TSLA Investor Discussions

[bmek]

picked up another 5 august 28$ calls today and another 35 shares(for the retirement acct).

Another investing strategy that you may wish to consider is to sell some August $28 put options. You can sell those for ~$2.00 each, so if the stock drops below $28.00 and the option is exercised then you will have bought TSLA at $26.00 share. If TSLA increases in price, it would have to be above $31.10 for you to 'beat' the break even. This assumes that you paid $1.10 for the August $28 call options. $31.10 - $2.00 = $29.10. $28.00 + 1.10 = $29.10.

Thoughts?

 

[Iamthecaliflower]

WTH is happening? This is not volatility!! What happened today?

 

[dsm363]

WTH is happening? This is not volatility!! What happened today?

Please read the prior posts. Same reason.

 

[tander]

I have another strategy. You can buy some $29 Aug calls from me for $3, and I will buy you lunch.:smile:

 

[bonnie]

WTH is happening? This is not volatility!! What happened today?

Welcome back. Where have you been?

 

[tander]

WTH is happening? This is not volatility!! What happened today?

They have 50% short interest and trade at way more than book value...for companies that fall into those categories this is very low volatility.

 

[dsm363]

Found the answer as to why: 42

 

[Tommy]

For what it's worth, sold some Ensco stock (oil services) today to have seed money to buy more Tesla stock tomorrow. Giving up the +3% dividend, however I have done very well with Tesla by moving in and out of my positions due to its volatility.

 

[tander]

10 yrs of losing money. Losing money faster than ever, making less money than ever, only enough cash for 1 qtr like this. Half of stakeholders betting against it. Some uncertainty as to the ability to actually produce promised product. Lot's of macro uncertainty/weakness. The next quarter will certainly not look pretty on paper. One big bet that will either come to fruition or crash in the next 2-3 qtrs= a vary volatile publicly traded stock that will only become more volatile in the coming months.

There, now everyone owes me lunch. Or you can chip in for a Model S. Or at least that remote controlled Roadster.

 

[dsm363]

Iamthecaliflower: You insist on apply logic to a market which has a huge human component so emotion comes into play (investing must involve emotion since you've told us you hate us and we're all worthless and only post when things go bad for you and the stock). Please move on. Maybe there is a forum dedicated to investing where you can get better answers.

Try
Tesla Motors (TSLA) Stock Message Board - InvestorsHub


and

Thoughts on investing in TSLA? | TradeKing

 

[Doug_G]

[Some inappropriate posts and responses to same have been moved to Iamthecaliflower -mod.]

 

[treehugger350]

For as old as I imagine most of you are, there are some real babies in here.

I am long TSLA and am fully accepting that I may lose my entire 125 shares if this company goes belly up, but if you say you're long then mean it. Days like this where TSLA is down 7.32% actually make me smile. I'm contemplating buying another 25-50 shares, and when the stock shoots to $45 within a year, I'll be smiling even more. In the meantime, viva tesla!

 

[ckessel]

It doesn't sound like there is much of anything that would have any real stock impact for a while. We were always in a waiting mode, but previously it was punctuated by demos, events, etc. Now it's just wait and see if their line ramps up. Other than the super charger announcement a couple months from now, I'm not sure what sort of tangible news we'll see.

 

[Uncle Ron]

EDIT,,

 

[Doug_G]

[I just moved Cali's last message, and some responses to it, over to Iamthecaliflower simply because they were off topic for this thread. -mod]

 

[thelastdeadmouse]

I'm a bit of a novice investor, I'm hoping some other people talking about their put or call options here could shed a little light for me. I've done a little research into what puts and calls are but I'm having a hard time understanding the proper practical application. The example I looked at basically described a put as a fee you could pay to sell shares and a pre-arranged price anytime you want in the future up to a certain date, and a call would be the opposite.

I'm currently long on Tesla, have been buying shares under $28.50, and think that Tesla is heavily undervalued at 27-28. I'm predicting 31-32 per share around the September 22 call date based on general public deliveries and hopefully the Supercharger announcement , and 36+ by the December 22 call date based on being on track for 2012 production goals. I'm trying to understand my options, but its all gibberish to me. Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA) Options Chain - Stock Puts Calls - NASDAQ.com

Any clarity anyone can shine on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[thelastdeadmouse]

[I just moved Cali's last message, and some responses to it, over to Iamthecaliflower simply because they were off topic for this thread. -mod]

You may have moved my post there accidentally, I just want to know about puts and calls. (sadpanda)

I'm a bit of a novice investor, I'm hoping some other people talking about their put or call options here could shed a little light for me. I've done a little research into what puts and calls are but I'm having a hard time understanding the proper practical application. The example I looked at basically described a put as a fee you could pay to sell shares and a pre-arranged price anytime you want in the future up to a certain date, and a call would be the opposite.

I'm currently long on Tesla, have been buying shares under $28.50, and think that Tesla is heavily undervalued at 27-28. I'm predicting 31-32 per share around the September 22 call date based on general public deliveries and hopefully the Supercharger announcement , and 36+ by the December 22 call date based on being on track for 2012 production goals. I'm trying to understand my options, but its all gibberish to me. Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA) Options Chain - Stock Puts Calls - NASDAQ.com

Any clarity anyone can shine on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[JRP3]

I had to grab another 100 today, couldn't resist. Didn't get the bottom though. I might get more tomorrow if it keeps dropping, but then I have to stop. Just say "no" and walk away from the "Buy" button.

 

[Uncle Ron]

EDIT,,

 

[Doug_G]

You may have moved my post there accidentally, I just want to know about puts and calls. (sadpanda)

It appears you accidentally posted there... maybe VBulletin got confused if you hit reply while messages were being moved. I'll bring it back here.