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

[mrdoubleb]

Remember that old show Beverly Hills 90210?
I just saw it on my stock ticker.

There is a new(er) show as well, called 911... the way things are going you`ll see that on your stock ticker shortly as well.

 

[Navin]

Jesus. I sold 800 calls against my position on Friday thinking no way Tesla can go 150+ in one week. Rolled those to march 1000s yesterday. Now kinda clueless since April only goes to 1000. Nowhere to run to baby. Hahaha.

 

[Favguy]

I’ve been on a road trip since mid last week but I managed to get a share at $777 yesterday for good luck. Did it work?

Come back and ask at close today

 

[SunCatcher]

Nobody seems to have discussed the Super Bowl effect:

Note: I am not fond of this sport nor do I pay any attention to it. However I have met almost no US people who share my disdain.

Let me introduce myself!

 

[Green46]

One of the reasons this action is one for the history and text books is because, in my opinion, we have a situation where one reasonably can demonstrate that a short squeeze and a ramp rocketing revaluation are not mutually exclusive.

Short squeezes, in retrospect, are relatively easy to dissect and discuss (it ought to go without saying this is not easy anticipatorally, but I decided to add this parenthetical just to fend off comments). A revaluation always is a far more enjoyable exercise. If you’re ghoulish, that can be the case even if you’re dissecting the revaluation of, for example, an Enron, but I digress.

The salient point is that with TSLA, we have a rare...perhaps unique?...case wherein a company combined the prospects of spectacular growth and fortunes with an utterly massive - by every possible metric - amount of short selling.

This made not only for an explosive situation BUT also one where, we can posit and hope, avoids the downslope of any short squeeze.

Nice vocabulary.

 

[AudubonB]

Nice vocabulary.

Back in the Bad Old Days of 2013, one of the forum members said he would paw through my posts each day to provide vocab lessons for his children. I wish I could remember who that was!

P.S. I would prefer someone to give a nod to my sentence structure but...o tempora and all that.

 

[AudubonB]

At $902, mkt cap is 160.6bn. Hard to keep up, but I’m off to see where this sits in the S&P500 list....

Looks to me that as of this instant, TSLA would come in at #35, above Medtronic and below McDonald’s

 

[Chocochip]

Oh. My. God.

I approve this message.

 

[LJS22]

Guessing the top of a short squeeze sounds like a good idea, but I believe there are investors that will attempt to build a floor near that top. At this point of time I think there’s enough big money in this game that they have reason to keep Tesla’s evaluation as high as possible. It’s possible some devesting from oil and gas stocks is taking place along with this squeeze.

not advice, but I think there are multiple storylines taking place right now. All good stuff for us though

 

[[email protected]]

It's kinda addictive to see >10% increases. Sad that it will slow or end some day. Need to prepare for that event. Bought some chocolate, too with the bottle.

 

[Familial Rhino]

Has anyone a link to, or name of the show, for Ron Baron’s appearance on CNBC? I’m trying to paw through CNBC.com for the specific title - I don’t stream the broadcast.

 

[theschnell]

Looks to me that as of this instant, TSLA would come in at #35, above Medtronic and below McDonald’s

What is market cap of company #10? Would be interesting if Tesla exceeds that valuation prior to being included.

#10 is Visa at $450B. Unlikely we’re higher than that this year, although clearly not impossible.

 

[LJS22]

It's kinda addictive to see 20% increases. Sad that it will slow or end some day. Need to prepare for that event. Bought some chocolate, too with the bottle.

Agreed. I’d hold onto Musk words that Q3 and Q4 2020 could be insane.

This bear on CNBC is in shock. He’s trying to be rational but he said he’s seen nothing this crazy.
And their guest host just mocked Ron Baron...fire her please

 

[Late2theGame]

Hey, a lot of you guys made some real money lately. I see lots of you regulars are not Supporting Members to TMC! Come on guys, step up to the plate already!

Done!

 

[LJS22]

Bear on CNBC was asked if Tesla makes their own battery what happens...he said it won’t matter, there’s only one way to make batteries and they won’t have an advantage and nobody makes money on batteries

THIS is what you are betting against lol I hope he’ll watch battery investor day

 

[AquaMan]

Me when I woke up this morning in California:

 

[deffu]

I sold my 900c 02/21/2020 calls at loss yesterday right at opening unintentionally filled with gtc order. I just now realized how big my “loss” was

 

[uselesslogin]

So I’ve said this twice before and been wrong. I’m really hoping it sticks this time. I think my chances are a little better now. I don’t think the stock is going below $300 ever again.

 

[LJS22]

CNBC bear finishes segment by convincing himself that Tesla is Apple...WTF I just watched backed to back Tesla bull cases on CNBC.

 

[Hock1]

Selling puts incredibly dangerous in this environment in my opinion. 1) you're leaving on the table all the upside. 2) even if it works you're getting hit w short-term sales tax. 3) Most importantly, you're exposing yourself to massive loss, a large multiple of your gain. Do the Math on what happens if the stock tumbles. There's bound to be stunning downward volatility at some point. BE CAREFUL.

A "like" or "love" button doesn't suffice for this: What we are experiencing is unprecedented. I agree about the selling of the puts--------Having been in the business I've seen guys become encumbered for life by selling puts in a bull move like we are having. Many people on this board are not truly aware of the potential consequences of a sharp SP move downward. Please don't do it.