Valero Energy (VLO) Options Chain

NYSE: VLOEnergyIntegrated oil CompaniesUSD

433.75-10.05 (-2.26%)

At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min

Expiration date

Expiration: Jan 15, 2027
Days to expiration: 96
Share price: $433.75
Put/call ratio (OI): 1.05
Put/call ratio (volume): 0.85
ATM implied volatility: 50.3%
Expected move: ±$111.89
Open interest (C / P): 14.84K / 15.58K

VLO options summary

The VLO options chain for the January 15, 2027 expiration lists 65 call and 60 put contracts, with 96 days until expiration. Open interest stands at 14,844 calls and 15,576 puts, a put/call ratio of 1.05, which is fairly balanced between calls and puts. At-the-money implied volatility near the $430.00 strike is 50.3%, which implies the market expects a move of about ±$111.89 (25.8%) in Valero Energy stock by expiration.

The most open interest sits at the $210.00 call (1.52K contracts) and the $100.00 put (2.35K contracts).

Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology

VLO options chain · January 15, 2027

VLO calls and puts by strike price. Shaded cells are in the money.
Calls							Puts
OI	Vol	IV	Last	Bid	Ask	Strike	Bid	Ask	Last	IV	Vol	OI
0	5	—	199.10	0.00	0.00	55.00	0.00	0.75	0.31	169.3%	—	3
2	2	—	118.96	115.50	120.50	60.00	0.00	1.30	0.18	174.3%	1	138
0	15	—	114.10	110.50	115.50	65.00	0.00	2.15	0.05	180.0%	2	17
0	1	—	261.10	0.00	0.00	70.00	0.00	2.15	0.27	172.9%	10	119
0	10	—	102.51	101.00	105.00	75.00	0.00	0.50	0.39	136.7%	28	72
1	1	178.4%	324.70	351.70	355.80	80.00	0.00	2.20	0.31	160.7%	26	81
0	50	—	167.90	0.00	0.00	85.00	0.00	0.00	0.71	50.0%	1	0
0	8	—	156.80	0.00	0.00	90.00	0.00	2.10	0.72	148.6%	1	69
3	2	—	208.80	250.30	254.20	95.00	0.00	2.25	0.14	145.1%	2	34
7	1	108.0%	280.80	331.80	336.00	100.00	0.00	2.15	0.05	139.3%	1	2,347
8	3	104.5%	315.00	326.90	330.90	105.00	0.20	1.05	0.85	124.5%	45	2,034
78	60	104.5%	295.60	321.90	326.00	110.00	0.00	2.25	0.27	131.5%	6	226
28	2	—	124.68	188.90	192.50	115.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	50.0%	30	0
46	1	100.6%	320.00	312.00	316.00	120.00	0.00	0.00	0.10	50.0%	3	0
55	1	97.5%	249.00	307.00	311.00	125.00	0.00	2.15	0.04	118.8%	25	160
102	49	94.5%	315.50	302.10	305.90	130.00	0.00	2.15	0.05	115.3%	15	520
38	2	93.8%	249.85	297.10	301.00	135.00	0.00	2.15	0.05	111.9%	1	99
59	2	90.9%	257.60	292.00	296.10	140.00	0.00	2.15	0.11	108.6%	3	143
68	65	81.5%	298.58	287.20	290.60	145.00	0.00	2.15	0.20	105.4%	10	107
112	60	88.8%	255.90	282.20	286.10	150.00	0.00	1.00	0.04	91.6%	40	619
130	1	87.6%	266.25	277.30	281.10	155.00	0.00	2.15	0.35	99.4%	2	271
115	2	82.3%	214.70	272.40	275.80	160.00	0.00	2.20	0.25	96.9%	5	255
125	1	86.9%	220.30	267.40	271.40	165.00	0.00	2.20	0.75	94.1%	5	109
755	1	81.3%	214.30	262.50	266.00	170.00	0.00	0.75	0.18	78.4%	2	153
103	65	82.8%	268.88	257.60	261.30	175.00	0.00	2.20	0.20	88.8%	5	58
319	1	78.7%	200.00	252.70	256.00	180.00	0.00	0.90	0.45	75.7%	1	435
439	1	78.9%	234.80	247.80	251.20	185.00	0.00	2.25	0.35	84.1%	2	118
253	2	77.4%	230.00	242.80	246.30	190.00	0.00	2.25	0.37	81.7%	2	147
482	5	75.2%	194.87	237.90	241.20	195.00	0.00	2.30	0.45	79.7%	2	83
781	1	75.6%	222.00	233.00	236.50	200.00	0.00	1.00	0.20	68.3%	10	181
1,524	1	72.9%	163.70	223.20	226.60	210.00	0.00	2.35	0.45	73.2%	10	261
209	45	69.7%	224.62	213.40	216.60	220.00	0.10	1.60	0.45	65.5%	1	184
186	2	68.2%	215.70	203.60	207.00	230.00	0.20	2.55	0.61	66.8%	2	188
399	1	65.9%	208.50	193.90	197.20	240.00	0.00	2.70	0.70	62.6%	1	226
401	4	63.9%	187.00	184.20	187.50	250.00	0.55	2.85	0.90	61.3%	15	570
396	12	62.2%	178.70	174.50	178.00	260.00	0.00	3.20	1.00	56.9%	10	344
300	12	59.2%	174.90	165.00	167.90	270.00	0.60	3.30	1.25	55.4%	1	793
401	1	58.6%	168.10	155.50	158.90	280.00	0.50	3.90	1.70	53.1%	2	263
158	3	57.0%	161.00	146.10	149.50	290.00	1.05	2.75	3.30	52.0%	48	202
455	1	56.3%	138.00	137.00	140.60	300.00	2.95	3.30	2.80	50.5%	13	346
150	5	54.5%	120.43	128.00	131.10	310.00	2.65	5.60	3.35	54.0%	4	230
175	23	54.3%	134.80	119.40	122.70	320.00	4.00	6.70	5.40	52.9%	11	255
123	3	54.0%	110.91	111.00	114.60	330.00	5.10	8.50	5.80	52.9%	53	649
128	1	53.2%	68.84	102.90	106.10	340.00	7.00	10.20	7.50	52.1%	13	234
336	3	53.0%	96.80	95.20	98.40	350.00	9.20	11.70	11.00	50.6%	14	367
359	7	52.6%	99.50	87.70	91.00	360.00	12.50	14.00	13.60	50.1%	12	156
135	4	52.2%	91.80	80.50	83.80	370.00	15.30	16.80	14.30	49.9%	8	141
285	12	51.9%	80.80	73.70	77.00	380.00	18.40	20.40	18.00	50.3%	5	229
189	4	51.6%	68.00	67.20	70.60	390.00	21.90	23.30	21.78	49.3%	5	216
1,482	3	51.4%	70.42	61.20	64.50	400.00	25.70	26.50	26.78	48.2%	33	678
128	5	51.1%	57.94	55.70	58.50	410.00	30.20	31.70	27.76	49.2%	28	93
272	19	51.1%	57.90	50.60	53.30	420.00	34.50	37.20	35.30	50.0%	15	77
431	12	50.9%	46.80	45.50	48.40	430.00	39.70	42.20	41.00	49.7%	7	134
VLO $433.75
418	10	50.9%	42.00	41.00	44.00	440.00	45.30	46.30	45.50	48.1%	19	30
380	5	50.8%	38.10	37.10	39.60	450.00	51.10	52.40	51.75	48.3%	5	105
64	3	50.9%	39.30	33.30	36.00	460.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
91	1	51.0%	38.90	29.90	32.80	470.00	63.30	66.40	59.50	49.7%	1	1
376	29	51.5%	28.95	27.70	29.50	480.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	15	50.9%	25.90	24.20	26.20	490.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
249	17	50.9%	22.28	21.40	23.70	500.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
175	13	51.2%	26.12	19.10	21.70	510.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
120	25	51.6%	22.50	17.20	19.80	520.00	100.50	103.40	149.67	49.8%	—	1
29	3	51.7%	12.50	13.50	16.20	540.00	116.90	119.70	169.80	49.7%	1	1
140	1	52.0%	14.11	10.50	13.40	560.00	133.50	136.90	184.27	49.9%	—	1
48	6	52.1%	12.15	8.10	11.00	580.00	151.40	154.00	205.30	48.9%	2	3

In-the-money callsIn-the-money puts. IV = implied volatility, OI = open interest (contracts). Each contract covers 100 shares. Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Frequently asked questions

What is the VLO put/call ratio?

For the January 15, 2027 expiration, the VLO put/call ratio based on open interest is 1.05 (15,576 puts vs 14,844 calls), and 0.85 based on today's volume. A ratio above 1 means more puts than calls.

What is VLO's implied volatility?

At-the-money implied volatility for VLO options expiring January 15, 2027 is about 50.3%, an annualized estimate of how much the market expects Valero Energy stock to move.

How many VLO option expiration dates are there?

VLO has 15 listed expiration dates, from Oct 16, 2026 to Jan 19, 2029.

What does "in the money" mean?

A call is in the money when the strike price is below the current share price; a put is in the money when the strike is above it. In-the-money contracts have intrinsic value and are shaded in the table.