As we expected, our 2/9 short on Tesla (TSLA) paid the full $12,500 for a lovely $8,600 (up 220%) gain on cash in five weeks - what other market newsletter do you read that does this for you?
Read this review of the Chevy Bolt and you'll see why we're so happy to short TSLA – it's everything Musk has been promising but already in production from a different car maker with thousands of dealers and much deeper pockets. TSLA is currently raising $1Bn in a secondary offering and that's just HALF of what they need just to make it through 2017 while GM just sold Opel for $2Bn after adding just over $2Bn to their cash pile in 2016. GM has salespeople and showrooms, TSLA does not – without a drastically superior car, it will be hard for Tesla to match the Bolt for consumer attention.
I think it's time to officially grab that TSLA trade for the STP:
- Sell 3 TSLA April $265 calls for $9.20($2,900)
- Buy 5 TSLA April $290 puts for $29 ($14,500)
- Sell 5 TSLA April $270 puts for $15 ($7,500)
We widened the spread by $5 so now pays $10,000 if all goes well and the net cost is $4,100 which leaves a nice $5,900 (144%) upside potential - see how it's worth waiting for the right time to get in!
NOTE - Text mistakenly said $387% profit potential, 144% is correct.
