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BABA

Requested read · Thursday 27 August 2026, 17:14 · same framework and thresholds as the weekly CFO screen

Market regime: SPY above its rising 200DMA; efficiency ratio 0.05 — overlapping, stand aside. Stage: Mature Trend.
BABA
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Stand aside — price below the 200DMA — no long regime. (+4 more)
No Long Regime XLY sector not confirmed no CFO purchase$25,691,200 other insiders (3) 2 insider(s) net purchase ratio -0.48 buy date unknown
32
conviction / 100
unchanged since 27 Aug
35.6
technical / 100
$0–$0
No trade / watch only · Hard gate breached.
Regime clarity5.5
Sponsorship / positioning14.0
Volatility behaviour9.0
Catalyst alignment (insider)4.0
Cross-asset confirmation0.0
Stand aside — hard gate breached
  • Price below the 200DMA — no long regime.
  • 200DMA is not rising — regime not clear.
  • Insiders are net sellers — net purchase ratio -0.48 over the last 180 days (5 selling vs 2 buying). Other insiders bought (1 CEO, 2 Director), but the group remains net sellers; there is no CFO purchase to offset the selling.
  • Overlapping range behaviour — efficiency ratio 0.10 vs the 0.15 threshold (violent whipsaw, not a quiet range — the last pullback was 34% deep. Huge travel, no net progress).
  • Sector ETF is breaking down — no new longs in this sector.
Last
115.54
Add above
130.62
Cut below
111.66
50DMA
114.84
200DMA
135.85
BABA daily chart: price with 50 and 200 day moving averages, volume, and on-balance volume
BABA — daily, 14 months
XLY sector ETF daily chart
XLY — sector ETF, daily, 14 months
Pillar detail, thesis support and invalidation
Regime clarity
  • price BELOW 200DMA
  • 200DMA flat/falling
  • 50DMA rising
  • partial HH/HL structure
  • efficiency ratio 0.10 (overlapping)
Sponsorship / positioning
  • OBV 50d slope +0.222 avg-daily-volumes/bar
  • no OBV divergence at highs
  • OBV fell through last pullback
Volatility behaviour
  • last pullback 34.4% deep
  • no wide downside expansion bars (30d)
  • ATR expanding vs 20d mean
Catalyst alignment (insider)
  • 2 distinct insiders buying (1 CEO, 2 Director)
  • net purchase ratio -0.48 (2 buying vs 5 selling)
  • insiders are NET SELLERS over the window
  • NO CFO purchase in the window — the CFO-specific terms score zero
  • other insiders bought $25,691,200 (1 CEO, 2 Director) — counted through cluster breadth and net buying only
  • no CFO buy to date — recency not scored
Cross-asset confirmation
  • closest sector ETF: XLY
  • XLY BELOW its 200DMA — sector breaking down
  • XLY vs SPY 6m: -12.9 pts
  • stock vs XLY RS (3m/6m avg): -12.0 pts
What strengthens the thesis
  • A confirmed higher high above 130.62 on expanding OBV.
  • Pullbacks that hold the rising 50DMA with flat-to-rising OBV.
  • XLY extending its own trend while the stock holds relative strength.
What invalidates the thesis
  • Loss of the rising 50DMA (114.84) with expanding volatility — reduce.
  • Breakdown below the prior structural base (111.66) — exit, no averaging down.
  • OBV divergence during a price acceleration — reduce.
  • Sector ETF losing its own 200DMA — remove capital regardless of stock behaviour.
Insider detail
  • CFO: —
  • 0 CFO purchase(s), $0 total; last filed 2026-08-25 06:01:33
  • Market cap $287,217,385,472 · 20d avg dollar volume $1,641,813,177
Net insider activity
Insiders are NET SELLERS. The CFO purchase is contradicted.
Open-market purchases$25,691,200
Open-market sales$68,360,495
Sales after option exercise$3,923,475
Distinct buyers / sellers2 / 5
Net purchase ratio-0.48
Net purchase ratio, excl. option-exercise sales-0.45
Purchase tape
No CFO purchase here — 3 purchase(s) by other insiders worth $25,691,200. These count toward cluster breadth and net buying, not the CFO-specific terms.
ADS-adjusted comparison: BABA Form 4 prices are for ordinary shares; one NYSE-listed BABA ADS represents eight ordinary shares. The percentage compares the current ADS quote with the 8× ADS-equivalent purchase price.
Trade dateInsiderSharesPriceValuePrice now vs buy
24 Aug 2026Tsai Joseph CDirector720,000$14.29$10,288,800+1.1%
24 Aug 2026Wu YongmingCEO350,000$14.24$4,984,000+1.4%
25 Aug 2026Tsai Joseph CDirector720,000$14.47$10,418,400-0.2%
Reaction to news
3 material events; 2 taken well, 1 badly; last earnings 20 Aug: shrugged off (+1.3%).
SessionFilingEventGapDayvs SPYVol+5dRead
20 Aug 26EarningsEarnings-4.2%+1.3%+2.1%3.0x-11.5%Shrugged off
13 May 26EarningsEarnings-2.0%+8.2%+7.6%4.0x-7.8%Rewarded
19 Mar 26EarningsEarnings-8.5%-7.1%-6.8%3.3x+0.4%Punished