TSLA Investor Discussions

[carrerascott]

Nice start to the day! $36.55

 

[Citizen-T]

Nice start to the day! $36.55

Interesting action. Not what I expected.

 

[thelastdeadmouse]

Interesting action. Not what I expected.

Me neither. Yesterday I felt good about selling about a quarter of my position and taking some gains at 36 with plans on buying back in during the "inevitable" sell off this morning.

 

[kenliles]

Interesting action. Not what I expected.

$36 was a stop for good portion of shorts. This action is part of some squeeze to clear them. That said it looks like plenty more shorts coming in. They aren't going to like what coming shortly (pun intended)

 

[carrerascott]

Pushing toward $37 now.

 

[FredTMC]

$36? Maybe.

$37? Maybe.

 

[ppl]

$36 was a stop for good portion of shorts. This action is part of some squeeze to clear them. That said it looks like plenty more shorts coming in. They aren't going to like what coming shortly (pun intended)

What is strange is that short interest increasing with price increases last two days. They won't give up

 

[carrerascott]

$36.99 ceiling busted. $37.10

 

[carrerascott]

Also halfway to average daily volume less than 2 hours in.

 

[avatar]

Holy smokes batman! Breached $37. Its like music to the soul.

 

[thelastdeadmouse]

What is strange is that short interest increasing with price increases last two days. They won't give up

Its not really that strange when you think about it. If you're convinced that Tsla will tank either because the company goes bankrupt or they can't meet their stated goals, the best time to sell short is when the stock price is at its highest.

 

[stealthology]

What is strange is that short interest increasing with price increases last two days. They won't give up

Interesting. What source do you use to check short float? Also, do you know how often the info. is updated?

 

[avatar]

Its not really that strange when you think about it. If you're convinced that Tsla will tank either because the company goes bankrupt or they can't meet their stated goals, the best time to sell short is when the stock price is at its highest.

Agree. Look at NFLX today - up 40% because shorts bet against a good quarter. I suspect you will see similar upside in TSLA if report is good news.

 

[grisnjam]

I went in for 2000 shares on Jan 17th, 2012 @ $26.75.

Sold 1000 shares today at $35.95. All the proceeds are going towards my Model S (and TSLA's bottom line) which should be rolling off the line this week! 33% in a year is not bad

In the light of +4.75% this morning I am not feeling as good about my move yesterday

 

[mitch672]

In the light of +4.75% this morning I am not feeling as good about my move yesterday

You can't pick/sell at the top, it's impossible. You have some nice profit locked it, which is always nice.
You can buy back in on a correction, there's always been a pullback with this stock, eventually.

 

[grisnjam]

You can't pick/sell at the top, it's impossible. You have some nice profit locked it, which is always nice.
You can buy back in on a correction, there's always been a pullback with this stock, eventually.

Of course Tesla putting my 60 kWh on a truck to Texas will be a nice consolation prize ....

 

[ppl]

Interesting. What source do you use to check short float? Also, do you know how often the info. is updated?

Www.shortanalytics.com. Click charts and put tsla in

- - - Updated - - -

Www.shortanalytics.com. Click charts and put tsla in

Updated daily

 

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Www.shortanalytics.com. Click charts and put tsla in

That is a strange website. They could not even get volume right. Although there is a correlation between their volume and real one.

I wonder how they calculating short percentage...

 

[aznt1217]

tempted to cash out but from experience I've learned that if you try to time the market you lose... decisions decisions.

 

[carrerascott]

I'm holding my shares tight. Don't wanna sell them to a shorter just yet. ;-)