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    Tesla app version 4.0.0 has app re design for both car and energy

    As I mentioned, my app is up to date. I just checked again, no update available. My wife doesn't have it either after updating app, we both have iPhone XR.
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    Tesla app version 4.0.0 has app re design for both car and energy

    why am I not getting the new app? I have an Iphone XR, software up to date and so is the app. My daughter got the new app this morning without even updating her app. Am I missing something? Weird?
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    Wheel powder coat

    Thanks for the reply, I'll send an email.
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    Wheel powder coat

    Wanting to get wheels on new model 3 powder coated, anyone know of a shop in Northern California Central Valley that does this? Issue is having extra wheels, I don’t have any and this is a surprise for my daughter so need to be able to drop car off and have them do everything. Advice welcomed.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    everyone has different risk/reward and goals with their account. I disagree with you on the covered call. Some of us have big enough accounts that just doing low risk covered calls allows us to be retired. I'm 47, not complaining. I have ZERO interest in trying to guess direction, none...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    selling that DITM put is the exact same position as owning shares and selling the same strike covered call as the put. I know you know this, just pointing it out to others.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Agree on this. I use to be terrified to sell calls on earnings but with the IV crush the next day you have to at least sell some really far OTM options. The chances of those going in the money before market open the next morning when you can adjust if necessary is darn near zero. The nice...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I decided to roll out and up one week to 870's, decided better safe than sorry and it's only a week in the big picture of things which is nothing when playing with 7 figures.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    similar to what I do, I don't analyze much I just sell calls at a comfortable distance knowing I can always adjust out and up. Does sitting and waiting for the perfect time to sell calls beat just always being short calls and having that theta burn 24/7 365? I don't know, but I prefer to not...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    main reason I sell calls further OTM is to deal with less fingernail biting. I suspect due to having to make far less adjustments that it might be more profitable as well.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    So Max Pain theory. Anyone run the numbers on this to see if it holds up?
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    What's the theory on the "call walls"? MM's are hedging and would liquidate their positions at that number to stay delta neutral?
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    excluding wanting to avoid earnings weeks or known catalysts, I look at the total theta of my position. When my short calls have dropped down under 1.00 value, I start looking to roll. This is part of why I mostly trade 2-3 weeks out options instead of weeklies, theta decay is more consistent...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I accept that it "could" happen but I sell CC's in a calculated way to make the chances of that happening extremely small. I also know what number in the next 1-2 years I wouldn't have a problem letting them go for, and I know I can adjust out to that number. I look at the premium from the...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I see a lot of people afraid of losing their shares when selling CC. I initially felt the same but since I play it on the safer side (15% OTM) and adjust early, not wait until my calls are ATM then hope, I have near zero worry I'll lose shares. I can adjust out and up to the point my shares...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Yes, of course, and this is my plan. My thinking is, as I buy more shares, which then allows me to sell more calls, I can buy more shares faster. My other goal is that I don't end up with less shares than I had when I started selling options. I was too scared to do it for all these years, now...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    No, there isn't, except you have to keep cash in your account just to roll the calls. I don't keep any cash in my account, I immediately use the premium from the sold calls to buy shares. I would have to hold back 50-100k if I couldn't roll, possibly more. As the stock moves against you the...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I take into account what news/events are happening that is causing the stock to move, what day/time of day it is etc to determine If/when I'm going to roll. I found I like selling options 3 weeks out and holding them a week, then rolling a week out again. I haven't done the math on this but it...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    are you including the underlying stock gains/losses in this calculation? Selling CC's like I am, and being super bullish long term on TSLA, I couldn't care less what the stock does on a short term basis. I don't consider the stock going down as "losses" since I would be holding the shares...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    past performance doesn't equal future performance, but I try to stay 15% OTM and I adjust early, meaning I don't wait until I'm right ATM and try to adjust because you can't adjust as far out the closer to the money you are. I try not to ever be closer than 5-8% above stock price. Why 15%? I...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    by definition, if you do the same spread trade repeatedly without guessing direction right more often than not, you always end up with a goose egg due to probabilities. Actually, do to slippage and fees, you end up losing money. Agree?
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Do you mean '22 or '23? If not, you're buying expired options which I don't have the ability to do.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    why worry about buying the calls back? Just roll them out and up. If you roll early enough, you can get $30-$50 farther OTM strike with a one week adjustment for break even or if you want a slight credit. I do the same thing, I buy shares with the premium immediately, I don't worry about the SP.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I just decided to start selling the CC's after i felt the S&P inclusion runup was over, started first week of January. I settled on the 15% OTM based on TSLA historical weekly movements. TSLA has only moved greater than 15% about 20x in it's history, and greater than 20% only 6-8x ( I don't...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    One advantage to selling Leaps, assuming youre bullish and want more shares, is you can take all the premium and buy a lot of shares immediately. You can then sell additional calls on those added shares. If the share price then starts to rise quickly, you can adjust away until you can't, but...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I personally don't like any position where I have to be correct on both direction and time, it's not my game. Occasionally I might buy a lottery ticket but that is very rare. I'm currently just selling OTM calls in the ~15% OTM range and buying more shares with the cash. I've got a large...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I know options pretty well, not a newbie. If you sell the same strike put and buy the call, it's basically exactly the same as owning shares (give or take a few pennies). You don't have to worry about the greeks if you're using it as stock replacement.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Looking at this exact thing myself. Buy the ATM call, Sell the ATM put and have the same risk/reward as owning shares. You can of course do this with any strike, it works out the same. You can then buy a far OTM put to limit the amount of $ committed to the position for cheap, and sell calls...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Realize with the wheel that if your profits selling options does not at least equal TSLA going up in price, you'll slowly losing option selling power (not enough cash to sell puts, not enough cash to buy as many shares to sell calls). Spreads are always an option however. Also, this was...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I'm assuming the connectivity is costing Tesla something on their end, so it isn't all profit.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I've settled on selling OTM calls at a safe distance with a set target to adjust. I've got enough shares that I can basically retire off the cash flow from this strategy. My goal isn't "max profit" it's "safe profit" while putting my shares at very minimal risk of ever getting called away...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Does anyone know the schedule for when new options chains are added? Any idea when April/May will be added? How about August? I'm comparing some longer term strategies to shorter term but not knowing when these other chains become available makes it difficult. I agree on Paper trading, I use...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Can anyone help me with the math on when to buy back this weeks options and sell next week? Mine are down to .12 so not much profit there. Seems rolling to next week is the route to go. Anyone have a formula on when the exact right time is to roll to another option based on option value and...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Of course. I'm not trying to discourage people from this, it does depend on the situation and what the goals are. I'm not at "enough" yet but I feel I could be there in the next 2-3 years. I've settled on a very safe covered call strategy that I think will actually produce enough cash flow...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    My argument, for those not wanting to lose their shares, is if you had got caught selling calls a month ago, and tried to do the wheel and get back in selling puts, you would be down a massive amount of money right now. Unless TSLA drops significantly, which it very possibly could, you'll never...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Yeah, this has to be tracking funds still buying in. I've been working on a strategy since S&P inclusion was announced with the plan to wait until after Q4 earnings dust has settled. The premiums were crazy high last month, it was tempting.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    How many of you are selling calls against all your shares vs only part of them? I'm playing with a strategy (papertrade, backtesting) where I only sell 10-20% CC at a better premium and then use the rest for planned adjustments as price moves against my CC's. Combining it with another position...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    I'm assuming there are some nervous covered call sellers around these parts right now? I do like the idea of using margin to sell puts, margin that you wouldn't otherwise leverage up with shares. I'm in an IRA so no margin.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Thanks for the info. Your situation is not exactly what I'm referring to but still good data. I'm referring more to either selling covered calls, or using cash you could/would otherwise own shares with to sell puts. Compare that to holding just shares over the last 2 years, I don't see how...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Yup, I understand what adjustments could possibly be made. What I try to do is plan for the worst case scenario, then decide if I'm ok with that outcome. I'm just not sure I want to risk any shares, I want to accumulate more! Who's been doing the wheel or covered calls only over the last...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Are you saying you have zero concern getting shares called away and having to buy back in later at a higher price? I'm not talking about shares you bought specifically to sell calls against, I'm talking about shares you plan to hold for many years? My concern is that it works until it doesn't...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Covered Call is considered a Bearish position. It doesn't mean that someone selling a CC is bearish, two different things. I understand nobody is trying to make 700% on a CC position, but you missed my point on this. They COULD have made 700% just staying invested in TSLA with the cash they...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Yes, I understand the concept of the wheel. Curious how this worked out for everyone this year when TSLA may have not been giving opportunities to get the shares back at the same or lower price? I find it hard to believe anyone made 700% with the wheel that could have been made just holding...
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    most of our shares are in an IRA so no margin, I can sell cash secured puts but the account is 100% in TSLA with no plans to change that for a decade. I have margin in a smaller trading account but not enough funds in there for it to matter much in comparison. I've been working on Neutral...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Tesla's delivery jump from 2020 to 2021 is going to appear bigger due to the covid shut down also.
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    Wiki Selling TSLA Options - Be the House

    Hey all, been off TMC for a while, saw this thread yesterday and started reading from the beginning but I just don't have the time to read it all and get caught up. I've been looking at, testing, back testing option strategies for years. I do small options trades but one thing I don't want to...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    We have similar stories, including the cycling. I was lucky enough to see TSLA fairly early on and get in with a large amount, I've basically held since then and have more shares than when I started. I got into cycling after college so wasn't chasing the "pro" dream at that time but did race...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Hello all, been off on twitter for quite a while and only checked in here occasionally the last couple of years after being here daily since late 2012. Like others I'm sure my TSLA holdings have grown substantially, looking for ways to use options to gain more profits. Covered calls don't seem...
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    Model X or Y

    I’ll have to look around some more, I looked on Tesla’s website and also auto trader and that was the price ranges I was seeing based on our build. I think a 2016 is a bad example, that’s most likely an AP1 car (didn’t look) so has less value.
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    Model X or Y

    I’m only 5’9 so room isn’t an issue. My daughter is also 5’9 though so back seat leg room is important, that is why we didn’t get the model 3.