...the after hours price action has me back wishing I liquidated when it hit 230....
I've been average long at $29.91, but finally caved in and bought a measly 30 shares at 223 based on a long term buy set for that price. Based on the limited information available to me I looked at the price in a previous dip at its low (I guess it was 218 or so). So far, even after hours, that may be an ok strategy and, of course, I hope it won't go lower still.
I really think the oil discussion is irrelevant to TSLA as some have hinted earlier. I think the market panic is about oil prices as an indicator of our economy's overall health and the Saudi connection is about their wish to hurt ISIS/ISIL Russia, and Iran, not the U.S. (Although relations are strained by Obama's effort to get a nuclear deal with Iran.)
To my mind, as I've said before, to assess the general economic outlook I watch Germany. Tomorrow could be another volatile day ending upward by a massive amount if Angela Merkel announces a stimulus plan focussed on infrastructure. That better happen soon for Europe's sake and the rest of us.
I'm sorry to interject politics again, but it is hard for a political scientist to separate them from discussion of energy, since that is all that there is except for empty space, and if you're a string theorist, that may not be void either. I've tried to stick to the short term price consideration; the overall market does influence Tesla, but I agree with all of you this volatility change is not about Tesla.