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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$308.79 +2.48%

(7/30 10:00) ◀

Thursday, July 30, 2026 (11:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/30 11:00am) 2,621

Calls: 1,503 (57%)

Puts: 1,118 (43%)

Prior (07/29) 2,667

Calls: 2,249 (84%)

Puts: 418 (16%)

Current vs Prior -1.72%

Calls: -33.17% (Calls)

Puts: +167.46% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 48,214

Calls: 27,428 (57%)

Puts: 20,786 (43%)

Prior 7-Day Average 6,887

Calls: 3,918 (57%)

Puts: 2,969 (43%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -61.95%

Calls: -61.64%

Puts: -62.35%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/30 11:00am) $1.93M

Calls: $1.71M (89%)

Puts: $218.9K (11%)

Prior (07/29) $1.97M

Calls: $1.67M (85%)

Puts: $299.5K (15%)

Current vs Prior -2.46%

Calls: +1.92%

Puts: -26.92%

Prior 7-Day Total $67.01M

Calls: $44.27M (66%)

Puts: $22.74M (34%)

Prior 7-Day Average $9.57M

Calls: $6.32M (66%)

Puts: $3.25M (34%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -79.88%

Calls: -73.01%

Puts: -93.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30 11:00am) 0.74

Prior (07/29) 0.19

Current vs Prior +300.22%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -6.11%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30 11:00am) 131,431

Calls: 68,441 (52%)

Puts: 62,990 (48%)

Prior (07/29) 129,272

Calls: 67,400 (52%)

Puts: 61,872 (48%)

Current vs Prior +1.67%

Prior 7-Day Total 869,155

Calls: 456,155 (52%)

Puts: 413,000 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 124,165

Calls: 65,165 (52%)

Puts: 59,000 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +5.85%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 3.51% | 6.53%9.65% | 14.75%

Prior 4.86% | 7.28%10.04% | 15.07%

Current vs Prior -27.73% | -10.42%-3.87% | -2.10%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.89% | 7.19%10.66% | 15.70%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -9.71% | -9.24%-9.49% | -6.05%

Prior 7-Day Eod 4.86% | 7.28%10.04% | 15.07%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -27.73% | -10.42%-3.87% | -2.10%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 43.46% | 21.31%

Calls: 44.90% | 20.83%

Puts: 42.02% | 21.80%

Prior 29.23% | 20.54%

Calls: 33.11% | 19.47%

Puts: 25.35% | 21.60%

Current vs Prior +48.68% | +3.75%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.90% | 14.18%

Calls: 29.82% | 15.21%

Puts: 35.99% | 13.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +32.09% | +50.24%

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Strong bullish conviction with 89% of dollar volume in calls ($1.71M) vs puts ($218.9K). P/C ratio rising 300% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH

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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 26 of results (avg 7.8%, best 5.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	57.50	61.00	$59.25	5.9%	--	1.00	38
$265.00	Jul 31	42.60	45.20	$43.90	5.9%	--	1.00	51
$255.00	Aug 21	53.20	56.50	$54.85	6.0%	1	0.93	1
$255.00	Jul 31	52.50	55.80	$54.15	6.1%	--	1.00	16
$250.00	Aug 21	57.70	61.40	$59.55	6.2%	--	0.94	112

PUTS (3)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$360.00	Aug 21	51.80	54.70	$53.25	5.4%	--	0.90	30
$360.00	Aug 7	50.20	53.90	$52.05	7.1%	1	0.96	--
$300.00	Aug 21	9.90	10.80	$10.35	8.7%	2	0.38	97

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. 71 found (avg delta 0.75, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	57.50	61.00	$59.25	5.9%	--	1.00	38
$255.00	Jul 31	52.50	55.80	$54.15	6.1%	--	1.00	16
$260.00	Jul 31	47.50	51.00	$49.25	7.1%	--	1.00	84
$265.00	Jul 31	42.60	45.20	$43.90	5.9%	--	1.00	51
$270.00	Jul 31	37.50	41.00	$39.25	8.9%	2	1.00	100

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$337.50	Jul 31	27.90	31.30	$29.60	11.5%	1	0.96	--
$360.00	Aug 7	50.20	53.90	$52.05	7.1%	1	0.96	--
$360.00	Aug 21	51.80	54.70	$53.25	5.4%	--	0.90	30
$325.00	Aug 7	18.90	21.30	$20.10	11.9%	--	0.74	146
$330.00	Aug 14	24.10	28.00	$26.05	15.0%	--	0.73	43

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 130 active (total vol 2.1K, top 525)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$310.00	Aug 7	8.10	9.20	$8.65	12.7%	289	0.48	1.3K
$300.00	Jul 31	8.50	11.00	$9.75	25.6%	176	0.79	306
$365.00	Aug 21	0.55	1.75	$1.15	104.3%	69	0.08	--
$302.50	Jul 31	7.00	9.20	$8.10	27.2%	44	0.70	98
$305.00	Jul 31	5.20	7.50	$6.35	36.2%	43	0.62	107

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.25	$0.15	133.3%	525	0.03	941
$265.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	97	0.00	58
$297.50	Jul 31	0.55	1.95	$1.25	112.0%	30	0.19	62
$300.00	Aug 7	5.20	6.10	$5.65	15.9%	30	0.35	58
$270.00	Aug 21	1.80	3.10	$2.45	53.1%	21	0.12	998

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 79.6%, max 262.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	174.0%	54.2%	220.8%	--	150
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	159.6%	52.6%	203.3%	1	17
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	145.2%	51.8%	180.2%	--	256
$355.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	124.2%	46.6%	166.6%	3	19
$350.00	Jul 31	Sep 11	113.9%	44.9%	153.4%	3	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	174.0%	48.0%	262.3%	--	100
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	159.6%	48.9%	226.1%	--	32
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	145.2%	48.4%	200.1%	2	300
$270.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	114.4%	44.2%	159.2%	2	119
$262.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	138.1%	60.2%	129.4%	1	30

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 133 found (best R:R 99.00, avg 6.09)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$350.00	$360.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$9.90	$0.10	99.00	$350.10
$345.00	$350.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$345.12
$335.00	$337.50	Jul 31	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$335.10
$327.50	$330.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$327.60
$365.00	$370.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$365.25

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$270.00	$265.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$269.90
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 7	$0.18	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$259.82
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$254.78
$267.50	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$267.38
$265.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.30	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$264.70

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 165 found (best R:R 132.33, avg 3.10)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$270.00	Aug 7	$19.85	$19.85	$0.15	132.33	$269.85
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$259.90
$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$4.85	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$259.85
$270.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$279.60
$280.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$284.75

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 7	$31.95	$31.95	$3.05	10.48	$328.05
$337.50	$315.00	Jul 31	$20.45	$20.45	$2.05	9.98	$317.05
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 21	$28.90	$28.90	$6.10	4.74	$331.10
$322.50	$320.00	Aug 21	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	4.00	$320.50
$315.00	$312.50	Jul 31	$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. 53 found (avg debit $2.77, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$350.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.33	113.9%	51.8%
$360.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.37	58.3%	48.1%
$345.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.45	103.3%	49.4%
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.70	159.6%	52.6%
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.75	145.2%	51.8%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	174.0%	71.7%
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.18	145.2%	62.5%
$262.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.20	138.1%	60.2%
$270.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.37	114.4%	54.7%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.42	99.6%	58.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 56 found (cheapest 3.07% of stock, avg 9.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$310.00	Jul 31	$3.53	$5.95	$9.48	$300.52	$319.48	3.07%
$307.50	Jul 31	$4.90	$4.70	$9.60	$297.90	$317.10	3.11%
$305.00	Jul 31	$6.35	$3.35	$9.70	$295.30	$314.70	3.14%
$312.50	Jul 31	$2.65	$7.35	$10.00	$302.50	$322.50	3.24%
$302.50	Jul 31	$8.10	$2.70	$10.80	$291.70	$313.30	3.50%
$315.00	Jul 31	$1.95	$9.15	$11.10	$303.90	$326.10	3.59%
$300.00	Jul 31	$9.75	$1.88	$11.63	$288.37	$311.63	3.77%
$297.50	Jul 31	$12.10	$1.25	$13.35	$284.15	$310.85	4.32%
$295.00	Jul 31	$14.45	$0.95	$15.40	$279.60	$310.40	4.99%
$292.50	Jul 31	$16.90	$0.65	$17.55	$274.95	$310.05	5.68%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 138 found (cheapest 0.71% of stock, avg 4.37%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$320.00	$297.50	Jul 31	$0.95	$1.25	$2.20	$295.30	$322.20
$317.50	$297.50	Jul 31	$1.43	$1.25	$2.68	$294.82	$320.18
$320.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.95	$1.88	$2.83	$297.17	$322.83
$315.00	$297.50	Jul 31	$1.95	$1.25	$3.20	$294.30	$318.20
$317.50	$300.00	Jul 31	$1.43	$1.88	$3.31	$296.69	$320.81
$320.00	$302.50	Jul 31	$0.95	$2.70	$3.65	$298.85	$323.65
$315.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$1.95	$1.88	$3.83	$296.17	$318.83
$312.50	$297.50	Jul 31	$2.65	$1.25	$3.90	$293.60	$316.40
$370.00	$250.00	Sep 4	$2.38	$1.63	$4.01	$245.99	$374.01
$317.50	$302.50	Jul 31	$1.43	$2.70	$4.13	$298.37	$321.63

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 228 found (best R:R 44.45, avg credit $3.83)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/260	270/280	Aug 7	$9.78	$0.22	44.45	$250.22	$279.78
265/270	280/285	Aug 7	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$265.15	$284.85
265/268	285/290	Jul 31	$4.82	$0.18	26.78	$262.68	$289.82
292/295	305/308	Aug 7	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$292.60	$307.40
285/290	295/300	Aug 7	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$285.30	$299.70
285/288	290/292	Jul 31	$2.33	$0.17	13.71	$285.17	$292.33
250/255	260/270	Aug 21	$9.22	$0.78	11.82	$245.78	$269.22
290/295	300/305	Aug 28	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$290.40	$304.60
270/275	300/305	Aug 28	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$270.42	$304.58
285/290	295/300	Aug 21	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$285.45	$299.55

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 72 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$310.00	$315.00	$320.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$355.00	$360.00	$365.00	Aug 21	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$350.00	$355.00	$360.00	Aug 21	$0.09	$4.91	54.56
$285.00	$290.00	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$290.00	$295.00	$300.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$4.90	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Aug 14	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$272.50	$275.00	$277.50	Jul 31	$0.08	$2.42	30.25
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.16	$4.84	30.25
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.19	$4.81	25.32

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 114 found (best net $-0.30, 101 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.33	$9.67
$325.00	$335.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$1.36	$8.64
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$2.51	$7.49
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.55	$7.45
$325.00	$335.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.40	$5.60

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$280.00	$265.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.30	$14.70
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.16	$9.84
$290.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.25	$7.75
$305.00	$295.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$2.65	$7.35
$260.00	$255.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.02	$4.98

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 52 found (best yield 4.76%, avg 1.50%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Aug 28	$14.70	0.51	0.4%	4.76%	5.15%	1	18
$310.00	Aug 21	$13.30	0.51	0.4%	4.31%	4.70%	18	640
$320.00	Sep 11	$12.60	0.44	3.6%	4.08%	7.71%	1	--
$312.50	Aug 21	$12.20	0.48	1.2%	3.95%	5.15%	1	45
$310.00	Aug 14	$11.00	0.50	0.4%	3.56%	3.95%	21	60
$315.00	Aug 21	$11.00	0.45	2.0%	3.56%	5.57%	3	65
$320.00	Aug 28	$10.60	0.41	3.6%	3.43%	7.06%	--	28
$320.00	Aug 21	$9.20	0.40	3.6%	2.98%	6.61%	11	2.4K
$315.00	Aug 14	$8.90	0.44	2.0%	2.88%	4.89%	1	28
$317.50	Aug 21	$8.80	0.42	2.8%	2.85%	5.67%	--	274

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,503

Total Puts 1,118

Put/Call Ratio 0.74

Net Difference 385

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 2,249

Total Puts 418

Put/Call Ratio 0.19

Net Difference 1,831

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 27,428

Total Puts 20,786

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.79

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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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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