39.50	$39.50	$10.50	3.76	$320.50
$310.00	$305.00	Jul 17	$3.85	$3.85	$1.15	3.35	$306.15
$305.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	2.57	$303.20
$305.00	$300.00	Aug 14	$3.35	$3.35	$1.65	2.03	$301.65

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 54 found (avg debit $1.97, cheapest $0.12)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	108.2%	45.6%
$350.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.27	105.8%	53.8%
$340.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.32	87.9%	46.5%
$270.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.35	94.2%	45.6%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.50	150.7%	64.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.12	148.0%	59.8%
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.12	140.4%	56.8%
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	108.2%	45.6%
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	140.4%	66.0%
$262.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.17	125.4%	52.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 81 found (cheapest 2.21% of stock, avg 10.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$300.00	Jul 17	$3.80	$2.85	$6.65	$293.35	$306.65	2.21%
$302.50	Jul 17	$2.40	$4.30	$6.70	$295.80	$309.20	2.22%
$297.50	Jul 17	$5.10	$1.88	$6.98	$290.52	$304.48	2.32%
$305.00	Jul 17	$1.63	$6.10	$7.73	$297.27	$312.73	2.57%
$295.00	Jul 17	$7.15	$1.18	$8.33	$286.67	$303.33	2.76%
$292.50	Jul 17	$9.15	$0.83	$9.98	$282.52	$302.48	3.31%
$310.00	Jul 17	$0.55	$9.95	$10.50	$299.50	$320.50	3.48%
$290.00	Jul 17	$11.35	$0.50	$11.85	$278.15	$301.85	3.93%
$287.50	Jul 17	$13.80	$0.33	$14.13	$273.37	$301.63	4.69%
$315.00	Jul 17	$0.33	$14.35	$14.68	$300.32	$329.68	4.87%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 165 found (cheapest 0.33% of stock, avg 4.36%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$312.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$0.48	$0.50	$0.98	$289.02	$313.48
$310.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$0.55	$0.50	$1.05	$288.95	$311.05
$312.50	$292.50	Jul 17	$0.48	$0.83	$1.31	$291.19	$313.81
$310.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$0.55	$0.83	$1.38	$291.12	$311.38
$307.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$1.02	$0.50	$1.52	$288.48	$309.02
$312.50	$295.00	Jul 17	$0.48	$1.18	$1.66	$293.34	$314.16
$310.00	$295.00	Jul 17	$0.55	$1.18	$1.73	$293.27	$311.73
$307.50	$292.50	Jul 17	$1.02	$0.83	$1.85	$290.65	$309.35
$305.00	$290.00	Jul 17	$1.63	$0.50	$2.13	$287.87	$307.13
$307.50	$295.00	Jul 17	$1.02	$1.18	$2.20	$292.80	$309.70

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 176 found (best R:R 37.46, avg credit $4.69)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
270/275	280/285	Jul 31	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$270.13	$284.87
260/265	270/275	Aug 7	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$260.15	$274.85
245/248	270/275	Jul 17	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$242.70	$274.80
255/260	265/270	Aug 7	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$255.22	$269.78
255/260	265/270	Jul 31	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$255.23	$269.77
265/268	272/275	Jul 24	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$265.13	$274.87
250/255	265/270	Jul 31	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$250.32	$269.68
250/255	265/270	Aug 7	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$250.33	$269.67
265/270	285/290	Aug 14	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$265.33	$289.67
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$260.37	$274.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 102 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$320.00	$325.00	$330.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$310.00	$315.00	$320.00	Aug 28	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$330.00	$340.00	$350.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$280.00	$282.50	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$320.00	$325.00	$330.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$285.00	$287.50	$290.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 108 found (best net $-5.30, 98 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$255.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$5.30	$24.70
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$9.97
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$9.97
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.55	$8.45
$320.00	$330.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.56	$8.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.01	$14.99
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.90	$9.10
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.55	$8.45
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.40	$7.60
$290.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$4.30	$5.70

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 44 found (best yield 4.28%, avg 1.73%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	$12.90	0.44	2.9%	4.28%	7.17%	47	445
$310.00	Aug 28	$12.90	0.45	2.9%	4.28%	7.17%	2	7
$305.00	Aug 14	$12.20	0.48	1.2%	4.05%	5.28%	4	204
$315.00	Aug 28	$11.50	0.41	4.5%	3.82%	8.36%	1	--
$305.00	Aug 7	$11.30	0.47	1.2%	3.75%	4.98%	4	789
$310.00	Aug 14	$11.00	0.43	2.9%	3.65%	6.54%	2	30
$320.00	Aug 28	$9.90	0.36	6.2%	3.29%	9.49%	7	6
$302.50	Jul 31	$9.40	0.49	0.4%	3.12%	3.52%	17	--
$320.00	Aug 21	$9.40	0.35	6.2%	3.12%	9.33%	278	2.5K
$305.00	Jul 31	$8.60	0.46	1.2%	2.85%	4.08%	--	54

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,303

Total Puts 11,880

Put/Call Ratio 3.60

Net Difference -8,577

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,916

Total Puts 1,810

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 3,106

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 51,616

Total Puts 21,767

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.66

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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