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BABA in the last 90 days

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) had 2 congress transactions by 2 members and 3 insider purchases worth $25,691,200 by 2 insiders in filings from the last 90 days.

FINRA’s latest report (settlement 15 SEPT 2026) shows 41,044,240 shares held short, 5.4 days to cover, down 2.8% from the report before.

  • Congress: 0 purchases and 2 sales reported, amounts in the bands the law requires.
  • Insiders: open-market purchases only (Form 4 code P); a purchase filed by related owners counts once.
  • Delay: each filing below shows how many days passed between the trade and its publication. None of this is real-time.

Latest filing on file: 04 SEPT 2026 · FINRA settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed

What the price is doing

$116$122 → $116 · -5% over six months

BABA is down 5%. Short sellers still aren't backing off.

Bets against it — they pay off if the price falls — are up 11% over the same stretch.

$122 STARTAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPT24 AUG 2026 — Wu Yongming — $4,984,00024 AUG 2026 — Tsai Joseph C — $10,288,80025 AUG 2026 — Tsai Joseph C — $10,418,40001 JUN 2026 — Hon. Josh Gottheimer — $1,001 – $15,00024 JUL 2026 — Hon. Gilbert Cisneros — $100,001 – $250,000NOW $116

Politician & insider activityBoughtSold

Short sellers

11 reports · twice a month

APR 0%peak +14%15 SEPT +11%APRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPT

Money betting BABA falls. Reported twice a month, and it shows up seven working days late.

Politicians

0 buys · 2 sales

Traded over six months

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Short sellers

Bets up 11%

Over six months · newest 15 SEPT 2026

See the numbers →

Insiders

3 reported

Traded over six months

See the filings →

Quiet Money

Our take on how well BABA holds up when sellers show up.

How it holds up · last 60 trading days

Through 21 SEPT 2026

Mixed

When BABA gets hit lately, it goes both ways.

Lately, BABA holds firm some days and gives way on others.

That's been true for the last 40 trading days.

The last 6 months

ResilientMixedVulnerable
MAYJUNJULAUGSEPT
31 MAR 2026Now · 21 SEPT 2026

What the filings show

What the filings show · last 90 days

3 of 4 sources

-1Balanced

Leaning outBalancedLeaning in

The disclosed money is split, on what has actually been filed. Four sources agree on the picture.

Short interest
Short interest fell 2.6% — 42,139,456 to 41,044,240 shares between 15 JUL 2026 and 15 SEPT 2026. See the filings →
+6
Insider purchases
2 insiders disclosed buying $25,691,200 across 3 filings.
+57
Congress
2 members of Congress disclosed 0 purchases and 2 sales. See the filings →
-100

This summarises filings that have already been published — it is not a forecast, a rating of the company, or advice. Every figure above is listed in full further down this page, with the document it came from.

FINRA short interest

Settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · shares held short

41,044,240shares held short

Days to cover

5.41

Avg daily volume

7,586,962

Since last report

-2.82%

As of 15 September 2026, 41,044,240 Alibaba Group Holding Limited shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 1,190,188 shares fewer than the previous report, a 2.82% decrease. At the average daily volume of 7,586,962 shares, that position represents 5.41 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.

This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 17 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it about eight business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for BABA — not us, and not anyone quoting one. We print the settlement date on the figure so you always know which day you are looking at.

Across the 12 reports we hold, the position has risen from 39,416,024 shares on 31 March 2026 to 41,044,240 today, a change of 4.1%. The highest reading in that window was 42,358,223 shares on 30 June 2026.

SettlementShares shortDays to cover
15 SEPT 202641,044,2405.41
31 AUG 202642,234,4282.58
14 AUG 202641,983,1084.61
31 JUL 202641,841,2754.28
15 JUL 202642,139,4562.81
30 JUN 202642,358,2232.76
15 JUN 202639,865,8633.64
29 MAY 202638,873,0113.85
15 MAY 202639,669,5182.68
30 APR 202639,065,5094.11
15 APR 202637,032,0663.82
31 MAR 202639,416,0243.01
What is BABA's short interest?
41,044,240 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.
What percentage of the float is short?
We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.
How current is this?
It is 17 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.
What does days to cover mean?
It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 5.41. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.
Where does this come from?
FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

Disclosed insider buying on file

$25,691,200across 3 purchases

Open-market purchases only — the amount is a fact, not a verdict.

On file here

Short positions0

Insider purchases3

Congress transactions27

Latest change04 SEPT 2026

SHORT POSITIONS · 0INSIDER BUYS · 3CONGRESS · 27

Insider purchases on file

  • SEC — Form 4 insider purchase

    Tsai Joseph CDirector

    BOUGHTOrdinary Shares

    $10,418,400

    720,000 sh @ $14.47

    25 AUG 2026 → filed 25 AUG 2026

    Filed the same day as the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001193125-26-364044 →

  • SEC — Form 4 insider purchase

    Wu YongmingDirector / Chief Executive Officer

    BOUGHTOrdinary Shares

    $4,984,000

    350,000 sh @ $14.24

    24 AUG 2026 → filed 24 AUG 2026

    Filed the same day as the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001193125-26-361711 →

  • SEC — Form 4 insider purchase

    Tsai Joseph CDirector

    BOUGHTOrdinary Shares

    $10,288,800

    720,000 sh @ $14.29

    24 AUG 2026 → filed 24 AUG 2026

    Filed the same day as the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001193125-26-361902 →

Congress transactions on file

27 disclosed · newest first · every row links to its filing

WhoAmount as filedTradedFiledLag
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosSOLD$100,001 – $250,00024 JUL 202604 SEPT 202642 days
Hon. Josh GottheimerSOLD$1,001 – $15,00001 JUN 202607 JUL 202636 days
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosBOUGHT$50,001 – $100,00009 FEB 202609 MAR 202628 days
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosBOUGHT$15,001 – $50,00019 NOV 202515 DEC 202526 days
Hon. Lisa McClainBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00030 OCT 202521 NOV 202522 days
Hon. Lisa McClainSOLD$1,001 – $15,00030 OCT 202521 NOV 202522 days
Hon. Lisa McClainSOLD$1,001 – $15,00031 OCT 202521 NOV 202521 days
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosBOUGHT$15,001 – $50,00017 OCT 202518 NOV 202532 days
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosBOUGHT$15,001 – $50,00014 OCT 202518 NOV 202535 days
Hon. Sheri BiggsSOLD$1,001 – $15,00018 MAR 202505 OCT 2025201 days — the law says 45
Hon. Lisa McClainSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial17 JUN 202513 AUG 202557 days — the law says 45
Hon. Lisa McClainBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00009 JUN 202513 AUG 202565 days — the law says 45
Hon. Lisa McClainBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00022 JUL 202513 AUG 202522 days
Hon. Laurel LeeSOLD$100,001 – $250,00029 DEC 202311 AUG 2025591 days — the law says 45
Hon. Josh GottheimerBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00004 APR 202514 MAY 202540 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00003 MAR 202527 MAR 202524 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanSOLD$15,001 – $50,00004 MAR 202527 MAR 202523 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00025 FEB 202527 MAR 202530 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00021 FEB 202510 MAR 202517 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00010 FEB 202507 MAR 202525 days
Hon. Josh GottheimerBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00012 FEB 202506 MAR 202522 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00029 JAN 202513 FEB 202515 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00030 JAN 202513 FEB 202514 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00029 JAN 202513 FEB 202515 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00029 JAN 202513 FEB 202515 days
Hon. Josh GottheimerBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00031 JAN 202510 FEB 202510 days
Hon. Josh GottheimerSOLD$1,001 – $15,00016 DEC 202414 JAN 202529 days
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