UNH Options History — February 2014

In February 2014, UNH traded between $69.74 and $77.27. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.8%, placing in the 26.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 7.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 0.4% (HV 20d: 21.4%). Max pain ranged from $72.50 to $72.50. Net GEX was positive for 13 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.76.

Notable Days

  • 2014-02-14: Highest Volume — 25,912 contracts
  • 2014-02-14: Largest IV spike — 10.9% change
  • 2014-02-14: Highest IV Rank — 33.2%
  • 2014-02-06: Largest Expected Move — 7.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$72.89$69.74$77.27$70.74$77.27
Max Pain$72.50$72.50$72.50$72.50$72.50
ATM IV21.8%18.6%24.5%23.9%18.6%
Expected Move7.1%6.9%7.3%7.2%6.9%
HV 20d21.4%19.3%23.0%23.0%22.1%
HV 60d19.3%18.0%20.8%18.7%20.8%
IV Rank26.6%13.9%33.2%31.8%13.9%
IV Percentile70.4%29.4%95.2%93.7%29.4%
Term Structure-0.2%-1.6%0.9%-0.9%0.4%
VWIV25.6%23.8%28.0%24.7%25.6%
Skew 25d1.9%1.4%2.6%2.1%2.1%
Skew 10d4.1%2.6%6.4%2.6%5.3%
Call IV 25d21.2%17.7%24.0%22.9%17.7%
Put IV 25d23.1%19.8%26.1%25.0%19.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.923.0822.648.654.78
Gamma HHI0.150.110.250.180.25
Net GEX8.8M-11.1M29.2M-9.4M28.1M
Net DEX-135.8M-492.0M121.9M95.2M-492.0M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.7M-1.4M-1.5M-1.4M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.760.211.240.660.21
Total Volume11,598.8952,88825,91215,68315,064
Total OI187,810.316168,017210,789168,017185,939

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-02-03$70.74$72.5023.9%7.2%23.0%31.8%24.7%2.1%-0.9%-9.4M95.2M-1.5M0.668.659,4276,25684,92583,092
2014-02-04$70.51$72.5022.5%7.3%22.8%28.5%24.0%1.8%-0.5%-9.9M121.9M-1.5M0.675.876,4924,32691,11986,936
2014-02-05$70.82$72.5022.1%7.3%19.5%27.5%25.2%1.5%-0.0%-11.1M92.0M-1.6M1.096.796,1206,67394,74588,871
2014-02-06$70.87$72.5021.7%7.3%19.3%26.5%26.3%1.6%0.9%-10.6M98.1M-1.7M0.594.645,8893,48198,16493,166
2014-02-07$71.36$72.5021.8%7.1%19.4%26.9%25.7%1.4%-0.2%2.2M61.9M-1.7M0.793.855,6234,426100,86192,713
2014-02-10$69.74$72.5022.7%7.3%19.9%29.0%26.4%2.1%-0.9%-1.8M71.8M-1.6M0.767.684,2413,20999,20579,808
2014-02-11$70.62$72.5022.0%7.2%20.5%27.5%27.9%1.5%-0.6%254.5K15.4M-1.6M0.463.554,8112,218100,71680,836
2014-02-12$70.24$72.5022.5%7.2%20.5%28.5%24.3%1.5%-0.9%-770.7K38.6M-1.6M0.826.352,8082,306103,28581,551
2014-02-13$71.21$72.5022.1%7.1%20.8%27.5%25.3%1.7%-0.6%3.8M-41.5M-1.7M0.903.224,1143,697104,57082,106
2014-02-14$73.52$72.5024.5%7.2%21.9%33.2%26.2%2.1%-1.6%16.8M-225.8M-1.7M0.626.6216,0229,890105,64183,792
2014-02-18$73.83$72.5022.9%7.2%21.8%29.4%24.5%2.6%0.6%12.6M-234.2M-1.7M0.5610.4312,6177,047107,29484,231
2014-02-19$73.55$72.5023.5%7.2%21.7%30.9%24.4%2.2%-0.1%13.7M-218.6M-1.7M1.2422.644,4535,505115,70887,434
2014-02-20$73.48$72.5023.3%7.3%21.7%30.5%28.0%2.4%-0.7%13.0M-212.7M-1.7M0.779.164,2223,236116,45189,535
2014-02-21$73.81$72.5022.4%7.1%21.7%28.2%23.8%2.1%0.4%16.5M-251.8M-1.7M0.966.2510,42210,020119,17991,610
2014-02-24$76.01$72.5020.1%6.9%22.3%22.7%24.9%2.2%0.2%23.9M-388.1M-1.5M0.6810.0912,9868,859105,04776,207
2014-02-25$75.32$72.5019.8%7.0%22.7%22.2%25.9%2.2%-0.0%23.0M-345.5M-1.5M0.733.663,5052,549106,93577,129
2014-02-26$76.06$72.5019.2%7.0%22.8%20.8%27.0%1.9%0.1%28.1M-381.4M-1.5M0.744.142,8662,111105,63778,514
2014-02-27$76.02$72.5019.2%7.0%22.6%20.8%26.7%2.2%-0.0%29.2M-384.4M-1.5M1.123.081,3641,524106,53478,910
2014-02-28$77.27$72.5018.6%6.9%22.1%13.9%25.6%2.1%0.4%28.1M-492.0M-1.4M0.214.7812,4792,585106,78279,157