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Check Out What Whales Are Doing With BABA

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 (NYSE:BABA) we detected 25 strange trades.

If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 48% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 52% with bearish.

From the overall spotted trades, 6 are puts, for a total amount of $542,370 and 19, calls, for a total amount of $1,232,932.

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 $65.0 to $200.0 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 4831.94 with a total volume of 18,187.00.

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 $65.0 to $200.0 over the last 30 days.

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

Biggest Options Spotted:

Symbol PUT/CALL Trade Type Sentiment Exp. Date Strike Price Total Trade Price Open Interest Volume
BABA CALL TRADE BULLISH 12/02/22 $80.00 $528.0K 832 4.0K
BABA PUT SWEEP BULLISH 12/16/22 $80.00 $125.3K 9.6K 110
BABA PUT TRADE BEARISH 01/17/25 $130.00 $117.8K 63 19
BABA PUT TRADE BEARISH 11/11/22 $95.00 $104.4K 0 40
BABA CALL TRADE NEUTRAL 01/20/23 $70.00 $82.2K 4.9K 63

Where Is Alibaba Group Holding Standing Right Now?

  • With a volume of 5,950,616, the price of BABA is up 5.92% at $68.68.
  • RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
  • Next earnings are expected to be released in 7 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.

Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.

If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Alibaba Group Holding, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.

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