UNH Options History — June 2012

In June 2012, UNH traded between $54.91 and $60.26. ATM implied volatility averaged 30.8%, placing in the 33.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 10.2%. IV traded above realized volatility by 10.6% (HV 20d: 20.2%). Max pain ranged from $55.00 to $57.50. Net GEX was positive for 21 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 1 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.78.

Notable Days

  • 2012-06-12: Highest Volume — 87,708 contracts
  • 2012-06-14: Largest IV spike — 64.7% change
  • 2012-06-27: Highest IV Rank — 57.5%
  • 2012-06-27: Largest Expected Move — 11.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$58.15$54.91$60.26$55.04$58.50
Max Pain$55.36$55.00$57.50$55.00$57.50
ATM IV30.8%21.1%41.3%29.7%21.1%
Expected Move10.2%7.5%11.8%8.2%7.5%
HV 20d20.2%16.0%23.6%17.3%23.6%
HV 60d21.5%20.3%22.1%21.4%20.9%
IV Rank33.8%11.8%57.5%31.3%11.8%
IV Percentile60.0%15.5%90.9%66.7%15.5%
Term Structure-4.8%-7.5%10.2%10.2%-0.7%
VWIV35.9%27.0%42.2%29.1%27.3%
Skew 25d5.3%3.2%6.4%4.1%3.3%
Skew 10d12.2%6.6%15.3%10.9%6.6%
Call IV 25d33.4%24.6%39.0%28.3%24.6%
Put IV 25d38.7%27.8%43.9%32.4%27.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %9.974.1713.2712.618.66
Gamma HHI0.260.190.430.200.25
Net GEX17.4M10.3M29.1M10.6M19.9M
Net DEX-325.0M-433.3M-138.8M-145.7M-310.7M
Net VEX-2.0M-2.2M-1.9M-2.1M-2.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.780.032.560.510.41
Total Volume23,620.814,43887,70823,72018,365
Total OI280,295.048208,814322,326297,597306,192

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2012-06-01$55.04$55.0029.7%8.2%17.3%31.3%29.1%4.1%10.2%10.6M-145.7M-2.1M0.5112.6115,6848,036163,418134,179
2012-06-04$54.91$55.0031.1%11.2%16.0%34.6%39.2%4.7%-4.9%10.3M-138.8M-2.0M2.5610.304,68812,019171,432138,786
2012-06-05$56.04$55.0028.8%10.6%17.3%29.2%36.7%4.7%-3.9%14.7M-219.3M-2.1M0.784.432,4961,942172,584145,553
2012-06-06$57.70$55.0024.5%10.0%19.8%19.5%34.9%4.8%-4.7%22.9M-369.4M-2.0M0.504.458,2404,142172,494141,073
2012-06-07$57.45$55.0023.3%9.7%19.4%16.9%33.1%4.9%-4.3%23.4M-355.3M-2.1M0.264.1711,9163,057175,180142,020
2012-06-08$58.00$55.0023.6%10.1%19.6%17.5%34.6%5.4%-5.4%25.7M-426.9M-2.0M0.7511.155,3984,052179,507142,819
2012-06-11$57.46$55.0024.5%11.0%20.0%19.7%38.0%5.4%-7.1%24.2M-364.4M-2.0M0.7411.546,2464,639176,995137,816
2012-06-12$57.84$55.0021.6%10.8%20.0%13.1%37.8%6.2%-7.2%27.1M-408.8M-2.0M0.0311.6984,8352,873179,741137,502
2012-06-13$58.01$55.0022.2%11.1%19.8%14.3%38.0%6.1%-7.4%26.6M-328.6M-2.0M0.8213.257,4146,102157,305138,434
2012-06-14$59.25$55.0036.5%10.5%20.8%46.8%36.7%6.3%-7.0%29.1M-433.3M-2.0M0.3711.096,8962,557159,856142,343
2012-06-15$58.90$55.0034.9%10.0%21.1%43.1%36.2%6.4%-7.0%14.9M-413.9M-2.0M0.7213.2711,1387,982161,270143,240
2012-06-18$59.42$55.0033.3%9.5%19.8%39.4%33.9%5.4%-4.3%11.9M-333.0M-1.9M0.579.7713,5867,747124,93883,876
2012-06-19$60.26$55.0033.4%9.6%18.1%39.7%34.5%5.7%-4.8%13.0M-383.2M-1.9M0.507.2815,7867,847130,42588,266
2012-06-20$59.60$55.0034.7%10.0%18.9%42.8%36.3%5.6%-5.7%13.6M-359.6M-2.0M1.1410.044,3644,988138,82191,873
2012-06-21$58.34$55.0039.2%11.2%20.6%52.9%38.7%6.0%-7.2%10.3M-283.3M-2.1M1.019.1216,71816,936140,07594,275
2012-06-22$59.07$55.0037.1%10.6%20.3%48.0%38.7%6.4%-7.0%12.3M-302.7M-2.2M1.1210.465,6546,327143,26198,824
2012-06-25$57.69$55.0040.5%11.6%22.3%55.9%39.6%5.3%-7.3%11.4M-246.3M-2.0M0.4910.9513,9676,844141,64496,862
2012-06-26$58.80$55.0039.3%11.3%23.2%53.1%41.2%5.9%-7.5%13.4M-306.3M-2.1M1.3010.397,5849,890148,949100,630
2012-06-27$59.29$57.5041.3%11.8%23.3%57.5%42.2%4.9%-7.5%13.2M-342.4M-2.1M1.3512.5623,64831,812151,137105,744
2012-06-28$59.60$57.5026.2%7.5%23.0%23.4%27.0%3.2%-1.0%17.6M-352.4M-2.1M0.3612.1145,30516,317162,648124,209
2012-06-29$58.50$57.5021.1%7.5%23.6%11.8%27.3%3.3%-0.7%19.9M-310.7M-2.2M0.418.6613,0115,354175,819130,373