UNH Options History — December 2025

In December 2025, UNH traded between $323.31 and $341.10. ATM implied volatility averaged 31.2%, placing in the 20.3% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 9.2%. IV traded below realized volatility by 0.3% (HV 20d: 31.5%). Max pain ranged from $300.00 to $320.00. Net GEX was positive for 22 of 22 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 16 of 22 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.10.

Notable Days

  • 2025-12-05: Highest Volume — 451,638 contracts
  • 2025-12-29: Largest IV spike — 11.5% change
  • 2025-12-31: Highest IV Rank — 31.0%
  • 2025-12-09: Largest Expected Move — 10.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$330.43$323.31$341.10$325.54$330.91
Max Pain$310.45$300.00$320.00$320.00$310.00
ATM IV31.2%28.6%37.3%30.8%37.3%
Expected Move9.2%8.0%10.4%9.3%8.0%
HV 20d31.5%27.0%37.1%31.9%27.0%
HV 60d29.3%28.6%32.4%32.4%28.6%
IV Rank20.3%14.6%31.0%21.4%31.0%
IV Percentile21.9%9.1%70.2%15.9%70.2%
Term Structure2.8%-1.1%8.1%0.4%1.1%
VWIV32.6%27.8%39.7%33.5%27.8%
Skew 25d1.1%0.1%2.4%0.7%1.5%
Skew 10d1.1%-4.5%3.4%-0.2%2.2%
Call IV 25d30.9%28.6%36.5%30.9%36.1%
Put IV 25d32.1%29.6%38.0%31.6%37.6%
Bid-Ask Spread %35.9921.3642.8342.3435.52
Gamma HHI0.060.040.120.050.05
Net GEX165.0M76.2M369.9M148.1M115.0M
Net DEX-5.78B-8.37B-4.38B-5.44B-5.44B
Net VEX-72.4M-79.0M-65.9M-75.5M-65.9M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.100.072.700.731.60
Total Volume134,011.40954,439451,63872,673120,267
Total OI1,578,586.0911,444,1571,666,3011,601,6051,479,868

Daily Data (22 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2025-12-01$325.54$320.0030.8%9.3%31.9%21.4%33.5%0.7%0.4%148.1M-5.44B-75.5M0.7342.3441,89230,7811,084,075517,530
2025-12-02$324.71$320.0029.9%9.1%31.0%19.9%33.1%0.1%0.6%145.2M-5.32B-76.1M0.4742.8337,02317,4161,093,837529,565
2025-12-03$340.88$320.0029.7%8.8%35.5%19.5%31.6%1.2%1.4%272.4M-8.37B-79.0M0.4140.44107,60144,5741,098,832533,707
2025-12-04$332.94$300.0029.7%10.1%36.4%19.5%36.3%0.8%1.2%208.2M-6.67B-77.0M0.5240.5968,95335,6531,108,774539,397
2025-12-05$330.61$300.0030.2%10.2%36.2%20.3%35.6%1.1%0.8%201.2M-6.29B-76.5M0.0736.10423,68527,9531,121,145545,156
2025-12-08$323.31$310.0029.6%10.3%37.1%19.3%37.9%0.8%6.1%122.0M-4.62B-74.9M1.2142.1643,42052,4411,074,257532,868
2025-12-09$323.36$310.0030.7%10.4%36.9%18.5%39.7%0.5%5.4%119.4M-4.66B-74.9M1.5732.9039,70962,3391,082,816539,091
2025-12-10$327.82$310.0028.6%10.1%36.3%14.6%36.7%0.4%6.3%170.9M-5.41B-74.6M0.8839.2366,83758,7531,089,545544,606
2025-12-11$336.77$310.0030.6%10.0%34.2%18.4%35.4%0.8%5.0%288.4M-7.24B-76.2M1.2234.5588,146107,5661,094,514546,192
2025-12-12$341.10$310.0031.5%10.0%33.2%20.1%35.5%1.1%5.4%369.9M-8.15B-76.6M0.5234.10105,08854,2381,097,905546,559
2025-12-15$340.48$310.0031.9%9.3%30.4%20.8%33.3%1.3%-0.8%238.0M-7.39B-74.3M0.8333.4460,66550,5581,074,090529,639
2025-12-16$333.44$310.0031.9%9.2%31.5%20.8%31.4%1.3%-1.1%173.2M-5.97B-72.9M1.2740.5147,15959,8961,082,521537,431
2025-12-17$331.81$310.0031.6%9.1%30.3%20.3%30.5%1.9%-0.2%145.7M-5.63B-72.0M1.3039.8037,78849,0561,086,857542,257
2025-12-18$327.64$310.0030.0%8.6%29.9%17.3%30.6%1.6%-0.7%96.7M-4.82B-70.7M2.7038.2858,680158,3531,089,263544,231
2025-12-19$327.53$310.0031.5%9.1%29.8%20.0%31.8%2.4%-0.9%76.2M-4.85B-69.6M1.1639.8875,78387,9621,098,787545,986
2025-12-22$324.68$310.0029.7%8.7%28.5%16.6%30.2%1.6%8.1%80.3M-4.38B-67.7M0.9833.8357,46056,091963,717480,440
2025-12-23$325.23$310.0029.2%8.4%28.5%15.7%29.8%1.4%7.7%85.8M-4.57B-68.7M1.6234.0334,93056,734976,603487,851
2025-12-24$328.12$310.0028.9%8.5%27.4%15.1%29.3%1.0%7.6%126.6M-5.14B-70.0M1.6530.2549,24581,015983,470498,349
2025-12-26$330.95$310.0032.1%8.3%27.2%21.2%29.6%0.9%7.6%179.3M-5.77B-67.3M0.8732.4346,15140,022981,518507,290
2025-12-29$329.36$310.0035.8%8.6%27.3%28.1%30.1%1.5%-0.1%121.9M-5.29B-66.1M1.1527.3138,00043,700959,122493,324
2025-12-30$332.19$310.0036.2%8.4%27.0%28.9%28.7%1.2%1.5%146.1M-5.80B-66.8M1.5421.3649,09775,571964,191501,718
2025-12-31$330.91$310.0037.3%8.0%27.0%31.0%27.8%1.5%1.1%115.0M-5.44B-65.9M1.6035.5246,29073,977969,508510,360