I’m watching the tape, not the

I’m watching the tape, not the noise this morning $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ on the 3-min is a full-on sea-sick ride 🌊📉, but $437 just became the level that matters. That’s the liquidity pivot between a controlled pullback and a deeper gamma unwind, so every candle into it is telling a story 👀

Dan Ives throwing fuel on the fire 🔥 helps, especially calling Tesla an AI and robotics platform, not a car company, with Elon Musk stepping into what might be his most defining year. Robotaxi is the real engine here 🤖🚕, not the headlines.

Price always leads narrative though. If $437 holds, flows stabilise. If it breaks, volatility expands 📊⚡️. I’m letting the chart decide whether this is just a flush or the start of the next leg.
🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀

@Barcode：📈⚡️🚗 TSLA Gamma Shock Into Earnings as FSD Goes Subscription-Only

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That defines this as compression inside trend, not distribution.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/80efb7466097b432fa44d5c75205f8ed\" tg-width=\"1403\" tg-height=\"2325\"><span></span></p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/f9d773aa6c661d2481d10114caa28240\" tg-width=\"1469\" tg-height=\"2200\"><span></span></p>\n<h3>🔬 Structure and Dealer Positioning</h3>\n<p>4H liquidity between $430 and $438 was aggressively defended, forcing price back into the $445 to $455 gamma pocket. Dealers remain long gamma below $440, muting downside, but vanna flips positive into $460. That means call buying above $455 forces hedging flows higher, creating an air pocket if resistance gives way.</p>\n<h3>📊 Volatility and Macro</h3>\n<p>Implied volatility is elevated into two binary catalysts, the Supreme Court ruling on Trump tariffs and the Congressional AV hearing. 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It also gives Tesla tighter control and faster updates amid NHTSA scrutiny while converting autonomy into high-margin recurring software revenue.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/8e4565841cec46d02e6cc458d26a9631\" tg-width=\"947\" tg-height=\"696\"><span></span></p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/e7184080214967c80636e03d8185aaf3\" tg-width=\"945\" tg-height=\"804\"><span></span></p>\n<h3>🤖 Robotaxi Infrastructure, The Missing Link</h3>\n<p>Elon Musk is quietly building the physical interface layer for Tesla’s Robotaxi fleet. On 08Jan26 Tesla published patent US20260011194A1, revealing a UWB and BLE based “digital doorman” system for the Cybercab. It gives the vehicle millimetre-level positioning, neural-network intent detection, and safety-checked door control, allowing uncrewed vehicles to open, close, and manage doors with human-level intuition. 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GM grew EV sales 48% to over 150,000 units and 13% share, but Tesla remains the liquidity anchor of the sector.</p>\n<h3>🚙 Product Mix Signal</h3>\n<p>Cybertruck sold 4,140 units in Q4, down 68.1% YoY, with full-year sales of 20,237, down 48.1%. That reinforces the strategic pivot away from hardware cycles toward autonomy and software monetisation.</p>\n<h3>🎯 Key Liquidity Levels</h3>\n<p>Support $438 then $430</p>\n<p>Resistance $455 then $468</p>\n<p>Above $460, gamma and vanna flip into acceleration mode. I’m focused on $TSLA holding $444.</p>\n<p>This is not about noise. It is about where the hedging flows go when earnings hit.</p>\n<p>📢 Don’t miss out! Like, Repost and Follow me for exclusive setups, cutting-edge trends, and insights that move markets 🚀📈 I’m obsessed with hunting down the next big movers and sharing strategies that crush it. Let’s outsmart the market and stack those gains together! 🍀</p>\n<p>Trade like a boss! Happy trading ahead, Cheers, BC 📈🚀🍀🍀🍀</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/3501196737273098\">@Tiger_comments</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/9000000000000439\">@TigerObserver</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/9000000000000572\">@TigerPicks</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/9000000000000149\">@TigerStars</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/3527667621665671\">@Daily_Discussion</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/3527667670347831\">@TigerWire</a>&nbsp;</p></body></html>","htmlText":"<html><head></head><body><h3><a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/TSLA\">$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$</a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/RIVN\">$Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://ttm.financial/S/NVDA\">$NVIDIA(NVDA)$&nbsp;</a> 13Jan26 ET 🇺🇸 | 14Jan26 NZT 🇳🇿&nbsp;Tesla is walking into a volatility event, not just an earnings print, as software monetisation, dealer gamma, and macro risk collide inside a tightening liquidity coil.</h3>\n<p>$TSLA is pinned near $447 after rejecting the 21-day EMA at $442.6 with CVD slightly negative, but weekly structure still holds above the rising trendline and the 10-week SMA, which has only failed three times since August. That defines this as compression inside trend, not distribution.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/80efb7466097b432fa44d5c75205f8ed\" tg-width=\"1403\" tg-height=\"2325\"><span></span></p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/f9d773aa6c661d2481d10114caa28240\" tg-width=\"1469\" tg-height=\"2200\"><span></span></p>\n<h3>🔬 Structure and Dealer Positioning</h3>\n<p>4H liquidity between $430 and $438 was aggressively defended, forcing price back into the $445 to $455 gamma pocket. Dealers remain long gamma below $440, muting downside, but vanna flips positive into $460. That means call buying above $455 forces hedging flows higher, creating an air pocket if resistance gives way.</p>\n<h3>📊 Volatility and Macro</h3>\n<p>Implied volatility is elevated into two binary catalysts, the Supreme Court ruling on Trump tariffs and the Congressional AV hearing. One injects near-term macro risk, the other expands Tesla’s long-term autonomy multiple.</p>\n<h3>💰 FSD Monetisation and the Data Flywheel</h3>\n<p>Elon Musk is forcing Tesla into a software-first revenue model by ending the $8k one-time FSD purchase and shifting to subscription-only by 14Feb, likely around $99 per month. After a 9% EV sales drop last year, this lowers the adoption barrier, increases active FSD users, and massively expands Tesla’s real-world driving data for AI training. It also gives Tesla tighter control and faster updates amid NHTSA scrutiny while converting autonomy into high-margin recurring software revenue.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/8e4565841cec46d02e6cc458d26a9631\" tg-width=\"947\" tg-height=\"696\"><span></span></p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/e7184080214967c80636e03d8185aaf3\" tg-width=\"945\" tg-height=\"804\"><span></span></p>\n<h3>🤖 Robotaxi Infrastructure, The Missing Link</h3>\n<p>Elon Musk is quietly building the physical interface layer for Tesla’s Robotaxi fleet. On 08Jan26 Tesla published patent US20260011194A1, revealing a UWB and BLE based “digital doorman” system for the Cybercab. It gives the vehicle millimetre-level positioning, neural-network intent detection, and safety-checked door control, allowing uncrewed vehicles to open, close, and manage doors with human-level intuition. This removes a critical regulatory and safety bottleneck for Robotaxi scale, supports NHTSA compliance, and makes Tesla’s FSD subscription model viable at fleet level by enabling safe, fully autonomous passenger pickup and drop-off.</p>\n<p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/8ce9adfe67d85284dbd8fd586a648b01\" tg-width=\"1116\" tg-height=\"895\"><span></span></p>\n<h3>🚗 Demand Leadership and Market Control</h3>\n<p>Tesla sold 92,460 Model Y units in Q4 and 357,528 in 2025, making it the best-selling EV in the US despite a 4% YoY decline. Model 3 delivered 37,260 units in Q4, down 35.7% YoY, but still reached 192,440 for the full year, up 1.3%. Tesla’s US EV market share surged to 58.9% in Q4 with 589,000 total vehicles sold, while total US EV sales slipped just 2% YoY to 1,275,714. GM grew EV sales 48% to over 150,000 units and 13% share, but Tesla remains the liquidity anchor of the sector.</p>\n<h3>🚙 Product Mix Signal</h3>\n<p>Cybertruck sold 4,140 units in Q4, down 68.1% YoY, with full-year sales of 20,237, down 48.1%. That reinforces the strategic pivot away from hardware cycles toward autonomy and software monetisation.</p>\n<h3>🎯 Key Liquidity Levels</h3>\n<p>Support $438 then $430</p>\n<p>Resistance $455 then $468</p>\n<p>Above $460, gamma and vanna flip into acceleration mode. I’m focused on $TSLA holding $444.</p>\n<p>This is not about noise. It is about where the hedging flows go when earnings hit.</p>\n<p>📢 Don’t miss out! Like, Repost and Follow me for exclusive setups, cutting-edge trends, and insights that move markets 🚀📈 I’m obsessed with hunting down the next big movers and sharing strategies that crush it. Let’s outsmart the market and stack those gains together! 🍀</p>\n<p>Trade like a boss! Happy trading ahead, Cheers, BC 📈🚀🍀🍀🍀</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/3501196737273098\">@Tiger_comments</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/9000000000000439\">@TigerObserver</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/9000000000000572\">@TigerPicks</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/9000000000000149\">@TigerStars</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/3527667621665671\">@Daily_Discussion</a> <a href=\"https://ttm.financial/U/3527667670347831\">@TigerWire</a>&nbsp;</p></body></html>","text":"$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ $Rivian Automotive, Inc.(RIVN)$ $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ 13Jan26 ET 🇺🇸 | 14Jan26 NZT 🇳🇿 Tesla is walking into a volatility event, not just an earnings print, as software monetisation, dealer gamma, and macro risk collide inside a tightening liquidity coil. $TSLA is pinned near $447 after rejecting the 21-day EMA at $442.6 with CVD slightly negative, but weekly structure still holds above the rising trendline and the 10-week SMA, which has only failed three times since August. That defines this as compression inside trend, not distribution. 🔬 Structure and Dealer Positioning 4H liquidity between $430 and $438 was aggressively defended, forcing price back into the $445 to $455 gamma pocket. Dealers remain long gamma below $440, muting downside, but vanna flips positive into $460. That means call buying above $455 forces hedging flows higher, creating an air pocket if resistance gives way. 📊 Volatility and Macro Implied volatility is elevated into two binary catalysts, the Supreme Court ruling on Trump tariffs and the Congressional AV hearing. One injects near-term macro risk, the other expands Tesla’s long-term autonomy multiple. 💰 FSD Monetisation and the Data Flywheel Elon Musk is forcing Tesla into a software-first revenue model by ending the $8k one-time FSD purchase and shifting to subscription-only by 14Feb, likely around $99 per month. After a 9% EV sales drop last year, this lowers the adoption barrier, increases active FSD users, and massively expands Tesla’s real-world driving data for AI training. It also gives Tesla tighter control and faster updates amid NHTSA scrutiny while converting autonomy into high-margin recurring software revenue. 🤖 Robotaxi Infrastructure, The Missing Link Elon Musk is quietly building the physical interface layer for Tesla’s Robotaxi fleet. On 08Jan26 Tesla published patent US20260011194A1, revealing a UWB and BLE based “digital doorman” system for the Cybercab. It gives the vehicle millimetre-level positioning, neural-network intent detection, and safety-checked door control, allowing uncrewed vehicles to open, close, and manage doors with human-level intuition. This removes a critical regulatory and safety bottleneck for Robotaxi scale, supports NHTSA compliance, and makes Tesla’s FSD subscription model viable at fleet level by enabling safe, fully autonomous passenger pickup and drop-off. 🚗 Demand Leadership and Market Control Tesla sold 92,460 Model Y units in Q4 and 357,528 in 2025, making it the best-selling EV in the US despite a 4% YoY decline. Model 3 delivered 37,260 units in Q4, down 35.7% YoY, but still reached 192,440 for the full year, up 1.3%. Tesla’s US EV market share surged to 58.9% in Q4 with 589,000 total vehicles sold, while total US EV sales slipped just 2% YoY to 1,275,714. GM grew EV sales 48% to over 150,000 units and 13% share, but Tesla remains the liquidity anchor of the sector. 🚙 Product Mix Signal Cybertruck sold 4,140 units in Q4, down 68.1% YoY, with full-year sales of 20,237, down 48.1%. That reinforces the strategic pivot away from hardware cycles toward autonomy and software monetisation. 🎯 Key Liquidity Levels Support $438 then $430 Resistance $455 then $468 Above $460, gamma and vanna flip into acceleration mode. I’m focused on $TSLA holding $444. This is not about noise. It is about where the hedging flows go when earnings hit. 📢 Don’t miss out! Like, Repost and Follow me for exclusive setups, cutting-edge trends, and insights that move markets 🚀📈 I’m obsessed with hunting down the next big movers and sharing strategies that crush it. Let’s outsmart the market and stack those gains together! 🍀 Trade like a boss! 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