someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on alibaba group holding baba and retail traders should know we noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at benzinga whether this is an institution or just a wealthy individual we dont know but when something this big happens with baba it often means somebody knows something is about to happen so how do we know what this whale just did the overall sentiment of these bigmoney traders is split between 42 bullish and 57 bearish out of all of the special options we uncovered 7 are puts for a total amount of 1133052 and 19 are calls for a total amount of 1040691 taking into account the volume and open interest on these contracts it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from 250 to 2450 for alibaba group holding 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 group holdings 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 group holdings whale activity within a strike price range from 250 to 2450 in the last 30 days alibaba group holding option volume and open interest over last 30 days where is alibaba group holding standing right now   with a volume of 4807297 the price of baba is down 303 at 8131   rsi indicators hint that the underlying stock may be oversold   next earnings are expected to be released in 71 days what the experts say on alibaba group holding   susquehanna has decided to maintain their positive rating on alibaba group holding which currently sits at a price target of 175   truist securities has decided to maintain their buy rating on alibaba group holding which currently sits at a price target of 130 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 realtime options trades alerts