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VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$309.65 +3.13%

(7/17 15:02) ◀

Friday, July 17, 2026 (4:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 4:00pm) 9,634

Calls: 6,662 (69%)

Puts: 2,972 (31%)

Prior (07/16) 18,744

Calls: 5,713 (30%)

Puts: 13,031 (70%)

Current vs Prior -48.60%

Calls: +16.61% (Calls)

Puts: -77.19% (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 -23.07%

Calls: -15.63%

Puts: -35.76%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/17 4:00pm) $14.84M

Calls: $12.78M (86%)

Puts: $2.06M (14%)

Prior (07/16) $22.02M

Calls: $7.92M (36%)

Puts: $14.09M (64%)

Current vs Prior -32.61%

Calls: +61.28%

Puts: -85.40%

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 +0.38%

Calls: +20.62%

Puts: -50.85%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/17 4:00pm) 0.45

Prior (07/16) 2.28

Current vs Prior -80.44%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.82

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -45.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/17 4:00pm) 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 1.20% | 4.96%1.20% | 12.87%

Prior 2.50% | 5.28%2.50% | 13.07%

Current vs Prior +98.46% | +48.97%-52.03% | -1.55%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg +31.06% | +28.66%-73.43% | -4.53%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod +98.46% | +48.97%-52.03% | -1.55%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 11.21% | 7.00%

Calls: 9.64% | 6.40%

Puts: 12.77% | 7.59%

Prior 35.58% | 9.46%

Calls: 41.27% | 9.27%

Puts: 29.89% | 9.64%

Current vs Prior -68.49% | -26.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 23.20% | 12.02%

Calls: 21.39% | 11.37%

Puts: 25.02% | 12.65%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.68% | -41.74%

Liquidity Pricy

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Strong bullish conviction with 86% of dollar volume in calls ($12.78M) vs puts ($2.06M). Below-average activity with volume down 49% vs prior. Extreme bullish P/C ratio of 0.45 - heavy call buying (6,662 calls vs 2,972 puts). P/C ratio dropping 80% - sentiment shifting bullish.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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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 BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 81 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Aug 21	21.90	22.70	$22.30	3.6%	72	0.61	692
$300.00	Aug 14	20.20	21.00	$20.60	3.9%	10	0.61	22
$265.00	Jul 17	43.50	45.30	$44.40	4.1%	211	0.93	284
$250.00	Aug 21	59.10	61.70	$60.40	4.3%	2	0.93	114
$250.00	Jul 24	58.00	60.60	$59.30	4.4%	--	0.98	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 21	17.20	17.90	$17.55	4.0%	73	0.48	20
$300.00	Aug 21	12.40	13.00	$12.70	4.7%	28	0.39	53
$360.00	Aug 21	53.20	56.10	$54.65	5.3%	--	0.84	30
$305.00	Aug 14	13.10	14.10	$13.60	7.4%	1	0.44	1
$345.00	Jul 31	36.60	39.50	$38.05	7.6%	1	0.86	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. 97 found (avg delta 0.82, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	57.70	60.50	$59.10	4.7%	41	1.00	508
$255.00	Jul 17	52.60	55.50	$54.05	5.4%	1	1.00	26
$275.00	Jul 17	32.60	35.80	$34.20	9.4%	35	1.00	569
$277.50	Jul 17	30.10	33.30	$31.70	10.1%	12	1.00	15
$285.00	Jul 17	22.70	25.40	$24.05	11.2%	18	1.00	484

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$345.00	Jul 31	36.60	39.50	$38.05	7.6%	1	0.86	2
$360.00	Aug 21	53.20	56.10	$54.65	5.3%	--	0.84	30
$310.00	Jul 17	0.15	2.60	$1.38	177.5%	12	0.77	--
$335.00	Aug 14	31.00	33.70	$32.35	8.3%	4	0.73	--
$315.00	Jul 24	9.40	10.40	$9.90	10.1%	10	0.60	--

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 214 active (total vol 7.8K, top 461)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Jul 24	12.50	13.30	$12.90	6.2%	461	0.72	1.5K
$305.00	Jul 17	4.00	5.20	$4.60	26.1%	434	1.00	105
$310.00	Aug 21	16.70	17.60	$17.15	5.2%	410	0.52	461
$315.00	Jul 24	4.60	5.20	$4.90	12.2%	406	0.40	724
$270.00	Jul 17	37.60	40.40	$39.00	7.2%	361	0.94	1.1K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$305.00	Jul 24	4.60	5.20	$4.90	12.2%	433	0.38	23
$290.00	Aug 21	8.50	9.30	$8.90	9.0%	371	0.30	372
$300.00	Jul 31	6.90	7.70	$7.30	11.0%	129	0.36	66
$282.50	Jul 31	2.00	2.90	$2.45	36.7%	119	0.16	35
$287.50	Jul 31	2.40	3.80	$3.10	45.2%	109	0.20	9

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 55 strikes (avg 1436.3%, max 3304.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1589.8%	48.1%	3204.1%	43	622
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1425.7%	46.4%	2973.0%	212	292
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1365.5%	46.3%	2850.8%	7	2.3K
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 21	1242.8%	45.3%	2642.2%	367	1.4K
$255.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1084.5%	45.8%	2268.5%	2	27

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1589.8%	46.7%	3304.8%	--	587
$265.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1425.7%	46.4%	2973.0%	40	292
$260.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1365.5%	47.4%	2783.3%	2	382
$270.00	Jul 17	Aug 28	1242.8%	43.8%	2738.3%	3	206
$267.50	Jul 17	Jul 31	1357.4%	47.9%	2734.9%	27	459

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 134 found (best R:R 37.46, avg 5.19)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$345.00	$350.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$345.15
$340.00	$350.00	Jul 31	$0.32	$9.68	$0.32	30.25	$340.32
$310.00	$312.50	Jul 17	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$310.10
$340.00	$345.00	Jul 24	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$340.20
$335.00	$340.00	Jul 24	$0.32	$4.68	$0.32	14.63	$335.32

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$259.87
$277.50	$275.00	Jul 17	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$277.38
$265.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$264.75
$262.50	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$262.37
$270.00	$267.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$269.87

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 179 found (best R:R 24.00, avg 2.13)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$252.50	Jul 17	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$252.40
$270.00	$275.00	Jul 17	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$274.80
$265.00	$270.00	Jul 31	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$269.75
$250.00	$270.00	Aug 7	$18.90	$18.90	$1.10	17.18	$268.90
$280.00	$282.50	Jul 24	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$282.35

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$360.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$37.10	$37.10	$12.90	2.88	$322.90
$345.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$28.65	$28.65	$11.35	2.52	$316.35
$335.00	$305.00	Aug 14	$18.75	$18.75	$11.25	1.67	$316.25
$315.00	$307.50	Jul 24	$4.00	$4.00	$3.50	1.14	$311.00
$310.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$4.85	$4.85	$5.15	0.94	$305.15

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 44 found (avg debit $2.44, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$260.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	1365.5%	62.7%
$280.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.10	842.8%	44.2%
$275.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.15	608.3%	43.1%
$250.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.20	1589.8%	74.6%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	1084.5%	73.2%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$275.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.12	608.3%	43.1%
$255.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.22	1084.5%	73.2%
$292.50	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.25	665.5%	40.2%
$285.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.45	508.1%	40.8%
$295.00	Jul 17	Jul 24	$0.84	592.8%	41.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 85 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 11.01%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$310.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$1.38	$1.63	$308.37	$311.63	0.53%
$307.50	Jul 17	$2.33	$0.83	$3.16	$304.34	$310.66	1.02%
$305.00	Jul 17	$4.60	$0.20	$4.80	$300.20	$309.80	1.55%
$302.50	Jul 17	$6.60	$0.25	$6.85	$295.65	$309.35	2.21%
$300.00	Jul 17	$9.95	$0.20	$10.15	$289.85	$310.15	3.28%
$297.50	Jul 17	$11.85	$0.53	$12.38	$285.12	$309.88	4.00%
$307.50	Jul 24	$8.30	$5.90	$14.20	$293.30	$321.70	4.59%
$305.00	Jul 24	$9.70	$4.90	$14.60	$290.40	$319.60	4.72%
$315.00	Jul 24	$4.90	$9.90	$14.80	$300.20	$329.80	4.78%
$302.50	Jul 24	$11.15	$3.95	$15.10	$287.40	$317.60	4.88%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 4.11%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$312.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.20	$0.35	$304.65	$312.85
$310.00	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$0.20	$0.45	$304.55	$310.45
$315.00	$305.00	Jul 17	$0.25	$0.20	$0.45	$304.55	$315.45
$312.50	$307.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$0.83	$0.98	$306.52	$313.48
$310.00	$307.50	Jul 17	$0.25	$0.83	$1.08	$306.42	$311.08
$315.00	$307.50	Jul 17	$0.25	$0.83	$1.08	$306.42	$316.08
$317.50	$305.00	Jul 17	$1.05	$0.20	$1.25	$303.75	$318.75
$312.50	$295.00	Jul 17	$0.15	$1.08	$1.23	$293.77	$313.73
$312.50	$292.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$1.08	$1.23	$291.27	$313.73
$312.50	$287.50	Jul 17	$0.15	$1.08	$1.23	$286.27	$313.73

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 199 found (best R:R 49.00, avg credit $4.47)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
300/305	315/320	Aug 14	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$300.10	$319.90
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$260.15	$274.85
268/270	275/280	Jul 31	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$265.20	$279.80
260/262	275/278	Jul 24	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$260.12	$277.38
268/270	275/278	Jul 24	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$267.62	$277.38
260/265	275/280	Jul 31	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$260.30	$279.70
268/270	295/298	Jul 31	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$267.65	$297.35
290/295	305/310	Aug 28	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$290.30	$309.70
285/290	300/305	Aug 7	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$285.35	$304.65
290/295	305/310	Aug 7	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$290.35	$309.65

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 119 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$350.00	$360.00	$370.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$9.87	75.92
$290.00	$300.00	$310.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$9.85	65.67
$252.50	$255.00	$257.50	Jul 17	$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	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$302.50	$305.00	$307.50	Jul 24	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Jul 31	$0.28	$4.72	16.86

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 124 found (best net $-1.55, 105 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$9.97
$360.00	$370.00	1:2	Jul 17	-$0.03	$9.97
$360.00	$370.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.11	$8.89
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$1.31	$8.69
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.10	$7.90

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$290.00	$275.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.55	$13.45
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.01	$9.99
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.66	$9.34
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.90	$9.10
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.45	$8.55

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 48 found (best yield 5.81%, avg 1.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Aug 28	$18.00	0.52	0.1%	5.81%	5.93%	1	7
$310.00	Aug 21	$16.70	0.52	0.1%	5.39%	5.51%	410	461
$310.00	Aug 14	$15.00	0.51	0.1%	4.84%	4.96%	32	32
$315.00	Aug 14	$12.80	0.46	1.7%	4.13%	5.86%	3	17
$320.00	Aug 21	$12.50	0.43	3.3%	4.04%	7.38%	190	2.5K
$320.00	Aug 28	$12.40	0.43	3.3%	4.00%	7.35%	--	12
$310.00	Aug 7	$11.50	0.50	0.1%	3.71%	3.83%	5	304
$310.00	Jul 31	$10.80	0.51	0.1%	3.49%	3.60%	93	181
$325.00	Aug 28	$10.60	0.39	5.0%	3.42%	8.38%	3	3
$315.00	Aug 7	$10.40	0.45	1.7%	3.36%	5.09%	5	408

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 6,662

Total Puts 2,972

Put/Call Ratio 0.45

Net Difference 3,690

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,713

Total Puts 13,031

Put/Call Ratio 2.28

Net Difference -7,318

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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