Options market record
BABA options flowcalls and puts bought each day.
On Oct 23, 2026, traders bought 42.72K BABA call contracts ($11.8M) and 30.23K put contracts ($37.6M). Calls were 1.2× and puts were 2.3× their respective 20-day medians. The underlying closed at $99.86 and 30-day implied volatility was 44.5%. On the call-buy top 10 on 3 of 486 trading days since Nov 11, 2024.
Each point is one trading day since Nov 11, 2024. Latest rankings · Earnings history
Daily contracts bought
Call contracts: min 10.14K, max 878.5K, latest 42.72K. Put contracts: min 2.29K, max 220.82K, latest 30.23K.
30-day implied volatility
30-day IV: min 32.8%, max 83.2%, latest 44.5%.
Days in a top-10 list
Ranked by contracts bought today compared with the stock's own median over the previous 20 trading days.
| Date | Call-buy rank | Put-buy rank | Call vs normal | Put vs normal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | — | 9 | 5.6× | 4.5× |
| Jun 25, 2026 | — | 8 | 1.4× | 4.4× |
| Nov 14, 2025 | — | 8 | 2.1× | 6.5× |
| Aug 29, 2025 | 5 | 6 | 8.1× | 9.1× |
| Jun 11, 2025 | 2 | — | 18.2× | 1.1× |
| Jan 29, 2025 | 5 | 5 | 6.2× | 4.8× |
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