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UNITEDHEALTH GROUP I

$388.61 -1.35%

$388.71 (+0.03%)🌙

as of 08/19 07:10 PM

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Option Volume

Detail

ℹ

Current (08/19) 62,178

Calls: 31,317 (50%)

Puts: 30,861 (50%)

Prior (08/18) 29,985

Calls: 18,188 (61%)

Puts: 11,797 (39%)

Current vs Prior +107.36%

Calls: +72.18% (Calls)

Puts: +161.60% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 262,765

Calls: 156,915 (60%)

Puts: 105,850 (40%)

Prior 7-Day Average 37,537

Calls: 22,416 (60%)

Puts: 15,121 (40%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +65.64%

Calls: +39.71%

Puts: +104.09%

Sentiment BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (08/19) $73.39M

Calls: $47.61M (65%)

Puts: $25.79M (35%)

Prior (08/18) $25.46M

Calls: $18.69M (73%)

Puts: $6.77M (27%)

Current vs Prior +188.21%

Calls: +154.72%

Puts: +280.60%

Prior 7-Day Total $218.46M

Calls: $149.53M (68%)

Puts: $68.92M (32%)

Prior 7-Day Average $31.21M

Calls: $21.36M (68%)

Puts: $9.85M (32%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +135.17%

Calls: +122.86%

Puts: +161.88%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (08/19) 0.99

Prior (08/18) 0.65

Current vs Prior +51.93%

Prior 7-Day Average 0.66

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +48.49%

Sentiment NEUTRAL

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (08/19) 702,150

Calls: 383,765 (55%)

Puts: 318,385 (45%)

Prior (08/18) 620,095

Calls: 324,156 (52%)

Puts: 295,939 (48%)

Current vs Prior +13.23%

Prior 7-Day Total 4,324,380

Calls: 2,393,305 (55%)

Puts: 1,931,075 (45%)

Prior 7-Day Average 617,768

Calls: 341,900 (55%)

Puts: 275,867 (45%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +13.66%

Sentiment BEARISH

Expected Move

Detail

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WKMO Expiry (08/21) | Next (08/28)Expiry (08/21) | Next (09/18)

Current 2.07% | 3.72%2.07% | 7.69%

Prior 2.39% | 3.83%2.39% | 7.67%

Current vs Prior -13.68% | -2.80%-13.68% | +0.26%

Prior 7-Day Avg 2.39% | 3.82%3.25% | 8.14%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -13.43% | -2.61%-36.38% | -5.51%

Prior 7-Day Eod 2.39% | 3.83%2.39% | 7.67%

Current vs 7-Day Eod -13.68% | -2.80%-13.68% | +0.26%

Sentiment BULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 10.11% | 7.91%

Calls: 9.95% | 8.74%

Puts: 10.27% | 7.07%

Prior 10.11% | 7.91%

Calls: 9.95% | 8.74%

Puts: 10.27% | 7.07%

Current vs Prior +0.00% | +0.00%

Prior 7-Day Avg 10.11% | 7.91%

Calls: 9.95% | 8.74%

Puts: 10.27% | 7.07%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +0.00% | -0.00%

Liquidity Expensive

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Moderately bullish flow with 65% call dollar volume ($47.61M). Massive premium surge with dollar volume up 188% vs prior. Dollar volume significantly above 7-day average (135% higher). Unusually high activity with volume up 107% vs prior - elevated interest.

Smart Money BULLISH

Retail Flow NEUTRAL

Overall BULLISH

Dollar Volume

Option Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Current BULLISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current NEUTRAL

Prior BULLISH

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Current NEUTRAL

Prior NEUTRAL

7-Day Avg NEUTRAL

Current BEARISH

Prior BULLISH

7-Day Avg BULLISH

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Covered Calls

Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 65 of results (avg 7.2%, best 3.4%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$340.00	Aug 21	47.55	49.20	$48.38	3.4%	16	0.99	809
$330.00	Sep 18	58.30	60.75	$59.53	4.1%	4	1.00	1.8K
$360.00	Sep 18	30.75	32.15	$31.45	4.5%	898	0.84	1.6K
$330.00	Aug 21	57.35	60.00	$58.68	4.5%	10	1.00	1.6K
$360.00	Sep 11	30.50	31.95	$31.23	4.6%	10	0.87	--

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$430.00	Sep 25	43.70	45.60	$44.65	4.3%	10	0.87	2
$410.00	Sep 18	26.10	27.40	$26.75	4.9%	14	0.76	1.6K
$435.00	Aug 21	46.05	48.35	$47.20	4.9%	1	1.00	9
$405.00	Sep 25	23.25	24.45	$23.85	5.0%	2	0.68	--
$430.00	Sep 18	43.10	45.35	$44.23	5.1%	13	0.90	783

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. 8 found (avg $0.58, cheapest $0.28)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$402.50	Aug 21	0.25	0.30	$0.28	17.9%	354	0.07	361
$400.00	Aug 21	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	1.7K	0.10	6.8K
$412.50	Aug 28	0.60	0.69	$0.65	13.8%	31	0.09	58
$410.00	Aug 28	0.76	0.89	$0.83	15.7%	255	0.11	952
$430.00	Sep 4	0.40	0.49	$0.45	20.0%	62	0.05	139

PUTS (1)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$380.00	Aug 21	0.66	0.74	$0.70	11.4%	613	0.15	2.0K

In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 108 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$340.00	Aug 28	47.40	52.30	$49.85	9.8%	5	1.00	1
$320.00	Sep 18	67.05	71.65	$69.35	6.6%	1	1.00	--
$330.00	Sep 18	58.30	60.75	$59.53	4.1%	4	1.00	1.8K
$330.00	Aug 21	57.35	60.00	$58.68	4.5%	10	1.00	1.6K
$320.00	Aug 21	67.20	70.60	$68.90	4.9%	9	1.00	843

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$410.00	Aug 21	21.05	23.30	$22.18	10.1%	29	1.00	1.4K
$415.00	Aug 21	25.00	28.00	$26.50	11.3%	13	1.00	282
$420.00	Aug 21	30.95	32.90	$31.92	6.1%	4	1.00	355
$425.00	Aug 21	34.60	37.90	$36.25	9.1%	1	1.00	--
$430.00	Aug 21	40.70	43.25	$41.98	6.1%	1	1.00	50

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 301 active (total vol 36.4K, top 2.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$410.00	Aug 21	0.07	0.09	$0.08	25.0%	2.3K	0.02	1.9K
$400.00	Aug 21	0.40	0.48	$0.44	18.2%	1.7K	0.10	6.8K
$390.00	Aug 21	2.62	2.96	$2.79	12.2%	1.5K	0.44	973
$405.00	Aug 21	0.14	0.33	$0.24	79.2%	1.0K	0.06	544
$360.00	Sep 18	30.75	32.15	$31.45	4.5%	898	0.84	1.6K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$387.50	Aug 21	2.62	2.97	$2.80	12.5%	1.6K	0.44	975
$360.00	Sep 18	2.89	3.30	$3.10	13.2%	1.4K	0.17	3.8K
$390.00	Aug 21	3.75	4.25	$4.00	12.5%	1.2K	0.56	4.7K
$385.00	Aug 21	1.77	1.88	$1.83	6.0%	783	0.33	1.3K
$370.00	Aug 21	0.08	0.34	$0.21	123.8%	757	0.04	1.8K

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 15 strikes (avg 11.2%, max 16.5%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$397.50	Aug 21	Sep 4	31.1%	26.7%	16.5%	715	299
$380.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	30.7%	26.5%	16.1%	634	2.1K
$387.50	Aug 21	Sep 4	29.8%	25.9%	14.8%	227	31
$392.50	Aug 21	Sep 4	30.6%	27.0%	13.3%	802	50
$395.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	31.4%	28.9%	8.7%	906	248

PUTS (5)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$397.50	Aug 21	Sep 4	31.1%	26.7%	16.5%	586	931
$380.00	Aug 21	Oct 2	30.7%	26.5%	16.1%	615	2.0K
$387.50	Aug 21	Sep 4	29.8%	25.9%	14.8%	1.7K	978
$392.50	Aug 21	Sep 4	30.6%	27.0%	13.3%	292	442
$382.50	Aug 21	Sep 4	30.9%	27.5%	12.4%	264	186

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 172 found (best R:R 2.38, avg 8.53)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$380.00	$385.00	Oct 2	$1.48	$3.52	$1.48	59%	2.38	$381.48
$365.00	$370.00	Aug 28	$3.20	$1.80	$3.20	90%	0.56	$368.20
$377.50	$380.00	Aug 21	$1.40	$1.10	$1.40	89%	0.79	$378.90
$385.00	$390.00	Sep 25	$1.83	$3.17	$1.83	54%	1.73	$386.83
$380.00	$385.00	Sep 11	$2.37	$2.63	$2.37	64%	1.11	$382.37

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$397.50	$395.00	Sep 4	$0.85	$1.65	$0.85	65%	1.94	$396.65
$400.00	$395.00	Sep 11	$2.47	$2.53	$2.47	66%	1.02	$397.53
$385.00	$382.50	Sep 4	$0.50	$2.00	$0.50	43%	4.00	$384.50
$390.00	$385.00	Oct 2	$1.95	$3.05	$1.95	51%	1.56	$388.05
$397.50	$395.00	Aug 28	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	71%	1.00	$396.25

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 137 found (best R:R 1.81, avg 0.29)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$410.00	$415.00	Oct 2	$1.83	$1.83	$3.17	71%	0.58	$411.83
$390.00	$395.00	Sep 25	$2.77	$2.77	$2.23	52%	1.24	$392.77
$390.00	$400.00	Sep 18	$4.50	$4.50	$5.50	52%	0.82	$394.50
$400.00	$405.00	Sep 11	$1.77	$1.77	$3.23	66%	0.55	$401.77
$390.00	$395.00	Oct 2	$2.60	$2.60	$2.40	52%	1.08	$392.60

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$385.00	$380.00	Oct 2	$3.22	$3.22	$1.78	54%	1.81	$381.78
$382.50	$380.00	Sep 4	$1.32	$1.32	$1.18	61%	1.12	$381.18
$380.00	$375.00	Oct 2	$2.28	$2.28	$2.72	59%	0.84	$377.72
$355.00	$350.00	Oct 2	$1.15	$1.15	$3.85	81%	0.30	$353.85
$355.00	$350.00	Sep 25	$0.99	$0.99	$4.01	83%	0.25	$354.01

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 8 found (avg debit $3.27, cheapest $4.97)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$385.00	Aug 21	Sep 4	$4.97	29.8%	25.7%
$392.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$2.83	30.6%	26.5%
$387.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$3.30	29.8%	26.5%
$390.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$3.14	30.4%	27.2%

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$392.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$2.73	30.6%	26.5%
$387.50	Aug 21	Aug 28	$3.08	29.8%	26.5%
$385.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$2.95	29.8%	26.6%
$390.00	Aug 21	Aug 28	$3.13	30.4%	27.2%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 88 found (cheapest 1.75% of stock, avg 6.02%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$390.00	Aug 21	$2.79	$4.00	$6.79	$383.21	$396.79	1.75%
$387.50	Aug 21	$4.03	$2.80	$6.83	$380.67	$394.33	1.76%
$385.00	Aug 21	$5.78	$1.83	$7.61	$377.39	$392.61	1.96%
$392.50	Aug 21	$1.87	$5.90	$7.77	$384.73	$400.27	2.00%
$382.50	Aug 21	$7.43	$1.21	$8.64	$373.86	$391.14	2.22%
$395.00	Aug 21	$1.25	$7.68	$8.93	$386.07	$403.93	2.30%
$380.00	Aug 21	$9.65	$0.70	$10.35	$369.65	$390.35	2.66%
$397.50	Aug 21	$0.74	$10.00	$10.74	$386.76	$408.24	2.76%
$377.50	Aug 21	$11.05	$0.49	$11.54	$365.96	$389.04	2.97%
$400.00	Aug 21	$0.44	$11.98	$12.42	$387.58	$412.42	3.20%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 175 found (cheapest 0.24% of stock, avg 2.86%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$400.00	$377.50	Aug 21	$0.44	$0.49	$0.93	$376.57	$400.93
$400.00	$380.00	Aug 21	$0.44	$0.70	$1.14	$378.86	$401.14
$397.50	$377.50	Aug 21	$0.74	$0.49	$1.23	$376.27	$398.73
$397.50	$380.00	Aug 21	$0.74	$0.70	$1.44	$378.56	$398.94
$400.00	$382.50	Aug 21	$0.44	$1.21	$1.65	$380.85	$401.65
$395.00	$377.50	Aug 21	$1.25	$0.49	$1.74	$375.76	$396.74
$397.50	$382.50	Aug 21	$0.74	$1.21	$1.95	$380.55	$399.45
$395.00	$380.00	Aug 21	$1.25	$0.70	$1.95	$378.05	$396.95
$430.00	$340.00	Sep 18	$1.39	$0.97	$2.36	$337.64	$432.36
$395.00	$382.50	Aug 21	$1.25	$1.21	$2.46	$380.04	$397.46

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 330 found (best R:R 1.48, avg credit $1.26)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
350/355	410/415	Oct 2	$2.98	$2.02	52%	1.48	$352.02	$412.98
350/355	435/440	Oct 2	$1.78	$3.22	68%	0.55	$353.22	$436.78
345/350	410/415	Oct 2	$2.39	$2.61	56%	0.92	$347.61	$412.39
340/345	410/415	Oct 2	$2.25	$2.75	58%	0.82	$342.75	$412.25
355/360	410/415	Oct 2	$2.73	$2.27	48%	1.20	$357.27	$412.73
360/365	400/405	Sep 11	$2.73	$2.27	48%	1.20	$362.27	$402.73
365/370	410/415	Oct 2	$3.11	$1.89	40%	1.65	$366.89	$413.11
378/380	405/408	Aug 28	$1.28	$1.22	53%	1.05	$378.72	$406.28
350/355	425/430	Oct 2	$1.96	$3.04	63%	0.64	$353.04	$426.96
375/378	405/408	Aug 28	$1.10	$1.40	58%	0.79	$376.40	$406.10

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 138 found (best R:R 15.13, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$380.00	$390.00	$400.00	Sep 18	$0.62	$9.38	26%	15.13
$360.00	$370.00	$380.00	Sep 18	$1.00	$9.00	23%	9.00
$400.00	$405.00	$410.00	Sep 25	$0.09	$4.91	10%	54.56
$370.00	$375.00	$380.00	Sep 4	$0.27	$4.73	15%	17.52
$392.50	$395.00	$397.50	Aug 21	$0.11	$2.39	17%	21.73

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$380.00	$390.00	$400.00	Sep 18	$1.00	$9.00	26%	9.00
$410.00	$420.00	$430.00	Sep 18	$0.38	$9.62	14%	25.32
$360.00	$370.00	$380.00	Sep 18	$0.99	$9.01	22%	9.10
$340.00	$350.00	$360.00	Sep 18	$0.43	$9.57	11%	22.26
$365.00	$370.00	$375.00	Sep 25	$0.11	$4.89	10%	44.45

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 173 found (best net $-6.31, 154 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$355.00	$370.00	1:2	Sep 4	-$6.31	$8.69
$395.00	$410.00	1:2	Oct 2	-$2.08	$12.92
$390.00	$400.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.43	$7.57
$400.00	$410.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$1.37	$8.63
$360.00	$370.00	1:2	Aug 21	-$8.73	$1.27

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$425.00	$410.00	1:2	Sep 11	-$10.77	$4.23
$370.00	$360.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.92	$9.08
$380.00	$370.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$2.11	$7.89
$390.00	$380.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$3.55	$6.45
$360.00	$350.00	1:2	Sep 18	-$0.54	$9.46

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 71 found (best yield 3.32%, avg 0.83%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$390.00	Oct 2	$12.90	0.48	0.4%	3.32%	3.68%	13	16
$395.00	Oct 2	$10.70	0.43	1.6%	2.75%	4.40%	10	82
$390.00	Sep 25	$11.85	0.48	0.4%	3.05%	3.41%	8	10
$395.00	Sep 25	$9.80	0.42	1.6%	2.52%	4.17%	16	19
$410.00	Oct 2	$6.00	0.29	5.5%	1.54%	7.05%	5	25
$400.00	Sep 25	$7.55	0.37	2.9%	1.94%	4.87%	138	25
$405.00	Sep 25	$6.25	0.31	4.2%	1.61%	5.83%	4	--
$390.00	Sep 18	$10.65	0.48	0.4%	2.74%	3.10%	633	1.7K
$400.00	Sep 18	$6.65	0.35	2.9%	1.71%	4.64%	419	3.0K
$420.00	Oct 2	$3.75	0.21	8.1%	0.96%	9.04%	6	5

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Time (HH:MM)	Total Volume	Call Volume	Put Volume	Volume Change
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Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 31,317

Total Puts 30,861

Put/Call Ratio 0.99

Net Difference 456

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 18,188

Total Puts 11,797

Put/Call Ratio 0.65

Net Difference 6,391

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 156,915

Total Puts 105,850

Average Put/Call Ratio 0.66

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Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Earnings This Week

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Options Activity Around Earnings

Ticker	Earnings Date	Days Away	Call Volume	Put Volume	IV Rank
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Option Volume

Dollar Volume

Put/Call Ratio

Open Interest

Expected Move

Relative Spread

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Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Prior's 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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Price — Past 7 Days

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