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Seppia
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Well, Tesla is getting absolutely obliterated in the most competitive EV market (Europe), they sold about the same number of cars in 2020 than they did in 2019 in a market that has doubled in size.
VW just grabbed 30%+ market share VS Tesla’s 10% while only being a player for 1 year.

Tesla trades for almost 30 times revenues to VW’s 0.3 times (not a typo).

Till they’ll be able to raise money at these insane prices they can keep the fraud going (the math on EV credit sales doesn’t check and they represent >100% of all last quarter profits) though, so shorting this thing is ultra dangerous.

I am watching this in complete disbelief, but then I remind myself of one of my mantras (“most people can’t add and subtract”) and see how this can happen.

It will end for sure, who knows when.

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It was obvious the European manufacturers weren't going to twiddle their thumbs whilst Tesla ate away at their high margin products. Even Fiat who have been deliberately slow have EV's in the pipeline.

My biggest surprise is Toyota who appeared to be well positioned because of their history with hybrids. They seem to have been caught with their pants down. Meanwhile emissionsgate seems to have put a rocket up VW's backside.

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Seppia wrote:
Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:50 am
I am watching this in complete disbelief, but then I remind myself of one of my mantras (“most people can’t add and subtract”) and see how this can happen.
People have been pouring money into Tesla because of the story, not because they are carefully analyzing earnings reports or any quantitative data.

The story goes something like this: “Electric vehicles are the future and Tesla is way ahead of everyone else in terms of battery technology. Elon Musk is also a mad scientist who consistently innovates past these dinosaur car manufacturer. His battery technology is so superior that it will be in many future applications from PV batteries to vehicles. Also as a green company, Tesla is helping to reverse climate change and save the planet.” The story appeals to both environmentalists and techno-optimists.

Couple the previous story with the fact that the stock “can only go up” and you have the context to this bubble. There is a clear demand for “green” companies across all sectors that investors can virtue signal and feel good about. That’s why you’re seeing every company under the sun trying to market itself as eco-friendly (e.g. GM just changed their logo).

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speaking of eco-friendly just saw the site for the new ford bronco sport (looks awesome, rugged, not too big) featuring a... 1.5l gasoline engine?? yup, and the top of the line model a 2.0l engine WAT.

i mean it's still gas but such modest displacement under the ford bronco name is mind boggling

(plus it's got room for 2 mountain bikes in the back).

not to take it ot, but the green trends are there

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bad news for tesla?

gm unveiled today an electric delivery truck division called "bright drop"

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-gm-ele ... 1610467968

fedex in line to buy the first 500 units

they'll also make electic dollies for warehouses etc

they're building an "ultium" brand battery plant in ohio in partnership with lg

plus, upcoming electric hummer (the atrocity)

mary barra is all in on electric

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eta: thanks! fixed the broken link
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@Alphaville your url seems to be broken.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-gm-ele ... 1610467968

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I really want to buy tsla puts. The problem with that, though, is that with tsla, fund flows and options dynamics completely overwhelm any fundamentals when it comes to what the stock does. Also, space x is most certainly working with the military and i have a suspicion that EM is getting away with stuff because (1) he's useful even though he is a crook - starlink etc, and (2) the image of elon as the high-tech inventor is useful to the gvt from a propaganda standpoint. It makes them look good to keep the narrative around him going. It's good for morale. So while I have no doubt that tsla is an exceedingly bad business, I am not sure whether and when it will be shortable.

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@Ertyu

I agree that Tesla likely isn’t even EM’s best company, but the hype is so great that I wouldn’t go near trying to short it. SpaceX has already completely disrupted how satellites and space shuttles are launched. Coming from the perspective of someone who is very familiar with military communications systems, Starlink on paper is a paradigm-shifting technology that will change the way the USA conducts war.

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TSLA going up

I really really want to sell 950c weeklies for earnings; this is your guys' timing signal :lol: sharing so you can inverse me :lol:
Starlink on paper is a paradigm-shifting technology that will change the way the USA conducts war.
I believe this. There was a video the other day of some surgeon in london doing surgery on a banana in la; i wonder why this was a skill "they" thought they should develop

seems like the trajectory is to keep as much resounrces and manpower on home soil and operate as much as possible remotely

the paradoxical thing is, i read it actually results in more ptsd. drone pilots who do their 9-5 and go home to their picket fence and 2.5 kids seem to end up way more messed up than soldiers who did tours and could have a clean divide between soldier mode and civilian mode. being who i am, i forgot where i read it, but i find it interesting.

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ertyu wrote:
Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:05 pm
I believe this. There was a video the other day of some surgeon in london doing surgery on a banana in la; i wonder why this was a skill "they" thought they should develop

seems like the trajectory is to keep as much resounrces and manpower on home soil and operate as much as possible remotely

the paradoxical thing is, i read it actually results in more ptsd. drone pilots who do their 9-5 and go home to their picket fence and 2.5 kids seem to end up way more messed up than soldiers who did tours and could have a clean divide between soldier mode and civilian mode. being who i am, i forgot where i read it, but i find it interesting.
Yeah, that is a pretty useless application. A more useful one is being able to send large amounts of data “Over the Horizon” from anywhere in the world, particularly areas that don’t have good telecom infrastructure (many developing countries) or have sophisticated cyber capabilites so using local telecom is risky (China, Russia, etc). This could mean you would send 4K video (or any kind of data) live from anywhere in the world to anywhere else in the world, without the need for a wired connection or any infrastructure on the ground. You are correct that this is a foundational step to having robots fight your wars. You can probably also think of many non-military applications for such a capability.

One survey showed drone pilots get PTSD at rates of 4.3% vs 10-18% of conventional pilots. PTSD causes are still not well understood because you could have 10 people witness the same traumatic event, but only 1 might develop PTSD.

Edit: An obvious follow on step is to start running AI on all the data that can be collected from a sensor/drone and eventually you’ll be able to make an AI drone that can kill better than any human pilot.

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ertyu wrote:
Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:05 pm

the paradoxical thing is, i read it actually results in more ptsd. drone pilots who do their 9-5 and go home to their picket fence and 2.5 kids seem to end up way more messed up than soldiers who did tours and could have a clean divide between soldier mode and civilian mode.
There is a vidéo by Lindy Beige about this question. Short answer is PTSD is caused by realising that one killed a fellow human after thé act, instead of consciensiouly chosing to kill before pulling the trigger. Human are apparently able to take such a décision in only two cases, they are a psychopath, or they are protecting loved ones.

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why would one not buy GME otm leap puts at this juncture

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ertyu wrote:
Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:27 am
why would one not buy GME otm leap puts at this juncture
Oh man this is indeed the question. Up 85% again today as I look and WOW the short interest is still there.

How much can the shorts handle? How long can this reflexive rally of call buying, market maker hedging and short covering go on?

My guess is it goes on for a little while longer but surely not to $1000 a share!

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@ertyu

GME closed today at $76.79. After hours the stock is trading around $88. Here is why you couldn't just do a OTM Put...take for instance the $75 OTM Put. Last option price is $18.00. So you would need the stock to fall under $75 just to be ITM with intrinsic value...but you would need the stock to fall to $57 just to break-even on the trade by expiration. The reason the options are so expensive is due to the IV on the options.

I doubt with all this hype you could profit as short sellers are still covering their positions / buying.

If I was to play GME...it would have to be a case where I'm staring at my computer and trying to get in get out. I wouldn't do it.

^^^ Just typed all this not realizing you stated LEAP Put...thought you meant weekly. In any case...with IV so high you would be over-paying for a position that might just set a new support anyway. You could also see the value of your options decline via IV crush.

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Lemur wrote:
Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:00 pm
If I was to play GME...it would have to be a case where I'm staring at my computer and trying to get in get out. I wouldn't do it.

^^^ Just typed all this not realizing you stated LEAP Put...thought you meant weekly. In any case...with IV so high you would be over-paying for a position that might just set a new support anyway. You could also see the value of your options decline via IV crush.
IV is incredibly high so you should be a seller (according to the textbooks).

You can sell puts if you sell on e.g. the $60 strike. If you sell the $60 put on Feb 19th for ~ $17 right now you would have a break-even of $43 a share. That's actually pretty good and I doubt it will go that far back down.

You could also buy the shares for ~$85 now and sell a call on the $80 strike for ~ $30 now. There you have a $50 / share break even. You could sell the $60 call at $38 and break even a little lower at $47.

I dunno, touching this thing seems pretty iffy!

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Seeing all the advertisement for mainstream broker(half the add i was getting on youtube were for eToro at some point), it really felt like it wasn't the time to be in the stock market. Like the stock market is nothing more than a poker tournament are mowing amateurs. And when an amateur get good, it get kicked out. The get kicked out part wasn't obvious, but now with the GME situation where they are rushing regulation to protect institutional invester, it really looks like a casino that would kick you out if you're good at blackjack.
I know what service a stock market is supposed to render to society when it's fair, and I never add problem with people getting rich trading on it. Even when shorting. But it looks like a rigged game. I hope the fund that shorted GME will get bankrupted, wont be saved, because they are hipocryte, and I'm quite happy that it's becoming a popular opinion.

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inverse the forum idiot trade:

sell gme calls.

the sec put a lid on the short squeeze nonsense, capitalize on the iv crush + price drop

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