UNH Options History — November 2014

In November 2014, UNH traded between $93.64 and $98.63. ATM implied volatility averaged 17.0%, placing in the 20.8% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 5.5%. IV traded below realized volatility by 3.0% (HV 20d: 19.9%). Max pain ranged from $87.50 to $90.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 6 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.71.

Notable Days

  • 2014-11-21: Highest Volume — 26,646 contracts
  • 2014-11-07: Largest IV spike — 9.0% change
  • 2014-11-07: Highest IV Rank — 31.6%
  • 2014-11-07: Largest Expected Move — 5.8%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$96.26$93.64$98.63$94.96$98.63
Max Pain$88.42$87.50$90.00$87.50$90.00
ATM IV17.0%15.6%18.8%18.3%16.1%
Expected Move5.5%5.4%5.8%5.6%5.4%
HV 20d19.9%16.2%26.3%26.3%16.3%
HV 60d20.1%19.1%20.6%19.3%20.5%
IV Rank20.8%12.8%31.6%28.3%15.9%
IV Percentile27.6%15.9%50.4%40.9%21.0%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.8%0.6%-0.0%0.5%
VWIV20.1%18.4%22.5%20.1%18.4%
Skew 25d2.7%1.4%3.7%2.6%2.1%
Skew 10d5.9%1.9%8.6%4.2%4.1%
Call IV 25d16.4%15.1%18.5%17.7%15.8%
Put IV 25d19.1%17.5%20.5%20.3%17.9%
Bid-Ask Spread %15.5412.7221.8116.8715.52
Gamma HHI0.140.120.170.140.13
Net GEX17.0M14.0M20.8M15.7M20.8M
Net DEX-562.2M-698.6M-444.1M-523.4M-592.1M
Net VEX-1.6M-1.8M-1.4M-1.7M-1.6M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.710.271.380.970.44
Total Volume11,560.3682,06826,64611,9892,068
Total OI187,372.368177,524200,627177,524188,504

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2014-11-03$94.96$87.5018.3%5.6%26.3%28.3%20.1%2.6%-0.0%15.7M-523.4M-1.7M0.9716.876,0885,90185,21392,311
2014-11-04$94.90$87.5018.1%5.6%25.7%27.3%20.9%3.6%0.0%15.1M-514.5M-1.7M1.0215.284,9845,08885,65193,342
2014-11-05$95.76$87.5018.4%5.6%24.4%28.9%20.6%3.4%-0.5%14.5M-557.2M-1.6M1.3815.934,4196,08186,11693,869
2014-11-06$96.15$87.5017.3%5.6%22.6%22.7%20.5%2.3%0.0%14.0M-576.3M-1.6M0.7417.246,8895,07386,68294,398
2014-11-07$93.64$87.5018.8%5.8%25.4%31.6%22.5%2.0%-0.7%17.6M-444.1M-1.8M1.2521.818,31110,35289,03094,060
2014-11-10$94.67$87.5017.6%5.6%24.2%24.4%20.6%3.5%-0.2%17.6M-506.3M-1.6M0.4515.1811,8975,30488,56995,461
2014-11-11$95.60$87.5017.2%5.6%23.8%22.0%19.7%3.7%-0.1%16.1M-550.2M-1.6M0.8314.006,0455,00587,78194,399
2014-11-12$95.75$87.5016.9%5.5%22.3%20.7%19.8%3.3%-0.1%20.1M-575.2M-1.7M0.7214.997,2985,27192,72596,514
2014-11-13$95.76$87.5017.1%5.5%19.2%21.3%19.7%2.5%-0.2%20.1M-573.6M-1.6M0.7614.607,7665,89293,72198,213
2014-11-14$95.11$87.5017.1%5.5%16.9%21.7%20.7%1.6%-0.1%18.4M-525.6M-1.7M0.5215.471,58082194,63998,980
2014-11-17$96.48$87.5016.4%5.4%17.4%17.8%19.9%3.0%0.6%19.0M-597.9M-1.6M0.4214.748,0133,40394,07697,855
2014-11-18$98.31$87.5016.5%5.5%16.3%18.1%19.5%2.4%-0.1%14.0M-698.6M-1.4M0.5614.2410,2815,71994,66598,189
2014-11-19$96.86$90.0016.7%5.5%16.5%19.3%19.4%2.8%-0.3%17.7M-638.2M-1.5M0.9915.234,2254,16797,733100,129
2014-11-20$96.83$90.0016.5%5.6%16.5%18.1%19.6%2.9%-0.1%14.3M-606.3M-1.6M0.6412.726,0123,87398,471101,545
2014-11-21$96.69$90.0015.8%5.5%16.2%13.9%19.6%2.4%0.6%16.1M-607.3M-1.6M0.2715.0221,0585,58898,874101,753
2014-11-24$96.90$90.0016.3%5.5%16.2%17.2%20.4%1.4%-0.8%15.1M-491.2M-1.6M0.4914.522,1861,07086,85793,793
2014-11-25$97.79$90.0015.6%5.4%16.4%12.8%20.9%2.3%-0.1%17.4M-541.8M-1.5M0.4714.6210,4954,96287,45094,365
2014-11-26$98.11$90.0015.6%5.4%16.3%12.9%18.5%2.5%0.4%19.1M-561.5M-1.5M0.6717.293,8762,58689,37094,772
2014-11-28$98.63$90.0016.1%5.4%16.3%15.9%18.4%2.1%0.5%20.8M-592.1M-1.6M0.4415.521,43763192,04296,462