Sell BABA by Dec 21, 2026.

[https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/chinas-offshore-trust-tax-crackdown-could-impact-single-stocks-bofa-says-2026-09-22/](https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/chinas-offshore-trust-tax-crackdown-could-impact-single-stocks-bofa-says-2026-09-22/) The popular trades in asia has been hedge fund targeting companies where the chinese owners has/had used offshore (outside of mainland) investment trust to retain ownership of the companies. Essentially, hedge fund identifies companies of those profile and start shorting it ahead of block trades arranged by the investment banks that operate in Asia/US. Usually the ECM desk will sound out (or signal heavily) to potential buyers ahead of the block deal announcements. Hedge fund who shorted then sign …