HUMHumana Inc.
HUM Options Overview
IV is elevated. Conditions favor premium sellers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
HUM Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 90.1% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.53x — IV premium over HV
Sector percentile 97% — above sector median
Front/Back 0.86x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 50.1% — normal range
Effective IV 73.6% (ATM 50.1% + spread 11.8% + bias) — fair
Total drag 15.68% (spread 11.75% + slippage 3.93%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 36.59 (vega 42.992 / spread 11.75%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: -0% (neutral) — Raw: -2%
|OI skew| 10.0% — balanced
Vol skew +25.3%, OI skew +10.0% — aligned
0-DTE 7%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +11%, ATM: +2%, OTM: -7% — neutral (ITM/ATM aligned)
Sector P/C percentile 41% — bullish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.7% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -5.5% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 39% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 17% — patient
Conviction -0 (bearish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 11.8% — wide
OI 125,105 — deep
Volume 2,166/day — adequate
$0.59 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 97% — much wider than sector
Depth 21.6 contracts (bid:12.0 ask:9.6) — thin
Avg slippage 3.93% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -13.9% — contango
IV percentile 90% — seller opportunity
IV kink -8.7pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 106.81 — favors income trades
5 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No events detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow -0% @ 50% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
Directional Strategy Fit
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.
The Options Desk tracks the move options price into every US earnings report the week of Aug 31, next to how much each stock has actually moved on its past prints — plus the SPY, QQQ and IWM expected ranges and the gamma walls that box them in.