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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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Bet TSLA
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If you bet only $200 then it's a non-event. Enjoy. I'm sure you won't even notice that it's gone and you'll have some fun. If you win your bet I'll learn something.
Unless you are on margin and your broker is a dick and lets you exercise on margin, and then the stock tanks tuesday for some other reason and you get margin called and owe the difference.
Ameliorate
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They can exercise and sell immediately, I was forced into this once after they failed to send my sell to close order to the market. I had ITM calls and did not have the cash to purchase 15,000 pre split shares...
Did not enjoy this in my account over the weekend, mind you I had the funds from the transaction.
(They sold the shares, and the ones I acquired from the execution showed up after the weekend to bring me back to a positive balance)
Although this may have been an unusual occurrence because it was their fault and they closed the day ITM, I actually lost a lot by waiting until AH (it dropped) for them to sell
lafrisbee
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I have to hand it to my wife. Over the years she has given me so much crap for going all in on TSLA. Now that we have made a lot of money on my conviction, she is telling me to HODL through the possible lack of S&P announcement today. I was getting ready to sell 1/3 of my shares out of fear (and to secure my retirement). She said we have enough to live off of for two years and it will be higher than now sometime in the next two years. I don't know if I love her more right now, or just got my excuse for a future divorce...
I told my wife yesterday that I was tempted to let some covered calls rip but that I should really wait through Tuesday AH. She said, "Well, wait through Tuesday." Lol. It really is that simple sometimes. (Actually, it often is...)
Ignore these lies:
BB = big balls, i.e. all us HODLers
AH = Aye Harumbi - a bit like "Ai Karumba", but more of an acknowledgement, to a dead ape
MM = Market Monkeys (see above)
smorgasbord
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There is an article in Barron's today on when to take Social Security benefits. The relevant and funny part is:
The Head-Scratching Math Behind When to Claim Social Security Benefits
The Head-Scratching Math Behind When to Claim Social Security Benefits
Most people do islands here. Or mountains.
lafrisbee
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She's making sure when she files for divorce the TSLA stock will be enough for both of you. (May this not come to pass...well unless it works out good for both of you).I have to hand it to my wife. Over the years she has given me so much crap for going all in on TSLA. Now that we have made a lot of money on my conviction, she is telling me to HODL through the possible lack of S&P announcement today. I was getting ready to sell 1/3 of my shares out of fear (and to secure my retirement). She said we have enough to live off of for two years and it will be higher than now sometime in the next two years. I don't know if I love her more right now, or just got my excuse for a future divorce...
Bet TSLA
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You have a nice broker. I had a similar situation once and it was a very very long weekend for me while I prayed that the stimulus package didn't go through and make my exercised puts on SPY which opened a short position for me end up costing me a boatload. I ended up closing the position in extended hours on monday but oh man was it a stressful 48 hours.
I actually ended up getting double what I would have for the puts by the time I closed the position. But if it had gone the other way I would have been very upset.
Shirley Meng is wonderful! I highly recommend this video. The first half or 2/3 is pretty technical but the last part is more of a layman's discussion. There are no major insights into Tesla or Battery Day but she is inspiring and will leave you optimistic about the future.
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So... fun week.
Post-split I decided to play a little more in my trading account... ratcheted myself up another 20 shares. And decided to take a little play money and figured what the heck:
Post-split I decided to play a little more in my trading account... ratcheted myself up another 20 shares. And decided to take a little play money and figured what the heck:
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Sell 3 TSLA Limit 420.69Well what do you expect with all that other tat in there?
May I suggest adding a couple bucks to the closing price today?
Fair. I suppose I think reviews should be done with the lense of an owner with some small level of exposure though.
I have to hand it to my wife. Over the years she has given me so much crap for going all in on TSLA. Now that we have made a lot of money on my conviction, she is telling me to HODL through the possible lack of S&P announcement today. I was getting ready to sell 1/3 of my shares out of fear (and to secure my retirement). She said we have enough to live off of for two years and it will be higher than now sometime in the next two years. I don't know if I love her more right now, or just got my excuse for a future divorce...
Many of us are pattern-recognition people and when we see a pattern repeat, it's hard not to take some sort of action to take advantage of it. I have to just say Ohmmm and HODL when my brain is screaming sell and buy the dip, or sell and take a vacation from the market for a while - but, NO. I have made a commitment to myself to ignore my screaming brain and listen to my calm brain - it tells me it's the long game stupid - get your finger off the sell button and relax!
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