GBA's "2021 Stock Phantasma"

vanzandt · Jan 17, 2021

stonedinvestor said:
OK VAN THIS IS IT!!! I RECENTLY BOUGHT DRAGANFLY DRONE..... AND NOW I REALIZE WHY I DID!!!-DFLYF>

Back on January 6th, the FAA added 12 members to the Drone Advisory Committee. It consisted of folks who, as traders, we should pay more attention to but often don't. Drones are set to become a bigger and bigger part of the commercial world and our day-to-day lives.

One name on the list did catch my eye on a second pass: Molly Wilkinson. She's the VP of regulatory affairs at American Airlines (AAL) , but I'm not looking at AAL stock here. They aren't much of a player in the drone world. But if you check out the Draganfly (DFLYF) Advisory Board, you'll find her name as a member.

That tie is intriguing. Of course, it doesn't guarantee anything, but it never hurts to have a woman on the inside that can help steer the company in the most efficient direction.

It's worth noting as well that Draganfly announced two days ago it had begun the process for listing its common shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market. This would certainly help liquidity around the stock. Shares leaped on the news, now sitting considerably higher than whenI wrote about them just a few days agoon January 11, 2021. If you don't want to chase, there is a backdoor play open for longer-term investors that I mentioned on Monday. Stay tuned!

Draganfly: Drones and a Backdoor Play on Covid-19
If you're looking for an aggressive buy-and-hold in a sector in its infancy, there's a different way to play DFLYF if your time frame fits it.
ByTIMOTHY COLLINSJan 11, 2021 | 12:15 PM EST
Stocks quotes in this article:DFLYF

I talk a lot about time frames. There's a simple explanation: they matter. In fact, they may be the most important deciding factor in not only what you trade but how you trade it. Where is your opportunity?

Let's take a look at Draganfly (DFLYF) . This is a small drone company trading on the OTC. Honestly, that's oversimplifying it. Draganfly's business touches way more than drones in the traditional sense. Yes, it recently secured a new drone delivery patent for a vertical take-off and landing cargo delivery drone with variable center of gravity, so there still exists plenty of upside in the traditional sense. The timeframe on this will be longer though as drone delivery won't be on our doorstep, no pun intended, for months, if not years.

On the traditional front, it doesn't hurt that the U.S. Department of Agriculture selected Draganfly's Commander Ag-Pro drone for phenotyping, data collection, and data analysis.

But many don't realize this company is a backdoor play on Covid-19. The company has partnered with Varigard for Covid-19 disinfecting solutions. We've already seen Alabama State University and Battlefield Fight League (streaming partner of UFC) employ the use of drones plus disinfectant to help open up the world of sports again. The Alabama State Senate is also taking delivery of the Draganfly Vital Intelligence Smart Vital system which monitors (with voluntary consent) vital signs like temperature, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood oxygen content.

We're seeing new deals signed pretty much on a weekly basis right now.

But what if I told you that you could buy Draganfly shares for $0.47 right now and get a warrant to buy more shares at $0.71 as well. With shares trading north of a buck, it seems like a no-brainer, right?

That's where time frame comes into play. In order to buy shares at $0.47 plus get the warrant, an investor needs to be willing to hold the stock and warrant for at least nine months. There's no hedging or other arrangements that can be made unless you want to break a legal contract which no one should do.

Here's what this means. If you're playing the stock for the current momentum, this probably won't appeal to you, but how about if you bought the stock around $0.50 initially. Why wouldn't someone consider selling half, then using most of the profits to enter a deal like this? All one would be doing is using profits to rebuy the shares plus get a warrant with those profits. They would actually increase their position while decreasing capital at risk. At worst, they've increased their position size without increasing capital risk.

But there's a catch. Isn't there always? If you sold an existing position for a profit, you could owe taxes. That's why I mention using "most" of the profits. Set aside some for taxes if you have to do so. Also, there's the nine month hold. If you have liquidity needs, this wouldn't be a place you could go to get the liquidity you may need. Lastly, there's no guarantee the stock won't be below $0.47 over the next nine months.

My view of Draganfly has always been longer term. If the story interests you, I think the open offering is a no-brainer. The biggest challenge is I see fewer and fewer investors with a time horizon of hours or days so even talking about something in terms of months feels dirty and foreign. While this one falls into the highest risk category of investments, getting a 60% downside cushion is rare. Even more, the current intrinsic gain of the deal is $1.14. That's roughly equal to the current stock price! Obviously, that can go away, however, if you're looking for an aggressive buy-and-hold in a sector still in its infancy, there's a different way to play Draganfly if your time frame fits it.
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Where's my Amazon drone post?
The one that I added a screen-cap from the Wizard of Oz?

I agree, consumer drones will serve a purpose..... but good god almighty.... dude.... this is not the next Fedex.
I could care less if the FAA approves whatever. Here or in Canada.
Sure, ups might save a few $'s using these things on remote delivery's.... but 2 things my friend...

1) UPS, USPS, Fedex, doesn't need these folks... I mean come on Stoney.... you don't think they're a little ahead of this evolution here?

The tech behind this is NOT proprietary anymore.

Sorry bro.
It may run on Robinhood mania.... but I'm not putting a friggin drone stock in GVZ's portfolio.

Are we talking daytrades, or investments here?
Don't fall for this bs narrative.

Christ almighty... I think I have been zapped back to 1998.

vanzandt · Jan 17, 2021

vanzandt said:
Ya know on a serious note, this whole drone thing is stupid. One AMZN driver tooling around in one of those Sprinter vans can make upwards of 400 deliveries/day, and those friggin vans are everywhere. A quick Google search shows that in Paris alone, AMZN delivers 250,000 packages/day. That goes up tenfold around the holidays. So we have UPS, Fedex, DHL, Amazon; all of them, all diligently pursuing drone delivery.

There will be so many of these damn things they'll block out the sun. Even if they are only used for high priority stuff they will still be all over the sky.

Assuming they can make it 99.9% error free, which they of course can't, but even at that, .1% will result in 100's of cars being damaged, houses being damaged, people being injured and perhaps killed.... daily. And kids in the hood with sling-shots/BB guns/potato cannons/whatever, will have a whole new sport, lets see what we can pluck from the sky today. Santa arrives daily. So that will require dozens of new state, local, and federal laws. People will be getting locked up left and right if they so much as look at a downed package. Incarceration nation baby. And what happens when there is a glitch in the 5G buildout? Sure, that'll never happen. Drones will be crashing into each other and autonomous cars will be driving into peoples living rooms. More lawyers and more lawsuits, just what we need.

I like to consider myself as someone who embraces bold visions of the future, I truly believe anything can be done and I'm not one to scoff "if man were meant to fly he'd have wings".... but I just don't see this one. Then again like I said, the folks running these industries are probably (a little) smarter than me so who knows. Maybe they're not. Probably not. Ahhhh ok... they're not.
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vanzandt · Jan 17, 2021

stonedinvestor said:
OK VAN THIS IS IT!!! I RECENTLY BOUGHT DRAGANFLY DRONE..... AND NOW I REALIZE WHY I DID!!!-DFLYF>

Back on January 6th, the FAA added 12 members to the Drone Advisory Committee. It consisted of folks who, as traders, we should pay more attention to but often don't. Drones are set to become a bigger and bigger part of the commercial world and our day-to-day lives.

One name on the list did catch my eye on a second pass: Molly Wilkinson. She's the VP of regulatory affairs at American Airlines (AAL) , but I'm not looking at AAL stock here. They aren't much of a player in the drone world. But if you check out the Draganfly (DFLYF) Advisory Board, you'll find her name as a member.

That tie is intriguing. Of course, it doesn't guarantee anything, but it never hurts to have a woman on the inside that can help steer the company in the most efficient direction.

It's worth noting as well that Draganfly announced two days ago it had begun the process for listing its common shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market. This would certainly help liquidity around the stock. Shares leaped on the news, now sitting considerably higher than whenI wrote about them just a few days agoon January 11, 2021. If you don't want to chase, there is a backdoor play open for longer-term investors that I mentioned on Monday. Stay tuned!

Draganfly: Drones and a Backdoor Play on Covid-19
If you're looking for an aggressive buy-and-hold in a sector in its infancy, there's a different way to play DFLYF if your time frame fits it.
ByTIMOTHY COLLINSJan 11, 2021 | 12:15 PM EST
Stocks quotes in this article:DFLYF

I talk a lot about time frames. There's a simple explanation: they matter. In fact, they may be the most important deciding factor in not only what you trade but how you trade it. Where is your opportunity?

Let's take a look at Draganfly (DFLYF) . This is a small drone company trading on the OTC. Honestly, that's oversimplifying it. Draganfly's business touches way more than drones in the traditional sense. Yes, it recently secured a new drone delivery patent for a vertical take-off and landing cargo delivery drone with variable center of gravity, so there still exists plenty of upside in the traditional sense. The timeframe on this will be longer though as drone delivery won't be on our doorstep, no pun intended, for months, if not years.

On the traditional front, it doesn't hurt that the U.S. Department of Agriculture selected Draganfly's Commander Ag-Pro drone for phenotyping, data collection, and data analysis.

But many don't realize this company is a backdoor play on Covid-19. The company has partnered with Varigard for Covid-19 disinfecting solutions. We've already seen Alabama State University and Battlefield Fight League (streaming partner of UFC) employ the use of drones plus disinfectant to help open up the world of sports again. The Alabama State Senate is also taking delivery of the Draganfly Vital Intelligence Smart Vital system which monitors (with voluntary consent) vital signs like temperature, heart rate, breathing rate, and blood oxygen content.

We're seeing new deals signed pretty much on a weekly basis right now.

But what if I told you that you could buy Draganfly shares for $0.47 right now and get a warrant to buy more shares at $0.71 as well. With shares trading north of a buck, it seems like a no-brainer, right?

That's where time frame comes into play. In order to buy shares at $0.47 plus get the warrant, an investor needs to be willing to hold the stock and warrant for at least nine months. There's no hedging or other arrangements that can be made unless you want to break a legal contract which no one should do.

Here's what this means. If you're playing the stock for the current momentum, this probably won't appeal to you, but how about if you bought the stock around $0.50 initially. Why wouldn't someone consider selling half, then using most of the profits to enter a deal like this? All one would be doing is using profits to rebuy the shares plus get a warrant with those profits. They would actually increase their position while decreasing capital at risk. At worst, they've increased their position size without increasing capital risk.

But there's a catch. Isn't there always? If you sold an existing position for a profit, you could owe taxes. That's why I mention using "most" of the profits. Set aside some for taxes if you have to do so. Also, there's the nine month hold. If you have liquidity needs, this wouldn't be a place you could go to get the liquidity you may need. Lastly, there's no guarantee the stock won't be below $0.47 over the next nine months.

My view of Draganfly has always been longer term. If the story interests you, I think the open offering is a no-brainer. The biggest challenge is I see fewer and fewer investors with a time horizon of hours or days so even talking about something in terms of months feels dirty and foreign. While this one falls into the highest risk category of investments, getting a 60% downside cushion is rare. Even more, the current intrinsic gain of the deal is $1.14. That's roughly equal to the current stock price! Obviously, that can go away, however, if you're looking for an aggressive buy-and-hold in a sector still in its infancy, there's a different way to play Draganfly if your time frame fits it.
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Its a dog dude.

DUMP IT.

A year from now it will be zero.

vanzandt · Jan 17, 2021

vanzandt · Jan 17, 2021

stonedinvestor said:
... these quick 40% gains they got to stop...

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Uh-huh.
The sarcasm is appreciated, but you're doing the adhd on the 50%+ loss stocks we've had here.

A 10 dollar stock that loses 50%.... guess what... it needs a 100% return to break even.

We had our share of losing stock picks in 2020 Stoney.
Reel in the attitude.

"You're only as a good as your last trade".
-vz

stonedinvestor · Jan 18, 2021

YOU OH SO WRONG ON DRONE. Maybe right on Draganfly I do not know. Draganfly has 1 gov contract already and Draganfly has drone that can fly around stadium and clean it from virus and Dragafly has already secured the Covid contract to bring life saving medicine to the far reaches of Canada. Very smart man from Real Money also like Drganfly. I am not alone. Draganflys are free. Almost.

No Ehang... I gave that to you $10 or $20 dollars ago, I gave it to my Drone friend just before this last run and I'd like to read you a letter I received:

Dear Stoney- Thank you for the tip on EHang I am now safely in retirement in Costa Rica. Thanks again. I made a fortune.- ET

I also one day long ago had AVAV which got bought so Drones can make a difference in everything we do. Right now somewhere a Drone is watching a forest fire.

BIG NEWS FROM CHINA VAN--

Xpeng announces autonomous features for highway driving
Jan. 18, 2021 6:18 AM ETXPeng Inc. (XPEV)

Making more progress on the self-driving car front, XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) has unveiled a beta version of its Navigation Guided Pilot, or NGP, for highway driving.

The new autonomous feature will allow the company's flagship P7 sedan to automatically change lanes, speed up or slow down, overtake cars and enter and exit highways.

When NGP is ready for full launch, it will be included in the company's XPILOT 3.0, an autonomous-driving system due to hit the market in 2021. XPILOT 2.5, with features like adaptive cruise control and parking assistance, is currently being sold on XPeng EVs.

XPeng has a big tech edge over Chinese peers, Bank of America wrote in a recent research note.

stonedinvestor · Jan 18, 2021

XPeng has a big tech edge over Chinese peers - Bank of America
Jan. 12, 2021 9:43 AM ETXPeng Inc. (XPEV)

Bank of America digs deep into XPeng (XPEV +4.2%) in a new note that highlights the automaker's autonomous driving edge.

Analyst Ming Hsun Lee: "Compared with the rest of China auto makers, XPeng's key edge is that it designs the full stack of AD software and algorithm – allowing it to collect perception data and improving its database and AD capabilities. Most auto OEMs adopt third-party ADAS solutions and cannot obtain such data to build their own AD database. Besides, OEMs who cooperate with foreign third-party vendors saw some challenges: certain data could not be sent back to overseas headquarters for further AD development due to regulation in China."

Battery technology is called another key factor for XPeng with its plans to launch the LFP battery versions of G3 and P7 given the battery pack design is similar to its previous NCM battery pack design. Lee notes that XPeng does not rule out the possibility to adopt hybrid solid-state battery in the future when cost/quality becomes satisfactory.

Bank of America has a Buy rating on XPeng and price objective of $54.10.

stonedinvestor · Jan 18, 2021

Mr Van.

In 2013, the Draganflyer was the first drone to save a human life.

Did you know Insurance companies use Draganfly hardware, software, and services to quantify the impact of natural disasters and ensure human safety. Bet you didn't.

Did you know Draganfly equips energy companies with the hardware and software they need to optimize existing operations, improve safety, and respond after a natural disaster. Yea.

We were also the 1st to equipt with camera the first to turn corners... Perhaps you should read up a bit more.
https://draganfly.com

stonedinvestor · Jan 18, 2021

Best Software Stocks To Watch Now

PAR Technology Corporation(NYSE: PAR)

CleanSpark Inc.(NASDAQ: CLSK)

Palantir Technologies Inc.(NYSE: PLTR)<---------

Palantir Technologies Inc.
Following that, we have software titan Palantir. The big data-analytics specialist has made waves on the stock market since its initial public offering back in September 2020. At the moment, PLTR stocks are sitting on gains of over 160% since then. Even Jefferies analyst Brent Thill hailed the company behind it as “best-of-breed” and predicts annual sales growth of 30% for the foreseeable future. For one thing, Palantir provides scalable and affordable big-data solutions for some major clients. These include the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.K.’s National Health Service. In light of all the current hype around PLTR stock, investors might be wondering if it still has room to grow.

In its third-quarter fiscal posted in November, the company reported a phenomenal 52% leap in total revenue year-over-year. Adding to that, the company also ended its quarter with $1.8 billion in cash

stonedinvestor · Jan 18, 2021

Idea)
LAZR gapped up big in its early December market debut but then got slammed back down. Now it’s grinding back up and might breakout over the $38 level. If it does that, I wouldn’t be surprised if it goes to all-time highs in the $48s.

There’s a rumor that people have spotted a Luminar Technologies box on a Tesla car recently. If that’s true, it could be a big boost for the stock.