{"id":18379,"date":"2013-09-17T22:23:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T05:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/?p=18379"},"modified":"2013-09-17T22:23:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T05:23:27","slug":"first-solar-cashes-some-chips-at-a-good-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2013\/09\/17\/first-solar-cashes-some-chips-at-a-good-time\/","title":{"rendered":"First Solar Cashes Some Chips At A Good Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on June 13, 2013. <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/1500072-first-solar-cashes-some-chips-at-a-good-time\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the entire piece<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First Solar (FSLR) has run an &#8220;intriguing&#8221; script since making an all-time low last August&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p>The offering of shares is of course well-timed given the run-up. With its currency this high, FSLR can afford to generate and bank additional cash to invest in its future. During its April analyst day, the company announced it is re-committing itself to fundamental R&#038;D. FSLR expects to widen the gap between itself and its heavily indebted competitors who will continue to struggle to repair their balance sheets. This extra cash allows FSLR to turn up the heat further and\/or slog through any further setbacks in the global economy.<\/p>\n<p>For investors and traders chasing momentum ever higher, the immediate outlook is not so hot. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>Also telling is the behavior of trading in FSLR options. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>So, even as the stock is breaking down, I do not expect shares short to increase rapidly. Instead, the action in puts may heat up. {snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18388\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/130612_FSLR.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/130612_FSLR.png\" alt=\"A top in the making for First Solar\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/130612_FSLR.png 500w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/130612_FSLR-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A top in the making for First Solar<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source: FreeStockCharts.com<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Be careful out there!<\/p>\n<p><strong>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on June 13, 2013. <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/1500072-first-solar-cashes-some-chips-at-a-good-time\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the entire piece<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: long FSLR put spread<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on June 13, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) First Solar (FSLR) has run an &#8220;intriguing&#8221; script since making an all-time low last August&#8230; {snip} The offering of shares is of course well-timed given the run-up. With its currency this &#8230; <a title=\"First Solar Cashes Some Chips At A Good Time\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2013\/09\/17\/first-solar-cashes-some-chips-at-a-good-time\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[393,3],"tags":[6,7,207,208,16],"class_list":["post-18379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analyst-coverage","category-solar-energy","tag-first-solar","tag-fslr","tag-goldman-sachs","tag-gs","tag-solar-stocks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First Solar Cashes Some Chips At A Good Time - ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2013\/09\/17\/first-solar-cashes-some-chips-at-a-good-time\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First Solar Cashes Some Chips At A Good Time - ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on June 13, 2013. 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