Recent content by sullitf

Sorry a little late to reply, threads grow fast here! I think there's an important distinction here. I 100% agree that an engine in a Panamera, S7, or similar could cost as much or more than a Model S battery, but the question is how likely is it that road a specific scenario would require a...

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say my insurance company would care. If a $100,000 car is more likely to be burned out and totaled due to road debris (again, NOT saying it is more likely in a Tesla) it will be more expensive to repair/replace than replacing an oil pan on a Ford Focus...

Keep in mind that 1 option is for 100 shares, so the 10 call options was for 1,000 shares

Its interesting that people are taking advantage of the 8% intraday dip which was preceded by a ~9% gain earlier in the day. Its a dip for sure, but I wouldn't put too much faith in it being a real buying opportunity given the day as a whole is still up ~1%

I've got a couple Sept30 140 puts that likely will go down the drain, bought when we were at $147 and didn't think we'd see a big jump like this! Of course I also happened to buy them a few hours before Tesla posted their NHTSA press release, bad timing on my part I guess...

The market shuts down for a few hours and we're already on to dating gossip? Come on Nasdaq, check the plug!!!

InteractiveBrokers posted a bulletin at 12/26EST that NasdaqOM, NSX, and PHLX have halted trading due to market data issues at the exchange

His point is just that you can't claim "safest car ever" as its impossible to prove such a blanket statement. They can only test specific scenarios and therefore can only say that the Model S had the best overall ranking in the scenarios they test. Depending on how you interpret 'safest car...

To be fair, serious problems in a Tesla would be news-worthy, serious problems in a Jag not so much :D

Bought a few puts today as well while the stock was at $147. Ended up getting Aug30 140 puts @ 2.88 and Aug30 125 puts @ 0.51. Don't know what to expect from the 125s, they were more of a cheap experiment. If the stock does take the usual Tuesday drop I should be able to sell them for a...

I ended up deciding against a diagonal spread for now, the premiums on Dec13 and Jan14 calls are just too high for me to justify. To really eat away at the premium for the long call I would need to play too close to ATM with the short-term calls and I didn't want that much risk.

All options have extrinsic value, which is what decays with time. The difference with in the money options is that they also have intrinsic value based on the current value of the stock. Deeper in the money options will have less extrinsic value. This is related to theta which describes how...

I haven't decided yet, I'm planning to take some time tomorrow to plan it out and decide. The diagonal call spread Serena to fit my current expectations well though, neutral to slow growth in the short term with a bullish long-term outlook. The real writings for me right now are (1)...

I've been looking into doing a diagonal call spread with the long being a Jan14 call in the 160-170 range. My thoughts here are: 1. I expect the next few months of trading to be fairly flat with the potential to climb up to the 150s 2. There is potential for a Q3 earnings bump if it goes...

How do they maintain trolley cars in San Francisco or light rails in Seattle running down the middle of the street? I'm seriously impressed in those machines that clearly have been running without maintenance since they were build in the middle of the road... Seriously though the idea is to...