Health Management Associates (HMA) is trading up .02 to 9.58 today. ?HMA is trading just off of its 52-week high.
Today paper bought the HMA Jan 9 put for .15 in a block of 8,980. Average contract volume is 674 per day in the name.? Open interest was 321 prior to this trade. The puts look to be a straight buy and over 11,000 trade on the day.? Implied volatility is up over 171% today in the January 9?s.
30-day implied volatility is 44%.?? 10-day implied volatility is 35%.? 30-day implied volatility is trading above the 10-day historical volatility.?
Health Management Associates, Inc. by and through its subsidiaries operates general acute care hospitals and other health care facilities in non-urban communities.