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High-rolling investors have positioned themselves bullish on Alibaba Gr Hldgs (NYSE:BABA), and it's important for retail traders to take note. \This activity came to our attention today through Benzinga's tracking of publicly available options data. The identities of these investors are uncertain, but such a significant move in BABA often signals that someone has privileged information.
Today, Benzinga's options scanner spotted 8 options trades for Alibaba Gr Hldgs. This is not a typical pattern.
The sentiment among these major traders is split, with 62% bullish and 12% bearish. Among all the options we identified, there was one put, amounting to $75,000, and 7 calls, totaling $431,324.
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $77.5 to $82.5 for Alibaba Gr Hldgs over the last 3 months.
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Alibaba Gr Hldgs's options for a given strike price.
Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Alibaba Gr Hldgs's whale activity within a strike price range from $77.5 to $82.5 in the last 30 days.
Symbol | PUT/CALL | Trade Type | Sentiment | Exp. Date | Ask | Bid | Price | Strike Price | Total Trade Price | Open Interest | Volume |
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BABA | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/19/25 | $12.55 | $12.1 | $12.55 | $80.00 | $124.2K | 178 | 253 |
BABA | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/19/25 | $12.55 | $12.05 | $12.55 | $80.00 | $115.4K | 178 | 183 |
BABA | PUT | TRADE | BEARISH | 06/20/25 | $7.5 | $7.25 | $7.5 | $77.50 | $75.0K | 217 | 0 |
BABA | CALL | TRADE | NEUTRAL | 12/20/24 | $5.9 | $5.8 | $5.85 | $82.50 | $58.5K | 692 | 100 |
BABA | CALL | SWEEP | BULLISH | 09/19/25 | $12.55 | $12.1 | $12.55 | $80.00 | $38.9K | 178 | 288 |
Alibaba is the world's largest online and mobile commerce company as measured by gross merchandise volume. It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). The China commerce retail division is the most valuable cash flow-generating business at Alibaba. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale, international commerce retail/wholesale, local consumer services, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment platforms, Cainiao logistics services, and innovation initiatives/other.
Over the past month, 1 industry analysts have shared their insights on this stock, proposing an average target price of $116.0.
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