{"id":645771,"date":"2026-08-20T10:33:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/Blockchain.News\/news\/20260820-price-prediction-baba-post-earnings-shakeout-sets-up-a"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:33:32","slug":"baba-price-prediction-post-earnings-shakeout-sets-up-a-135-140-recovery-if-the-bulls-can-hold-122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/baba-price-prediction-post-earnings-shakeout-sets-up-a-135-140-recovery-if-the-bulls-can-hold-122\/","title":{"rendered":"BABA Price Prediction: Post-Earnings Shakeout Sets Up a $135\u2013$140 Recovery \u2014 If the Bulls Can Hold $122"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Caroline Bishop<\/a> Aug 20, 2026 10:33<\/span> <\/p>\n

BABA’s tokenized stock is coiling at $126.96 after a punishing post-earnings gap down triggered by a 75% net income collapse, but with Alibaba Cloud growing 45% YoY and 23 Wall Street analysts pric…<\/p>\n

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BABA’s Technical Reality Check<\/h2>\n

The chart on BABA’s tokenized stock tells a story of a market caught between fundamental optimism and short-term earnings shock. Price is sitting at $126.96, nearly kissing the 20-day SMA at $126.98 \u2014 that’s not equilibrium, that’s a coin flip. The fact that the 50-day SMA is all the way down at $117.78, while price has been running well above it for weeks, means the medium-term trend remains intact, but momentum has clearly stalled. The MACD line and its signal are dead-locked at identical values with a histogram reading of zero \u2014 that’s not a bullish cross, that’s exhaustion. The fuel is gone for now.<\/p>\n

RSI sitting mid-range around 56 might look benign, but read it in context: following a fresh earnings-driven selloff that briefly tagged $122.68 intraday today, a 56 RSI means buyers stepped in just barely. They haven’t capitulated, but they haven’t committed either. Bollinger Band positioning near the midline with the upper band at $132.23 and lower band at $121.72 reinforces the same read \u2014 BABA is not oversold, not overbought, and sitting in a no-man’s land that historically resolves with a directional break within 48\u201372 hours.<\/p>\n

The ATR of $4.18 is telling you this isn’t a low-volatility grind; any break in either direction gets amplified fast. Traders following the tokenized asset market on Blockchain.news<\/a> know that 24\/7 on-chain liquidity means these breaks can happen during off-hours, before traditional US equity markets even open.<\/p>\n

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Volume & Price Alignment<\/h2>\n

Here’s where it gets interesting and slightly contradictory. The smart money \u2014 the top traders and whales tracked via the long\/short ratio \u2014 are positioned 61.7% long, a notably aggressive lean. Retail is also leaning long at 56.1%. Both camps agree on direction. Yet the taker buy\/sell ratio tells a different story: aggressive sell-side volume is dominating at 55,255 contracts sold versus 44,629 bought in the last hour. That’s a ~55\/45 sell skew. Someone is actively distributing into longs or hedging exposure post-earnings.<\/p>\n