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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$309.19 +2.61%

(7/30 14:07) ◀

Thursday, July 30, 2026 (3:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (07/30 3:00pm) 11,295

Calls: 8,598 (76%)

Puts: 2,697 (24%)

Prior (07/29) 7,292

Calls: 5,562 (76%)

Puts: 1,730 (24%)

Current vs Prior +54.90%

Calls: +54.58% (Calls)

Puts: +55.90% (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 +63.99%

Calls: +119.43%

Puts: -9.17%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/30 3:00pm) $47.53M

Calls: $46.18M (97%)

Puts: $1.35M (3%)

Prior (07/29) $6.68M

Calls: $5.33M (80%)

Puts: $1.35M (20%)

Current vs Prior +611.66%

Calls: +766.05%

Puts: +0.27%

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 +396.54%

Calls: +630.20%

Puts: -58.43%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (07/30 3:00pm) 0.31

Prior (07/29) 0.31

Current vs Prior +0.85%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.79

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -60.40%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/30 3:00pm) 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 2.73% | 6.18%9.41% | 14.65%

Prior 4.86% | 7.28%10.04% | 15.07%

Current vs Prior -43.79% | -15.20%-6.25% | -2.76%

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

Current vs 7-Day Avg -29.77% | -14.08%-11.73% | -6.68%

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

Current vs 7-Day Eod -43.79% | -15.20%-6.25% | -2.76%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 26.82% | 10.37%

Calls: 17.28% | 6.45%

Puts: 36.36% | 14.29%

Prior 29.23% | 20.54%

Calls: 33.11% | 19.47%

Puts: 25.35% | 21.60%

Current vs Prior -8.24% | -49.51%

Prior 7-Day Avg 32.90% | 14.18%

Calls: 29.82% | 15.21%

Puts: 35.99% | 13.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -18.49% | -26.89%

Liquidity Expensive

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Strong bullish conviction with 97% of dollar volume in calls ($46.18M) vs puts ($1.35M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 612% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (397% higher). Above-average activity with volume up 55% vs prior.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Expected Move

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
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:05	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
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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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 54 of results (avg 7.4%, best 4.1%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$307.50	Aug 21	14.40	15.00	$14.70	4.1%	1	0.53	43
$307.50	Aug 14	12.10	12.70	$12.40	4.8%	5	0.53	8
$260.00	Jul 31	48.00	50.40	$49.20	4.9%	430	1.00	84
$310.00	Aug 21	13.10	13.80	$13.45	5.2%	58	0.51	640
$250.00	Aug 21	57.80	61.00	$59.40	5.4%	--	0.95	112

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$302.50	Aug 21	10.70	11.20	$10.95	4.6%	1	0.41	3
$300.00	Aug 21	9.60	10.10	$9.85	5.1%	5	0.38	97
$307.50	Aug 14	11.00	11.60	$11.30	5.3%	22	0.47	--
$360.00	Aug 21	51.50	54.60	$53.05	5.8%	--	0.90	30
$305.00	Aug 14	9.80	10.40	$10.10	5.9%	10	0.44	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. 76 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	57.50	60.70	$59.10	5.4%	170	1.00	38
$255.00	Jul 31	52.50	55.70	$54.10	5.9%	85	1.00	16
$260.00	Jul 31	48.00	50.40	$49.20	4.9%	430	1.00	84
$265.00	Jul 31	42.50	45.50	$44.00	6.8%	237	1.00	51
$270.00	Jul 31	37.50	40.50	$39.00	7.7%	372	1.00	100

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$337.50	Jul 31	28.10	31.10	$29.60	10.1%	1	0.97	--
$360.00	Aug 7	50.20	53.60	$51.90	6.6%	1	0.96	--
$360.00	Aug 21	51.50	54.60	$53.05	5.8%	--	0.90	30
$325.00	Aug 7	18.40	21.50	$19.95	15.5%	--	0.76	146
$315.00	Jul 31	7.00	9.40	$8.20	29.3%	--	0.75	21

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 178 active (total vol 6.7K, top 740)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$275.00	Jul 31	32.50	35.60	$34.05	9.1%	740	1.00	200
$290.00	Jul 31	17.60	20.70	$19.15	16.2%	495	1.00	111
$260.00	Jul 31	48.00	50.40	$49.20	4.9%	430	1.00	84
$270.00	Jul 31	37.50	40.50	$39.00	7.7%	372	1.00	100
$300.00	Jul 31	8.40	10.20	$9.30	19.4%	327	0.85	306

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$285.00	Jul 31	0.05	0.20	$0.13	115.4%	703	0.03	941
$300.00	Jul 31	0.75	1.40	$1.08	60.2%	101	0.19	269
$265.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	99	0.00	58
$310.00	Jul 31	3.60	5.20	$4.40	36.4%	93	0.57	25
$297.50	Jul 31	0.45	1.00	$0.73	75.3%	87	0.14	62

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 77.1%, max 289.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	185.5%	51.7%	258.6%	170	150
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	170.1%	52.0%	227.4%	86	17
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	155.0%	49.5%	213.3%	430	256
$355.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	129.1%	44.9%	187.3%	4	19
$350.00	Jul 31	Sep 11	118.1%	44.8%	164.0%	3	59

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	185.5%	47.6%	289.8%	--	100
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	170.1%	48.3%	252.2%	--	32
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	155.0%	47.8%	224.5%	2	300
$262.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	147.5%	59.6%	147.6%	1	30
$265.00	Jul 31	Sep 11	108.6%	44.7%	142.8%	102	58

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 138 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 5.50)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$355.00	$360.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$355.15
$350.00	$360.00	Aug 7	$0.32	$9.68	$0.32	30.25	$350.32
$320.00	$322.50	Jul 31	$0.13	$2.37	$0.13	18.23	$320.13
$365.00	$370.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$365.28
$337.50	$340.00	Jul 31	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$337.65

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$270.00	$265.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$269.88
$260.00	$250.00	Aug 14	$0.30	$9.70	$0.30	32.33	$259.70
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$259.83
$270.00	$265.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$269.78
$267.50	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$267.38

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 173 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 2.15)

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
$270.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$9.80	$9.80	$0.20	49.00	$279.80
$250.00	$255.00	Aug 21	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$254.80
$290.00	$292.50	Jul 31	$2.35	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$292.35
$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$259.70

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$337.50	$315.00	Jul 31	$21.40	$21.40	$1.10	19.45	$316.10
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 7	$31.95	$31.95	$3.05	10.48	$328.05
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 21	$29.40	$29.40	$5.60	5.25	$330.60
$322.50	$320.00	Aug 21	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	4.56	$320.45
$312.50	$310.00	Jul 31	$2.00	$2.00	$0.50	4.00	$310.50

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 60 found (avg debit $2.67, cheapest $0.07)

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	185.5%	70.5%
$360.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.27	57.4%	46.4%
$280.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.30	90.3%	49.0%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 14	$0.45	108.6%	50.7%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.07	185.5%	70.5%
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.12	170.1%	66.7%
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.15	155.0%	61.7%
$262.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.17	147.5%	59.6%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.35	108.6%	57.3%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 66 found (cheapest 2.30% of stock, avg 9.61%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$310.00	Jul 31	$2.70	$4.40	$7.10	$302.90	$317.10	2.30%
$307.50	Jul 31	$4.05	$3.15	$7.20	$300.30	$314.70	2.33%
$305.00	Jul 31	$5.90	$2.20	$8.10	$296.90	$313.10	2.62%
$312.50	Jul 31	$1.80	$6.40	$8.20	$304.30	$320.70	2.65%
$302.50	Jul 31	$7.35	$1.45	$8.80	$293.70	$311.30	2.85%
$315.00	Jul 31	$1.35	$8.20	$9.55	$305.45	$324.55	3.09%
$300.00	Jul 31	$9.30	$1.08	$10.38	$289.62	$310.38	3.36%
$297.50	Jul 31	$11.85	$0.73	$12.58	$284.92	$310.08	4.07%
$295.00	Jul 31	$14.30	$0.45	$14.75	$280.25	$309.75	4.77%
$292.50	Jul 31	$16.80	$0.33	$17.13	$275.37	$309.63	5.54%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 138 found (cheapest 0.44% of stock, avg 4.42%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$320.00	$297.50	Jul 31	$0.63	$0.73	$1.36	$296.14	$321.36
$317.50	$297.50	Jul 31	$0.80	$0.73	$1.53	$295.97	$319.03
$320.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.63	$1.08	$1.71	$298.29	$321.71
$317.50	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.80	$1.08	$1.88	$298.12	$319.38
$315.00	$297.50	Jul 31	$1.35	$0.73	$2.08	$295.42	$317.08
$320.00	$302.50	Jul 31	$0.63	$1.45	$2.08	$300.42	$322.08
$317.50	$302.50	Jul 31	$0.80	$1.45	$2.25	$300.25	$319.75
$315.00	$300.00	Jul 31	$1.35	$1.08	$2.43	$297.57	$317.43
$312.50	$297.50	Jul 31	$1.80	$0.73	$2.53	$294.97	$315.03
$315.00	$302.50	Jul 31	$1.35	$1.45	$2.80	$299.70	$317.80

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 228 found (best R:R 32.33, avg credit $3.54)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/260	265/270	Aug 28	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$255.15	$269.85
288/290	295/298	Aug 14	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$287.60	$297.40
275/278	280/285	Aug 7	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$272.75	$284.75
275/280	285/290	Aug 28	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$275.25	$289.75
250/260	265/278	Aug 14	$11.85	$0.65	18.23	$248.15	$276.85
250/255	265/270	Aug 28	$4.73	$0.27	17.52	$250.27	$269.73
302/305	308/310	Aug 7	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$302.65	$309.85
250/255	260/270	Aug 21	$9.30	$0.70	13.29	$245.70	$269.30
280/282	302/305	Aug 14	$2.32	$0.18	12.89	$280.18	$304.82
275/278	285/290	Aug 7	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$272.90	$289.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 78 found (best R:R 49.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Jul 31	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$287.50	$290.00	$292.50	Jul 31	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$335.00	$340.00	$345.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$305.00	$307.50	$310.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$325.00	$330.00	$335.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$4.90	49.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$250.00	$260.00	$270.00	Aug 14	$0.22	$9.78	44.45
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$295.00	$297.50	$300.00	Jul 31	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$270.00	$275.00	$280.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	32.33
$272.50	$275.00	$277.50	Jul 31	$0.10	$2.40	24.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 122 found (best net $-0.51, 109 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.06	$9.94
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.95	$8.05
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$2.51	$7.49
$325.00	$335.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$4.00	$6.00
$350.00	$355.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.18	$4.82

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$280.00	$265.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$0.51	$14.49
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.15	$9.85
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.23	$9.77
$290.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.40	$7.60
$325.00	$315.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$4.85	$5.15

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 59 found (best yield 4.72%, avg 1.45%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Aug 28	$14.60	0.51	0.3%	4.72%	4.98%	81	18
$310.00	Aug 21	$13.10	0.51	0.3%	4.24%	4.50%	58	640
$320.00	Sep 11	$12.60	0.43	3.5%	4.08%	7.57%	1	--
$312.50	Aug 21	$11.30	0.48	1.1%	3.65%	4.73%	4	45
$315.00	Aug 21	$10.90	0.45	1.9%	3.53%	5.40%	7	65
$310.00	Aug 14	$10.60	0.50	0.3%	3.43%	3.69%	22	60
$320.00	Aug 28	$10.50	0.41	3.5%	3.40%	6.89%	--	28
$312.50	Aug 14	$9.80	0.46	1.1%	3.17%	4.24%	1	--
$317.50	Aug 21	$9.10	0.42	2.7%	2.94%	5.63%	--	274
$320.00	Aug 21	$9.00	0.40	3.5%	2.91%	6.41%	27	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 8,598

Total Puts 2,697

Put/Call Ratio 0.31

Net Difference 5,901

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 5,562

Total Puts 1,730

Put/Call Ratio 0.31

Net Difference 3,832

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 27,428

Total Puts 20,786

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.79

Ratio Trend Rising

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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Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

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