UNH's current 52wk position reading and what that signal has historically been followed by.
UNH is currently at 65.2% of its 52-week range, as of 2026-08-21.
This page covers UnitedHealth Group (UNH) — its current 52wk position reading and the measured historical record of what UNH 52wk position extremes were followed by.
How to read this. These figures are measured only on instruments currently in our coverage — a set of companies that survived. Signals that appear to have 'worked' on the downside are conditioned on these names having recovered; a company that fell and never came back would not be here to measure. Read every number below as a property of this surviving sample, not a universal rule, and never as advice.
All figures are ‘excess’ returns — measured relative to each instrument’s own historical drift, not relative to the market. This is not alpha and not a market-beating claim; it isolates the signal from the instrument’s background trend. Measured from the first day each signal appeared (not its most extreme point), so it reflects what was knowable in real time.
Measured across UNH’s 52wk position history from 1986 to 2026: 128 overbought episodes. Overbought readings were followed by -0.73% excess at 5 sessions and -1.63% by 20.
On this signal, UNH was most recently overbought on 2026-06-04.
Measured-outcome coverage runs through 2026-06-04 — the most recent episode with forward sessions scored; the current reading above is later, as of 2026-08-21.
When UNH was overbought / at a high extreme
Across 128 past episodes where UNH was overbought on this signal, the close 20 sessions later lagged UNH’s own trailing drift by 1.63 percentage points on average (44% of episodes beat drift).
| horizon | excess vs own drift | beat-drift rate | episodes with complete horizon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 session | -0.15% | 49% | 128 |
| 5 sessions | -0.73% | 45% | 128 |
| 20 sessions | -1.63% | 44% | 128 |
When UNH was oversold / at a low extreme
UNH has only 18 past episodes on this signal — too few to characterize on their own. Showing the all-stocks pattern instead.
Across 1149 past episodes where a stock was oversold on this signal, the 1148 with a complete 20-session forward window beat a stock’s own trailing drift by 0.58 percentage points on average (52% of those 1148 beat drift).
| horizon | excess vs own drift | beat-drift rate | episodes with complete horizon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 session | +0.22% | 49% | 1149 |
| 5 sessions | +0.51% | 53% | 1149 |
| 20 sessions | +0.58% | 52% | 1148 |
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