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  1. InTheShadows

    ALL CyberTruck discussion

    Visiting Austin TX today and I saw a cybertruck in the wild. It had graphics on it that said RUN AUSTIN, so I’m assuming it was coming in for the marathon this weekend.
  2. InTheShadows

    Official Foundation Series Dual Motor Waiting room

    I do not have a vin yet. My paperwork says they assigned me to pickup in West Chester. Mechanicsburg is my closest service center.
  3. InTheShadows

    Official Foundation Series Dual Motor Waiting room

    And me, confirmed 12/26 and pickup location is West Chester.
  4. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Just saw this on a FB group I follow. Logic for claiming the 30% tax credit for the cybertruck as an energy storage system for your home. I think this guys line of thought might be correct. If it is, this is huge! Looking for what others think of this.
  5. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Except that they are not going in order as I have two reservations and my latter number got picked and I haven’t received a message yet about my first one. Both were placed asap on announcement night.
  6. InTheShadows

    CyberTruck (CT) waiting room

    Just got an invite 11276. I ordered asap on announcement day. I ordered two and the one I got the invite for is the latter number. The first one is 11275. Now the wait for the vin.
  7. InTheShadows

    Anyone with a lower RN# than me?

    I’m …751… but not in tx or ca, I’m hoping for Q2 next year.
  8. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Has anyone done much with selling covered straddles? What are the potential pitfalls to watch out for?
  9. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Wow! This is brilliant. Wish I had known about this last January before the market went to 💩 and all my put spreads went belly up. Thanks for sharing.
  10. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    That still sounds a little low, there have been multiple significant price increases in that time. I too am hoping for a model Y type price reduction for Powerwalls soon. Thanks for the additional details.
  11. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Are you subtracting the tax credit from that price? 25k is less than material cost for a 3 powerwall 2 system.
  12. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Do we know for a fact that Tesla direct installs the mega packs or do they outsource that to local electricians? I would think that most electrician shops could install the systems. Would that labor cost then show up on teslas books or some one else’s?
  13. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I’ve been telling myself that for the past 6 months. Twice I sold some cc’s and both times I closed them out for a loss (both sets would have expired worthless too). I don’t have the stomach for selling them, especially at these annual lows.
  14. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    And my guess is a lot of those jobs are seasonal.
  15. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I was thinking about the unwinding the wave comments, there are not enough transportation vehicles to handle the wave. So when Tesla gets to steady state, at some point the same issue of not enough vehicles (ships, trains, trucks, etc) will be reached in steady state. My question is, how far...
  16. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Ooh. Got my lame joke square X’d off now.
  17. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    It’s the voice from Apples 1984 commercial!
  18. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I could swear I have heard some of these proposals before. Are they able to resubmit offer their proposals have been rejected? Wish my bingo card had “dozed off during the proposals”
  19. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Everywhere in the US. NEC 250.24 Grounding and bonding section.
  20. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I would love to see anyone do it in 10 minutes. I’ve been an electrician for 15 years and it takes me 1.5 hours for the easy ones. The complicated ones can get into 3 hours if wires need to be spliced and extra bars installed. The main panel also often need to be moved off of the service...
  21. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I install Powerwalls and every home that gets full house backup needs the panel redone to separate the neutrals and grounds.
  22. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Can you give an example of this? I’m trying to wrap my head around rolling back and down with out a debit. I have a set of September 1100/-1200 puts that I’d like to get freed up but think I am stuck unless we go to 1300+. I rolled them out the other week when we bottomed on that Tuesday...
  23. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Need to make sure I keep telling myself today “Don’t follow this thing up with your bps rolls”. I do not need a repeat of January. GL today everyone.
  24. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I’m also concerned about Elon’s Master Plan part 3. I know it’s going to be fantastic, however I personally feel it will be heavily weighted toward AI and the robot. This, I don’t think the market will understand and could potentially give us another Q1 Earnings reaction.
  25. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I agree. The thing is, we know this works. This week was the week the can was done being kicked down the road and ugh, it was brutal. The past two months have been gut wretching and I really wished I would have kicked stuff out another month to April, I think that would have saved some of my...
  26. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I’m just finishing up a vacation and moved everything out so I wouldn’t have to mess with trades this past week. It was weird not knowing what the market was doing all day long. It also made me think about doing something like you mentioned above. I was looking at some bps if I sell 2 months...
  27. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I’ve really been testing this straight up wheel with my HSA account. I just opened it and I am wheeling AMC. Will see how it ends up at the end of the year. It’s down a good bit right now.
  28. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Phew. That’s better. Now 850 and I’ll be able to escape the week with out booking a loss. Edit: tomorrow morning.
  29. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Yea I normally do that, however this series of rolls started from a position I opened 11/30 last year. Started as 845/-1045. Today I did my 9th roll on them for a $1 debit and doubled the contracts and made them -945/845’s for 3/11. I’m leaving for vacation next weekend and don’t want to have...
  30. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Even now it’s showing a midpoint of $2.50 debit. When the bid is higher than the ask, then I can get a credit.
  31. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Yea just looking at them it does, my spread sheet said I should have been able to roll for $2 credit, couldn’t even get them filled for even. I ran into this two weeks ago with some $300 wide spreads I had too. If tomorrow am is the same, I’ll look at kicking them out to 2/25. (EDIT: I mean...
  32. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Does anyone have any insight on why I’m having problems rolling my BPS -995/795’s out each week for even or a small credit despite us being $30 over the mid point? Even near the highs today I was still looking at a $2 debit to roll them out.
  33. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Why are people widening their spreads? I’m narrowing mine to lower the short leg significantly and raising the long leg a few strikes. I’ve found I can do this and it’s only slightly raising the mid point. I understand that max loss can happen faster this way, however the stuff I have done...
  34. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Phew. Survived another week. I was having problems earlier in the week rolling some BPS -1030/730 spreads for credit when we were well above their mid point. This caused me to look into doubling contracts and halving spread size. I calculated the credits I took earlier. And figured what I...
  35. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I’d like to close my -1020’s and -1030’s with profit today. At this point I’d even settle for break even.
  36. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    It’s more than just power outages. It’s providing peak power for the grid during high demand times in exchange for a reduced electric rate.
  37. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    So was today the 3rd day for the 3 day rule or is it tomorrow?
  38. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    It has everything to do with your account balance. I used to do day trading quite a bit and am familiar with the rules. See link below. https://tlc.thinkorswim.com/center/faq/Most-Common-Questions#q_04
  39. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    In my experience it is only for that day. You have to bring you account value back above 25k. So if I currently have 5 day trades and my account drops below 25k today. I need to deposit money to bring it back up to 25k. If tomorrow all 5 of those day trades have hit their 5 day and clear, I’m...
  40. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    You don’t have to worry about daytrader status unless your account falls under $25k for that day. If you maintain a balance over that in a full margin account don’t worry about those messages. With 10-20x 200 pt spreads, you don’t need to be concerned with the smart trading rules, unless there...
  41. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Brutal. Stats for the week. :( Total weekly portfolio trading losses 3.76% Total portfolio value this week -31.62% And I kicked a lot of red out to next week. So the trading losses next week could double this weeks. I need to see high 800’s to low 900’s sometime next week to have a hope of...
  42. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    It’s in the green by $7. 🥺
  43. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Macros are in the 🚽 now too. No chance of recovery today now.
  44. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Can someone remind me again what happens if your short leg gets exercised and there are not funds to cover?
  45. InTheShadows

    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I’m hoping for 1099 close on Friday. I sold some LCC’s to help relieve the stress of the 2 sets of BPS I didn’t kick down the road.
  46. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I think we should be focusing on the true American EV Leader, GM with their meeting with Ford and POTUS tonight. That is what really should be in the news and the target of our discussions for where EV’s are headed.
  47. InTheShadows

    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    So scrapping the $25k car and comments about hvac as being some day, makes me think that a very large portion of their R&D is now focused on Optimus.