Short-Term TSLA Price Movements - 2013

[gg_got_a_tesla]

Just saw an ad for an ABC Nightline special on Tesla tonight.. Tempted to stay up for it.

This one? Tesla feature on ABC Nightline tonight at 10:30 CST...

 

[sahanim]

This +2016.

I just got back from the bank to fill out an application to enable option trading in my tax free account. Once I get that configured, I will be able to buy up to $25.5k in LEAPS, which I will do with the proceeds of some common sale. I too am reading the AAPL PDF, and I feel so lucky to have a tax free account at my disposal for this sort of play. It will undoubtedly be a bold move, but it's one I can make comfortably.

Not sure how the perfect buy in point for LEAPS will present itself, but i have a feeling we'll know. 2016's would be great to get in on some of the Model E action. Determining the best strike will be the hard part. Deep ITM Seems to be the way to go from what I've read so far. With start with this and then possibly get into a bull call spread over time.

Staying away from this thread after I do this will be very tough.

I have a TSFA with scotiabank and they dont allow spreads in the taxfree account. you could just set one up by buying/selling calls/puts but that ties up a lot of capital.

 

[kevin99]

An awesome narrative on the crash test score:

Tesla's Model S: The best car ever made? - Video on NBCNews.com

It is awesome because I sense people other than us on this forum are starting to get what is the big deal about the Tesla Model S. I see them showing up on facebook comments page, SA comments and others outlets.

 

[twinklejet]

Wow I'm amazed that the after market stayed within my predicted range of 146-148...

Anyhow, DaveT is right that it's impossible to accurately predict the short term day to day movements and my predictions have been right probably out of pure luck...
But oh well, money made is still money made.

 

[maekuz]

Factories in the U.S., Europe and Asia: Tesla CEO Weighs Europe, Asia Plants for Mass-Market Car - Bloomberg

Trademark application for "Model E" filed! Good news all around!

 

[hoang51]

Looks like premarket is looking good today, rising into $149 range. Yesterday's end of market melt down had me worried.

 

[twinklejet]

Looks like premarket is looking good today, rising into $149 range. Yesterday's end of market melt down had me worried.

The important question is, will we break 150 and stay above?

 

[nursebee]

Nightline interview: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/tesl...op-safety-records-BRvf6x5yRCOQXP5sr4eOAw.html

 

[Toolie]

Elon on Elon Musk: Tired but optimistic about Teslas future

 

[kevin99]

This one? Tesla feature on ABC Nightline tonight at 10:30 CST...

The ABC Nightline should be on 12:30 PT/ET last night. I saw the ad. I have programmed to record it.

I think that is the effect to the pre-market mini-rise.

 

[Citizen-T]

Above 150. Next stop is the ATH.

 

[hoang51]

The important question is, will we break 150 and stay above?

If the overall market stays positive today, I see no reason for TSLA to fall, but to slowly increase in value and break $150. At the time of this post, it looks like we just broke $150. Now to stay above it.

 

[kevin99]

The ABC Nightline should be on 12:30 PT/ET last night. I saw the ad. I have programmed to record it.

I think that is the effect to the pre-market mini-rise.

Yes it was on the 12:30PT last night. I watched the recording. It started in a context of "Controversy", and that keywords get repeated at least 4 times.
A lot on Safety and the dealership fight. The President of Texas dealership shows up and claim Elon is all wrong.

 

[MartinAustin]

I also noticed that with the exception of the Dutch interview, Elon Musk has been rather quiet on TV. He hasn't been on CNBC yet since the Q2 results came out, for example. Usually CEOs go on there following results.

Here comes the Elon train... right on schedule...

 

[Toolie]

Tesla is all over cnbc today

 

[twinklejet]

Tesla is all over cnbc today

They've been doing that the past 3 days in a row.......

 

[TSLAopt]

They've been doing that the past 3 days in a row.......

seems like getting past 150 and staying past 150 is meeting stiff resistance. My guess is the shorts are seeing it as a bargain for them to short more at 150. It's just a matter of time before a massive short squeeze, maybe after another 1 or 2 increasingly profitable quarters when scaling to 100k+ cars and beyond per year is imminent. I think Tesla will eat there even before Gen III

 

[Citizen-T]

They've been doing that the past 3 days in a row.......

No this is different. They are at the factory and had an interview with Elon that they are airing in pieces all day long.

EDIT: Here is a piece Tesla ramps up Model S production - CNBC

 

[Norse]

Would be perfect to launch model X after crash-annoncement. Maybe time to buy some calls for next week?

 

[hoang51]

One thing to note is options expiring this week: there's a lot of calls at $150. So I'm thinking resistance is provided. But after lurking at TSLA for a while, options expiring might not mean much...