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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$303.13 +0.96%

(7/17 11:00) ◀

Friday, July 17, 2026 (12:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 12:00pm) 2,737

Calls: 2,062 (75%)

Puts: 675 (25%)

Prior (07/16) 13,627

Calls: 2,419 (18%)

Puts: 11,208 (82%)

Current vs Prior -79.91%

Calls: -14.76% (Calls)

Puts: -93.98% (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 -78.14%

Calls: -73.89%

Puts: -85.41%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 12:00pm) $4.54M

Calls: $4.06M (89%)

Puts: $477.0K (11%)

Prior (07/16) $16.16M

Calls: $2.94M (18%)

Puts: $13.22M (82%)

Current vs Prior -71.90%

Calls: +38.05%

Puts: -96.39%

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 -69.28%

Calls: -61.64%

Puts: -88.61%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 12:00pm) 0.33

Prior (07/16) 4.63

Current vs Prior -92.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.82

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -59.98%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 12:00pm) 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

ℹ

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

Current 1.55% | 4.93%1.55% | 12.85%

Prior 2.50% | 5.28%2.50% | 13.07%

Current vs Prior -37.93% | -6.57%-37.93% | -1.70%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -59.01% | -19.31%-65.62% | -4.68%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -37.93% | -6.57%-37.93% | -1.70%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 87.45% | 10.07%

Calls: 74.91% | 11.11%

Puts: 100.00% | 9.03%

Prior 35.58% | 9.46%

Calls: 41.27% | 9.27%

Puts: 29.89% | 9.64%

Current vs Prior +145.78% | +6.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.20% | 12.02%

Calls: 21.39% | 11.37%

Puts: 25.02% | 12.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +276.92% | -16.19%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 89% of dollar volume in calls ($4.06M) vs puts ($477.0K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 72% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 80% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.33 - heavy call buying (2,062 calls vs 675 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

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

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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 58 of results (avg 7.2%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 21	29.40	30.60	$30.00	4.0%	5	0.74	240
$300.00	Aug 21	17.80	18.60	$18.20	4.4%	45	0.55	692
$250.00	Jul 24	52.20	54.70	$53.45	4.7%	--	1.00	17
$257.50	Jul 17	44.60	46.80	$45.70	4.8%	--	0.94	39
$270.00	Aug 21	36.30	38.10	$37.20	4.8%	5	0.82	288

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	20.30	21.20	$20.75	4.3%	--	0.54	20
$300.00	Aug 21	14.80	15.60	$15.20	5.3%	1	0.45	53
$360.00	Aug 21	57.90	61.40	$59.65	5.9%	--	0.88	30
$290.00	Aug 21	10.40	11.10	$10.75	6.5%	1	0.36	372
$345.00	Jul 31	41.60	44.50	$43.05	6.7%	1	0.91	2

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 1 found (avg $0.28, cheapest $0.28)

CALLS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$340.00	Jul 24	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	4	0.04	460

PUTS (0)

No puts meet the criteria

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 85 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	52.20	54.70	$53.45	4.7%	--	1.00	17
$255.00	Jul 24	46.80	50.10	$48.45	6.8%	--	1.00	12
$260.00	Jul 24	41.70	44.80	$43.25	7.2%	1	1.00	93
$270.00	Jul 24	32.00	35.50	$33.75	10.4%	3	1.00	121
$250.00	Jul 31	51.80	55.40	$53.60	6.7%	--	1.00	47

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Jul 17	5.20	8.50	$6.85	48.2%	2	1.00	--
$345.00	Jul 31	41.60	44.50	$43.05	6.7%	1	0.91	2
$307.50	Jul 17	3.70	5.60	$4.65	40.9%	4	0.89	9
$360.00	Aug 21	57.90	61.40	$59.65	5.9%	--	0.88	30
$335.00	Aug 14	35.00	38.00	$36.50	8.2%	4	0.78	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 144 active (total vol 2.2K, top 385)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Jul 17	0.05	1.25	$0.65	184.6%	385	0.34	105
$265.00	Jul 17	37.10	40.00	$38.55	7.5%	210	0.98	284
$320.00	Aug 21	9.70	10.40	$10.05	7.0%	136	0.37	2.5K
$310.00	Aug 21	13.30	14.10	$13.70	5.8%	101	0.46	461
$307.50	Jul 17	0.05	0.85	$0.45	177.8%	98	0.19	70

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.60	$0.33	166.7%	94	0.16	129
$300.00	Jul 24	4.90	5.60	$5.25	13.3%	30	0.42	118
$300.00	Jul 31	9.20	10.30	$9.75	11.3%	30	0.44	66
$295.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.20	$0.13	115.4%	26	0.05	207
$302.50	Jul 17	0.25	1.75	$1.00	150.0%	25	0.38	56

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 407.6%, max 1275.7%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	594.1%	46.0%	1191.4%	41	622
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	642.9%	62.8%	923.4%	--	39
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	325.1%	44.1%	637.3%	20	1.4K
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	310.6%	44.8%	593.2%	2	2.3K
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	306.0%	44.9%	581.4%	210	296

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	642.9%	46.7%	1275.7%	--	463
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	594.1%	45.5%	1205.5%	--	587
$247.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	618.5%	70.4%	778.6%	--	215
$262.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	473.8%	54.4%	770.7%	4	54
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	521.7%	60.5%	762.1%	1	70

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 118 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 5.42)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$345.18
$317.50	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$317.62
$325.00	$327.50	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$325.15
$332.50	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.45	$7.05	$0.45	15.67	$332.95
$340.00	$350.00	Jul 31	$0.77	$9.23	$0.77	11.99	$340.77

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$249.87
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$259.87
$287.50	$285.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$287.40
$272.50	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$272.38
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$0.27	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$254.73

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 156 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 2.57)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$259.90
$267.50	$270.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$269.90
$280.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$282.40
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$254.70
$265.00	$270.00	Jul 31	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$269.70

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$310.00	$307.50	Jul 17	$2.20	$2.20	$0.30	7.33	$307.80
$307.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$2.17	$2.17	$0.33	6.58	$305.33
$360.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$38.90	$38.90	$11.10	3.50	$321.10
$345.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$30.65	$30.65	$9.35	3.28	$314.35
$305.00	$302.50	Jul 31	$1.90	$1.90	$0.60	3.17	$303.10

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 41 found (avg debit $2.29, cheapest $0.07)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$350.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.07	246.9%	46.5%
$270.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	325.1%	44.5%
$345.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.18	266.8%	49.8%
$340.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	201.9%	45.2%
$277.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.30	236.2%	40.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.12	344.7%	61.3%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.12	310.6%	55.4%
$265.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.13	306.0%	52.2%
$277.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.18	236.2%	40.3%
$280.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.32	216.8%	39.8%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 76 found (cheapest 1.03% of stock, avg 10.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$305.00	Jul 17	$0.65	$2.48	$3.13	$301.87	$308.13	1.03%
$302.50	Jul 17	$2.22	$1.00	$3.22	$299.28	$305.72	1.06%
$300.00	Jul 17	$3.55	$0.33	$3.88	$296.12	$303.88	1.28%
$307.50	Jul 17	$0.45	$4.65	$5.10	$302.40	$312.60	1.68%
$297.50	Jul 17	$5.95	$0.13	$6.08	$291.42	$303.58	2.01%
$310.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$6.85	$7.10	$302.90	$317.10	2.34%
$295.00	Jul 17	$8.15	$0.13	$8.28	$286.72	$303.28	2.73%
$292.50	Jul 17	$10.40	$0.15	$10.55	$281.95	$303.05	3.48%
$290.00	Jul 17	$13.20	$0.05	$13.25	$276.75	$303.25	4.37%
$300.00	Jul 24	$8.35	$5.25	$13.60	$286.40	$313.60	4.49%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.17% of stock, avg 4.09%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$312.50	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$0.33	$0.51	$299.49	$313.01
$310.00	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$0.33	$0.58	$299.42	$310.58
$307.50	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.45	$0.33	$0.78	$299.22	$308.28
$305.00	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.65	$0.33	$0.98	$299.02	$305.98
$312.50	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.18	$1.00	$1.18	$301.32	$313.68
$310.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.25	$1.00	$1.25	$301.25	$311.25
$312.50	$272.50	Jul 17	$0.18	$1.08	$1.26	$271.24	$313.76
$312.50	$267.50	Jul 17	$0.18	$1.08	$1.26	$266.24	$313.76
$312.50	$262.50	Jul 17	$0.18	$1.08	$1.26	$261.24	$313.76
$310.00	$272.50	Jul 17	$0.25	$1.08	$1.33	$271.17	$311.33

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 160 found (best R:R 28.41, avg credit $4.55)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$260.17	$274.83
275/280	285/290	Aug 14	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$275.20	$289.80
270/272	275/278	Jul 24	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$270.13	$277.37
265/270	275/280	Jul 31	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$265.30	$279.70
260/265	275/280	Jul 31	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$260.32	$279.68
278/280	282/285	Jul 24	$2.34	$0.16	14.62	$277.66	$284.84
275/280	285/290	Jul 31	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$275.35	$289.65
270/272	282/285	Jul 24	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$270.18	$284.82
250/255	280/285	Aug 7	$4.62	$0.38	12.16	$250.38	$284.62
250/255	270/275	Aug 7	$4.57	$0.43	10.63	$250.43	$274.57

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 96 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$340.00	$350.00	$360.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$9.87	75.92
$292.50	$295.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$270.00	$272.50	$275.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$295.00	$297.50	$300.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$305.00	$307.50	$310.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$262.50	$265.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$290.00	$292.50	$295.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$275.00	$277.50	$280.00	Jul 24	$0.09	$2.41	26.78

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 127 found (best net $-3.50, 104 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.50	$16.50
$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	-$0.11	$9.89
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.47	$9.53

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.71	$14.29
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.06	$9.94
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.60	$9.40
$290.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.75	$9.25
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.81	$9.19

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 42 found (best yield 4.45%, avg 1.66%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$305.00	Aug 14	$13.50	0.49	0.6%	4.45%	5.07%	2	206
$310.00	Aug 21	$13.30	0.46	2.3%	4.39%	6.65%	101	461
$305.00	Aug 7	$11.50	0.49	0.6%	3.79%	4.41%	5	792
$310.00	Aug 14	$11.30	0.44	2.3%	3.73%	5.99%	3	32
$320.00	Aug 28	$10.30	0.38	5.6%	3.40%	8.96%	--	12
$320.00	Aug 21	$9.70	0.37	5.6%	3.20%	8.77%	136	2.5K
$305.00	Jul 31	$9.50	0.49	0.6%	3.13%	3.75%	2	54
$310.00	Aug 7	$9.40	0.43	2.3%	3.10%	5.37%	5	304
$315.00	Aug 14	$9.40	0.39	3.9%	3.10%	7.02%	--	17
$307.50	Jul 31	$8.00	0.45	1.4%	2.64%	4.08%	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 2,062

Total Puts 675

Put/Call Ratio 0.33

Net Difference 1,387

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,419

Total Puts 11,208

Put/Call Ratio 4.63

Net Difference -8,789

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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