someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on valero energy vlo and retail traders should know we noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at benzinga whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual we dont know but when something this big happens with vlo it often means somebody knows something is about to happen the overall sentiment of these bigmoney traders is split between 54 bullish and 45 bearish out of all of the options we uncovered there was 1 put for a total amount of 33000 and 10 calls for a total amount of 612292 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 950 to 1450 for valero energy over the last 3 months looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options this data can help you track the liquidity and interest for valero energys options for a given strike price below we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts respectively for all of valero energys whale trades within a strike price range from 950 to 1450 in the last 30 days valero energy option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is valero energy standing right now   with a volume of 1683126 the price of vlo is up 491 at 10903   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold   next earnings are expected to be released in 31 days options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock but they have higher profit potential serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily scaling in and out of trades following more than one indicator and following the markets closely if you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for valero energy benzinga pro gives you realtime options trades alerts