jelloslug
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With leveraged money....Could be worse, imagine you'd bought BitCoin when it was up around $19k
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DurandalAI
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At this point I’m glad I stayed a novice investor and bought TSLA stock instead of options. As long as I’m patient I can ride things back up. For those who look at the longer term trends, is there much indication that February improves as people get tax returns, etc? Usually that’s a time I back the truck up to buy, having extra powder on hand, is that the case for others as well?
Reciprocity
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Bitcoin is up 20% from a very low bottom today so we can all breath easy as the stock market can now rebound. Thanks Bitcoin! Shrug, im all out of other ideas.
DragonWatch
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Pre hour numbers were really negative and have been lightening up, meaning for me, not so negative My wife’s comment this morning as she prepared the X for her commute was, “I guess this one will take time to recover, just depends on how quick we want cash.”
My wife’s comment this morning as she prepared the X for her commute was, “I guess this one will take time to recover, just depends on how quick we want cash.”
Gerardf
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We are green, nice.
Lets see if this triggers shorts to now decide to use this opportunity to cover.
Lets see if this triggers shorts to now decide to use this opportunity to cover.
Let's see if it triggers deep pocket to invest in Tesla as well.
bdy0627
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I personally am not going to trade or invest based upon my expectation of the market reaction to the ER. That is notoriously difficult to get right.
Historically earnings have tended to provided greater buying opportunities. Leading up to it, or right after. Personally I try to buy at 310 or lower, and sell at 340-350. leveraged options i.e LEAPs
I would also suggest you read DaveT thread, which discusses when you should buy or sell.
Articles/megaposts by DaveT
Let's see if I could even log in to buy stocks. Merrill Lynch is giving me errors.
DragonWatch
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@myusername you make some valid points, but having lived my life, my way, I have been burned so many times I look like a crispy critter at sixty-eight. Some of those burns are self inflicted, some are because I tend to be socially unconscious, and some are because I antagonize. My second army battery command I was viewed by many as worse than Darth (sp) Vader; looking back I can only hope I did that which was right as well as what was expected and demanded of me. That soul wound will never heal (damaged the core reactors).
I recently poked fun at the VW monkey diesel testing referring to WWII, and no one picked up on it ~ probably too short and concise. Why is no one the least bit concerned that Germans, Germans of all people are essentially gassing living creatures? Then there is the basic fundamental of why are the German automakers so adamant that they want diesel vehicles vs EVs. Why not punt and change course 100%? Even Toyota is desperately hanging onto their tried and true Prius. The science and math are all there ~ why not change?
I have been let down so many times by the best and the brightest, Tesla is all I have left; and if I am hit by the bus tomorrow, well, it is better than what everyone else is betting on, bar none.
Now, you may prefer my wife’s approach to investment ~ credit union savings and CDs. Trust me when I say I have been burned by my investments made at high tied, taking time for the sea levels to rise so this beached whale could get back in the water. Need I remind you of TSLA flat price flowing the Model X launch?
No, @myusername I am not your average investor, I am not driven by greed, and I am admittedly not always right ~ probably too frequently incorrect for your blood
I was unable to login to TD Ameritrade this morning until a moment ago. I've been on telephone hold for 20 minutes waiting to speak to an agent.
EDIT: I finally spoke with an agent. The problem was that their website became overloaded with clients this morning. Responses to margin calls were apparently among the reasons. I should note that their Thinkorswim platform was always working, so orders could have been placed there.
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Could this time delay to orders be a partial explanation to the erratic up-n-down jitter this AM?
Or many brokers finally got their window open
I was very confused this morning, Yahoo Finance was showing Tesla up, but my broker was showing it down. I checked, Yahoo claims "NasdaqGS Real Time Price", but the time stamp was 15 minutes old. As the morning progressed it gradually started to catch up. As of now (8:21 PST) it's 6 minutes behind.
That is horrific ggr, I'd recommend switching brokers immediately. If you trade frequently and dont mind poor service IB has the best platform and very competitive rates. I presently use IB and options house (now owned by etrade.) I prefer the commissions and service I receive at options house, but the platform on IB is hard to beat. I know many people that like TOS from TD, however, I believe they front run their customers orders.
What I don't get is why people are rightfully upset about the small group of monkeys but absolutely don't care about the more evolved species that breathes it every single day out there on the street, i.e. my kids when walking to school.
IMHO that is the real scandal, and while the german carmakers were the first caught with the defeat devices, I don't think they are the only ones:
Lawsuit Claims GM Used Defeat Devices On Duramax Diesel Trucks And SUVs
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Four more carmakers join diesel emissions row (honda, mitsubishi, mercedes, ...)
This was already known 2015 Wide range of cars emit more pollution in realistic driving tests, data shows
IMHO this should be the wakeup call for the average person to demand emission free vehicles and diesel truck bans in cities.
KnowLittle
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I think the issue was/is with Yahoo; there was a big, big time lag this morning (and seems to have it still) & with the stocks going everywhere it is quite noticeable. Google Finance did/does not have this lag.
I've heard of people mortgaging their homes to buy bitcoins, and this is recent, not when it was under 1k.
DragonWatch
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Yes, thank you for your input. How easy it is to forget the smog I ran in during my cross country days; Hawthorn, CA ~ 1963-1964. Not noticeable so much now here in the northwest ~ except when the Californians burn their vineyards:-(
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