Originally Posted by Ghostvette

Pint, are you trying to buy or sell Tesla? If you are buying, you are better off dollar cost averaging, (buying a set amount at a certain time, like every 2 weeks or something like that). In the long run, you'll have more value over someone that buys a large amount once. If you are a small buyer, equity trades are never executed at the price you want, they get done at a price that makes the broker the most money. It's brokers that do crap like that give all brokers a bad name.