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

[chiller]

At what swiss time the we conference call is scheduled ?

00:30

 

[MFranc123]

At what swiss time the we conference call is scheduled ?

I think 12:30 AM.

Cool google tip: just google "3:30 PM PDT in switzerland" and google should give you the answer directly. Lots of nifty things integrated in google search lately; they have timers and whatnot as well...

 

[Chop110]

Who is still buying after hours, before the ER?

 

[Huskyf]

00:30

Tanks

 

[mickificki]

I couldn't hold them any longer. I had to sell my 2020 Jan 250 calls that I bought 9-12 months ago at a painful 80% loss. I've never had a real $500,000 loss before. I've listened to the earnings calls for years, and invested heavily in TSLA for years. If this doesn't teach me to not invest based on anything that Elon says, I don't know what will.

hope you’re doing ok financially. Hang in there.

 

[azaz]

Late letter not a good sign

 

[Chickenlittle]

While we're waiting, Ford (F) is down more than 3% with an earnings beat but weaker than expected guidance.

Ford's shares slide on lower year-end guidance despite earnings beat

I read that as a miss on revenue and lower guidance

 

[AlexS]

I couldn't hold them any longer. I had to sell my 2020 Jan 250 calls that I bought 9-12 months ago at a painful 80% loss. I've never had a real $500,000 loss before. I've listened to the earnings calls for years, and invested heavily in TSLA for years. If this doesn't teach me to not invest based on anything that Elon says, I don't know what will.

did you roll them or just sold?

 

[EVNow]

I couldn't hold them any longer. I had to sell my 2020 Jan 250 calls that I bought 9-12 months ago at a painful 80% loss. I've never had a real $500,000 loss before. I've listened to the earnings calls for years, and invested heavily in TSLA for years. If this doesn't teach me to not invest based on anything that Elon says, I don't know what will.

I had the same painful experience with '20 Jan 400 calls - that I bought when the SP was at 350 down from 375.

 

[Mkorpal]

Late letter not a good sign

The letter is always on Elon time.

 

[Nocturnal]

I too have experienced a loss of range. I have a P3D and when I charge it to 90% I only get 425 km of range. So when they say based on your driving habits does this mean if I accelerate like crazy all the time then this will degrade the battery faster? If so I think this is why have experienced a fair amount of degradation.

I have no idea how to quantify it but draining the battery faster must increase degradation. Also worth noting that being less efficiency necessarily means more cycles compared to driving slowly.

I think of it like a gas car. If you baby your car it will obviously last longer than if you are flooring it all the time. Have you ever heard of or driven in a "ragged out" car? People generally try to avoid buying vehicles that were obviously driven hard. My P3 degredation is around 3% at 25k miles and some pretty heavy usage (track time, 100% charging, long trips in frigid temps etc.)

The letter is always on Elon time.

It's always late. ​

 

[Unpilot]

For the lazy among us...care to share a link so us lazy people can listen?

 

[Sean Wagner]

While we wait -- Ford with flat YOY quarterly revenue. ($37B this year vs. $37.6B last year).

Ford totally flubbed the launch of their new Explorer.

See autonews: Ford botches Explorer launch, putting CEO back on hot seat

Quotes: ..."Sales have plunged as a plant plagued by personnel problems has struggled to get the new crossover utility vehicle out the door. Thousands have been shipped 270 miles away to another Ford factory for rework." ...
... "Explorer's U.S. deliveries plunged 31 percent to 135,777 vehicles during the first nine months of the year." ...

<F5>

 

[JusRelax]

For the lazy among us...care to share a link so us lazy people can listen?

Tesla, Inc. Q3 2019 Financial Results and Q&A Webcast | Tesla, Inc.

 

[Cherry Wine]

I had the same painful experience with '20 Jan 400 calls - that I bought when the SP was at 350 down from 375.

Sitting on 90% losses on my '20 Jan. calls.

 

[Alphacrux]

I had the same painful experience with '20 Jan 400 calls - that I bought when the SP was at 350 down from 375.

Similar. Closed out the long calls after ‘only’ 50% loss, sold some calls and puts to help compensate.

 

[woodisgood]

For the lazy among us...care to share a link so us lazy people can listen?

Events & Presentations | Tesla, Inc.

Still two hours away, so enjoy the previews and trivia....

 

[BornToFly]

did you roll them or just sold?

Just sold. I'm too leveraged as it is.

 

[MFranc123]

For the lazy among us...care to share a link so us lazy people can listen?

https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/z7r768gm

But it's still 2 hours until the call is scheduled to begin.

 

[joefee]

Investor Communication | Tesla, Inc.

Tesla Announces Date for Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results and Webcast