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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$308.99 +2.55%

(7/30 13:00) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/30 2:00pm) 6,761

Calls: 4,326 (64%)

Puts: 2,435 (36%)

Prior (07/29) 5,862

Calls: 4,520 (77%)

Puts: 1,342 (23%)

Current vs Prior +15.34%

Calls: -4.29% (Calls)

Puts: +81.45% (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 -1.84%

Calls: +10.41%

Puts: -18.00%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/30 2:00pm) $12.63M

Calls: $11.51M (91%)

Puts: $1.12M (9%)

Prior (07/29) $5.48M

Calls: $4.20M (77%)

Puts: $1.28M (23%)

Current vs Prior +130.46%

Calls: +174.15%

Puts: -12.83%

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 +31.95%

Calls: +82.06%

Puts: -65.63%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/30 2:00pm) 0.56

Prior (07/29) 0.30

Current vs Prior +89.58%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -28.94%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30 2:00pm) 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 3.07% | 6.18%9.45% | 14.69%

Prior 4.86% | 7.28%10.04% | 15.07%

Current vs Prior -36.76% | -15.14%-5.87% | -2.48%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -21.00% | -14.02%-11.37% | -6.42%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -36.76% | -15.14%-5.87% | -2.48%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 38.09% | 10.39%

Calls: 40.00% | 8.79%

Puts: 36.19% | 12.00%

Prior 29.23% | 20.54%

Calls: 33.11% | 19.47%

Puts: 25.35% | 21.60%

Current vs Prior +30.31% | -49.42%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.90% | 14.18%

Calls: 29.82% | 15.21%

Puts: 35.99% | 13.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +15.77% | -26.75%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 91% of dollar volume in calls ($11.51M) vs puts ($1.12M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 130% vs prior. Bullish P/C ratio of 0.56. P/C ratio rising 90% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

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
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
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 46 of results (avg 7.8%, best 5.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	57.20	60.20	$58.70	5.1%	--	0.94	112
$250.00	Jul 31	56.90	60.00	$58.45	5.3%	130	1.00	38
$255.00	Aug 21	52.50	55.50	$54.00	5.6%	1	0.94	1
$305.00	Aug 21	15.40	16.30	$15.85	5.7%	44	0.56	101
$255.00	Jul 31	51.90	55.00	$53.45	5.8%	65	1.00	16

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$307.50	Aug 14	11.20	11.80	$11.50	5.2%	9	0.48	--
$360.00	Aug 7	51.10	54.30	$52.70	6.1%	1	0.96	--
$360.00	Aug 21	52.00	55.30	$53.65	6.2%	--	0.90	30
$330.00	Aug 14	24.80	26.60	$25.70	7.0%	--	0.74	43
$300.00	Aug 7	5.10	5.50	$5.30	7.5%	34	0.35	58

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. 74 found (avg delta 0.76, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	56.90	60.00	$58.45	5.3%	130	1.00	38
$255.00	Jul 31	51.90	55.00	$53.45	5.8%	65	1.00	16
$260.00	Jul 31	46.90	50.30	$48.60	7.0%	--	1.00	84
$265.00	Jul 31	41.90	45.00	$43.45	7.1%	187	1.00	51
$270.00	Jul 31	36.90	40.10	$38.50	8.3%	2	1.00	100

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$337.50	Jul 31	28.50	31.70	$30.10	10.6%	1	0.96	--
$360.00	Aug 7	51.10	54.30	$52.70	6.1%	1	0.96	--
$360.00	Aug 21	52.00	55.30	$53.65	6.2%	--	0.90	30
$325.00	Aug 7	19.00	21.50	$20.25	12.3%	--	0.76	146
$315.00	Jul 31	7.60	10.70	$9.15	33.9%	--	0.75	21

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 169 active (total vol 4.4K, top 699)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$290.00	Jul 31	16.90	19.90	$18.40	16.3%	385	1.00	111
$310.00	Aug 7	7.60	8.30	$7.95	8.8%	301	0.48	1.3K
$300.00	Jul 31	8.90	10.60	$9.75	17.4%	290	0.84	306
$280.00	Jul 31	26.90	30.00	$28.45	10.9%	195	1.00	58
$265.00	Jul 31	41.90	45.00	$43.45	7.1%	187	1.00	51

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.20	$0.13	115.4%	699	0.03	941
$265.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	97	0.00	58
$300.00	Jul 31	1.10	1.60	$1.35	37.0%	97	0.22	269
$310.00	Jul 31	4.30	6.20	$5.25	36.2%	93	0.58	25
$297.50	Jul 31	0.45	1.50	$0.98	107.1%	82	0.17	62

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 57 strikes (avg 77.4%, max 278.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	180.3%	53.9%	234.8%	130	150
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	165.3%	52.3%	216.4%	66	17
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	150.4%	50.4%	198.5%	--	256
$355.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	128.2%	47.0%	172.8%	4	19
$350.00	Jul 31	Sep 11	117.5%	45.5%	158.0%	3	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	180.4%	47.7%	278.3%	--	100
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	165.4%	48.6%	240.0%	--	32
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	150.4%	48.2%	212.4%	2	300
$262.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	143.0%	59.1%	142.2%	1	30
$270.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	114.9%	48.0%	139.5%	11	119

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 144 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 5.65)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$350.00	$360.00	Aug 7	$0.20	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$350.20
$332.50	$335.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$332.60
$342.50	$345.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$342.60
$365.00	$370.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$365.28
$320.00	$322.50	Jul 31	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$320.15

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$270.00	$265.00	Aug 7	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$269.87
$260.00	$250.00	Aug 14	$0.32	$9.68	$0.32	30.25	$259.68
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$254.77
$267.50	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$267.38
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 21	$0.25	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$259.75

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 176 found (best R:R 32.33, avg 1.94)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$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
$290.00	$292.50	Jul 31	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$292.35
$292.50	$295.00	Jul 31	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$294.85
$280.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$284.70

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$337.50	$315.00	Jul 31	$20.95	$20.95	$1.55	13.52	$316.55
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 7	$32.45	$32.45	$2.55	12.73	$327.55
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 21	$29.80	$29.80	$5.20	5.73	$330.20
$315.00	$312.50	Jul 31	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	4.56	$312.95
$322.50	$320.00	Aug 21	$1.95	$1.95	$0.55	3.55	$320.55

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 58 found (avg debit $2.54, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$270.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	114.9%	54.4%
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.15	180.3%	71.1%
$360.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.25	58.2%	46.9%
$350.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.42	117.5%	53.8%
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	$0.55	165.3%	52.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.10	180.4%	71.1%
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.12	165.4%	66.2%
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.15	150.4%	61.2%
$262.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.17	143.0%	59.1%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.37	105.4%	57.5%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 63 found (cheapest 2.65% of stock, avg 9.59%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$310.00	Jul 31	$2.93	$5.25	$8.18	$301.82	$318.18	2.65%
$305.00	Jul 31	$5.50	$2.78	$8.28	$296.72	$313.28	2.68%
$307.50	Jul 31	$4.25	$4.10	$8.35	$299.15	$315.85	2.70%
$302.50	Jul 31	$7.35	$1.83	$9.18	$293.32	$311.68	2.97%
$312.50	Jul 31	$2.23	$7.10	$9.33	$303.17	$321.83	3.02%
$315.00	Jul 31	$1.48	$9.15	$10.63	$304.37	$325.63	3.44%
$300.00	Jul 31	$9.75	$1.35	$11.10	$288.90	$311.10	3.59%
$297.50	Jul 31	$11.40	$0.98	$12.38	$285.12	$309.88	4.01%
$295.00	Jul 31	$13.70	$0.63	$14.33	$280.67	$309.33	4.64%
$292.50	Jul 31	$16.05	$0.43	$16.48	$276.02	$308.98	5.33%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 138 found (cheapest 0.53% of stock, avg 4.47%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$320.00	$297.50	Jul 31	$0.65	$0.98	$1.63	$295.87	$321.63
$317.50	$297.50	Jul 31	$0.95	$0.98	$1.93	$295.57	$319.43
$320.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.65	$1.35	$2.00	$298.00	$322.00
$317.50	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.95	$1.35	$2.30	$297.70	$319.80
$315.00	$297.50	Jul 31	$1.48	$0.98	$2.46	$295.04	$317.46
$320.00	$302.50	Jul 31	$0.65	$1.83	$2.48	$300.02	$322.48
$317.50	$302.50	Jul 31	$0.95	$1.83	$2.78	$299.72	$320.28
$315.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$1.48	$1.35	$2.83	$297.17	$317.83
$312.50	$297.50	Jul 31	$2.23	$0.98	$3.21	$294.29	$315.71
$315.00	$302.50	Jul 31	$1.48	$1.83	$3.31	$299.19	$318.31

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 242 found (best R:R 49.00, avg credit $3.56)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
265/270	280/285	Aug 28	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$265.10	$284.90
275/278	280/285	Aug 7	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$272.63	$284.87
265/270	280/285	Aug 7	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$265.17	$284.83
250/260	265/278	Aug 14	$12.02	$0.48	25.04	$247.98	$277.02
260/265	280/285	Aug 28	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$260.23	$284.77
292/295	300/302	Aug 7	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$292.65	$302.35
275/280	285/290	Aug 28	$4.62	$0.38	12.16	$275.38	$289.62
300/302	308/310	Aug 7	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$300.20	$309.80
250/255	260/270	Aug 21	$9.18	$0.82	11.20	$245.82	$269.18
255/260	280/285	Aug 28	$4.58	$0.42	10.90	$255.42	$284.58

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 78 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	Aug 21	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$292.50	$295.00	$297.50	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$335.00	$340.00	$345.00	Aug 7	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$350.00	$355.00	$360.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$4.86	34.71
$360.00	$365.00	$370.00	Aug 21	$0.14	$4.86	34.71

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$290.00	$292.50	$295.00	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$300.00	$302.50	$305.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$250.00	$260.00	$270.00	Aug 14	$0.23	$9.77	42.48
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$4.87	37.46

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 120 found (best net $-0.80, 108 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.20	$9.80
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.95	$8.05
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$2.41	$7.59
$325.00	$335.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.95	$6.05
$350.00	$355.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.18	$4.82

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$330.00	$310.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.80	$19.20
$280.00	$265.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.51	$14.49
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.16	$9.84
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.25	$9.75
$290.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.30	$7.70

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 59 found (best yield 4.69%, avg 1.44%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Aug 28	$14.50	0.51	0.3%	4.69%	5.02%	1	18
$310.00	Aug 21	$13.10	0.50	0.3%	4.24%	4.57%	50	640
$320.00	Sep 11	$12.20	0.43	3.6%	3.95%	7.51%	1	--
$312.50	Aug 21	$11.30	0.47	1.1%	3.66%	4.79%	4	45
$315.00	Aug 21	$10.90	0.45	1.9%	3.53%	5.47%	6	65
$310.00	Aug 14	$10.80	0.49	0.3%	3.50%	3.82%	22	60
$320.00	Aug 28	$10.30	0.41	3.6%	3.33%	6.90%	--	28
$312.50	Aug 14	$9.20	0.45	1.1%	2.98%	4.11%	1	--
$317.50	Aug 21	$9.10	0.42	2.8%	2.95%	5.70%	--	274
$320.00	Aug 21	$9.00	0.39	3.6%	2.91%	6.48%	16	2.4K

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 4,326

Total Puts 2,435

Put/Call Ratio 0.56

Net Difference 1,891

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,520

Total Puts 1,342

Put/Call Ratio 0.30

Net Difference 3,178

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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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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