UNH Options History — February 2007

In February 2007, UNH traded between $50.88 and $53.95. ATM implied volatility averaged 22.2%. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.4%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.7% (HV 20d: 21.4%). Max pain ranged from $50.00 to $50.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 18 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.65.

Notable Days

  • 2007-02-15: Highest Volume — 35,612 contracts
  • 2007-02-27: Largest IV spike — 17.5% change
  • 2007-02-27: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$52.42$50.88$53.95$52.80$52.18
Max Pain$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00$50.00
ATM IV22.2%20.0%25.5%20.0%25.3%
Expected Move6.4%5.7%7.3%5.7%7.2%
HV 20d21.4%19.5%23.8%22.7%22.3%
Term Structure1.4%-0.4%2.6%0.8%-0.4%
VWIV22.3%20.2%24.7%20.2%23.4%
Skew 25d1.2%-0.3%3.0%1.6%1.3%
Skew 10d3.2%-5.4%8.9%3.4%1.2%
Call IV 25d22.1%20.1%25.0%20.1%23.7%
Put IV 25d23.3%21.6%26.1%21.6%25.0%
Bid-Ask Spread %5.593.5010.916.755.23
Gamma HHI0.390.310.470.370.39
Net GEX12.8M6.5M19.7M11.1M14.0M
Net DEX-298.7M-438.8M-175.7M-274.8M-303.5M
Net VEX-2.9M-3.3M-2.4M-2.5M-3.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.650.041.890.230.57
Total Volume13,138.8954,08335,6129,1517,637
Total OI297,139.474260,374330,285261,919322,009

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2007-02-01$52.80$50.0020.0%5.7%22.7%0.0%20.2%1.6%0.8%11.1M-274.8M-2.5M0.236.757,4461,705168,73193,188
2007-02-02$52.91$50.0020.4%5.9%22.6%0.0%20.9%1.7%1.5%11.3M-276.2M-2.4M0.433.732,8641,219167,18993,185
2007-02-05$52.33$50.0023.2%6.5%22.8%0.0%22.4%1.3%0.7%9.9M-241.8M-2.4M0.2310.249,7902,226168,26493,812
2007-02-06$50.99$50.0021.6%6.6%23.8%0.0%22.6%2.0%1.8%6.5M-175.7M-2.4M0.276.7427,8337,520171,05294,256
2007-02-07$51.25$50.0022.3%6.6%23.6%0.0%22.1%1.6%1.8%8.9M-201.8M-2.5M0.854.393,5663,026188,27496,606
2007-02-08$51.24$50.0022.5%6.4%23.6%0.0%22.7%1.3%2.1%8.1M-198.8M-2.5M1.164.843,4113,944179,71998,532
2007-02-09$50.88$50.0022.3%6.4%20.4%0.0%22.1%1.1%1.8%6.8M-178.2M-2.6M0.683.592,6451,796181,199100,549
2007-02-12$51.62$50.0022.4%6.4%20.7%0.0%22.1%2.1%1.2%8.7M-220.2M-2.5M1.703.688,59314,574180,711101,075
2007-02-13$51.61$50.0022.7%6.5%20.0%0.0%22.4%1.9%1.4%7.0M-210.9M-2.6M0.043.9225,4321,071182,804108,870
2007-02-14$51.64$50.0021.8%6.3%20.0%0.0%21.8%0.8%2.0%10.6M-266.6M-2.9M0.223.507,5601,632206,332105,944
2007-02-15$53.61$50.0023.4%6.7%21.8%0.0%23.3%-0.2%0.1%18.7M-417.1M-3.2M0.2110.9129,4546,158212,433106,804
2007-02-16$53.95$50.0022.9%6.6%21.5%0.0%22.9%0.5%0.3%18.2M-438.8M-3.3M0.206.2212,5592,501221,288108,997
2007-02-20$53.82$50.0020.6%5.9%20.2%0.0%20.8%1.1%2.4%18.1M-424.0M-3.2M0.935.014,8794,547207,565101,644
2007-02-21$53.53$50.0020.9%6.0%19.5%0.0%21.6%0.4%2.4%17.7M-396.4M-3.2M0.324.527,5812,450209,049102,698
2007-02-22$53.72$50.0020.4%5.8%19.5%0.0%22.6%-0.3%2.6%19.7M-421.4M-3.2M0.225.487,5071,668212,680101,733
2007-02-23$53.03$50.0021.1%6.0%20.1%0.0%21.4%0.3%2.2%17.7M-369.9M-3.3M1.554.692,1743,380214,858102,617
2007-02-26$53.21$50.0021.7%6.2%19.6%0.0%23.2%3.0%1.6%18.3M-383.5M-3.3M1.895.423,2666,188215,111104,164
2007-02-27$51.71$50.0025.5%7.3%22.3%0.0%24.7%1.1%0.7%12.5M-275.5M-3.2M0.587.286,2183,619215,197106,511
2007-02-28$52.18$50.0025.3%7.2%22.3%0.0%23.4%1.3%-0.4%14.0M-303.5M-3.2M0.575.234,8522,785215,444106,565