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As everyone on the Street has likely heard now, Tesla shares are trading lower today after the company released its quarterly earnings results last night after the close.
The results were okay, as the auto company beat analysts' earnings and revenue targets. The problems came with the conference call, when CEO Elon Musk appeared to dodge some questions regarding the Model 3 production and other operational concerns.
This is a familiar position for Tesla.
Elon Musk's commentary and swagger often tilts the stock's directional bias - that's what the pundits are chattering about at this very second.
But beneath all that, where no one's looking, there's a trend in the post-earnings stock movements that has my mouth watering.
Let's make our move today for maximum upside potential...
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Chris Johnson is a highly regarded equity and options analyst who has spent much of his nearly 30-year market career designing and interpreting complex models to help investment firms transform millions of data points into impressive gains for clients.
At heart Chris is a quant - like the "rocket scientists" of investing - with a specialty in applying advanced mathematics like stochastic calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, and statistics to Wall Street's data-rich environment.
He began building his proprietary models in 1998, analyzing about 2,000 records per day. Today, that database, which Chris designed and coded from scratch, analyzes a staggering 700,000 records per day. It's the secret behind his track record.
Chris holds degrees in finance, statistics, and accounting. He worked as a licensed broker for 11 years before taking on the role of Director of Quantitative Analysis at a big-name equity and options research firm for eight years. He recently served as Director of Research of a Cleveland-based investment firm responsible for hundreds of millions in AUM. He is also the Founder/CIO of ETF Advisory Research Partners since 2007, noted for its groundbreaking work in Behavioral Valuation systems. Their research is widely read by leaders in the RIA business.
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He is a frequent commentator on financial markets for CNBC, Fox, Bloomberg TV, and CBS Radio and has been featured in Barron's, USA Today, Newsweek, and The Wall Street Journal, and numerous books.
Today, Chris is the editor of Night Trader and Penny Hawk. He also contributes to Money Morning as the Quant Analysis Specialist.