Watching flag · headline-flush lab

VLO

NYSE·Valero Energy Corporation

Watching

Not triggered yet

Triggers on a 15-minute close below $347.24, then a later 15-minute close back above it. Day 2 of 10.

Flush low = stop$347.24

Levels from the lab record. A 15-minute chart appears here once the lab posts bars for this trade.

Headline

Crude plunge (energy worst performer, VLO −5.9% midday; Brent −9.2%). No company news; Oct-27 crack-spread check stands (Q3 massive beat, adj EPS $23.90). Prior Nov-2 flag died 4 Nov. Day low 5 Nov $350.50 — above the flush low.

What the watcher saw

Flagged4 Nov 2026

Lab note

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How this paper trade ends

Stop: a 15-minute close back below the flush low ($347.24). That is the only exit the lab uses today.

[Profit-taking rule — if the lab adds one, it appears here.]