Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets Wants to Send MVIS to $100. Short Sellers Are Playing with Fire.

InvestorPlace2021-04-28

MVIS stock is embarking on a round-trip visit to the moon. Investors need a new short-squeeze playbook. This week,Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS) briefly became the most-mentioned company on Reddit’s r/...

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CharlesDN
2021-04-30
CharlesDN
I am playing with the house money since last Friday. I took out my capital. Will add more when it isdown to $10.
scottieboy
2021-04-29
scottieboy
Looks like short sellers are winning. Prices have dip significantly already . Sigh
Bogdanoff
2021-04-29
Bogdanoff
MVIS10K leggo
Huatoh
2021-04-29
Huatoh
[捂臉]
GooglyEyes
2021-04-29
GooglyEyes
Majority of people in WSB are just pussies they always plan something and don't go through with it pump for a very short period and then pussy out the last min
- scottieboy:
  so true .
Raymond1109
2021-04-29
Raymond1109
$100?!? How long later ??

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And they’ll have no trouble selling it — legacy automakers have shown a willingness to pay up for firms with the right self-driving technology. As for their stock, Reddit investors have a habit of inflating good news to unimaginable levels.\nThat said, there will always be folks looking to profit from short-term volatility. If you’re one of them, here’s how that might work.\nWhen Microvision reports first-quarter earnings this Thursday, investors should expect volatility to rise. The firm is due to update investors on its lidar program and such pronouncements can send a stock either skyrocketing or plummeting.\nCurrently, we don’t know which way MVIS stock will go (although there’s a good chance it is still years away from a breakthrough product). That makes going long volatility a compelling bet, particularly for strategies that involve long calls (strangles that involve buying one call and one put are a good example). These one-sided returns can yield 10-to-one payoffs for those who choose the right out-of-the-money strikes.\nChoosing the right strike prices is also essential. Tuesday’s decline sent at-the-money calls down 54% while puts with the same strike rose just 37%. A simple straddle would have lost money; investors would have needed to use different strike prices (known as a strangles) to stay above water.\nMVIS Stock: A Brave New World of Investing\nAs the Gamestop short squeeze in January showed, it’s best to keep your distance when Wall Street and Reddit lock horns on a stock. It’s hard to know how high prices can go or how quickly things can unravel.\nThis year, solid-state battery developer Quantumscape (NYSE:QS) grew to a $50 billion market capitalization despite being years from profitability. Its stock has gone on to lose three quarters of its value. 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Will add more when it isdown to $10.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/103918567","repostId":1136053263,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":109546310,"gmtCreate":1619706876430,"gmtModify":1704271162015,"author":{"id":"3579055802834430","authorId":"3579055802834430","name":"scottieboy","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0d656b16d1fe39776b840c06d4bf3128","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"Looks like short sellers are winning. Prices have dip significantly already . Sigh&nbsp;","listText":"Looks like short sellers are winning. Prices have dip significantly already . Sigh&nbsp;","text":"Looks like short sellers are winning. Prices have dip significantly already . Sigh","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/109546310","repostId":1136053263,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":109957572,"gmtCreate":1619660782496,"gmtModify":1704727566740,"author":{"id":"3577355852436498","authorId":"3577355852436498","name":"Bogdanoff","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/3c1607b16c076b0c1fb6b7e77bec59be","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b0a2963eb37c60c5d6d4a8dbcd266952","crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"MVIS10K leggo","listText":"MVIS10K leggo","text":"MVIS10K leggo","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/109957572","repostId":1136053263,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":109072611,"gmtCreate":1619656943933,"gmtModify":1704727456420,"author":{"id":"3572948247271161","authorId":"3572948247271161","name":"Huatoh","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b073a07f77dbe6b3bec6b12311fde6bd","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"[捂臉]&nbsp;","listText":"[捂臉]&nbsp;","text":"[捂臉]","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/109072611","repostId":1136053263,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":100460807,"gmtCreate":1619631463609,"gmtModify":1704727133263,"author":{"id":"3580391035932792","authorId":"3580391035932792","name":"GooglyEyes","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/beb04326a439c056556b0b5ba767c936","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"Majority of people in&nbsp;WSB are just pussies they always plan something and don't go through with it pump for a very short period and then pussy out the last min","listText":"Majority of people in&nbsp;WSB are just pussies they always plan something and don't go through with it pump for a very short period and then pussy out the last min","text":"Majority of people in WSB are just pussies they always plan something and don't go through with it pump for a very short period and then pussy out the last min","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/100460807","repostId":1136053263,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":4173096,"gmtCreate":1619706932918,"gmtModify":1680786206489,"authorId":3579055802834430,"author":{"id":3579055802834430,"authorId":3579055802834430,"name":"scottieboy","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0d656b16d1fe39776b840c06d4bf3128","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":100460807,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"so true .","text":"so true .","html":"so true ."}],"langContent":"EN"},{"id":100410789,"gmtCreate":1619628172741,"gmtModify":1704727105927,"author":{"id":"3582000739695630","authorId":"3582000739695630","name":"Raymond1109","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6bcd5134cf658a22c90379139fc8ea6f","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"$100?!? How long later ??","listText":"$100?!? How long later ??","text":"$100?!? 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