Tesla continues to open more stores, rolls out more superchargers, allowed to enter new states, has more market exposure over time, user experience continues to improve, consumer report ratings continue to rock, still does not advertise, and yet demand is a huge problem for bears smh.
There's about 25,000 Model X on order, factoring in 4,000 cancellations and there's 21,000 anxious customers waiting for their vehicle. If this is weak demand due to Tesla's poor brand image and declining customer satisfaction I wonder just how Tesla will do when customers are satisfied?
Reshuffling timeframe is anyone's guess contingent on Tesla's ability to ramp up production and overseas delegation of the D and higher end model. No one knows the exact Chinese numbers except Tesla, no one can say for certainty if demand has been increasing in China except Elon. Oh wait, he's already stated that demand has steadily increased in that market. Sales in Germany continues to improve, Norway looks strong. As always do your research, examine your exposure and be confident in your decisions up or down. If you have to ask, then it's time to wind down your risk exposure.
If you want to de-risk in times of uncertainty, convert your options to 2017, buy deep in the money or get out of options altogether and start buying up shares. There's a reason why options buyer are nicked "a suckers bet". It's tough enough trying to figure out up or down, but when you throw in a specific "timeframe" vs "time-decay" the bet becomes several folds more difficult, especially when it's only 3-4 months out. This isn't investing, it's gambling, speculation and greed. In the absence of news/rumor, you stand to lose your money 50% of the time on short term plays, once those plays are done, you're out of time. While longs can be wrong 4/5 times, yet come out on top in he end. That's the difference between investing and gambling. Short term bets should only be done with money one can afford to throw away.
