Anyone who has a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance alibaba group holding Dad,
And retail traders should know.
We noticed this today when large positions appeared on the publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.
Whether it is some institution or just a wealthy person, we do not know. But when something this big happens to Baba, it often means that someone knows something is about to happen.
So how do we know what this whale just did?
today, benzingaK Options Scanner spotted 47 unusual options trades for Alibaba Group Holding.
this is not normal.
The overall sentiment among these big money traders is split between 27% bullish and 72% bearish.
Of all the exclusive options we have open, 15 are puts, for a total amount of $1,009,560, and 32 are calls, for a total amount of $6,119,944.
What is a price target?
Considering the volume and open interest on these contracts, it appears that whales are targeting a price range of $70.0 to $270.0 for Alibaba Group Holding over the past 3 months.
Volume and Open Interest Development
In terms of liquidity and interest, the average open interest for Alibaba Group Holding options trades today was 5585.47, with a total volume of 135,171.00.
In the following chart, we are able to follow the evolution of the volume and open interest of Call and Put options for Alibaba Group Holding large money trades within the strike price range of $70.0 to $270.0 over the past 30 days.
Alibaba Group Holding Option Volume and Open Interest over the last 30 days
Largest options seen:
sign, symbol
put/call
business type
Rate
Exp. Date
strike price
net trade value
open interest
amount
Dad
Call
Business
fast
03/17/23
$90.00
$3.2 million
5.8 thousand
6.2K
Dad
Call
Business
recession
01/19/24
$120.00
$910.0K
6.9 thousand
1.3 thousand
Dad
Call
Business
recession
03/17/23
$80.00
$850.0K
18.4k
1.0K
Dad
keep
Do the sweeping
recession
12/16/22
$77.00
$199.7K
708
1.5 thousand
Dad
keep
Business
recession
12/16/22
$80.00
$121.2K
22.1 K
223
Where does Alibaba Group Holding stand now?
- The BABA price is up 0.59% to $75.94, with a volume of 13,074,567.
- The RSI indicator is indicating that the underlying stock may be overbought.
- The next earnings release is expected in 87 days.
What the experts say on Alibaba Group Holding:
- The benchmark has decided to maintain its Buy rating on Alibaba Group Holding, currently with a price target of $180.
- Mizuho has decided to maintain its buy rating on Alibaba Group Holding, currently with a price target of $155.
- HSBC has decided to maintain its Buy rating on Alibaba Group Holding, currently with a price target of $124.
- Truist Securities has decided to maintain a buy rating on Alibaba Group Holding, currently with a price target of $120.
- Truist Securities has decided to maintain a buy rating on Alibaba Group Holding, currently with a price target of $125.
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