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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$307.23 +2.32%

(7/17 14:00) ◀

Friday, July 17, 2026 (3:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 3:00pm) 7,286

Calls: 4,805 (66%)

Puts: 2,481 (34%)

Prior (07/16) 15,743

Calls: 3,592 (23%)

Puts: 12,151 (77%)

Current vs Prior -53.72%

Calls: +33.77% (Calls)

Puts: -79.58% (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 -41.82%

Calls: -39.15%

Puts: -46.37%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 3:00pm) $11.51M

Calls: $9.54M (83%)

Puts: $1.97M (17%)

Prior (07/16) $18.54M

Calls: $4.55M (25%)

Puts: $13.99M (75%)

Current vs Prior -37.90%

Calls: +109.57%

Puts: -85.90%

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 -22.10%

Calls: -9.94%

Puts: -52.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/17 3:00pm) 0.52

Prior (07/16) 3.38

Current vs Prior -84.74%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.82

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/17 3:00pm) 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 0.95% | 5.03%0.95% | 12.84%

Prior 2.50% | 5.28%2.50% | 13.07%

Current vs Prior -61.82% | -4.74%-61.82% | -1.77%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -74.79% | -17.72%-78.85% | -4.74%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -61.82% | -4.74%-61.82% | -1.77%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 54.17% | 8.41%

Calls: 41.67% | 8.38%

Puts: 66.67% | 8.45%

Prior 35.58% | 9.46%

Calls: 41.27% | 9.27%

Puts: 29.89% | 9.64%

Current vs Prior +52.25% | -11.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.20% | 12.02%

Calls: 21.39% | 11.37%

Puts: 25.02% | 12.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +133.48% | -30.01%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($9.54M) vs puts ($1.97M). Below-average activity with volume down 54% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.52. P/C ratio dropping 85% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

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 NEUTRAL

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	BULLISH	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 88 of results (avg 6.7%, best 1.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	58.10	59.00	$58.55	1.5%	2	0.92	114
$280.00	Aug 21	33.00	33.70	$33.35	2.1%	15	0.76	240
$270.00	Jul 17	36.90	37.70	$37.30	2.1%	351	0.95	1.1K
$300.00	Aug 21	20.40	21.10	$20.75	3.4%	58	0.58	692
$270.00	Aug 21	40.00	41.40	$40.70	3.4%	5	0.84	288

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	18.40	19.00	$18.70	3.2%	68	0.51	20
$300.00	Aug 21	13.30	13.80	$13.55	3.7%	26	0.41	53
$360.00	Aug 21	55.50	57.80	$56.65	4.1%	--	0.85	30
$345.00	Jul 31	39.20	41.70	$40.45	6.2%	1	0.89	2
$305.00	Aug 14	14.00	14.90	$14.45	6.2%	1	0.46	1

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. 91 found (avg delta 0.81, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	55.70	58.80	$57.25	5.4%	3	1.00	47
$255.00	Jul 31	50.90	54.00	$52.45	5.9%	--	1.00	17
$250.00	Jul 17	55.50	57.80	$56.65	4.1%	41	1.00	508
$275.00	Jul 17	30.30	32.50	$31.40	7.0%	34	0.99	569
$255.00	Jul 17	50.30	53.00	$51.65	5.2%	1	0.99	26

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Jul 17	2.45	4.20	$3.33	52.6%	7	0.94	--
$345.00	Jul 31	39.20	41.70	$40.45	6.2%	1	0.89	2
$360.00	Aug 21	55.50	57.80	$56.65	4.1%	--	0.85	30
$335.00	Aug 14	33.10	35.30	$34.20	6.4%	4	0.74	--
$315.00	Jul 24	11.20	12.00	$11.60	6.9%	5	0.65	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 191 active (total vol 5.7K, top 422)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Jul 17	1.80	2.75	$2.28	41.7%	422	0.83	105
$310.00	Aug 21	15.50	16.10	$15.80	3.8%	366	0.49	461
$270.00	Jul 17	36.90	37.70	$37.30	2.1%	351	0.95	1.1K
$300.00	Jul 17	6.40	8.00	$7.20	22.2%	230	0.94	2.0K
$265.00	Jul 17	40.30	42.70	$41.50	5.8%	210	0.97	284

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Aug 21	9.20	9.90	$9.55	7.3%	367	0.32	372
$305.00	Jul 24	5.70	6.20	$5.95	8.4%	333	0.44	23
$300.00	Jul 31	7.80	8.60	$8.20	9.8%	128	0.39	66
$282.50	Jul 31	2.45	3.10	$2.78	23.4%	119	0.17	35
$287.50	Jul 31	3.50	4.20	$3.85	18.2%	109	0.23	9

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 795.3%, max 1537.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	693.9%	44.9%	1446.7%	356	1.4K
$280.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	631.8%	44.8%	1311.2%	93	935
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 14	668.4%	48.0%	1292.4%	210	296
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	660.8%	48.0%	1275.4%	43	622
$282.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	587.0%	42.7%	1274.1%	6	52

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$257.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	1031.7%	63.0%	1537.9%	1	70
$262.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	942.6%	58.2%	1520.8%	4	54
$247.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	1211.7%	75.0%	1515.2%	--	215
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	693.9%	43.2%	1506.3%	2	206
$272.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	765.4%	47.9%	1497.2%	5	41

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 127 found (best R:R 28.41, avg 4.99)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$317.50	$320.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$317.62
$332.50	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.42	$7.08	$0.42	16.86	$332.92
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.34	$4.66	$0.34	13.71	$345.34
$330.00	$332.50	Jul 24	$0.18	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$330.18
$340.00	$350.00	Jul 31	$0.73	$9.27	$0.73	12.70	$340.73

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$250.00	Jul 31	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$254.83
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$254.83
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$259.78
$265.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$264.77
$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. 167 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 2.38)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$264.85
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 24	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$264.80
$250.00	$255.00	Jul 31	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$254.80
$250.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$9.55	$9.55	$0.45	21.22	$259.55
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$259.75

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$360.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$37.95	$37.95	$12.05	3.15	$322.05
$345.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$30.00	$30.00	$10.00	3.00	$315.00
$335.00	$305.00	Aug 14	$19.75	$19.75	$10.25	1.93	$315.25
$315.00	$305.00	Jul 24	$5.65	$5.65	$4.35	1.30	$309.35
$310.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$5.15	$5.15	$4.85	1.06	$304.85

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 42 found (avg debit $2.41, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	621.6%	60.0%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	684.6%	66.0%
$350.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	429.4%	48.6%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	660.8%	72.0%
$340.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	343.7%	45.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	621.6%	60.0%
$277.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	448.3%	41.1%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.12	684.6%	66.0%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.17	660.8%	72.0%
$275.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.17	377.6%	42.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 78 found (cheapest 0.37% of stock, avg 10.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$307.50	Jul 17	$0.48	$0.65	$1.13	$306.37	$308.63	0.37%
$305.00	Jul 17	$2.28	$0.23	$2.51	$302.49	$307.51	0.82%
$310.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$3.33	$3.46	$306.54	$313.46	1.13%
$302.50	Jul 17	$4.55	$0.25	$4.80	$297.70	$307.30	1.56%
$300.00	Jul 17	$7.20	$0.13	$7.33	$292.67	$307.33	2.39%
$297.50	Jul 17	$9.00	$0.15	$9.15	$288.35	$306.65	2.98%
$295.00	Jul 17	$11.85	$0.13	$11.98	$283.02	$306.98	3.90%
$305.00	Jul 24	$8.35	$5.95	$14.30	$290.70	$319.30	4.65%
$302.50	Jul 24	$9.75	$4.85	$14.60	$287.90	$317.10	4.75%
$300.00	Jul 24	$11.15	$3.95	$15.10	$284.90	$315.10	4.91%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 170 found (cheapest 0.12% of stock, avg 4.18%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$310.00	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.13	$0.23	$0.36	$304.64	$310.36
$310.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.13	$0.25	$0.38	$302.12	$310.38
$312.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.23	$0.38	$304.62	$312.88
$315.00	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.23	$0.38	$304.62	$315.38
$312.50	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.25	$0.40	$302.10	$312.90
$315.00	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.25	$0.40	$302.10	$315.40
$307.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.48	$0.23	$0.71	$304.29	$308.21
$307.50	$302.50	Jul 17	$0.48	$0.25	$0.73	$301.77	$308.23
$310.00	$292.50	Jul 17	$0.13	$1.08	$1.21	$291.29	$311.21
$310.00	$282.50	Jul 17	$0.13	$1.08	$1.21	$281.29	$311.21

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 192 found (best R:R 40.67, avg credit $4.44)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
275/280	285/290	Jul 31	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$275.12	$289.88
290/295	305/310	Aug 7	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$290.15	$309.85
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$260.17	$274.83
250/255	270/275	Jul 31	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$250.23	$274.77
265/268	270/275	Jul 31	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$262.73	$274.77
250/255	265/270	Jul 31	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$250.28	$269.72
260/265	280/285	Jul 31	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$260.32	$284.68
270/275	285/290	Jul 31	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$270.33	$289.67
280/282	285/290	Jul 31	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$277.85	$289.65
268/270	280/285	Jul 31	$4.63	$0.37	12.51	$265.37	$284.63

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 99 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$270.00	$280.00	$290.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$260.00	$262.50	$265.00	Jul 17	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$270.00	$272.50	$275.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$302.50	$305.00	$307.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$320.00	$330.00	$340.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$9.75	39.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Aug 14	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$260.00	$270.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$0.17	$9.83	57.82
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$257.50	$260.00	$262.50	Jul 24	$0.07	$2.43	34.71

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 123 found (best net $-0.20, 101 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$9.97
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.29	$9.71
$330.00	$340.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.30	$9.70
$265.00	$285.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$11.70	$8.30
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.00	$8.00

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.20	$14.80
$265.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.08	$9.92
$315.00	$305.00	1:2	Jul 24	-$0.30	$9.70
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.75	$9.25
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$1.05	$8.95

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 45 found (best yield 5.53%, avg 1.88%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Aug 28	$17.00	0.50	0.9%	5.53%	6.43%	1	7
$310.00	Aug 21	$15.50	0.49	0.9%	5.05%	5.95%	366	461
$310.00	Aug 14	$13.60	0.49	0.9%	4.43%	5.33%	23	32
$320.00	Aug 28	$11.60	0.41	4.2%	3.78%	7.93%	--	12
$315.00	Aug 14	$11.50	0.44	2.5%	3.74%	6.27%	3	17
$320.00	Aug 21	$11.50	0.40	4.2%	3.74%	7.90%	151	2.5K
$307.50	Jul 31	$10.70	0.50	0.1%	3.48%	3.57%	5	3
$310.00	Aug 7	$10.20	0.48	0.9%	3.32%	4.22%	5	304
$310.00	Jul 31	$9.60	0.47	0.9%	3.12%	4.03%	77	181
$325.00	Aug 28	$9.60	0.37	5.8%	3.12%	8.91%	3	3

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,805

Total Puts 2,481

Put/Call Ratio 0.52

Net Difference 2,324

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 3,592

Total Puts 12,151

Put/Call Ratio 3.38

Net Difference -8,559

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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Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

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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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