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Hi - I am on the edge about getting the P85D. I was wondering if there were any closed tracks in the Seattle area where Tesla owners have been to really give their model S a run for it's money?

Hi - I think I understand the point now. This was the missing piece in my head for me: "Selling the shares later is just selling the shares. What people have already recommended is to just sell the call, which will give you the same result as exercising and then selling without requiring that...

Hi Thank you for your response. That's not what I meant. I want to simply exercise an option. Since exercising an option involving buying at strike and (if desired) selling at market price, I want to know if I need cash to execute the first half of the transaction or if the brokerage will allow...

Thank you. one more follow up - If I all I want to do is exercise an option and then sell at market price, do I need to have the full cash value of the strike price * number of shares on hand? or I can simultaneously buy at strike and sell at market without having to front the cash?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>New Software Update: Trip Planner &amp; Range Assurance expand Model S intelligence to give drivers peace of mind and eliminate range anxiety.</p>&mdash; Tesla Motors (@TeslaMotors) <a...

Hi - I'm new to options trading and would appreciate some help. I'm thinking of buying call options expiring about 2 years from now on TSLA. I'm curious to know what happens to call options if TSLA is acquired in that period? I've been a long term shareholder (since the days of $25/share and...

As a general rule when you see articles that say company A should acquire company B, ask yourself what company A will get uniquely through acquisition that it will not get through a partnership or some other lighter weight arrangement. Why would Apple choose to build an electric car? What...

Damn. wow.

Does anyone have any data on how well Tesla's manufacturing ramp is going for both the S and the X? In the medium term it's really their ability to ramp production that's going to matter since they are so demand constrained.

Cars should be thought about as a computer hardware peripheral going forward. Like a network mounted disk drive, mouse or keyboard. The things that Google wants to do with cars goes far beyond just getting Android into the in-car systems. It involves automation of all transport and being the...

It's funny. Wouldn't this law preventing direct sales be the most blatant violation of the commerce clause? It clearly acts as an impediment to interstate commerce which is unconstitutional. The commerce clause has been used to defend far weaker arguments. Why doesn't Tesla just go direct to the...

Was is it just me that was completely and totally moved by Elon's presentation today? There is something so genuine and honest about the guy. I could feel the pain in his voice as he talked about NADA crowing over their victory as a perversion of democracy. He is an idealist through and through...

I just want to say I absolutely LOVE people who short Tesla. I encourage everyone to do it as it facilitates an enormous wealth transfer to me. You might as well just wire me the money. Shorters do two things: 1 - By triggering selling activity they lower the price now so that I can pick up...

Agree. $80 - $130. That's the range I expect it to trade in. Both extremes would require some unexpected event.In reality I expect the stock to float around $90 - $95.

Pseudoscientific. Snake Oil Science. +1. A computer can generate horoscopes too. Doesn't make it scientific.