UnitedHealth Options Trading Surges to Unprecedented Levels

On September 11th, UnitedHealth (UNH.US) saw significant options trading activity, with a total of 188.69K contracts traded for the day. Of these transactions, put options made up 19.69% and call options accounted for 80.31%. The open interest in UNH.US options as of close totaled approximately 972.9K contracts, representing a whopping 101.39% of the average over the past 30 trading days.

The most active option contract on the day was the call option with a strike price of $360.00, expiring on September 18th, 2026. It traded 2,500 contracts and generated $4.31 million in turnover, making it the largest unusual options trade of the day.

Another notable observation is that as UNH.US was trading at $377.69, the most active option contract achieved a volume of 11,428 and closed at $28.75.