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VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$303.84 +1.19%

(7/17 10:00) ◀

Friday, July 17, 2026 (11:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 11:00am) 1,830

Calls: 1,406 (77%)

Puts: 424 (23%)

Prior (07/16) 12,668

Calls: 1,669 (13%)

Puts: 10,999 (87%)

Current vs Prior -85.55%

Calls: -15.76% (Calls)

Puts: -96.15% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 87,660

Calls: 55,275 (63%)

Puts: 32,385 (37%)

Prior 7-Day Average 12,522

Calls: 7,896 (63%)

Puts: 4,626 (37%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -85.39%

Calls: -82.19%

Puts: -90.84%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 11:00am) $3.55M

Calls: $3.20M (90%)

Puts: $340.8K (10%)

Prior (07/16) $15.00M

Calls: $2.09M (14%)

Puts: $12.91M (86%)

Current vs Prior -76.37%

Calls: +53.15%

Puts: -97.36%

Prior 7-Day Total $103.47M

Calls: $74.16M (72%)

Puts: $29.30M (28%)

Prior 7-Day Average $14.78M

Calls: $10.59M (72%)

Puts: $4.19M (28%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -76.01%

Calls: -69.75%

Puts: -91.86%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 11:00am) 0.30

Prior (07/16) 6.59

Current vs Prior -95.42%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.82

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -63.14%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 11:00am) 132,837

Calls: 71,406 (54%)

Puts: 61,431 (46%)

Prior (07/16) 119,717

Calls: 70,100 (59%)

Puts: 49,617 (41%)

Current vs Prior +10.96%

Prior 7-Day Total 732,938

Calls: 413,102 (56%)

Puts: 319,836 (44%)

Prior 7-Day Average 104,705

Calls: 59,014 (56%)

Puts: 45,690 (44%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +26.87%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.66% | 4.99%1.66% | 12.80%

Prior 2.50% | 5.28%2.50% | 13.07%

Current vs Prior -33.72% | -5.54%-33.72% | -2.06%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.78% | 6.11%4.51% | 13.48%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -56.23% | -18.42%-63.29% | -5.02%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.50% | 5.28%2.50% | 13.07%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -33.72% | -5.54%-33.72% | -2.06%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 91.39% | 12.50%

Calls: 91.67% | 14.19%

Puts: 91.11% | 10.81%

Prior 35.58% | 9.46%

Calls: 41.27% | 9.27%

Puts: 29.89% | 9.64%

Current vs Prior +156.86% | +32.14%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.20% | 12.02%

Calls: 21.39% | 11.37%

Puts: 25.02% | 12.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +293.90% | +4.03%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 90% of dollar volume in calls ($3.20M) vs puts ($340.8K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 76% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 86% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.30 - heavy call buying (1,406 calls vs 424 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 55 of results (avg 6.8%, best 2.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	37.60	38.70	$38.15	2.9%	5	0.82	288
$280.00	Aug 21	30.10	31.40	$30.75	4.2%	4	0.74	240
$250.00	Jul 17	53.10	55.50	$54.30	4.4%	1	0.94	508
$260.00	Jul 17	43.10	45.10	$44.10	4.5%	1	0.93	2.1K
$250.00	Aug 21	54.20	56.80	$55.50	4.7%	--	0.93	114

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	19.70	20.60	$20.15	4.5%	--	0.53	20
$360.00	Aug 21	56.90	60.20	$58.55	5.6%	--	0.88	30
$290.00	Aug 21	10.00	10.60	$10.30	5.8%	1	0.35	372
$300.00	Aug 14	12.80	13.70	$13.25	6.8%	1	0.44	1
$300.00	Aug 21	14.20	15.20	$14.70	6.8%	1	0.44	53

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. 83 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Jul 31	58.10	61.50	$59.80	5.7%	--	1.00	29
$275.00	Jul 17	28.20	30.40	$29.30	7.5%	10	1.00	569
$255.00	Jul 17	48.10	50.50	$49.30	4.9%	--	0.99	26
$250.00	Jul 24	53.00	56.10	$54.55	5.7%	--	0.98	17
$282.50	Jul 17	20.70	23.40	$22.05	12.2%	3	0.98	32

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Jul 17	4.30	7.20	$5.75	50.4%	1	0.95	--
$345.00	Jul 31	40.70	43.80	$42.25	7.3%	1	0.90	2
$360.00	Aug 21	56.90	60.20	$58.55	5.6%	--	0.88	30
$307.50	Jul 17	2.35	5.00	$3.68	72.0%	4	0.81	9
$315.00	Jul 24	12.90	14.40	$13.65	11.0%	5	0.72	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 124 active (total vol 1.4K, top 210)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$265.00	Jul 17	38.20	40.20	$39.20	5.1%	210	0.93	284
$320.00	Aug 21	10.00	10.80	$10.40	7.7%	130	0.38	2.5K
$310.00	Aug 21	13.60	14.60	$14.10	7.1%	97	0.46	461
$307.50	Jul 17	0.30	1.05	$0.68	110.3%	96	0.25	70
$290.00	Jul 17	13.20	16.00	$14.60	19.2%	87	0.97	727

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	4.70	5.30	$5.00	12.0%	30	0.40	118
$295.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.25	$0.15	133.3%	22	0.06	207
$297.50	Jul 17	0.00	0.45	$0.23	195.7%	22	0.09	172
$305.00	Jul 24	7.00	7.80	$7.40	10.8%	14	0.51	23
$302.50	Jul 17	0.60	2.15	$1.38	112.3%	13	0.36	56

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 384.9%, max 1138.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	539.3%	44.4%	1115.8%	1	622
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	452.7%	44.5%	916.5%	1	2.3K
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	583.0%	61.1%	854.8%	--	39
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	409.8%	46.0%	791.6%	210	296
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	353.2%	44.2%	698.4%	16	1.4K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	583.0%	47.1%	1138.8%	--	463
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	539.3%	45.3%	1090.4%	--	587
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	452.7%	44.5%	916.5%	1	557
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	409.8%	48.0%	753.8%	--	345
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	353.2%	42.9%	722.8%	1	206

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 111 found (best R:R 28.41, avg 4.59)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$340.00	$345.00	Jul 24	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$340.17
$332.50	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.33	$7.17	$0.33	21.73	$332.83
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 17	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$345.30
$340.00	$350.00	Jul 31	$0.85	$9.15	$0.85	10.76	$340.85
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 17	$0.90	$9.10	$0.90	10.11	$330.90

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$292.50	$290.00	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$292.40
$277.50	$275.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$277.38
$300.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$299.88
$270.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$269.75
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$249.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 147 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 3.26)

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
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$264.85
$270.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$274.85
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$259.80
$265.00	$270.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$269.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$310.00	$307.50	Jul 17	$2.07	$2.07	$0.43	4.81	$307.93
$360.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$38.40	$38.40	$11.60	3.31	$321.60
$345.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$30.60	$30.60	$9.40	3.26	$314.40
$315.00	$305.00	Jul 24	$6.25	$6.25	$3.75	1.67	$308.75
$307.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$1.40	$1.40	$1.10	1.27	$306.10

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 43 found (avg debit $2.18, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$330.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.17	256.1%	47.4%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	452.7%	56.2%
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	$0.25	583.0%	61.1%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	539.3%	69.3%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	313.6%	63.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	313.6%	63.3%
$277.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	198.2%	40.8%
$280.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.33	181.9%	39.0%
$282.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.68	154.8%	40.4%
$285.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$1.00	144.6%	41.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 72 found (cheapest 1.32% of stock, avg 10.36%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$305.00	Jul 17	$1.73	$2.28	$4.01	$300.99	$309.01	1.32%
$302.50	Jul 17	$2.75	$1.38	$4.13	$298.37	$306.63	1.36%
$307.50	Jul 17	$0.68	$3.68	$4.36	$303.14	$311.86	1.43%
$300.00	Jul 17	$4.65	$0.35	$5.00	$295.00	$305.00	1.65%
$310.00	Jul 17	$0.35	$5.75	$6.10	$303.90	$316.10	2.01%
$297.50	Jul 17	$6.90	$0.23	$7.13	$290.37	$304.63	2.35%
$295.00	Jul 17	$9.65	$0.15	$9.80	$285.20	$304.80	3.23%
$292.50	Jul 17	$11.75	$0.20	$11.95	$280.55	$304.45	3.93%
$302.50	Jul 24	$7.75	$6.15	$13.90	$288.60	$316.40	4.57%
$305.00	Jul 24	$6.55	$7.40	$13.95	$291.05	$318.95	4.59%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 3.91%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$312.50	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.30	$0.23	$0.53	$296.97	$313.03
$310.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.35	$0.23	$0.58	$296.92	$310.58
$312.50	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.30	$0.35	$0.65	$299.35	$313.15
$310.00	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.35	$0.35	$0.70	$299.30	$310.70
$307.50	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.68	$0.23	$0.91	$296.59	$308.41
$307.50	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.68	$0.35	$1.03	$298.97	$308.53
$330.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.93	$0.23	$1.16	$296.34	$331.16
$330.00	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.93	$0.35	$1.28	$298.72	$331.28
$312.50	$272.50	Jul 17	$0.30	$1.08	$1.38	$271.12	$313.88
$312.50	$267.50	Jul 17	$0.30	$1.08	$1.38	$266.12	$313.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 125 found (best R:R 22.81, avg credit $5.05)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
270/275	285/290	Jul 31	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$270.21	$289.79
270/272	278/280	Jul 24	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$270.15	$279.85
260/265	275/280	Jul 31	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$260.37	$279.63
265/270	275/280	Jul 31	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$265.40	$279.60
260/265	285/290	Jul 31	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$260.42	$289.58
265/270	285/290	Jul 31	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$265.45	$289.55
295/300	305/310	Aug 14	$4.50	$0.50	9.00	$295.50	$309.50
250/255	275/280	Aug 7	$4.35	$0.65	6.69	$250.65	$279.35
270/275	295/300	Aug 14	$4.32	$0.68	6.35	$270.68	$299.32
250/260	270/280	Aug 21	$8.63	$1.37	6.30	$251.37	$278.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 92 found (best R:R 54.56, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$330.00	$340.00	$350.00	Jul 31	$0.18	$9.82	54.56
$297.50	$300.00	$302.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$300.00	$305.00	$310.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$312.50	$315.00	$317.50	Jul 24	$0.06	$2.44	40.67

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Jul 24	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$280.00	$282.50	$285.00	Jul 17	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$245.00	$247.50	$250.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$260.00	$270.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$0.39	$9.61	24.64
$300.00	$302.50	$305.00	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. 125 found (best net $-2.65, 112 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.65	$17.35
$265.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$9.80	$10.20
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$9.97
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.20	$9.80
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.87	$9.13

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.07	$14.93
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.26	$14.74
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.12	$9.88
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.17	$9.83
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.86	$9.14

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 4.61%, avg 1.70%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$305.00	Aug 14	$14.00	0.51	0.4%	4.61%	4.99%	--	206
$310.00	Aug 21	$13.60	0.46	2.0%	4.48%	6.50%	97	461
$310.00	Aug 14	$11.80	0.45	2.0%	3.88%	5.91%	3	32
$305.00	Aug 7	$11.60	0.50	0.4%	3.82%	4.20%	5	792
$320.00	Aug 28	$11.00	0.39	5.3%	3.62%	8.94%	--	12
$305.00	Jul 31	$10.00	0.49	0.4%	3.29%	3.67%	1	54
$320.00	Aug 21	$10.00	0.38	5.3%	3.29%	8.61%	130	2.5K
$315.00	Aug 14	$9.90	0.40	3.7%	3.26%	6.93%	--	17
$310.00	Aug 7	$9.30	0.44	2.0%	3.06%	5.09%	5	304
$307.50	Jul 31	$8.80	0.46	1.2%	2.90%	4.10%	2	3

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 1,406

Total Puts 424

Put/Call Ratio 0.30

Net Difference 982

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,669

Total Puts 10,999

Put/Call Ratio 6.59

Net Difference -9,330

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 55,275

Total Puts 32,385

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.82

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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