UNH Options History — January 2007

In January 2007, UNH traded between $51.47 and $55.75. ATM implied volatility averaged 24.7%. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.9%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.6% (HV 20d: 24.1%). Max pain ranged from $45.00 to $55.00. Net GEX was positive for 20 of 20 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 5 of 20 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2007-01-17: Highest Volume — 42,369 contracts
  • 2007-01-11: Largest IV drop — 19.8% change
  • 2007-01-17: Largest Expected Move — 7.6%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$53.01$51.47$55.75$52.57$52.26
Max Pain$50.75$45.00$55.00$45.00$50.00
ATM IV24.7%21.6%30.0%25.3%21.6%
Expected Move6.9%6.2%7.6%7.3%6.2%
HV 20d24.1%23.0%25.3%25.3%23.0%
Term Structure-0.5%-2.4%1.2%-1.3%0.6%
VWIV23.7%18.1%26.6%26.0%21.0%
Skew 25d1.6%-0.6%4.3%3.8%0.4%
Skew 10d2.6%-3.3%9.1%5.3%0.6%
Call IV 25d23.5%21.0%25.4%24.5%21.0%
Put IV 25d25.1%21.4%28.6%28.4%21.4%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.523.1213.457.937.64
Gamma HHI0.320.270.410.270.35
Net GEX18.1M8.2M29.4M21.7M10.1M
Net DEX-547.5M-983.1M-203.8M-650.2M-252.5M
Net VEX-2.5M-2.6M-2.4M-2.4M-2.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.141.930.490.37
Total Volume15,928.94,82642,36915,5515,093
Total OI383,244.15241,492487,376443,020262,750

Daily Data (20 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-01-03$52.57$45.0025.3%7.3%0.0%0.0%26.0%3.8%-1.3%21.7M-650.2M-2.4M0.497.9310,4615,090295,069147,951
2007-01-04$52.91$45.0026.5%7.6%0.0%0.0%26.6%4.3%-2.2%22.7M-688.4M-2.4M1.484.3611,73717,372297,254149,504
2007-01-05$52.55$50.0025.4%7.0%0.0%0.0%25.3%2.1%-0.5%21.2M-650.1M-2.5M0.518.057,4753,788301,058161,894
2007-01-08$53.32$50.0028.2%7.0%0.0%0.0%25.1%2.8%-0.3%23.9M-727.6M-2.5M0.5413.454,8342,595303,395163,880
2007-01-09$52.68$50.0028.2%7.1%0.0%0.0%25.0%2.4%-0.4%21.0M-657.6M-2.5M0.4612.037,9703,696300,877164,073
2007-01-10$52.83$50.0030.0%7.3%0.0%0.0%26.1%2.3%-1.1%22.0M-682.4M-2.6M0.6912.319,6266,683303,899165,883
2007-01-11$54.45$50.0024.1%6.9%0.0%0.0%24.2%2.5%-0.6%25.9M-827.6M-2.5M0.605.609,4775,706303,622168,488
2007-01-12$55.10$50.0023.9%6.9%0.0%0.0%23.9%1.9%-0.6%28.3M-916.7M-2.4M0.364.7224,4688,820303,492167,759
2007-01-16$55.75$55.0025.1%7.2%0.0%0.0%25.2%2.2%-1.6%29.4M-983.1M-2.4M0.565.1212,6007,100314,897170,567
2007-01-17$55.65$55.0026.5%7.6%0.0%0.0%26.6%1.9%-2.4%28.6M-970.2M-2.5M0.324.8632,08310,286313,403170,842
2007-01-18$53.80$55.0023.6%6.8%0.0%0.0%24.0%0.6%-0.5%25.6M-738.4M-2.5M0.687.9717,08511,550314,959172,417
2007-01-19$53.20$55.0023.4%6.7%0.0%0.0%23.6%1.2%-0.7%18.9M-655.4M-2.4M0.144.0817,0602,470309,972176,208
2007-01-22$52.19$55.0024.3%7.0%0.0%0.0%23.9%0.9%0.3%9.2M-224.4M-2.4M0.273.1214,0983,821156,37685,116
2007-01-23$51.47$50.0023.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%19.6%-0.6%-0.2%8.3M-203.8M-2.4M1.634.033,7586,114159,88685,828
2007-01-24$51.80$50.0022.3%6.4%0.0%0.0%22.3%0.0%1.2%8.4M-217.3M-2.4M0.214.2010,2772,117161,29188,780
2007-01-25$52.10$50.0022.9%6.6%25.3%0.0%22.0%1.2%0.6%9.3M-238.5M-2.5M1.934.181,6453,181164,63289,336
2007-01-26$51.54$50.0022.0%6.3%24.7%0.0%18.1%-0.0%0.9%8.2M-207.5M-2.5M1.696.002,0153,409164,95289,518
2007-01-29$51.73$50.0023.3%6.7%24.0%0.0%22.8%0.6%-0.3%8.5M-215.6M-2.4M0.545.653,8812,085165,51591,049
2007-01-30$52.21$50.0023.2%6.7%23.6%0.0%23.1%2.0%-0.2%9.8M-242.8M-2.4M0.645.184,2912,761166,69591,796
2007-01-31$52.26$50.0021.6%6.2%23.0%0.0%21.0%0.4%0.6%10.1M-252.5M-2.4M0.377.643,7071,386169,89592,855