VLO · Wheel

Valero Energy Corporation Common Stock (VLO) wheel

The cash-secured put → assigned shares → covered call cycle for this ticker.

$424.10
Modelled strike
$380.00
Modelled premium
$2.76
Cash required
$38,000.00
Breakeven
$377.24
Downside buffer
11.0%
Period return
0.7%
Annualized return
19.2%
Days to expiration
15
Strategy payoffModelled cash-secured put payoff. Spot $424.10. Expiry maximum profit $276.00 · Expiry maximum loss -$37,724.00 · Expiry breakevens $377.24. Total position fees $0.00 deducted once. Intrinsic at the common expiration; IV/time never alters expiry P/L. No early exercise, assignment, slippage, dividends or taxes modeled.

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$212.05Expiration P/L -$16,519.00Update time unavailable
Event / reference markers
  • Spot: $424.10
  • Expiry breakeven $377.24: $377.24
  • sell put strike $380.00: $380.00
Exact data table

Strategy payoff · full stored dataset, independent of graph range/toggles

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Black-Scholes from the published at-the-money implied volatility (one expected move out of the money). If assigned you buy 100 shares at the strike, an effective $377.24 per share after premium; the shares can keep falling.

Stage C would sell a $465.00 call for about $4.53, lowering the effective basis further.

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Data provenance

Figures are from published, reviewed research as of Oct 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT. Modelled option premiums use Black-Scholes with the published at-the-money implied volatility and are labelled as modelled, not as live quotes.

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