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

UkNorthampton

TSLA - 12+ startups in 1
Jun 15, 2019
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4,579
Northampton, England
During the shift, they don't have to use SCs, They often visit places where there are public chargers, so they can always pick up a few miles while they are at those places.

Having a public charger encourages Police visits, a bit like security and cash vans say 'Police - follow this van' on them. In this town, some kebab shops give free kebabs (kebabs being the English versions of doughnuts). Scotland probably do deep fried chocolate bars.

The ideal it would seem to me would be superchargers and doughnut shops for motorways, with slower chargers located at kebab and frying bars in urban areas.
 

ggr

Expert in Dunning-Kruger Effect!
Mar 24, 2011
6,972
27,477
San Diego, CA
I literally spent $200 buying 50 contracts. If you consider risking $200 ignorant and reckless then we don't have much to talk about. If you want, you can take the other side of the trade since you seem so sure that my side of the trade is ignorant and reckless. You'll either be $200 richer or infinity poorer.
There are two possible outcomes according to your logic (which I don't agree with, but let's go with it):
1. Your options expire worthless, nothing much changes after hours, and you lose $200, or...
2. Something happens after hours, the price shoots up to $461 (I think you said $460 strike), and you are now on the hook to buy $2,350,000 dollars worth of shares. If you have that sort of money, and believe in your bet, you should have just bought the stock while it was still $418 or so. If you don't have the money, I think the broker just fails to execute, and you lose your $200.
 

Tyler34

Member
Dec 11, 2019
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2,125
Oregon
No need for a response like that bruh...we're all here to sustain the mission and make some $ on the way up.
So the original post calling me ignorant and reckless is ok, but me responding to it crosses some sort of line? Not sure why I am getting flamed by so many members here over risking $200 on a short term bet. I mean, i've spent more than that in the last 2 months on whiskey to drink when TSLA hits milestone all time highs, and I know no one would call me ignorant and reckless for that...
 

engle

In 1976 Looking ahead to 2030!
"Thought we'd close at 420..."
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"...but there's always the spoon with Grimes and the baby tonight!"

Link for S&P 500 News


Link to June 12, 2020 8:56 PM EDT (Corrected) S&P 500 Announcement
 
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BornToFly

Supporting Member
May 8, 2013
1,650
10,212
Elon's world
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... o_O
 

Tyler34

Member
Dec 11, 2019
311
2,125
Oregon
There are two possible outcomes according to your logic (which I don't agree with, but let's go with it):
1. Your options expire worthless, nothing much changes after hours, and you lose $200, or...
2. Something happens after hours, the price shoots up to $461 (I think you said $460 strike), and you are now on the hook to buy $2,350,000 dollars worth of shares. If you have that sort of money, and believe in your bet, you should have just bought the stock while it was still $418 or so. If you don't have the money, I think the broker just fails to execute, and you lose your $200.

I mean yeah, but I think you are simplifying the benefits of options vs stock. The downside of buying those shares like you suggest in #2 is if I am wrong I lose way more than $200.
 
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Bet TSLA

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Dec 8, 2014
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Cupertino, CA
I literally spent $200 buying 50 contracts. If you consider risking $200 ignorant and reckless then we don't have much to talk about. If you want, you can take the other side of the trade since you seem so sure that my side of the trade is ignorant and reckless. You'll either be $200 richer or infinity poorer.
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.
 

Green Pete

Active Member
Oct 8, 2016
1,187
5,926
Earth
There are two possible outcomes according to your logic (which I don't agree with, but let's go with it):
1. Your options expire worthless, nothing much changes after hours, and you lose $200, or...
2. Something happens after hours, the price shoots up to $461 (I think you said $460 strike), and you are now on the hook to buy $2,350,000 dollars worth of shares. If you have that sort of money, and believe in your bet, you should have just bought the stock while it was still $418 or so. If you don't have the money, I think the broker just fails to execute, and you lose your $200.

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.
 

BlackS

Supporting Member
Feb 20, 2018
2,084
16,838
USA
So the original post calling me ignorant and reckless is ok, but me responding to it crosses some sort of line? Not sure why I am getting flamed by so many members here over risking $200 on a short term bet. I mean, i've spent more than that in the last 2 months on whiskey to drink when TSLA hits milestone all time highs, and I know no one would call me ignorant and reckless for that...
I must have missed that post...care to share that?
 

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