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Several health insurance provider shares could see volume spikes in Tuesday trading. A shift in healthcare service contracts for the U.S. military is shifting billions in potential revenue. HealthNet Inc. (NYSE: HNT) shares fell about 15 percent after hours to less than $12 when the military replaced its services with Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) in [...]

United Healthcare (UNH) shares are up more than a point on stronger-than-usual volume for this time in the session, on speculation that President Obama will need to cede more ground to the private insurance system already in place in order to pass healthcare reform legislation. In the options market, calls are outnumbering puts at a [...]

Unitedhealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) saw what looks like major PUT OPTION activity today during market hours, but the reality is that this looks more like an options roll-out trade ahead of Friday’s expiration.  Below are the volumes for each and you can see the open interest: Contract/Strike           Volume     OpInt JUL08 $25.00 PUTS      66,375    68,457 [...]

On the immediate surface, there has been some unusually high PUT OPTION activity seen in Unitedhealth Group, Inc. (NYSE: UNH) today. This is probably an easy explanation of a PUT SPREAD, with the caveat that this means someone else took the other side of the bet. As of 2:50 PM EST we had seen the [...]

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH) lowered guidance and is set to challenge both its daily volume early on and its 52-week lows. Shares closed at $25.63 yesterday and are indicated down around $25.03 on about 24,000 shares as of 7:30 AM EST. The 52-week trading range is $29.59 to $59.46, and we normally see about 12.4 million [...]