Short sellers betting against Tesla lose more than $1 billion in single day as stock surges

Discussion in 'Stocks' started by ironchef, Oct 24, 2019.

  1. ironchef

    ironchef

  2. destriero

    destriero

    I know a guy that lost $11MM in TSLA today. He's out of the biz on a single day's vol.
     
  3. Banjo

    Banjo

    Holy shit:wtf: He's probably going to be kicking Teslas in parking lots for a couple years.:D
     
  4. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    Reminiscent of VW short squeeze 2008...
     
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  5. you actually the BS that he lost 11 million shorting tesla? pffff

    There is no short squeeze in this market. tonnes of shares they can print or issue.

    The market makers can always get more ' cheap shares' to sell to you if you want it.

    The insiders can issue as many shares as they need. unauthorized shares is UNLIMITED.
     
  6. zdreg

    zdreg

    I am not even sure that there was a short squeeze in Tesla.
     
  7. Specterx

    Specterx

    If true and a material portion of AUM, such a loss speaks to terrible risk management and sheer stupidity. TSLA is an aggressive stock promote with a CEO who is narcissistic and/or delusional, and just a few months ago replaced his veteran CFO with a 34-year-old flunky. The earnings number could have been literally anything. Definitely not the right trade to toss risk management out the window.
     
  8. Overnight

    Overnight

  9. WTF are you babbling about?
     
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  10. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    Agreed, confused, it gapped up $45 on News no doubt.

    Don't and NEVER bet against Elon Musk, he's SMART and he's a visionary which is doing a lot of good work, don't bet against someone doing good, it's a rare thing in this day and age.
     
    #10     Oct 24, 2019
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