Ticker brief
CNC CENTENE CORP
Consumer, Non-cyclical · Healthcare-Services
last close
$70.17
1 day
-1.5%
14 days
+7.4%
mkt cap
$33.5B
signals 14d
12
authors 14d
10
crowd 14d
-1.0σ
Options inteloptions-surface reads · latest available day per source
| metric | reading | context |
|---|---|---|
| IV — ATM 30d | 47% mid · 34 pctile own 1y | IV/HV 1.43× |
| Skew — 25Δ RR 30d | -0.014 73 pctile own 1y | balanced vs own range |
| Net dealer OI (NDOI) | +2.99 thin | 5-session Δ -0.44 (as of 2026-07-16) |
| OI alarm | quiet | last alarm 2025-10-24 (z=2.3) |
Sentiment — last 14 days
daily mean sentiment, 2026-10-04 → 2026-10-16 · now +0.28 (−1 bearish … +1 bullish)
Who spoke10
| author | grade | trader score | signals | mean sent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @CapitalFlowApp | C | · | 2 | +0.43 |
| @ClassicRoy | C | -1.10 | 2 | +0.22 |
| @USAnt_IDEA | C | -0.64 | 1 | -0.55 |
| @fourseasonfan | B | -0.20 | 1 | +0.15 |
| @GutierrezCap_ | A | -0.44 | 1 | -0.45 |
| @TheShortBear | B | -2.91 | 1 | +0.50 |
| @CheddarFlow | C | · | 1 | +0.70 |
| @Tickeron | C | +1.53 | 1 | -0.70 |
| @MitchMartan98 | C | -3.79 | 1 | +0.55 |
| @scetrader | C | -2.00 | 1 | +0.00 |
Recent signals12of 12 in 14d — receipts included
| date (PT) | author | sent | what they said | since then | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | @scetrader | +0.00 | Links institutional options-flow analysis for six named instruments without visible conclusions. | +1.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-16 | @MitchMartan98 | +0.55 | Uses managed-care recovery to argue extreme fear in AI infrastructure may similarly create opportunity. | +1.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @Tickeron | -0.70 | Buy ABBV, GILD and MCK; sell or trim MRNA and CNC. — Explicit healthcare buy and sell/trim recommendations based on quality and execution. | -0.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @CheddarFlow | +0.70 | MU and CNC are identified as having the day's most bullish options flow. | -0.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @TheShortBear | +0.50 | Discloses a prior healthcare bet and presents the group as a defensive breakout and portfolio hedge. | -0.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-15 | @GutierrezCap_ | -0.45 | Argues UNH will outperform peers by prioritizing margins and lower-risk customers over revenue share. | -0.5% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @fourseasonfan | +0.15 | Reports CNC has the highest net call premium in a low-volume market. | +0.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-14 | @CapitalFlowApp | +0.60 | Reports continued CNC call accumulation with another $8.2M bought. | +0.0% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-09 | @ClassicRoy | +0.00 | Identifies the morning's three highest-dollar options trades. | +7.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-09 | @ClassicRoy | +0.45 | Compares options sweep premiums and put-call mixes across five stocks. | +7.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-09 | @CapitalFlowApp | +0.25 | Reports $12.6M of deep ITM call exposure equivalent to roughly 300K shares | +7.4% | tweet ↗ |
| 2026-10-04 | @USAnt_IDEA | -0.55 | Warns an ACA enrollment-fraud crackdown could reduce enrollment, subsidies, and insurer margins. | +11.4% | tweet ↗ |
“Since then” = price move from the close on the signal's date (PT) to the latest close — what happened after they said it, not a backtest. A — means no trading session has closed since the signal yet. Sentiment is our extracted per-tweet score, −1…+1.