TSLA Market Action: 2018 Investor Roundtable

[Chickenlittle]

The timing of the hit piece and burst of short activity is quite convenient after the share price popped post-SXSW.

Timing is right on and predictable. Same stories during model S and model X ramps. It’s fill in the blank stories where they have a blank spot for date and model name

 

[K_Dizzle]

Anyone know what had pain is for tomorrow?

 

[Bobbyducati]

Anyone know what had pain is for tomorrow?

$332.5 it looks like

picked up some shares in mid 320's wrote a call for tomorrow at $332.5 for $4. crazy up and down so far today, but its only 1030!

 

[30seconds]

Anyone know what had pain is for tomorrow?

Anxiety, followed by interesting news, followed by FUD, anxiety, more Model 3 sightings, strange late day stock movements, market close.

 

[Reciprocity]

I just keep dollar cost averaging down. Once this candle lights, it's going to be nice. Or I'll be busted out in two weeks.

 

[K_Dizzle]

Anxiety, followed by interesting news, followed by FUD, anxiety, more Model 3 sightings, strange late day stock movements, market close.

I’m sorry my autocorrect kicked in. I meant max pain for option expiry

 

[K_Dizzle]

$332.5 it looks like

picked up some shares in mid 320's wrote a call for tomorrow at $332.5 for $4. crazy up and down so far today, but its only 1030!

I picked up 10 $332.5 calls for a small rally play. Fingers crossed

 

[bdy0627]

I just keep dollar cost averaging down. Once this candle lights, it's going to be nice. Or I'll be busted out in two weeks.

Dollar cost averaging down has been a great strategy for this stock. I'm resisting the urge to leverage further right now since we all know TSLA can rather quickly drop a lot further than you anticipate.

 

[Reciprocity]

I just had a thought. If Tesla leases a car to an owner in the US and no one claims the tax credit for the Vin, assuming Tesla doesn't pay taxes because it doesn't have profits, does that count against the 200,000?

 

[mongo]

I just had a thought. If Tesla leases a car to an owner in the US and no one claims the tax credit for the Vin, assuming Tesla doesn't pay taxes because it doesn't have profits, does that count against the 200,000?

It is based on US sales, not tax credit claims.

 

[Richgoogol]

Why am I not surprised..when everything is going up already, somehow TSLA manages to go down

 

[Tenable]

Why am I not surprised..when everything is going up already, somehow TSLA manages to go down

 

[jhm]

fwiw, 40% of it was bought by Univision in 2016.

and, from one of today's articles on Elon's project, referring to two of the former top people at the Onion who've been hired by Elon,

"Former Onion Editor in Chief Cole Bolton and Executive Editor Ben Berkley left the publication last year due to differences with the company’s management."

Elon Musk Wanted to Buy ‘The Onion,’ Now His Team’s Hiring Its Staffers for a Secret Project

I don't know if their differences were due to Univision's influence, but, it would not be shocking if it was.

I preferred satire pristine, unsullied by the world of facts and figures, unless of course they're made up or really, really funny. Some say we are in a post-satire world, because the level of absurdity is so high that you can't make this s**t up. But we choose to satire, not because it is easy, but because it is hard.

 

[viridi]

Why am I not surprised..when everything is going up already, somehow TSLA manages to go down

Unfortunately, the shorts, trading 60% plus of the shares lately, are clearly in control. And, when they feel they are losing control, they start the FUD machine. Look at how quickly (within minutes) they drove the stock down this a.m. I still feel it is not “if” but “when” for getting positive Model 3 news that will, hopefully, drive the shorts to cover.

 

[Richgoogol]

I strongly feel like as of this moment, longs are having a tug of war with the shorts, and shorts have limited powder left, this would be the best time to buy. Longs will come out as a winner for the day, don't know by how much, but it will be a green finish if macro allows.

 

[bdy0627]

Unfortunately, the shorts, trading 60% plus of the shares lately, are clearly in control. And, when they feel they are losing control, they start the FUD machine. Look at how quickly (within minutes) they drove the stock down this a.m. I still feel it is not “if” but “when” for getting positive Model 3 news that will, hopefully, drive the shorts to cover.

It's hard to imagine that we won't get some good news on the ramp within the next 6 to 8 weeks, but I felt the same way 3 months ago. I do not think the market needs 5,000/week to ignite this stock. I believe even 2,000/week is going to be enough to light the fuse.

 

[Starno]

It's hard to imagine that we won't get some good news on the ramp within the next 6 to 8 weeks, but I felt the same way 3 months ago. I do not think the market needs 5,000/week to ignite this stock. I believe even 2,000/week is going to be enough to light the fuse.

It might be true, but it's a bit weak, this lets room for FUD to operate : eg. " Tesla fails again to meet its 2500/w deadline by end of March " //// " Further increase of delays to 5000/w production ... " . . .

 

[jhm]

THUD! The Sound of Truth

 

[Richgoogol]

This is it guys. Shoot for the moon.

 

[Waiting4M3]

This is it guys. Shoot for the moon.

It's mid day so the moon is on the other side of the earth, so are we saying TSLA has to go all the way down into the ground to get to the moon?