Health Care

DaVita Inc (DVA) options and signal

Figures as of 28 Sep 2026

DVA is DaVita Inc, a Health Care name the model ranks every trading day. The options figures are from the close on 28 Sep 2026. The model's figures are from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind the latest, as the Free plan shows them. Every model figure is paper trading.

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At a glance

Figure	Value	Date
IV rank	94 of 100	28 Sep
At the money IV	40.0%	28 Sep
Priced move to 16 Oct	8.9% down, 10.6% up	28 Sep
Call wall and put wall	185 and 170	28 Sep
Signal and the desk's view	No signal, view neutral	25 Sep
Last close	178.07	28 Sep
Next report	28 Oct 2026	28 Sep

Options Snapshot

DVA's IV rank is 94 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
IV rank	94 of 100
At the money IV	40.0%, near month, 18 days
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.36
Call open interest, strikes captured near the price	33,800 contracts
Put open interest, strikes captured near the price	12,100 contracts
Cost to trade at the money	Fair, 28.8% of the option's mid price

IV rank is where the at the money IV sits among DVA's own weekly readings, 0 the lowest and 100 the highest.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Priced Range

On 28 Sep 2026, DVA options priced a move of 8.9 percent down and 10.6 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.

Expiry	Days	Down	Up	Range
16 Oct 2026	18	8.9%	10.6%	162.27 to 196.97
20 Nov 2026	53	17.7%	19.4%	146.47 to 212.67
18 Dec 2026	81	19.9%	22.3%	142.67 to 217.77
15 Jan 2027	109	22.3%	24.6%	138.37 to 221.87
19 Feb 2027	144	26.6%	29.4%	130.77 to 230.37
16 Apr 2027	200	28.6%	33.5%	127.07 to 237.67

The range is one standard deviation either side of the close of 178.07, as the option prices imply it.

A priced move restates option prices at the close and says nothing certain about where the price goes.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Gamma Map

On 28 Sep 2026, DVA's call wall is the 185 strike and its put wall is the 170 strike.

Figure	Value
Call wall, most open call gamma	185
Put wall, most open put gamma	170
Net dollar gamma, calls minus puts	$7.45 million
Total dollar gamma, both sides	$12.08 million
Close	178.07

Dollar gamma is stated for a one percent move in the price.

Net is calls minus puts under the standard convention, not a record of who holds the contracts.

Net gamma changes sign at 2 strikes, so no single flip strike is named.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility History

On 28 Sep 2026, DVA's at the money IV is 40.0 percent against 20 day realized volatility of 37.0 percent.

Figure	Value
At the money IV	40.0%
Realized volatility, 20 trading days	37.0%
Realized volatility, 60 trading days	47.7%
IV against its own weekly record	High, in the top fifth
Weekly readings on record	865, from 8 Jan 2010
Weeks the price moved more than the one week priced move	23.8% of 252 weeks

Realized volatility is worked out from the daily closes the desk holds, not from the option chain.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Weather

On 28 Sep 2026, DVA's at the money IV runs from 40.0 percent at 18 days to 38.7 percent at 200 days.

Days to expiry	At the money IV
18	40.0%
53	47.8%
81	45.1%
109	42.1%
144	42.9%
200	38.7%

Near expiries price more volatility than far ones, an inverted term structure.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Volatility Smile

On 28 Sep 2026, at the 53 day expiry, DVA's IV ten percent below the price sits 0.1 points above at the money IV.

Strike area	Implied volatility	Against at the money
10% below the price	47.9%	+0.1 points
At the money	47.8%	0.0 points
10% above the price	48.0%	+0.2 points

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Volatility Surface

On 28 Sep 2026, DVA's surface spans 6 expiries out to 200 days, with IV from 19.8 to 52.6 percent near the price.

Figure	Value
Expiries captured	6
Nearest expiry	16 Oct 2026, 18 days
Farthest expiry	16 Apr 2027, 200 days
Points within 10% of the price, 7 days out or more	37
Lowest IV among them	19.8%
Highest IV among them	52.6%

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Expiry Ladder

On 28 Sep 2026, DVA has 6 captured expiries, from 16 Oct 2026 to 16 Apr 2027.

Expiry	Days	At the money IV	Call open interest	Put open interest
16 Oct 2026	18	40.0%	12,001	1,549
20 Nov 2026	53	47.8%	852	747
18 Dec 2026	81	45.1%	5,264	7,769
15 Jan 2027	109	42.1%	15,068	1,566
19 Feb 2027	144	42.9%	525	505
16 Apr 2027	200	38.7%	79	3

Open interest is summed over the strikes captured near the price on each expiry.

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Strike Table

On 28 Sep 2026, DVA's largest open interest sits at the 210 strike, with 6,304 contracts across the captured expiries.

Strike	Call open interest	Put open interest	Total
210	5,175	1,129	6,304
200	6,067	34	6,101
270	5,615	0	5,615
110	73	5,154	5,227
195	3,796	150	3,946
185	3,310	200	3,510

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Since Yesterday

From 25 Sep 2026 to 28 Sep 2026, DVA's at the money IV moved from 37.4 percent to 40.0 percent.

Figure	25 Sep	28 Sep	Change
At the money IV	37.4%	40.0%	+2.7 points
Open interest, strikes captured near the price	39,996	45,928	+5,932
Put/call ratio, open interest	0.42	0.36	-0.06

Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Changed Hands

On 28 Sep 2026, 2,110 DVA option contracts traded, 1.1 times its own recent average.

Figure	Value
Calls traded	1,414
Puts traded	696
Against its recent average	1.1 times
Busier than	4 of its last 20 trading days
Open interest, whole chain	49,832 contracts
Volume to open interest	0.04
Unusual volume flag	No

Traded volume and open interest are shown side by side and never combined. Open interest changes cannot identify buyers or sellers.

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Positioning Replay

The replay holds 33 trading days of DVA's option positioning, from 11 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

Date	Close	Net dollar gamma	Top call strike	Top put strike
11 Aug 2026	178.34	$760,896	200	210
21 Sep 2026	182.34	$7.26 million	185	210
28 Sep 2026	178.07	$7.45 million	185	170

Each frame restates one nightly capture. Net is calls minus puts, a convention, not who holds the contracts.

From the option chain at the close on 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Read-out

On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of DVA was neutral, paper trading.

Figure	Value
Side	Neutral at 45 trading days, no signal
Level above the close	181.27, the swing high of 18 Sep 2026
Level below the close	174.32, the swing low of 24 Sep 2026
Strategy family	Iron condor (sell both sides, defined risk)
Price target	None. The desk has no price model.

The levels are prices the shares turned at on the chart, with the date of each.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Rank by Timeframe

On 25 Sep 2026 DVA sat at the 52nd percentile of the model's 45 trading day ranking, paper trading.

Timeframe	Percentile	Side
10 trading days	67 of 100	Neutral
20 trading days	60 of 100	Neutral
45 trading days	52 of 100	Neutral

100 is the top of the ranking. A name in the middle three fifths is neutral.

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Timeframe Agreement

On 25 Sep 2026 DVA's near timeframes were neutral and its long timeframe was neutral, paper trading.

Group	Timeframes	Side	On that side
Near	10 day, 20 day	Neutral	0 of 2
Long	45 day	Neutral	0 of 1

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Signal History

On 25 Sep 2026 DVA had carried no signal for at least 18 trading days, paper trading.

Trading day	Signal	45 day percentile
25 Sep 2026	None	52 of 100
24 Sep 2026	None	56 of 100
23 Sep 2026	None	55 of 100
22 Sep 2026	None	53 of 100
21 Sep 2026	None	54 of 100
18 Sep 2026	None	39 of 100
17 Sep 2026	None	61 of 100
16 Sep 2026	None	63 of 100

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Sector Split

On 25 Sep 2026, 32 of 120 Health Care names were bullish and 52 were bearish, paper trading.

Sector	Names	Bullish	Bearish	Neutral
Health Care	120	32	52	36

Paper trading. The model's figures from 25 Sep 2026, one trading day behind, as the Free plan shows them.

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Price Chart

DVA closed at 178.07 on 28 Sep 2026.

Figure	Value
Last close	178.07
Change over 5 trading days	-2.3%
Change over 21 trading days	-0.5%
Change over 63 trading days	-18.9%
Change over 252 trading days	+36.7%
52 week high	247.49
52 week low	101.00
20 day moving average	182.23
50 day moving average	194.12
200 day moving average	168.95
RSI, 14 days	42

Worked out from the desk's own daily bars, adjusted for share splits.

From the daily bars through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Earnings Radar

DVA reports next on 28 Oct 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

Figure	Value
Next report	28 Oct 2026, after the close
Date	Worked out from past quarters
Move after the report of 4 Aug 2026	-17.2%
Move after the report of 5 May 2026	+23.5%
Move after the report of 2 Feb 2026	+21.2%
Move after the report of 29 Oct 2025	-6.2%

Earnings calendar as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Public Filings

1 of the 10 fund managers the desk tracks list DVA among the top holdings of their latest quarterly report.

Fund manager
Berkshire Hathaway

Every filing is reproduced as filed, and each one reaches the public days or weeks after the trade.

Filings as of 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Short Volume

On 25 Sep 2026, 76.4 percent of DVA's reported volume at the covered venues was marked short.

Figure	Value
Short sale share, 25 Sep	76.4%
Five day average	78.5%
52 week median	65.0%

Short sale volume counts trades marked short at the covered venues, mostly off exchange. It is not the same as short interest.

Short volume as of 25 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Seasonality

In the 30 Septembers on record, DVA's average change was plus 1.7 percent, and it rose in 56.7 percent of them.

Month	Average change	Middle change	Share of years up	Years
September	+1.7%	+1.3%	56.7%	30
October	+0.2%	+0.1%	50.0%	30
November	+4.2%	+1.2%	60.0%	30

Each figure is a month end to month end change in past years. A past month says nothing certain about the next one.

Monthly history through 28 Sep 2026. Current on every plan.

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Questions

What is DVA's IV rank?: DVA's IV rank is 94 of 100 on 28 Sep 2026.
What move are DVA options pricing?: On 28 Sep 2026, DVA options priced a move of 8.9 percent down and 10.6 percent up by 16 Oct 2026.
Where are DVA's call wall and put wall?: On 28 Sep 2026, DVA's call wall is the 185 strike and its put wall is the 170 strike.
What was the desk's latest view of DVA on the Free plan?: On 25 Sep 2026 the desk's view of DVA was neutral, paper trading.
When does DVA report earnings next?: DVA reports next on 28 Oct 2026, a date worked out from past quarters.

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