To The Moon

I woke up to the news that Tesla's China numbers had shrunk again, and for the first time in years I felt the old familiar chill run down my trading spine. October is supposed to be the month when the Shanghai factory roars, yet the charts show a double-digit stumble. From my desk in Asia, I can almost hear the delivery trucks idling outside Giga Shanghai, waiting for orders that never came. When the world's growth engine coughs, every portfolio on the planet feels the smoke.

Tomorrow, November 6, a few thousand shareholders will raise their hands in Austin and decide whether Elon gets to keep nearly a trillion dollars in options. I won't be in the room, but my proxy vote is already locked. I clicked "FOR" the same way I click seatbelts on a rollercoaster: eyes wide, stomach tight, trusting the engineer who built the ride. Robyn Denholm's letter landed in my inbox like a polite thunderclap: "Without Elon, Tesla could lose significant value." She didn't need to finish the sentence; the ghost of every missed quarter just whispered it for her.

I keep replaying the 2022 shareholder meeting in my head. Elon stood under neon lights and promised us the moon on a production line. We cheered, we bought, we watched the stock split and moon again. Now the same man is asking for a paycheck larger than the GDP of Iceland. Part of me wants to shout "You already own the company!" The louder part remembers the empty factories in 2018 and the sleepless nights when Tesla teetered on a cash cliff. One man turned bankruptcy into a trillion-dollar meme. If that isn't worth a blank cheque, what is?

The China miss stings because it proves the fairy tale has speed bumps. Local brands are cheaper, faster, and suddenly patriotic. Yet every time I think about selling, I picture the Cybertruck assembly line humming, the Robotaxi sketches leaking onto X, the Dojo supercomputer learning to drive itself. Elon doesn’t sell cars; he sells tomorrows. October was a hiccup, not a heart attack. I'm keeping my shares because betting against his tomorrows has been the most expensive hobby in financial history.

So tomorrow I'll wake up, refresh the vote tally, and toast with instant coffee. If the package passes, the stock will probably gap up and the headlines will scream excess. If it fails, the dip will feel like gravity finally winning. Either way, I'm strapped in. I've learned that owning Tesla isn't about quarterly shipments; it's about owning a front-row seat to whatever century Elon decides to invent next. And from where I sit, half a world away, that seat is still the best ticket in town.

As a retail investor, I focus mainly on the US and Singapore markets, combining a mix of technical trading and long-term investing strategies. I enjoy analyzing charts, spotting patterns, and making calculated moves based on both market sentiment and fundamentals. While I'm not a professional, I treat my portfolio seriously and continue to learn and grow with each trade. If you're also navigating the markets and enjoy discussing stocks, options, or market trends, feel free to follow me. Let's learn and grow together as a community.

$Tesla Motors(TSLA)$  

$Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 1.5X Shares(TSLL)$  

$GraniteShares 2x Long TSLA Daily ETF(TSLR)$  

@Tiger_comments  @TigerStars