UnitedHealth Group Unusual Options Activity


20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"

Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine". A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.


A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on UnitedHealth Group.

Looking at options history for UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) we detected 14 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 28% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 71% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $207,350 and 8, calls, for a total amount of $1,381,100.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $370.0 to $530.0 for UnitedHealth Group over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for UnitedHealth Group options trades today is 831.67 with a total volume of 2,209.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for UnitedHealth Group's big money trades within a strike price range of $370.0 to $530.0 over the last 30 days.

UnitedHealth Group Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Biggest Options Spotted:

SymbolPUT/CALLTrade TypeSentimentExp. DateStrike PriceTotal Trade PriceOpen InterestVolume
UNHCALLTRADEBEARISH10/20/23$480.00$922.5K340
UNHCALLSWEEPBULLISH09/15/23$500.00$177.1K1.8K334
UNHCALLSWEEPBULLISH09/15/23$500.00$69.6K1.8K450
UNHCALLSWEEPBEARISH09/15/23$500.00$61.6K1.8K380
UNHCALLTRADEBULLISH09/15/23$500.00$43.0K1.8K128

Where Is UnitedHealth Group Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 835,373, the price of UNH is down -0.19% at $497.47.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 53 days.

What The Experts Say On UnitedHealth Group:

  • Stephens & Co. downgraded its action to Overweight with a price target of $560

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

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20-Year Pro Trader Reveals His "MoneyLine"

Ditch your indicators and use the "MoneyLine". A simple line tells you when to buy and sell without the guesswork. It’s a line on a chart that’s helped Nic Chahine win 83% of his options buys. Here's how he does it.


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