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    What is your exit strategy for UNH?

    Do you want to hold it forever, or are you planning to sell it once it reaches $500-600 again?

    Seems like people are very optimistic and the stock is slightly overbought right now, eventhough there is still a lot of uncertainty about the company.

    What is your exit strategy for UNH?
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    Posted by ashm1987

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    27 Comments

    1. FatFiFoFum on

      Wait for it to go to $600, scream “diamond hands” then watch it fall to $300 and panic sell before it rockets to $1,100.

    4. DoYouKnowBillBrasky on

      300 shares out on covered calls at 310, 320 and 330 (100 each).

      Looks like I’m out from getting exercised this month.

    7. Tonih1991 on

      I will hold up to $450~$500. We have endured the bad, now we are going to enjoy the climb. Bullish

    9. ryan_from_onvoard on

      I setup UNH with broken wing butterfly calls such that if prices jumps up quickly, I can simply sell early (which is now) or hold until expiry. Even if prices falls back to a certain level, I can still earn the same if not more than current.

      Jan 2026 Expiry

      – 1x 260 long call

      – 2x 320 short calls

      – 1x 330 long call

      [https://optionstrat.com/build/custom/UNH/.UNH260116C260@46.725,-.UNH260116C320,-.UNH260116C320,.UNH260116C330@18.825](https://optionstrat.com/build/custom/UNH/.UNH260116C260@46.725,-.UNH260116C320,-.UNH260116C320,.UNH260116C330@18.825)

      I gain max profitability if price is at 320 (2x-3x) on expiry. As long as price is above around 280-300 range I will still earn. Currently up around 80%, no harm to keep holding unless I see the money deploy elsewhere.

      I love using long dated broken wing butterfly calls for stocks like UNH that has been heavily sold once I’ve identified a strong support level, which is 250 for UNH.

    10. superbilliam on

      Hold for a year + 1 day and then look at fundamentals again to see if it holds water at that point. *Maybe* trim the higher tax lots and keep the rest if it looks good.

    12. Phuffu on

      Hold forever. US is never getting healthcare for all.

      If we do and the stock goes to $0, that’s a win. Otherwise I’ll sell UNH shares to pay for my medical costs lol.

    13. easye_was_murdered on

      I’m looking to exit at $550 or so. It might take until early next year if all news is well and good.

    14. TibbersGoneWild on

      I’m looking to scale down (self half) my position when it hits $600. My dividend yield on cost was very juicy.

    16. rainman_104 on

      If I’m in the green and I’m up I kinda don’t really care as I’m getting paid a half decent dividend to hold.

      $600 would be nice. Even if it takes a few years to double I’m totally okay with that.

    19. xploeris on

      I had three calls at 300, sold two around 350. Put some of that profit back into shares where I don’t have to worry about theta etc. Holding the last one until 400 or so.

    21. stickman07738 on

      Some people with hate my strategy but it works for me as I retired early 11.5 years ago and been living the good life.

      One of the most important things in investing (not gambling) is to have both a downside and upside strategy.

      For my downside strategy, it is simple – if I loses ~15-20% of my original investment dollars, I am out and ask what did I miss or were there any over-riding events (war, terrorism, ..). I will continue to watch but rarely do I average down as I view this as throwing good money after bad. You need to remember if you lose 50%, the stock needs to double just to get to even (that just does not happen often).

      For the upside (makes sure you have a price target based on your DD and actively monitor), I typically sell 1/3 or 1/4 if it grows 25-50% (no harm in taking profits). If it doubles, I sell half and let the remainder ride as I view these as “free” shares from my original investment dollars. They become part of “hold and forget” portfolio that I only tap if I need the money for a big purchase (car, home remodel, vacation…). Today, my “hold and forget” include HON (~$30), META ($19), AMD ($2), GE ($6), LLY ($60), BRK.B ($101). HON is my largest individual holding in the high 6-figures today.

      Slow and steady wins the race. Avoid FOMO and YOLO.

      Good Luck

    23. The_Pedestrian_walks on

      I think the ride to 500 will be the fastest. If you’re looking to exit and get into something else that would probably be a good level. However, I don’t think holding over a long term horizon would be a bad move either. At this point you’ll probably still beat the overall market over the next 10 years.

    24. No-Adeptness357 on

      If you believe their forecasts, and they’ve like 30 years of beating forecasts, and the old CEO from that period is back, why would you sell for pre-drop this year?

      It’s one of the easiest companies to DCF if you believe they’ll snap back to historical profitability.

      If it ran to 525-550 this year I would trim but until then enjoy the dip.

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