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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$308.38 -0.69%

(7/31 13:13) ◀

Friday, July 31, 2026 (2:00pm)

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/31 2:00pm) 3,602

Calls: 1,800 (50%)

Puts: 1,802 (50%)

Prior (07/30) 6,761

Calls: 4,326 (64%)

Puts: 2,435 (36%)

Current vs Prior -46.72%

Calls: -58.39% (Calls)

Puts: -26.00% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 77,456

Calls: 36,653 (47%)

Puts: 40,803 (53%)

Prior 7-Day Average 11,065

Calls: 5,236 (47%)

Puts: 5,829 (53%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -67.45%

Calls: -65.62%

Puts: -69.09%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (07/31 2:00pm) $2.48M

Calls: $1.36M (55%)

Puts: $1.12M (45%)

Prior (07/30) $12.63M

Calls: $11.51M (91%)

Puts: $1.12M (9%)

Current vs Prior -80.35%

Calls: -88.18%

Puts: +0.41%

Prior 7-Day Total $157.95M

Calls: $110.20M (70%)

Puts: $47.75M (30%)

Prior 7-Day Average $22.56M

Calls: $15.74M (70%)

Puts: $6.82M (30%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -89.00%

Calls: -91.36%

Puts: -83.57%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/31 2:00pm) 1.00

Prior (07/30) 0.56

Current vs Prior +77.86%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.92

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +9.08%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (07/31 2:00pm) 130,478

Calls: 66,661 (51%)

Puts: 63,817 (49%)

Prior (07/30) 131,431

Calls: 68,441 (52%)

Puts: 62,990 (48%)

Current vs Prior -0.73%

Prior 7-Day Total 882,826

Calls: 462,188 (52%)

Puts: 420,638 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 126,118

Calls: 66,026 (52%)

Puts: 60,091 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.46%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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

Current 1.29% | 5.48%8.97% | 14.48%

Prior 2.77% | 6.08%9.46% | 14.61%

Current vs Prior -53.49% | -9.85%-5.26% | -0.92%

Prior 7-Day Avg 3.73% | 7.05%10.41% | 15.51%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -65.36% | -22.22%-13.85% | -6.63%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.78% | 6.08%9.46% | 14.61%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -53.49% | -9.85%-5.26% | -0.92%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 77.31% | 7.06%

Calls: 95.89% | 4.82%

Puts: 58.74% | 9.30%

Prior 42.64% | 17.51%

Calls: 38.10% | 19.78%

Puts: 47.19% | 15.23%

Current vs Prior +81.31% | -59.68%

Prior 7-Day Avg 36.20% | 14.76%

Calls: 32.74% | 15.99%

Puts: 39.67% | 13.53%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +113.55% | -52.18%

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Light premium activity with dollar volume down 80% vs prior. Below-average activity with volume down 47% vs prior. Slightly bearish P/C ratio of 1.00. P/C ratio rising 78% - increased hedging/bearish positioning.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall MIXED

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

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Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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

Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
14:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	MIXED
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
12:00	BULLISH	NEUTRAL	BULLISH
11:00	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 49 of results (avg 6.9%, best 3.6%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$307.50	Aug 21	13.70	14.20	$13.95	3.6%	2	0.53	43
$315.00	Aug 21	10.50	10.90	$10.70	3.7%	7	0.45	68
$310.00	Aug 21	12.60	13.10	$12.85	3.9%	15	0.50	683
$307.50	Aug 7	8.10	8.50	$8.30	4.8%	7	0.53	13
$312.50	Aug 21	11.30	11.90	$11.60	5.2%	21	0.47	47

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$312.50	Aug 21	14.80	15.40	$15.10	4.0%	--	0.53	27
$310.00	Aug 21	13.40	14.00	$13.70	4.4%	1	0.50	145
$307.50	Aug 21	12.10	12.70	$12.40	4.8%	--	0.47	17
$302.50	Aug 21	9.80	10.30	$10.05	5.0%	2	0.41	3
$360.00	Aug 21	51.70	54.60	$53.15	5.5%	--	0.89	30

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. 57 found (avg delta 0.74, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Jul 31	36.40	40.00	$38.20	9.4%	--	1.00	10
$290.00	Jul 31	16.50	19.40	$17.95	16.2%	1	1.00	9
$292.50	Jul 31	14.00	16.80	$15.40	18.2%	--	1.00	12
$300.00	Jul 31	6.50	9.30	$7.90	35.4%	2	1.00	12
$302.50	Jul 31	4.10	6.80	$5.45	49.5%	7	1.00	29

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$315.00	Jul 31	5.70	8.50	$7.10	39.4%	--	0.95	21
$360.00	Aug 21	51.70	54.60	$53.15	5.5%	--	0.89	30
$312.50	Jul 31	3.50	6.10	$4.80	54.2%	10	0.86	19
$325.00	Aug 7	17.90	20.60	$19.25	14.0%	--	0.78	146
$330.00	Aug 14	24.30	27.00	$25.65	10.5%	--	0.76	43

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 150 active (total vol 2.4K, top 363)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$312.50	Jul 31	0.10	0.50	$0.30	133.3%	298	0.14	70
$330.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.15	$0.08	187.5%	120	0.02	249
$320.00	Aug 7	3.30	3.90	$3.60	16.7%	119	0.29	237
$310.00	Jul 31	0.25	0.65	$0.45	88.9%	79	0.25	366
$310.00	Aug 7	6.80	7.60	$7.20	11.1%	66	0.48	1.2K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$250.00	Aug 21	0.45	0.75	$0.60	50.0%	363	0.04	230
$290.00	Aug 7	1.60	1.95	$1.78	19.7%	87	0.16	31
$300.00	Jul 31	0.00	0.05	$0.03	166.7%	54	0.02	323
$275.00	Aug 21	2.20	3.00	$2.60	30.8%	52	0.14	61
$300.00	Aug 7	3.90	4.50	$4.20	14.3%	29	0.32	84

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 52 strikes (avg 323.4%, max 1225.3%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$355.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	428.6%	47.3%	806.0%	1	22
$350.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	392.3%	44.3%	785.4%	3	59
$270.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	408.7%	46.4%	781.6%	4	292
$345.00	Jul 31	Aug 21	280.1%	45.2%	519.3%	--	397
$335.00	Jul 31	Sep 11	259.6%	44.2%	487.4%	6	189

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	608.8%	45.9%	1225.3%	--	100
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	557.9%	47.0%	1088.0%	--	32
$260.00	Jul 31	Aug 28	507.8%	47.4%	971.7%	--	301
$270.00	Jul 31	Sep 4	408.7%	43.0%	850.8%	3	88
$262.50	Jul 31	Aug 14	482.8%	52.6%	818.3%	2	30

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 142 found (best R:R 57.82, avg 6.77)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$350.00	$360.00	Aug 7	$0.17	$9.83	$0.17	57.82	$350.17
$352.50	$360.00	Aug 14	$0.20	$7.30	$0.20	36.50	$352.70
$340.00	$345.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$340.15
$345.00	$347.50	Aug 7	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$345.10
$365.00	$370.00	Aug 28	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$365.23

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$265.00	$260.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$4.90	$0.10	49.00	$264.90
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$4.87	$0.13	37.46	$254.87
$270.00	$262.50	Aug 14	$0.33	$7.17	$0.33	21.73	$269.67
$267.50	$265.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$267.38
$282.50	$280.00	Jul 31	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$282.38

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 168 found (best R:R 27.57, avg 1.43)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$270.00	$280.00	Aug 7	$9.65	$9.65	$0.35	27.57	$279.65
$250.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$9.60	$9.60	$0.40	24.00	$259.60
$260.00	$270.00	Aug 21	$9.20	$9.20	$0.80	11.50	$269.20
$280.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$4.55	$4.55	$0.45	10.11	$284.55
$265.00	$285.00	Aug 14	$18.00	$18.00	$2.00	9.00	$283.00

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$315.00	$312.50	Jul 31	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$312.70
$312.50	$310.00	Jul 31	$2.27	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$310.23
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 21	$29.85	$29.85	$5.15	5.80	$330.15
$325.00	$315.00	Aug 7	$7.65	$7.65	$2.35	3.26	$317.35
$330.00	$310.00	Aug 14	$13.75	$13.75	$6.25	2.20	$316.25

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 52 found (avg debit $2.64, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$350.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.30	392.3%	53.7%
$270.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.35	408.7%	53.4%
$360.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.42	57.8%	48.6%
$345.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.52	280.1%	50.9%
$340.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.67	248.8%	48.3%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.05	608.8%	72.7%
$255.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.05	557.9%	66.7%
$270.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.18	408.7%	53.4%
$272.50	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.23	384.0%	51.7%
$265.00	Jul 31	Aug 7	$0.25	364.3%	57.9%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 53 found (cheapest 0.80% of stock, avg 8.11%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$307.50	Jul 31	$1.45	$1.02	$2.47	$305.03	$309.97	0.80%
$310.00	Jul 31	$0.45	$2.53	$2.98	$307.02	$312.98	0.97%
$305.00	Jul 31	$3.30	$0.25	$3.55	$301.45	$308.55	1.15%
$312.50	Jul 31	$0.30	$4.80	$5.10	$307.40	$317.60	1.65%
$302.50	Jul 31	$5.45	$0.18	$5.63	$296.87	$308.13	1.83%
$315.00	Jul 31	$0.08	$7.10	$7.18	$307.82	$322.18	2.33%
$300.00	Jul 31	$7.90	$0.03	$7.93	$292.07	$307.93	2.57%
$292.50	Jul 31	$15.40	$0.15	$15.55	$276.95	$308.05	5.04%
$307.50	Aug 7	$8.30	$7.40	$15.70	$291.80	$323.20	5.09%
$310.00	Aug 7	$7.20	$8.60	$15.80	$294.20	$325.80	5.12%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 123 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 4.74%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$312.50	$302.50	Jul 31	$0.30	$0.18	$0.48	$302.02	$312.98
$312.50	$305.00	Jul 31	$0.30	$0.25	$0.55	$304.45	$313.05
$310.00	$302.50	Jul 31	$0.45	$0.18	$0.63	$301.87	$310.63
$310.00	$305.00	Jul 31	$0.45	$0.25	$0.70	$304.30	$310.70
$312.50	$307.50	Jul 31	$0.30	$1.02	$1.32	$306.18	$313.82
$310.00	$307.50	Jul 31	$0.45	$1.02	$1.47	$306.03	$311.47
$365.00	$265.00	Sep 4	$2.78	$2.70	$5.48	$259.52	$370.48
$365.00	$270.00	Sep 4	$2.78	$3.33	$6.11	$263.89	$371.11
$365.00	$280.00	Aug 28	$1.98	$4.80	$6.78	$273.22	$371.78
$350.00	$265.00	Sep 4	$4.20	$2.70	$6.90	$258.10	$356.90

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 325 found (best R:R 39.00, avg credit $3.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
260/265	270/280	Aug 7	$9.75	$0.25	39.00	$255.25	$279.75
292/295	298/300	Aug 7	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$292.60	$299.90
310/312	325/328	Jul 31	$2.39	$0.11	21.73	$310.11	$327.39
270/275	280/285	Aug 21	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$270.28	$284.72
272/275	280/285	Aug 7	$4.67	$0.33	14.15	$270.33	$284.67
250/255	260/270	Aug 21	$9.33	$0.67	13.93	$245.67	$269.33
260/265	280/285	Aug 7	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$260.35	$284.65
280/285	290/295	Aug 21	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$280.35	$294.65
295/300	305/310	Aug 28	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$295.35	$309.65
275/280	285/290	Aug 7	$4.60	$0.40	11.50	$275.40	$289.60

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 82 found (best R:R 61.50, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$290.00	$292.50	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$307.50	$310.00	$312.50	Aug 14	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$350.00	$355.00	$360.00	Aug 21	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$335.00	$340.00	$345.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$335.00	$340.00	$345.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Aug 28	$0.08	$4.92	61.50
$305.00	$307.50	$310.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Aug 7	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$265.00	$270.00	$275.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$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. 127 found (best net $-1.65, 109 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$315.00	$335.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$1.65	$18.35
$305.00	$325.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.75	$18.25
$350.00	$365.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.38	$14.62
$350.00	$365.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$1.36	$13.64
$320.00	$335.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.80	$13.20

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$270.00	$262.50	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.42	$7.08
$325.00	$315.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$3.95	$6.05
$265.00	$260.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.08	$4.92
$255.00	$250.00	1:2	Jul 31	-$0.15	$4.85
$280.00	$275.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.20	$4.80

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 59 found (best yield 4.64%, avg 1.48%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$315.00	Sep 11	$14.30	0.47	2.1%	4.64%	6.78%	1	--
$310.00	Aug 28	$14.10	0.51	0.5%	4.57%	5.10%	--	98
$310.00	Aug 21	$12.60	0.50	0.5%	4.09%	4.61%	15	683
$312.50	Aug 21	$11.30	0.47	1.3%	3.66%	5.00%	21	47
$315.00	Aug 21	$10.50	0.45	2.1%	3.40%	5.55%	7	68
$310.00	Aug 14	$10.30	0.50	0.5%	3.34%	3.87%	6	76
$320.00	Aug 28	$10.00	0.41	3.8%	3.24%	7.01%	2	28
$317.50	Aug 21	$9.30	0.42	3.0%	3.02%	5.97%	--	274
$325.00	Sep 4	$9.30	0.37	5.4%	3.02%	8.41%	1	3
$312.50	Aug 14	$9.20	0.46	1.3%	2.98%	4.32%	3	1

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 1,800

Total Puts 1,802

Put/Call Ratio 1.00

Net Difference -2

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 4,326

Total Puts 2,435

Put/Call Ratio 0.56

Net Difference 1,891

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 36,653

Total Puts 40,803

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.92

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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