UNH Options History — July 2020

In July 2020, UNH traded between $291.37 and $307.99. ATM implied volatility averaged 32.3%, placing in the 17.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.1%. IV traded above realized volatility by 3.4% (HV 20d: 28.8%). Max pain ranged from $290.00 to $300.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 12 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.68.

Notable Days

  • 2020-07-15: Highest Volume — 49,754 contracts
  • 2020-07-09: Largest IV spike — 14.2% change
  • 2020-07-09: Highest IV Rank — 25.9%
  • 2020-07-09: Largest Expected Move — 11.3%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$301.76$291.37$307.99$299.51$302.07
Max Pain$295.91$290.00$300.00$290.00$300.00
ATM IV32.3%27.5%39.5%35.2%28.8%
Expected Move9.1%7.7%11.3%9.8%7.7%
HV 20d28.8%22.6%43.3%43.3%22.9%
HV 60d33.6%31.6%38.2%38.2%31.7%
IV Rank17.0%11.1%25.9%20.6%12.8%
IV Percentile65.4%47.2%81.7%75.8%54.8%
Term Structure0.1%-1.3%1.6%1.5%0.5%
VWIV31.4%26.0%38.1%34.3%28.4%
Skew 25d7.9%5.4%12.4%10.2%7.6%
Skew 10d14.0%8.5%20.1%20.1%14.3%
Call IV 25d28.6%23.9%34.3%30.9%24.7%
Put IV 25d36.5%30.8%45.1%41.1%32.3%
Bid-Ask Spread %52.4844.1469.4250.9751.62
Gamma HHI0.090.070.130.090.08
Net GEX30.2M5.4M63.0M30.8M19.5M
Net DEX-562.3M-1.03B-254.7M-548.9M-405.7M
Net VEX-6.8M-7.0M-6.6M-7.0M-6.8M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.680.231.160.630.78
Total Volume16,824.5457,31949,7549,1539,841
Total OI182,011.318156,852219,006178,306179,753

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2020-07-01$299.51$290.0035.2%9.8%43.3%20.6%34.3%10.2%1.5%30.8M-548.9M-7.0M0.6350.975,6263,52787,63690,670
2020-07-02$298.60$290.0034.2%9.8%41.1%19.5%34.3%8.8%0.6%24.8M-523.1M-6.9M0.5847.934,8842,85789,09691,428
2020-07-06$302.01$290.0034.7%10.0%36.2%20.1%33.2%8.3%0.5%29.7M-593.9M-6.7M0.7148.888,8626,33485,82088,313
2020-07-07$297.59$290.0035.8%10.0%36.4%21.4%36.2%8.5%0.0%29.4M-512.6M-6.8M1.1653.893,8184,41889,28689,007
2020-07-08$298.14$290.0034.6%9.9%36.4%19.9%31.7%10.3%-0.5%29.1M-509.7M-6.7M0.9662.123,8013,63890,32091,444
2020-07-09$291.63$290.0039.5%11.3%37.0%25.9%37.2%12.4%-0.6%8.0M-254.7M-6.7M0.4952.5213,8516,81391,27093,792
2020-07-10$291.37$290.0039.1%10.9%24.5%25.5%38.1%10.8%-0.1%5.4M-286.2M-6.7M0.8646.758,3987,20098,77095,739
2020-07-13$301.03$290.0038.3%10.6%26.8%24.5%35.9%7.9%-1.0%42.8M-689.1M-6.7M0.2359.2620,3084,58695,48191,210
2020-07-14$307.99$290.0036.2%10.1%27.7%21.8%36.8%7.8%-1.1%61.2M-1.03B-6.8M0.6655.1729,41919,500100,25392,485
2020-07-15$303.23$300.0033.2%9.3%27.1%18.2%32.1%8.1%-0.8%54.6M-739.8M-6.7M0.5165.2432,90516,849105,848105,221
2020-07-16$307.59$300.0031.6%8.7%27.4%16.2%30.3%7.4%-1.2%63.0M-923.9M-6.8M0.4669.4218,4188,394108,367109,011
2020-07-17$307.43$300.0030.2%8.4%27.2%14.5%28.9%5.4%-1.3%50.9M-903.9M-6.7M0.3560.9518,4296,539109,582109,424
2020-07-20$305.27$300.0029.4%8.4%27.1%13.5%29.4%6.4%1.5%25.3M-550.6M-6.6M0.9446.697,9567,48078,34878,504
2020-07-21$304.06$300.0029.2%8.3%27.0%13.2%28.5%6.2%1.6%22.3M-513.8M-6.8M0.5047.656,6793,33681,42683,148
2020-07-22$306.31$300.0028.1%8.0%26.1%11.9%27.3%5.5%1.2%30.5M-603.2M-6.8M0.3350.547,2812,42984,45384,403
2020-07-23$302.17$300.0029.4%8.4%24.9%13.6%28.8%6.0%0.5%19.5M-480.7M-6.8M1.0045.316,3216,31086,76384,888
2020-07-24$300.86$300.0028.8%8.2%24.6%12.8%28.2%6.0%1.1%19.8M-424.9M-6.9M0.8248.207,0435,74187,68686,885
2020-07-27$299.05$300.0028.7%8.1%22.6%12.7%27.9%6.9%0.5%12.4M-336.2M-6.8M1.0046.103,6553,66483,20283,443
2020-07-28$300.35$300.0028.0%7.8%22.6%11.8%27.4%7.2%1.0%14.6M-365.4M-6.8M0.7151.985,9484,21183,89884,626
2020-07-29$307.44$300.0027.5%7.7%23.1%11.1%26.0%6.8%-0.1%39.2M-650.9M-6.9M0.4749.3310,0314,68287,41587,043
2020-07-30$304.98$300.0029.0%7.9%22.6%13.0%30.4%8.4%-0.4%31.9M-524.6M-7.0M0.8744.144,3603,79890,40988,483
2020-07-31$302.07$300.0028.8%7.7%22.9%12.8%28.4%7.6%0.5%19.5M-405.7M-6.8M0.7851.625,5294,31290,76288,991