Alibaba is the largest ecommerce company in the world, and being located in China gives the company access to over 1 billion consumers. And best of all for trading the stock is that it does exhibit a good deal of volatility, giving traders good profit opportunities on a regular basis. This is particularly true around earnings, when the stock has been known to rise or fall by 10% or more. If you want to trade in the growing ecommerce space, or get some exposure to China, then trading Alibaba is an excellent idea.