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VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$294.74 -2.72%

(8/6 18:14) ◀

Friday, August 7, 2026 (10:00am)

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (08/07 10:00am) 600

Calls: 386 (64%)

Puts: 214 (36%)

Prior (08/06) 407

Calls: 244 (60%)

Puts: 163 (40%)

Current vs Prior +47.42%

Calls: +58.20% (Calls)

Puts: +31.29% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 69,840

Calls: 34,049 (49%)

Puts: 35,791 (51%)

Prior 7-Day Average 9,977

Calls: 4,864 (49%)

Puts: 5,113 (51%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -93.99%

Calls: -92.06%

Puts: -95.81%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/07 10:00am) $515.4K

Calls: $346.6K (67%)

Puts: $168.7K (33%)

Prior (08/06) $865.9K

Calls: $597.2K (69%)

Puts: $268.7K (31%)

Current vs Prior -40.48%

Calls: -41.95%

Puts: -37.21%

Prior 7-Day Total $137.30M

Calls: $103.78M (76%)

Puts: $33.52M (24%)

Prior 7-Day Average $19.61M

Calls: $14.83M (76%)

Puts: $4.79M (24%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -97.37%

Calls: -97.66%

Puts: -96.48%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/07 10:00am) 0.55

Prior (08/06) 0.67

Current vs Prior -17.01%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.88

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.90%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/07 10:00am) 134,468

Calls: 69,861 (52%)

Puts: 64,607 (48%)

Prior (08/06) 133,018

Calls: 69,265 (52%)

Puts: 63,753 (48%)

Current vs Prior +1.09%

Prior 7-Day Total 902,883

Calls: 466,239 (52%)

Puts: 436,644 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 128,983

Calls: 66,605 (52%)

Puts: 62,377 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +4.25%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/07) | Next (08/14)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.15% | 5.21%7.18% | 13.32%

Prior 3.49% | 6.25%7.89% | 13.89%

Current vs Prior -38.25% | -16.68%-9.02% | -4.12%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.45% | 6.95%9.06% | 14.55%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -51.56% | -25.08%-20.78% | -8.49%

Prior 7-Day Eod 3.49% | 6.25%7.26% | 13.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -38.25% | -16.68%-1.17% | +1.25%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 70.32% | 27.97%

Calls: 68.85% | 32.26%

Puts: 71.79% | 23.68%

Prior 31.55% | 17.87%

Calls: 29.06% | 20.00%

Puts: 34.04% | 15.73%

Current vs Prior +122.88% | +56.52%

Prior 7-Day Avg 25.77% | 15.73%

Calls: 25.06% | 15.94%

Puts: 26.48% | 15.52%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +172.88% | +77.78%

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Moderately bullish flow with 67% call dollar volume ($346.6K). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.55.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

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Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

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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
16:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
15:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
14:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	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 15 of results (avg 7.8%, best 4.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 18	55.30	58.10	$56.70	4.9%	--	0.92	673
$250.00	Sep 18	46.30	49.70	$48.00	7.1%	--	0.88	1.0K
$250.00	Aug 14	43.00	46.30	$44.65	7.4%	1	1.00	1
$250.00	Aug 21	43.50	46.90	$45.20	7.5%	--	0.96	79
$260.00	Aug 21	34.40	37.10	$35.75	7.6%	--	0.95	152

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$345.00	Sep 11	50.30	53.90	$52.10	6.9%	1	0.87	--
$340.00	Sep 18	46.90	50.40	$48.65	7.2%	--	0.82	60
$335.00	Aug 14	39.30	42.40	$40.85	7.6%	4	0.96	4
$330.00	Sep 18	38.70	41.90	$40.30	7.9%	--	0.76	16
$330.00	Aug 14	34.50	37.60	$36.05	8.6%	--	0.93	43

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. 63 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$280.00	Aug 7	12.60	16.00	$14.30	23.8%	12	1.00	84
$285.00	Aug 7	8.30	10.80	$9.55	26.2%	--	1.00	389
$250.00	Aug 14	43.00	46.30	$44.65	7.4%	1	1.00	1
$265.00	Aug 14	28.20	31.70	$29.95	11.7%	--	1.00	11
$250.00	Aug 21	43.50	46.90	$45.20	7.5%	--	0.96	79

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$325.00	Aug 7	29.10	32.20	$30.65	10.1%	--	0.99	146
$315.00	Aug 7	19.10	22.30	$20.70	15.5%	--	0.96	60
$312.50	Aug 7	16.70	19.90	$18.30	17.5%	--	0.96	10
$335.00	Aug 14	39.30	42.40	$40.85	7.6%	4	0.96	4
$310.00	Aug 7	14.10	17.50	$15.80	21.5%	2	0.95	45

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 78 active (total vol 507, top 39)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$320.00	Sep 18	7.50	8.50	$8.00	12.5%	39	0.31	2.3K
$300.00	Aug 7	0.15	0.90	$0.53	141.5%	33	0.16	137
$350.00	Aug 21	0.25	0.50	$0.38	65.8%	24	0.04	322
$340.00	Sep 18	3.70	4.30	$4.00	15.0%	21	0.18	1.1K
$295.00	Aug 7	1.00	2.50	$1.75	85.7%	17	0.42	20

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$240.00	Sep 18	1.10	1.85	$1.48	50.7%	22	0.07	1.0K
$280.00	Aug 14	1.65	3.10	$2.38	60.9%	16	0.22	168
$300.00	Aug 7	5.20	7.70	$6.45	38.8%	13	0.84	412
$290.00	Aug 7	0.35	1.75	$1.05	133.3%	12	0.28	188
$290.00	Aug 14	3.90	6.60	$5.25	51.4%	11	0.41	107

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 53 strikes (avg 207.0%, max 603.2%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$350.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	308.1%	43.8%	603.2%	10	1.3K
$340.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	264.8%	43.4%	510.3%	21	1.3K
$345.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	286.7%	48.8%	487.6%	2	424
$335.00	Aug 7	Aug 28	242.3%	44.4%	446.3%	2	137
$330.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	219.0%	43.7%	400.8%	16	1.8K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$250.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	291.1%	42.0%	593.0%	2	660
$245.00	Aug 7	Aug 28	322.6%	47.1%	584.7%	--	35
$255.00	Aug 7	Aug 28	259.9%	43.5%	497.3%	--	101
$260.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	228.9%	40.8%	460.9%	1	348
$265.00	Aug 7	Aug 28	185.7%	43.0%	332.0%	--	30

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 118 found (best R:R 40.67, avg 5.85)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$302.50	$305.00	Aug 7	$0.10	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$302.60
$340.00	$345.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$340.20
$335.00	$340.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$335.22
$345.00	$350.00	Aug 21	$0.22	$4.78	$0.22	21.73	$345.22
$335.00	$337.50	Aug 7	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$335.12

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$245.00	$240.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$244.88
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 21	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$249.85
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$249.85
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 14	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$259.77
$255.00	$250.00	Aug 21	$0.28	$4.72	$0.28	16.86	$254.72

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 156 found (best R:R 49.00, avg 2.40)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$250.00	$265.00	Aug 14	$14.70	$14.70	$0.30	49.00	$264.70
$280.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$4.75	$4.75	$0.25	19.00	$284.75
$250.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$9.45	$9.45	$0.55	17.18	$259.45
$265.00	$275.00	Aug 14	$9.40	$9.40	$0.60	15.67	$274.40
$260.00	$270.00	Aug 21	$9.25	$9.25	$0.75	12.33	$269.25

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$315.00	$312.50	Aug 7	$2.40	$2.40	$0.10	24.00	$312.60
$335.00	$330.00	Aug 14	$4.80	$4.80	$0.20	24.00	$330.20
$330.00	$315.00	Aug 14	$14.10	$14.10	$0.90	15.67	$315.90
$302.50	$300.00	Aug 7	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$300.20
$322.50	$320.00	Aug 21	$2.30	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$320.20

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 53 found (avg debit $2.32, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$345.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.05	286.7%	56.5%
$340.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.10	264.8%	54.2%
$332.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.20	230.7%	50.3%
$335.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.20	242.3%	52.7%
$350.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.23	308.1%	47.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$250.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.13	291.1%	60.8%
$260.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.23	228.9%	51.0%
$245.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.25	322.6%	51.3%
$265.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.25	185.7%	43.8%
$270.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.82	149.5%	46.7%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 59 found (cheapest 1.67% of stock, avg 8.84%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$292.50	Aug 7	$3.05	$1.88	$4.93	$287.57	$297.43	1.67%
$295.00	Aug 7	$1.75	$3.30	$5.05	$289.95	$300.05	1.71%
$297.50	Aug 7	$1.02	$4.65	$5.67	$291.83	$303.17	1.92%
$290.00	Aug 7	$4.95	$1.05	$6.00	$284.00	$296.00	2.04%
$300.00	Aug 7	$0.53	$6.45	$6.98	$293.02	$306.98	2.37%
$302.50	Aug 7	$0.33	$8.75	$9.08	$293.42	$311.58	3.08%
$285.00	Aug 7	$9.55	$0.35	$9.90	$275.10	$294.90	3.36%
$305.00	Aug 7	$0.23	$10.90	$11.13	$293.87	$316.13	3.78%
$307.50	Aug 7	$0.20	$12.90	$13.10	$294.40	$320.60	4.44%
$295.00	Aug 14	$6.55	$7.60	$14.15	$280.85	$309.15	4.80%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 155 found (cheapest 0.16% of stock, avg 4.22%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$305.00	$282.50	Aug 7	$0.23	$0.25	$0.48	$282.02	$305.48
$302.50	$282.50	Aug 7	$0.33	$0.25	$0.58	$281.92	$303.08
$305.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$0.23	$0.35	$0.58	$284.42	$305.58
$302.50	$285.00	Aug 7	$0.33	$0.35	$0.68	$284.32	$303.18
$300.00	$282.50	Aug 7	$0.53	$0.25	$0.78	$281.72	$300.78
$300.00	$285.00	Aug 7	$0.53	$0.35	$0.88	$284.12	$300.88
$297.50	$282.50	Aug 7	$1.02	$0.25	$1.27	$281.23	$298.77
$305.00	$290.00	Aug 7	$0.23	$1.05	$1.28	$288.72	$306.28
$297.50	$285.00	Aug 7	$1.02	$0.35	$1.37	$283.63	$298.87
$302.50	$290.00	Aug 7	$0.33	$1.05	$1.38	$288.62	$303.88

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 309 found (best R:R 26.03, avg credit $3.51)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
255/260	265/275	Aug 14	$9.63	$0.37	26.03	$250.37	$274.63
240/245	250/260	Aug 21	$9.57	$0.43	22.26	$235.43	$259.57
250/255	260/270	Aug 21	$9.53	$0.47	20.28	$245.47	$269.53
245/250	260/270	Aug 21	$9.40	$0.60	15.67	$240.60	$269.40
270/275	280/285	Aug 28	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$270.30	$284.70
240/245	260/270	Aug 21	$9.37	$0.63	14.87	$235.63	$269.37
302/305	335/338	Aug 7	$2.27	$0.23	9.87	$302.73	$337.27
288/290	292/295	Aug 14	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$287.75	$294.75
290/292	302/305	Aug 14	$2.22	$0.28	7.93	$290.28	$304.72
310/320	330/340	Sep 18	$8.75	$1.25	7.00	$311.25	$338.75

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 82 found (best R:R 99.00, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$335.00	$340.00	$345.00	Aug 14	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$240.00	$250.00	$260.00	Sep 18	$0.10	$9.90	99.00
$250.00	$260.00	$270.00	Aug 21	$0.20	$9.80	49.00
$302.50	$305.00	$307.50	Aug 7	$0.07	$2.43	34.71
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$4.85	32.33

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$275.00	$280.00	$285.00	Sep 4	$0.05	$4.95	99.00
$280.00	$285.00	$290.00	Aug 28	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 21	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 28	$0.13	$4.87	37.46
$245.00	$250.00	$255.00	Aug 28	$0.17	$4.83	28.41

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 121 found (best net $-0.05, 110 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$335.00	$350.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.05	$14.95
$310.00	$325.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$1.30	$13.70
$285.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$2.15	$12.85
$310.00	$320.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$1.70	$8.30
$340.00	$350.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.70	$8.30

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$250.00	$240.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.48	$9.52
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.01	$8.99
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.65	$8.35
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.65	$7.35
$330.00	$315.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$7.85	$7.15

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 55 found (best yield 4.75%, avg 1.17%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$300.00	Sep 18	$14.00	0.47	1.8%	4.75%	6.53%	14	2.0K
$300.00	Sep 11	$11.50	0.47	1.8%	3.90%	5.69%	--	20
$300.00	Sep 4	$9.90	0.46	1.8%	3.36%	5.14%	--	21
$310.00	Sep 18	$9.70	0.39	5.2%	3.29%	8.47%	1	653
$305.00	Sep 11	$9.50	0.42	3.5%	3.22%	6.70%	--	17
$295.00	Aug 21	$8.30	0.50	0.1%	2.82%	2.90%	3	38
$300.00	Aug 28	$8.20	0.44	1.8%	2.78%	4.57%	7	84
$310.00	Sep 11	$7.70	0.37	5.2%	2.61%	7.79%	--	12
$320.00	Sep 18	$7.50	0.31	8.6%	2.54%	11.11%	39	2.3K
$305.00	Aug 28	$6.50	0.38	3.5%	2.21%	5.69%	--	11

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 386

Total Puts 214

Put/Call Ratio 0.55

Net Difference 172

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 244

Total Puts 163

Put/Call Ratio 0.67

Net Difference 81

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 34,049

Total Puts 35,791

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.88

Ratio Trend Falling

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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