Looking At Alibaba Group Holding's Recent Unusual Options Activity

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Alibaba Group Holding.

Looking at options history for Alibaba Group Holding BABA we detected 93 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 23% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 76% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 48 are puts, for a total amount of $3,383,602 and 45, calls, for a total amount of $2,196,708.

What's The Price Target?

Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $45.0 to $195.0 for Alibaba Group Holding over the last 3 months.

Volume & Open Interest Development

In terms of liquidity and interest, the mean open interest for Alibaba Group Holding options trades today is 8092.02 with a total volume of 69,910.00.

In the following chart, we are able to follow the development of volume and open interest of call and put options for Alibaba Group Holding's big money trades within a strike price range of $45.0 to $195.0 over the last 30 days.

Alibaba Group Holding Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days

Options Call Chart

Biggest Options Spotted:

 

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
BABA PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 03/17/23 $155.00 $192.5K 0 405
BABA PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 03/17/23 $155.00 $192.5K 0 325
BABA PUT TRADE NEUTRAL 03/17/23 $155.00 $192.5K 0 380
BABA CALL SWEEP BEARISH 01/20/23 $100.00 $144.2K 30.6K 1.6K
BABA PUT TRADE BEARISH 06/21/24 $95.00 $121.2K 515 43

Where Is Alibaba Group Holding Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 15,641,903, the price of BABA is down -1.95% at $77.75.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching overbought.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 1 days.

What The Experts Say On Alibaba Group Holding:

  • Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Alibaba Group Holding, which currently sits at a price target of $114.
  • Truist Securities has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Alibaba Group Holding, which currently sits at a price target of $125.

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