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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Thanks that makes a lot sense! Is the Jan 24 a yearly option? Then Sep and Dec are quarterly?
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    But Jan 24 is available now. So Sep 23 and Dec 23 are not released yet, but Jan 24 is available already. Do other people see the same?
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Any idea why there is no options expiring in Sep 23 and Dec 23?
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I closed the 100 contracts for May 7 '21 $620 Put today for 70% gain. Not bad, felt lucky!
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Thanks for asking. Did it fill in a single block? - It was filled in a single block with a limit price (mid price). I did some experiments before and found that 1. Clearly market maker can handle this size easily. I think it is more on the dollar amount rather than the number of contacts...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    It might be helpful to look for a strike with large Open Interest. So your chance to get chosen is (your number of contracts / total open interest). E.g., if you sold 1 contract with 9 open interest, when someone exercises the option, your chance to be chosen is 1/10. 10 is from the 9 existing...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Thanks for asking! I was't sure if those details are helpful. For May 7 '21 $620 Put, I start with the strike first: I basically did spot stock price $690 - $70 (roughly the 30 day IV). I use 30 day IV to get 68% of winning chance. (1 standard deviation) Then I choose a date from 30 days to...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    This is really a good thread to learn option trading. Want to share some trades I made today. First trade is I sold 100 contracts for May 7 '21 $620 Put at $23.8. Second trade is I sold 30 contract for Jan21 '22 $500 Put at $63.6. Wish me luck! Thanks!:)
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Can someone share what broker they use and what is the Tesla margin maintenance requirement? I am on Interactive Broker and it is 70%. Means if I have $100k worth of Tsla I can borrow $30k. Robinhood is at 50% now.
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    SpaceX investor's thread

    No more 0 carry deals since Aug 2020 based on what I see. Now the market average is 20%. I mean for SpaceX of course. Hope the 0 carry days will be back some day.
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    SpaceX investor's thread

    As a starter, if anyone is interested in the future, some tips I learned. 1. For all the leads I know, they require the Qualified Purchaser status. Not Accredited Investor. 2. If this is your first, be familiar with terms like: access fee, management fee and carry You need to prepare...
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    SpaceX investor's thread

    Thanks @fiveten for thinking me legit (seemed) :). I cant disclose any info publicly because of NDA. I am not a broker and not a salesman tying to sell anything. I am an investor and trying to help others to get in. But i was banned.. It is not easy with private company investment, and it...
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    SpaceX investor's thread

    https://twitter.com/davidzhao365/status/1354901109693845505?s=21 I have a lead to get in SpaceX investment, DM me your name, citizenship, background, LinkedIn page, how much you want to put in ASAP pls. And your past investment in other private companies pls Verify my Twitter above pls thanks