Is Tesla a good buy now?

comagnum · Mar 13, 2025

Tesla R&D revealed.

SunTrader · Mar 13, 2025

Stocker · Mar 14, 2025

Nobert said:
With all due respect, it was as if i asked my surgeon, ,, Could you give me some tips on how to - remove this kidney ''

After 6 years i ,, kinda '' got a sense for two potential scenarios and still, it all might be but a rigged game, so.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Ok, thanks

Stocker · Mar 14, 2025

tomkat22 said:
Dunno,I'm not in the business of catching falling knives.
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Ok

Stocker

Stocker · Mar 14, 2025

VicBee said:
I have a bet with my good friend. He says TSLA @750 by 07/2027. I laughed and said, no way in hell.

Bet is expensive restaurant and bottle of wine and $100 bill on the table.

I figured if I lose I'll be able to afford the bet.
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Ok

Stockee

Stocker · Mar 14, 2025

Bad_Badness said:
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Bad_Badness said:
All the opinions, political or otherwise this stock looks like it is trouble.
Here is what I see.

three legs down

final leg, most recent was an overshoot

Volume was high on the overshoot. enough to neutralize the run up.

Hence I conclude a couple of possibilities:

Bear: Another leg down to 120-140 area. Same as the last leg. This would require institutional selling. It would definitely overshoot.

Bull: That was the bottom, and the overshoot was the climax. This seems like wishful thinking and very low probability. It needs to base here, the general market to stabilize, or some positive fundamental news, like a Chinese car maker buying them etc.

Conclusion for OP:
Wait for a base here to form if you want to get a reasonable upside. You already missed the falling knife trade. That was on the overshoot., long and then sell here.

Best possible trades:
Short here for the next leg down.
Long after the 4th leg down and a base is formed. Watch the volume. It has to climax
Long on a couple screaming up days on high volume. Enter on the pull back.

There you go. You got over a handful of clues. Best of luck.

There are much better trades out there!

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Thank you, Bad_Badness!
Stocker

Stocker · Mar 14, 2025

SunTrader said:
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Ok

Stocker · Mar 14, 2025

MarkBrown said:
i mean dude love ya but you have to educate the monkey's - that is if they can read.

oh and stop blaming some political figure for their own ignorance, lot's of that going on.

lol they need this >

Thank you MarkBrown!
Kind regards
Stocker

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but see sadly lazy asses won't do any of this or even read this.
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TrailerParkTed · Mar 14, 2025

comagnum said:
Tesla R&D revealed.

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Nobert · Mar 14, 2025

TrailerParkTed said:

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Concept revealed

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