VLO - Options Database

VLO

VALERO ENERGY CORP N

$300.27 -0.90%

(8/7 12:01) ◀

Friday, August 7, 2026 (1:00pm)

▶ (8/7 14:01)

◀ 8/7 13:01 ▶

Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/07 1:00pm) 2,610

Calls: 1,609 (62%)

Puts: 1,001 (38%)

Prior (08/06) 2,576

Calls: 1,456 (57%)

Puts: 1,120 (43%)

Current vs Prior +1.32%

Calls: +10.51% (Calls)

Puts: -10.62% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 69,548

Calls: 33,325 (48%)

Puts: 36,223 (52%)

Prior 7-Day Average 9,935

Calls: 4,760 (48%)

Puts: 5,174 (52%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -73.73%

Calls: -66.20%

Puts: -80.66%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/07 1:00pm) $2.78M

Calls: $2.31M (83%)

Puts: $470.6K (17%)

Prior (08/06) $2.23M

Calls: $1.58M (71%)

Puts: $653.7K (29%)

Current vs Prior +24.49%

Calls: +46.22%

Puts: -28.00%

Prior 7-Day Total $126.11M

Calls: $92.76M (74%)

Puts: $33.35M (26%)

Prior 7-Day Average $18.02M

Calls: $13.25M (74%)

Puts: $4.76M (26%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -84.58%

Calls: -82.58%

Puts: -90.12%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/07 1:00pm) 0.62

Prior (08/06) 0.77

Current vs Prior -19.12%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.93

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -33.26%

Sentiment BULLISH

Open Interest

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/07 1:00pm) 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 907,942

Calls: 468,680 (52%)

Puts: 439,262 (48%)

Prior 7-Day Average 129,706

Calls: 66,954 (52%)

Puts: 62,751 (48%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.67%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

ℹ

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

Current 1.43% | 5.18%6.89% | 13.04%

Prior 2.67% | 5.73%7.26% | 13.15%

Current vs Prior -46.30% | -9.56%-5.06% | -0.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 4.05% | 6.69%8.63% | 14.23%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -64.63% | -22.55%-20.12% | -8.35%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.67% | 5.73%7.26% | 13.15%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -46.30% | -9.56%-5.06% | -0.87%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

ℹ

Expiry | Next

Current 49.51% | 10.86%

Calls: 41.38% | 9.52%

Puts: 57.63% | 12.20%

Prior 40.26% | 18.04%

Calls: 36.36% | 20.86%

Puts: 44.16% | 15.22%

Current vs Prior +22.98% | -39.80%

Prior 7-Day Avg 28.19% | 16.08%

Calls: 27.08% | 16.06%

Puts: 29.31% | 16.10%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +75.61% | -32.48%

Liquidity Expensive

Add Card

🤖 AI Insights

Strong bullish conviction with 83% of dollar volume in calls ($2.31M) vs puts ($470.6K). Bullish P/C ratio of 0.62.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow BULLISH

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BULLISH

Prior NEUTRAL

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
13:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
12:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
11:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH
10:00	BULLISH	BULLISH	BULLISH

📈 Options Analysis

🎯 Tightest Spreads

💰 Best Value Under $1

📊 High Delta (ITM)

🔥 High Volume

⏰ Backwardation

📈 Debit Spreads

📉 Credit Spreads

📅 Calendar Spreads

⚡ Straddles

🔀 Strangles

🦅 Iron Condors

🦋 Butterflies

⚖️ Ratio Spreads

🛡️ Covered Calls

🎯

Tightest Spreads

💰

Best Value <$1

📊

High Delta

⚖️

Ratio Spreads

🛡️

Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 42 of results (avg 7.3%, best 3.8%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Sep 18	17.10	17.80	$17.45	4.0%	23	0.53	2.0K
$250.00	Aug 21	49.60	51.90	$50.75	4.5%	--	1.00	79
$250.00	Sep 18	52.30	55.10	$53.70	5.2%	4	0.90	1.0K
$245.00	Aug 7	54.10	57.00	$55.55	5.2%	2	1.00	3
$320.00	Sep 18	9.30	9.80	$9.55	5.2%	60	0.35	2.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$300.00	Sep 18	15.50	16.10	$15.80	3.8%	--	0.47	673
$360.00	Aug 21	58.10	61.00	$59.55	4.9%	--	0.98	30
$290.00	Sep 18	10.90	11.60	$11.25	6.2%	18	0.37	336
$280.00	Sep 18	7.30	7.80	$7.55	6.6%	20	0.28	428
$340.00	Sep 18	41.60	44.60	$43.10	7.0%	--	0.79	60

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. -- found (avg $--, cheapest $--)

No options available for this category

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 73 found (avg delta 0.77, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$245.00	Aug 7	54.10	57.00	$55.55	5.2%	2	1.00	3
$260.00	Aug 7	38.60	42.00	$40.30	8.4%	2	1.00	2
$280.00	Aug 7	19.10	21.60	$20.35	12.3%	14	1.00	84
$250.00	Aug 21	49.60	51.90	$50.75	4.5%	--	1.00	79
$250.00	Aug 14	49.10	52.10	$50.60	5.9%	3	0.98	1

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$325.00	Aug 7	23.20	25.90	$24.55	11.0%	--	0.99	146
$315.00	Aug 7	13.20	15.90	$14.55	18.6%	--	0.98	60
$360.00	Aug 21	58.10	61.00	$59.55	4.9%	--	0.98	30
$310.00	Aug 7	8.30	11.00	$9.65	28.0%	15	0.97	45
$312.50	Aug 7	10.70	13.50	$12.10	23.1%	1	0.97	10

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 155 active (total vol 2.1K, top 162)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$340.00	Sep 18	4.60	5.10	$4.85	10.3%	162	0.21	1.1K
$300.00	Aug 7	1.15	1.75	$1.45	41.4%	119	0.52	137
$350.00	Aug 21	0.35	0.65	$0.50	60.0%	102	0.05	322
$300.00	Aug 21	9.80	10.60	$10.20	7.8%	79	0.52	702
$320.00	Sep 18	9.30	9.80	$9.55	5.2%	60	0.35	2.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$270.00	Aug 21	1.00	1.25	$1.13	22.1%	71	0.09	1.0K
$290.00	Aug 14	2.55	3.20	$2.88	22.6%	53	0.26	107
$300.00	Aug 7	0.80	1.80	$1.30	76.9%	45	0.48	412
$280.00	Aug 14	0.80	1.20	$1.00	40.0%	41	0.11	168
$290.00	Aug 7	0.00	0.25	$0.13	192.3%	36	0.05	188

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 325.3%, max 990.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$360.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	437.8%	41.6%	951.3%	1	1.1K
$355.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	409.2%	43.1%	850.1%	3	31
$350.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	379.8%	42.2%	799.3%	46	1.3K
$260.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	366.6%	41.2%	789.2%	19	1.2K
$345.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	349.8%	43.0%	712.8%	2	424

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$245.00	Aug 7	Sep 4	494.6%	45.4%	990.4%	1	21
$250.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	451.5%	42.3%	968.1%	24	660
$255.00	Aug 7	Sep 11	408.9%	42.0%	874.0%	3	83
$260.00	Aug 7	Sep 18	366.6%	41.2%	789.2%	9	348
$265.00	Aug 7	Aug 28	305.3%	41.9%	628.4%	--	30

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 132 found (best R:R 124.00, avg 6.65)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$345.00	$360.00	Aug 14	$0.12	$14.88	$0.12	124.00	$345.12
$350.00	$360.00	Aug 28	$0.27	$9.73	$0.27	36.04	$350.27
$340.00	$345.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$340.23
$320.00	$322.50	Aug 7	$0.12	$2.38	$0.12	19.83	$320.12
$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
$250.00	$245.00	Aug 28	$0.12	$4.88	$0.12	40.67	$249.88
$265.00	$260.00	Aug 14	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$264.85
$250.00	$245.00	Sep 4	$0.15	$4.85	$0.15	32.33	$249.85
$260.00	$255.00	Aug 21	$0.17	$4.83	$0.17	28.41	$259.83
$265.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.23	$4.77	$0.23	20.74	$264.77

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 165 found (best R:R 29.00, avg 1.86)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$257.50	$265.00	Aug 14	$7.25	$7.25	$0.25	29.00	$264.75
$267.50	$275.00	Aug 14	$7.15	$7.15	$0.35	20.43	$274.65
$285.00	$290.00	Aug 7	$4.70	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$289.70
$260.00	$270.00	Aug 21	$9.35	$9.35	$0.65	14.38	$269.35
$250.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$9.30	$9.30	$0.70	13.29	$259.30

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	R:R	BE
$360.00	$325.00	Aug 21	$33.15	$33.15	$1.85	17.92	$326.85
$335.00	$330.00	Aug 14	$4.65	$4.65	$0.35	13.29	$330.35
$305.00	$302.50	Aug 7	$2.25	$2.25	$0.25	9.00	$302.75
$330.00	$315.00	Aug 14	$13.45	$13.45	$1.55	8.68	$316.55
$307.50	$305.00	Aug 7	$2.05	$2.05	$0.45	4.56	$305.45

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 53 found (avg debit $2.47, cheapest $0.10)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$335.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.10	286.7%	42.7%
$345.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.10	349.8%	51.9%
$355.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.10	409.2%	43.1%
$340.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.15	318.6%	48.9%
$250.00	Aug 14	Aug 21	$0.15	63.7%	49.9%

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$245.00	Aug 7	Aug 21	$0.15	494.6%	53.8%
$265.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.20	305.3%	50.4%
$270.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.27	254.5%	45.4%
$272.50	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.38	261.8%	46.0%
$275.00	Aug 7	Aug 14	$0.48	240.8%	44.4%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 67 found (cheapest 0.92% of stock, avg 8.53%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$300.00	Aug 7	$1.45	$1.30	$2.75	$297.25	$302.75	0.92%
$302.50	Aug 7	$0.75	$2.85	$3.60	$298.90	$306.10	1.20%
$297.50	Aug 7	$3.30	$0.48	$3.78	$293.72	$301.28	1.26%
$295.00	Aug 7	$5.10	$0.20	$5.30	$289.70	$300.30	1.77%
$305.00	Aug 7	$0.33	$5.10	$5.43	$299.57	$310.43	1.81%
$307.50	Aug 7	$0.15	$7.15	$7.30	$300.20	$314.80	2.43%
$292.50	Aug 7	$7.90	$0.18	$8.08	$284.42	$300.58	2.69%
$310.00	Aug 7	$0.05	$9.65	$9.70	$300.30	$319.70	3.23%
$290.00	Aug 7	$10.45	$0.13	$10.58	$279.42	$300.58	3.52%
$312.50	Aug 7	$0.08	$12.10	$12.18	$300.32	$324.68	4.06%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 147 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 4.25%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$307.50	$292.50	Aug 7	$0.15	$0.18	$0.33	$292.17	$307.83
$307.50	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$0.20	$0.35	$294.65	$307.85
$305.00	$292.50	Aug 7	$0.33	$0.18	$0.51	$291.99	$305.51
$305.00	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.33	$0.20	$0.53	$294.47	$305.53
$307.50	$297.50	Aug 7	$0.15	$0.48	$0.63	$296.87	$308.13
$305.00	$297.50	Aug 7	$0.33	$0.48	$0.81	$296.69	$305.81
$302.50	$292.50	Aug 7	$0.75	$0.18	$0.93	$291.57	$303.43
$302.50	$295.00	Aug 7	$0.75	$0.20	$0.95	$294.05	$303.45
$302.50	$297.50	Aug 7	$0.75	$0.48	$1.23	$296.27	$303.73
$307.50	$300.00	Aug 7	$0.15	$1.30	$1.45	$298.55	$308.95

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 257 found (best R:R 36.50, avg credit $3.86)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	R:R	BE Low	BE High
260/265	268/275	Aug 14	$7.30	$0.20	36.50	$257.70	$274.80
285/288	292/295	Aug 21	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$285.15	$294.85
290/292	298/300	Aug 21	$2.35	$0.15	15.67	$290.15	$299.85
285/290	300/305	Sep 11	$4.70	$0.30	15.67	$285.30	$304.70
270/272	275/282	Aug 14	$6.98	$0.52	13.42	$265.52	$281.98
260/265	275/282	Aug 14	$6.95	$0.55	12.64	$258.05	$281.95
285/288	290/292	Aug 14	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$285.20	$292.30
285/288	298/300	Aug 21	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$285.20	$299.80
290/292	295/298	Aug 21	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$290.20	$297.30
292/295	300/302	Aug 21	$2.30	$0.20	11.50	$292.70	$302.30

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 103 found (best R:R 82.33, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$320.00	$325.00	$330.00	Aug 14	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$290.00	$292.50	$295.00	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$307.50	$310.00	$312.50	Aug 21	$0.05	$2.45	49.00
$300.00	$305.00	$310.00	Sep 11	$0.10	$4.90	49.00
$340.00	$350.00	$360.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$9.75	39.00

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	R:R
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Aug 21	$0.06	$4.94	82.33
$255.00	$260.00	$265.00	Aug 28	$0.07	$4.93	70.43
$250.00	$255.00	$260.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$260.00	$265.00	$270.00	Aug 21	$0.12	$4.88	40.67
$300.00	$310.00	$320.00	Sep 18	$0.25	$9.75	39.00

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 137 found (best net $-0.40, 120 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$260.00	$280.00	1:2	Aug 7	-$0.40	$19.60
$345.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$0.01	$14.99
$310.00	$325.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$2.20	$12.80
$285.00	$300.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$3.25	$11.75
$350.00	$360.00	1:2	Aug 28	-$0.56	$9.44

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$330.00	$315.00	1:2	Aug 14	-$3.25	$11.75
$310.00	$295.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$4.40	$10.60
$260.00	$250.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.68	$9.32
$270.00	$260.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.21	$8.79
$280.00	$270.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.35	$7.65

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 50 found (best yield 4.23%, avg 1.34%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$310.00	Sep 18	$12.70	0.44	3.2%	4.23%	7.47%	4	653
$305.00	Sep 11	$12.30	0.48	1.6%	4.10%	5.67%	--	17
$310.00	Sep 11	$10.20	0.43	3.2%	3.40%	6.64%	--	12
$305.00	Aug 28	$9.70	0.46	1.6%	3.23%	4.81%	1	11
$320.00	Sep 18	$9.30	0.35	6.6%	3.10%	9.67%	60	2.3K
$310.00	Sep 4	$9.20	0.42	3.2%	3.06%	6.30%	1	2
$302.50	Aug 21	$8.40	0.48	0.7%	2.80%	3.54%	1	20
$310.00	Aug 28	$7.80	0.40	3.2%	2.60%	5.84%	2	108
$305.00	Aug 21	$7.50	0.44	1.6%	2.50%	4.07%	9	263
$330.00	Sep 18	$6.60	0.28	9.9%	2.20%	12.10%	34	1.6K

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
Loading data...

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,609

Total Puts 1,001

Put/Call Ratio 0.62

Net Difference 608

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 1,456

Total Puts 1,120

Put/Call Ratio 0.77

Net Difference 336

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 33,325

Total Puts 36,223

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.93

Ratio Trend Falling

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Date	Calls	Puts	Ratio	Net Diff
Loading data...

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Loading earnings data...

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Loading earnings data...

Earnings This Week

Loading earnings data...

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Loading earnings data...

Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
Loading data...

Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

🤖 AI Insights

📈 Options Analysis

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

Chart Title

Price — Past 7 Days

Add Card