Volatile ride for UnitedHealth Group stock price on Thursday moving between $248.88 and $276.65

The UnitedHealth Group stock price fell by -10.93% on the last day (Thursday, 15th May 2025) from $308.01 to $274.35. It has now fallen 8 days in a row. During the last trading day the stock fluctuated 11.16% from a day low at $248.88 to a day high of $276.65. The price has fallen in 9 of the last 10 days and is down by -31.53% for this period. Volume has increased on the last day by 83 million shares but on falling prices. This may be an early warning and the risk will be increased slightly over the next couple of days. In total, 119 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $32.53 billion.

On May 14, 2025, it was reported that Morgan Stanley gave UNH a "Overweight" grade with a "hold" action.

Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to fall -17.33% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between $226.80 and $459.27 at the end of this 3-month period.

Furthermore, there is a buy signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD). Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. The UnitedHealth Group stock holds sell signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a more negative forecast for the stock. Also, there is a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections up, there will be some resistance from the lines at $347.11 and $460.60. A break-up above any of these levels will issue buy signals. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Friday, April 11, 2025, and so far it has fallen -54.23%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found. Volume rose on falling prices yesterday. This may be an early warning and the stock should be followed more closely.

There is no support from accumulated volume below today's level and given the right condition the stock may perform very badly in the next couple of days.

This stock may move very much during the day (volatility) and with a very large prediction interval from the Bollinger Band this stock is considered to be "very high risk". During the last day, the stock moved $27.77 between high and low, or 11.16%. For the last week, the stock has had daily average volatility of 6.36%.

UnitedHealth Group is oversold on RSI14 (5). Some stocks may fall long and hard while being oversold on RSI, but stocks that are heavily oversold on RSI often pose good re-bounce chance and played well it can be a buy candidate.

UnitedHealth Group holds several negative signals and is within a very wide and falling trend, so we believe it will still perform weakly in the next couple of days or weeks. We therefore hold a negative evaluation of this stock.