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title: "🚗 $TSLA Q2 EARNINGS PREVIEW: Delivery Beat Priced In? Tax Credit Cliff Ahead! + Playbook"
description: "TSLA delivery win = PRICED IN! Sell puts for cash. Don’t chase – sell-the-news incoming!"
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locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/topics/100000000156508.md"
published_at: "2025-07-23T06:48:10.000Z"
author: "[SuperTesla](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/16656211)"
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# 🚗 $TSLA Q2 EARNINGS PREVIEW: Delivery Beat Priced In? Tax Credit Cliff Ahead! + Playbook

### 🚀 **Headline Numbers**

**Delivery SMASH**: **384k vehicles** in Q2 (up **14% QoQ**), crushed the "slow growth" narrative. June alone was **47% of total**!

**Tax Credit Bomb**: **$7,500 EV credit dies on Sep 30**! Q3 demand surge incoming… but Q4 might pay the price.

**Product Pipeline**: Refreshed Model Y carrying H2, **$25k Model 2 still possible in Q4?**

**Robotaxi LIVE**: Fleet on roads now! **1,000+ vehicles in 6-9 months** – no longer vaporware.

### ⚠️ **Earnings Sentiment: Sell the News?**

June spike looks **unsustainable** – stock already up **10.7% in July** (priced in!)

**Low chance of gap down** unless epic beat on Wednesday.

**Key = Q3 guidance**: How long can tax credit pull-forward last? Future > past!

### 🎯 **Trading Strategy: Harvest Premium**

**For cautious bulls**: **Sell Cash-Secured Puts before earnings**!  
→ Collect fat premium, **close position at open Wednesday**.  
*Why?* No huge miss expected = free $$$ 💸

**Shareholders’ hack**: **Sell OTM Covered Calls**!  
Get paid to set profit-taking levels. Happy if assigned (profit), happier if not (premium + upside).

### 💎 **Bottom Line**:

> Short-term: **Buy rumor, sell news?** Delivery win = old news.  
> Long-term: Robotaxi + low-cost car = 🔥 but Q4 demand cliff risk!  
> Smart play: **Sell puts for income**. Don’t YOLO earnings!

**⚠️ WARNING**:

Selling puts: **Margin/cash required!** If TSLA crashes, you buy shares at strike.

Selling calls: **Cap your upside**! Don’t sell if you’re mega-bullish.

### Related Stocks

- [TSLA.US - Tesla](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLA.US.md)

## Comments (1)

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**Moose_** ·  · 👍 1

Will Trump go after it?

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