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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$303.74 +1.16%

(7/17 12:00) ◀

Friday, July 17, 2026 (1:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 1:00pm) 4,323

Calls: 3,164 (73%)

Puts: 1,159 (27%)

Prior (07/16) 14,433

Calls: 2,934 (20%)

Puts: 11,499 (80%)

Current vs Prior -70.05%

Calls: +7.84% (Calls)

Puts: -89.92% (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 -65.48%

Calls: -59.93%

Puts: -74.95%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 1:00pm) $7.34M

Calls: $6.48M (88%)

Puts: $858.3K (12%)

Prior (07/16) $17.21M

Calls: $3.59M (21%)

Puts: $13.62M (79%)

Current vs Prior -57.37%

Calls: +80.41%

Puts: -93.70%

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 -50.37%

Calls: -38.86%

Puts: -79.50%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/17 1:00pm) 0.37

Prior (07/16) 3.92

Current vs Prior -90.65%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.82

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -55.23%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 1:00pm) 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

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

Current 1.31% | 4.92%1.31% | 12.81%

Prior 2.50% | 5.28%2.50% | 13.07%

Current vs Prior -47.54% | -6.76%-47.54% | -2.03%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.36% | -19.47%-70.95% | -4.99%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -47.54% | -6.76%-47.54% | -2.03%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 76.78% | 12.61%

Calls: 78.00% | 18.42%

Puts: 75.56% | 6.80%

Prior 35.58% | 9.46%

Calls: 41.27% | 9.27%

Puts: 29.89% | 9.64%

Current vs Prior +115.80% | +33.30%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.20% | 12.02%

Calls: 21.39% | 11.37%

Puts: 25.02% | 12.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +230.93% | +4.95%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 88% of dollar volume in calls ($6.48M) vs puts ($858.3K). Light premium activity with dollar volume down 57% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 70% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.37 - heavy call buying (3,164 calls vs 1,159 puts).

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BEARISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

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
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 69 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	37.20	38.40	$37.80	3.2%	5	0.82	288
$250.00	Aug 21	54.40	56.20	$55.30	3.3%	--	0.92	114
$250.00	Jul 24	53.00	55.20	$54.10	4.1%	--	1.00	17
$245.00	Jul 17	57.70	60.20	$58.95	4.2%	--	0.99	10
$280.00	Aug 21	29.70	31.00	$30.35	4.3%	6	0.74	240

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	20.00	20.60	$20.30	3.0%	55	0.54	20
$360.00	Aug 21	57.60	60.20	$58.90	4.4%	--	0.88	30
$300.00	Aug 21	14.50	15.30	$14.90	5.4%	2	0.45	53
$290.00	Aug 21	10.20	10.80	$10.50	5.7%	1	0.35	372
$345.00	Jul 31	41.70	44.20	$42.95	5.8%	1	0.90	2

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. 87 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	53.00	55.20	$54.10	4.1%	--	1.00	17
$255.00	Jul 24	47.90	50.00	$48.95	4.3%	--	1.00	12
$260.00	Jul 24	42.90	45.60	$44.25	6.1%	1	1.00	93
$245.00	Jul 31	57.80	60.80	$59.30	5.1%	--	1.00	29
$250.00	Jul 31	52.60	55.90	$54.25	6.1%	--	1.00	47

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Jul 17	4.80	7.50	$6.15	43.9%	2	0.94	--
$345.00	Jul 31	41.70	44.20	$42.95	5.8%	1	0.90	2
$360.00	Aug 21	57.60	60.20	$58.90	4.4%	--	0.88	30
$307.50	Jul 17	2.60	5.00	$3.80	63.2%	4	0.85	9
$335.00	Aug 14	34.80	37.70	$36.25	8.0%	4	0.77	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 164 active (total vol 3.4K, top 397)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Jul 17	0.30	0.95	$0.63	103.2%	397	0.35	105
$270.00	Jul 17	32.50	34.60	$33.55	6.3%	257	0.98	1.1K
$265.00	Jul 17	37.60	40.30	$38.95	6.9%	210	0.98	284
$320.00	Aug 21	9.80	10.60	$10.20	7.8%	143	0.37	2.5K
$320.00	Aug 14	7.50	9.20	$8.35	20.4%	121	0.35	22

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Jul 24	7.10	7.60	$7.35	6.8%	220	0.52	23
$300.00	Jul 31	9.00	9.90	$9.45	9.5%	98	0.44	66
$300.00	Jul 17	0.05	0.45	$0.25	160.0%	94	0.14	129
$310.00	Aug 21	20.00	20.60	$20.30	3.0%	55	0.54	20
$295.00	Jul 17	0.00	0.15	$0.08	187.5%	35	0.04	207

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 53 strikes (avg 395.9%, max 1009.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	477.9%	46.4%	929.1%	41	622
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	520.7%	58.5%	790.3%	--	39
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	357.1%	45.7%	682.0%	2	2.3K
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	352.1%	45.4%	676.3%	210	296
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 31	396.1%	51.7%	666.7%	1	43

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	520.7%	46.9%	1009.9%	--	463
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	477.9%	44.8%	966.2%	--	587
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	396.1%	44.6%	787.4%	--	397
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	357.1%	45.7%	682.0%	4	557
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	352.1%	45.4%	676.3%	3	296

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 118 found (best R:R 82.33, avg 6.37)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$330.00	$340.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$9.88	$0.12	82.33	$330.12
$340.00	$345.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$340.13
$332.50	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.30	$7.20	$0.30	24.00	$332.80
$317.50	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$317.62
$307.50	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$307.68

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
$300.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$299.90
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$254.80
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.21	$4.79	$0.21	22.81	$259.79
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$249.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 154 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 2.68)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$270.00	$275.00	Jul 17	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$274.90
$277.50	$280.00	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$279.90
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 24	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$264.80
$275.00	$277.50	Jul 24	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$277.40
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$264.80

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$310.00	$307.50	Jul 17	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$307.65
$307.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	3.55	$305.55
$360.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$38.60	$38.60	$11.40	3.39	$321.40
$345.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$30.85	$30.85	$9.15	3.37	$314.15
$315.00	$305.00	Jul 24	$6.70	$6.70	$3.30	2.03	$308.30

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 54 found (avg debit $1.97, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.05	396.1%	62.2%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	477.9%	68.2%
$345.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	303.4%	50.0%
$350.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.22	280.8%	52.9%
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.30	357.1%	56.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$247.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.05	499.2%	71.2%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.05	477.9%	68.2%
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.08	414.5%	60.3%
$245.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	520.7%	76.9%
$262.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	372.8%	55.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 77 found (cheapest 0.82% of stock, avg 10.26%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$305.00	Jul 17	$0.63	$1.85	$2.48	$302.52	$307.48	0.82%
$302.50	Jul 17	$2.13	$0.63	$2.76	$299.74	$305.26	0.91%
$300.00	Jul 17	$3.75	$0.25	$4.00	$296.00	$304.00	1.32%
$307.50	Jul 17	$0.38	$3.80	$4.18	$303.32	$311.68	1.38%
$310.00	Jul 17	$0.20	$6.15	$6.35	$303.65	$316.35	2.09%
$297.50	Jul 17	$6.50	$0.15	$6.65	$290.85	$304.15	2.19%
$295.00	Jul 17	$8.75	$0.08	$8.83	$286.17	$303.83	2.91%
$292.50	Jul 17	$10.90	$0.15	$11.05	$281.45	$303.55	3.64%
$302.50	Jul 24	$7.60	$6.25	$13.85	$288.65	$316.35	4.56%
$305.00	Jul 24	$6.55	$7.35	$13.90	$291.10	$318.90	4.58%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 145 found (cheapest 0.10% of stock, avg 4.26%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$312.50	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.15	$0.30	$297.20	$312.80
$315.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.15	$0.30	$297.20	$315.30
$310.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.20	$0.15	$0.35	$297.15	$310.35
$312.50	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.25	$0.40	$299.60	$312.90
$315.00	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.25	$0.40	$299.60	$315.40
$310.00	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.20	$0.25	$0.45	$299.55	$310.45
$307.50	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.38	$0.15	$0.53	$296.97	$308.03
$307.50	$300.00	Jul 17	$0.38	$0.25	$0.63	$299.37	$308.13
$305.00	$297.50	Jul 17	$0.63	$0.15	$0.78	$296.72	$305.78
$312.50	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.63	$0.78	$301.72	$313.28

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 173 found (best R:R 19.00, avg credit $4.45)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$260.25	$274.75
275/280	285/290	Aug 14	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$275.25	$289.75
250/255	270/275	Jul 31	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$250.30	$274.70
270/275	280/285	Jul 31	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$270.33	$284.67
295/300	305/310	Aug 14	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$295.35	$309.65
265/268	270/275	Jul 31	$4.62	$0.38	12.16	$262.88	$274.62
270/272	278/280	Jul 24	$2.28	$0.22	10.36	$270.22	$279.78
295/300	305/310	Aug 7	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$295.45	$309.55
270/275	285/290	Aug 14	$4.47	$0.53	8.43	$270.53	$289.47
250/255	280/285	Aug 7	$4.39	$0.61	7.20	$250.61	$284.39

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 93 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$300.00	$305.00	$310.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$250.00	$260.00	$270.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$340.00	$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$305.00	$307.50	$310.00	Jul 17	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.11	$4.89	44.45
$267.50	$270.00	$272.50	Jul 24	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$277.50	$280.00	$282.50	Jul 24	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 128 found (best net $-2.70, 111 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$300.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.70	$17.30
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$9.97
$265.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$10.15	$9.85
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.96	$9.04
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.99	$9.01

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.50	$14.50
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.12	$9.88
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.52	$9.48
$290.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.55	$9.45
$315.00	$305.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.65	$9.35

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 43 found (best yield 4.51%, avg 1.67%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$305.00	Aug 14	$13.70	0.50	0.4%	4.51%	4.93%	5	206
$310.00	Aug 21	$13.50	0.46	2.1%	4.44%	6.51%	101	461
$305.00	Aug 7	$12.00	0.50	0.4%	3.95%	4.37%	86	792
$310.00	Aug 14	$10.80	0.45	2.1%	3.56%	5.62%	3	32
$320.00	Aug 28	$10.30	0.39	5.3%	3.39%	8.74%	--	12
$320.00	Aug 21	$9.80	0.37	5.3%	3.23%	8.58%	143	2.5K
$305.00	Jul 31	$9.70	0.49	0.4%	3.19%	3.61%	2	54
$315.00	Aug 14	$9.50	0.40	3.7%	3.13%	6.83%	3	17
$310.00	Aug 7	$9.00	0.44	2.1%	2.96%	5.02%	5	304
$307.50	Jul 31	$8.00	0.45	1.2%	2.63%	3.87%	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 3,164

Total Puts 1,159

Put/Call Ratio 0.37

Net Difference 2,005

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,934

Total Puts 11,499

Put/Call Ratio 3.92

Net Difference -8,565

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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