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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$308.68 -0.72%

(7/23 12:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/23 1:00pm) 3,878

Calls: 2,449 (63%)

Puts: 1,429 (37%)

Prior (07/22) 3,231

Calls: 1,934 (60%)

Puts: 1,297 (40%)

Current vs Prior +20.02%

Calls: +26.63% (Calls)

Puts: +10.18% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 84,087

Calls: 53,573 (64%)

Puts: 30,514 (36%)

Prior 7-Day Average 12,012

Calls: 7,653 (64%)

Puts: 4,359 (36%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -67.72%

Calls: -68.00%

Puts: -67.22%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/23 1:00pm) $6.43M

Calls: $4.34M (67%)

Puts: $2.09M (33%)

Prior (07/22) $4.38M

Calls: $3.17M (72%)

Puts: $1.22M (28%)

Current vs Prior +46.71%

Calls: +37.10%

Puts: +71.64%

Prior 7-Day Total $113.35M

Calls: $82.87M (73%)

Puts: $30.49M (27%)

Prior 7-Day Average $16.19M

Calls: $11.84M (73%)

Puts: $4.36M (27%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.28%

Calls: -63.34%

Puts: -51.97%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/23 1:00pm) 0.58

Prior (07/22) 0.67

Current vs Prior -12.99%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -25.67%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (07/23 1:00pm) 122,442

Calls: 64,450 (53%)

Puts: 57,992 (47%)

Prior (07/22) 120,193

Calls: 63,485 (53%)

Puts: 56,708 (47%)

Current vs Prior +1.87%

Prior 7-Day Total 824,971

Calls: 453,555 (55%)

Puts: 371,416 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 117,853

Calls: 64,793 (55%)

Puts: 53,059 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.89%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (07/24) | Next (07/31)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.88% | 6.90%11.31% | 16.21%

Prior 3.22% | 6.92%10.98% | 16.29%

Current vs Prior -10.35% | -0.21%+2.94% | -0.47%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.76% | 6.62%6.36% | 14.40%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -23.24% | +4.24%+77.90% | +12.61%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.22% | 6.91%10.98% | 16.29%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -10.35% | -0.21%+2.94% | -0.47%

Sentiment BULLISHBEARISH

Relative Spread

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Expiry | Next

Current 40.83% | 13.14%

Calls: 34.04% | 13.33%

Puts: 47.62% | 12.96%

Prior 15.96% | 12.12%

Calls: 14.43% | 12.68%

Puts: 17.48% | 11.56%

Current vs Prior +155.83% | +8.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 22.07% | 11.81%

Calls: 20.77% | 10.64%

Puts: 23.36% | 12.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +85.01% | +11.30%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($4.34M). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.58.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

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
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 54 of results (avg 7.7%, best 4.0%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	58.70	61.10	$59.90	4.0%	4	0.93	114
$260.00	Aug 21	49.50	51.80	$50.65	4.5%	4	0.90	186
$250.00	Jul 24	57.80	60.80	$59.30	5.1%	8	0.99	17
$250.00	Aug 7	58.30	61.40	$59.85	5.2%	--	0.94	27
$250.00	Jul 31	57.90	61.20	$59.55	5.5%	8	1.00	41

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$360.00	Aug 21	52.80	55.80	$54.30	5.5%	--	0.84	30
$310.00	Aug 21	16.70	17.90	$17.30	6.9%	1	0.49	135
$315.00	Aug 14	17.90	19.20	$18.55	7.0%	7	0.55	2
$315.00	Aug 21	19.30	20.80	$20.05	7.5%	17	0.53	27
$305.00	Aug 21	14.00	15.20	$14.60	8.2%	1	0.44	4

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. 93 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	57.90	61.20	$59.55	5.5%	8	1.00	41
$255.00	Jul 31	52.80	56.20	$54.50	6.2%	4	1.00	17
$260.00	Jul 31	47.90	51.30	$49.60	6.9%	--	1.00	89
$260.00	Jul 24	47.90	50.90	$49.40	6.1%	5	1.00	75
$265.00	Jul 24	42.80	45.90	$44.35	7.0%	7	1.00	17

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$330.00	Jul 24	19.30	22.20	$20.75	14.0%	1	1.00	3
$322.50	Jul 24	12.00	15.10	$13.55	22.9%	1	0.93	--
$320.00	Jul 24	9.80	12.80	$11.30	26.5%	11	0.89	5
$360.00	Aug 21	52.80	55.80	$54.30	5.5%	--	0.84	30
$317.50	Jul 24	8.50	10.50	$9.50	21.1%	10	0.83	1

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 160 active (total vol 2.2K, top 300)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$317.50	Aug 21	12.60	14.70	$13.65	15.4%	300	0.45	8
$310.00	Aug 21	16.00	17.40	$16.70	8.4%	252	0.51	698
$317.50	Jul 24	0.55	1.50	$1.02	93.1%	238	0.20	48
$305.00	Jul 31	11.30	12.80	$12.05	12.4%	91	0.57	59
$300.00	Jul 31	13.90	15.80	$14.85	12.8%	61	0.65	169

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Jul 24	3.20	5.20	$4.20	47.6%	44	0.53	124
$305.00	Jul 24	1.15	2.65	$1.90	78.9%	38	0.32	261
$307.50	Jul 24	1.95	3.80	$2.88	64.2%	34	0.42	39
$290.00	Aug 21	7.90	8.70	$8.30	9.6%	32	0.30	374
$305.00	Jul 31	7.60	8.90	$8.25	15.8%	28	0.43	70

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 59 strikes (avg 66.4%, max 280.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	180.8%	48.0%	276.4%	12	131
$270.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	122.8%	46.5%	164.4%	3	399
$260.00	Jul 24	Aug 21	118.5%	47.7%	148.6%	9	261
$275.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	111.0%	46.5%	138.9%	2	127
$255.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	166.1%	70.0%	137.4%	4	28

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	180.8%	47.5%	280.8%	7	154
$255.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	166.1%	48.4%	243.3%	--	104
$270.00	Jul 24	Aug 28	122.8%	45.6%	169.5%	2	142
$257.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	158.8%	60.7%	161.6%	10	218
$260.00	Jul 24	Sep 4	118.5%	46.9%	152.6%	2	218

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 156 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 5.29)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$357.50	$370.00	Jul 31	$0.25	$12.25	$0.25	49.00	$357.75
$345.00	$350.00	Jul 24	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$345.13
$360.00	$370.00	Aug 7	$0.40	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$360.40
$350.00	$355.00	Jul 31	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$350.22
$355.00	$357.50	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$355.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$265.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$264.85
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$254.85
$295.00	$292.50	Jul 24	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$294.87
$270.00	$267.50	Jul 31	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$269.87
$262.50	$260.00	Jul 24	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$262.35

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 194 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 2.33)

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
$250.00	$265.00	Aug 7	$14.70	$14.70	$0.30	49.00	$264.70
$260.00	$265.00	Jul 31	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$264.85
$285.00	$290.00	Jul 24	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$289.75
$270.00	$275.00	Jul 31	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$274.70

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$330.00	$322.50	Jul 24	$7.20	$7.20	$0.30	24.00	$322.80
$322.50	$320.00	Jul 24	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$320.25
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 21	$28.10	$28.10	$6.90	4.07	$331.90
$317.50	$315.00	Jul 24	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	3.55	$315.55
$315.00	$312.50	Jul 24	$1.80	$1.80	$0.70	2.57	$313.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 59 found (avg debit $3.12, cheapest $0.15)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$255.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.15	166.1%	70.0%
$260.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.20	118.5%	59.8%
$270.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.20	122.8%	56.9%
$250.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.25	180.8%	75.2%
$265.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.40	106.8%	58.6%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.20	180.8%	75.2%
$255.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.22	166.1%	70.0%
$260.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.25	118.5%	59.8%
$267.50	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.32	130.0%	57.4%
$265.00	Jul 24	Jul 31	$0.40	106.8%	58.6%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 77 found (cheapest 2.43% of stock, avg 10.10%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$310.00	Jul 24	$3.30	$4.20	$7.50	$302.50	$317.50	2.43%
$307.50	Jul 24	$4.70	$2.88	$7.58	$299.92	$315.08	2.46%
$305.00	Jul 24	$6.20	$1.90	$8.10	$296.90	$313.10	2.62%
$312.50	Jul 24	$2.40	$5.75	$8.15	$304.35	$320.65	2.64%
$315.00	Jul 24	$1.60	$7.55	$9.15	$305.85	$324.15	2.96%
$302.50	Jul 24	$8.20	$1.23	$9.43	$293.07	$311.93	3.05%
$317.50	Jul 24	$1.02	$9.50	$10.52	$306.98	$328.02	3.41%
$300.00	Jul 24	$10.20	$0.83	$11.03	$288.97	$311.03	3.57%
$320.00	Jul 24	$0.75	$11.30	$12.05	$307.95	$332.05	3.90%
$297.50	Jul 24	$12.35	$0.55	$12.90	$284.60	$310.40	4.18%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 156 found (cheapest 0.42% of stock, avg 4.82%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$320.00	$297.50	Jul 24	$0.75	$0.55	$1.30	$296.20	$321.30
$317.50	$297.50	Jul 24	$1.02	$0.55	$1.57	$295.93	$319.07
$320.00	$300.00	Jul 24	$0.75	$0.83	$1.58	$298.42	$321.58
$317.50	$300.00	Jul 24	$1.02	$0.83	$1.85	$298.15	$319.35
$320.00	$302.50	Jul 24	$0.75	$1.23	$1.98	$300.52	$321.98
$315.00	$297.50	Jul 24	$1.60	$0.55	$2.15	$295.35	$317.15
$317.50	$302.50	Jul 24	$1.02	$1.23	$2.25	$300.25	$319.75
$315.00	$300.00	Jul 24	$1.60	$0.83	$2.43	$297.57	$317.43
$320.00	$305.00	Jul 24	$0.75	$1.90	$2.65	$302.35	$322.65
$315.00	$302.50	Jul 24	$1.60	$1.23	$2.83	$299.67	$317.83

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 183 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $4.44)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
260/265	270/275	Jul 31	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$260.15	$274.85
250/255	265/270	Aug 7	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$250.15	$269.85
275/280	290/295	Aug 21	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$275.15	$294.85
280/285	290/295	Aug 21	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$280.15	$294.85
280/282	285/290	Jul 31	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$277.68	$289.82
260/265	280/285	Aug 21	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$260.20	$284.80
270/275	280/285	Aug 21	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$270.20	$284.80
272/275	285/290	Jul 31	$4.68	$0.32	14.62	$270.32	$289.68
260/265	285/290	Jul 31	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$260.35	$289.65
250/255	270/275	Aug 7	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$250.35	$274.65

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 94 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$345.00	$350.00	$355.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$317.50	$320.00	$322.50	Jul 24	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$275.00	$277.50	$280.00	Jul 24	$0.10	$2.40	24.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$302.50	$305.00	$307.50	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$305.00	$307.50	$310.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$295.00	$297.50	$300.00	Jul 24	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$265.00	$267.50	$270.00	Jul 31	$0.06	$2.44	40.67
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Jul 31	$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. 111 found (best net $-1.50, 99 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$345.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.55	$14.45
$357.50	$370.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.18	$12.32
$360.00	$370.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.65	$9.35
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$1.90	$8.10
$360.00	$370.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$2.21	$7.79

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$315.00	$295.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.50	$18.50
$270.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.37	$14.63
$295.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.90	$14.10
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$0.12	$9.88
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.15	$9.85

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 66 found (best yield 5.51%, avg 1.96%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Aug 28	$17.00	0.52	0.4%	5.51%	5.93%	--	16
$310.00	Aug 21	$16.00	0.51	0.4%	5.18%	5.61%	252	698
$312.50	Aug 21	$14.70	0.49	1.2%	4.76%	6.00%	6	54
$315.00	Aug 28	$14.70	0.47	2.0%	4.76%	6.81%	1	7
$320.00	Sep 4	$14.10	0.45	3.7%	4.57%	8.24%	2	--
$310.00	Aug 14	$13.60	0.50	0.4%	4.41%	4.83%	--	56
$315.00	Aug 21	$13.40	0.47	2.0%	4.34%	6.39%	4	51
$317.50	Aug 21	$12.60	0.45	2.9%	4.08%	6.94%	300	8
$320.00	Aug 28	$12.50	0.44	3.7%	4.05%	7.72%	--	13
$320.00	Aug 21	$11.70	0.42	3.7%	3.79%	7.46%	22	2.5K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,449

Total Puts 1,429

Put/Call Ratio 0.58

Net Difference 1,020

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,934

Total Puts 1,297

Put/Call Ratio 0.67

Net Difference 637

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 53,573

Total Puts 30,514

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.79

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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