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Short interest in SpaceX has surged from roughly 6% of the public float just a month ago to 32% today, representing $25 billion in notional bearish bets. That's despite CEO Elon Musk warning short sellers they 'won't survive.'
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SpaceX finally catches a bid after seven consecutive down sessions, powered by the announcement of its first post-IPO earnings report on August 4th. The date matters far beyond the headline numbers: it activates the company's unique, accelerated lockup expiration mechanism. Insiders will be permitted to sell 20% of their eligible locked-up shares — totaling up to 911.5 million shares — on August 6th, just the second full trading day after results drop. [1] — Marley Kayden "SpaceX reports its first post-IPO earnings on August 4th — and the clock immediately starts on a massive insider unlock. Up to 911.5 millio…" 00:15 There's also an additional sweetener: another 10% of locked-up stock could be freed if SpaceX shares close at least 30% above the IPO price for five of the ten trading days leading into the report. The mechanics are unusually complex for a recently public company, and the sheer volume of potentially available supply sets the stage for dramatic post-earnings price action.
SpaceX will report its first post-IPO earnings on August 4th, triggering its unique insider lockup expiration mechanism.
SpaceX reports its first post-IPO earnings on August 4th — and the clock immediately starts on a massive insider unlock. Up to 911.5 million shares, representing 20% of eligible locked-up stock, become sellable on August 6th, with a potential additional 10% freed if the stock holds 30% above IPO price.
Insiders can sell 20% of their eligible locked-up stock — totaling up to 911.5 million shares — on August 6th, the second full trading day post-earnings.
An additional 10% of locked-up shares could be freed if SpaceX closes at least 30% above IPO price for 5 of the 10 trading days heading into the report.
According to S3 Advisors, about 260.6 million SpaceX shares are sold short, representing roughly 32% of the publicly tradable float.
Sam built Algrow, a SaaS for finding viral content formats, with zero coding experience using ChatGPT and Cursor. Six months later: 10,000 users, $14K/month in revenue.
Sam's first MVP threw an application error on its very first user — and he shipped it anyway. The core idea worked, and that was enough to validate the product and keep users coming back.
Sam joined Discord voice chats, muted himself, and silently screen-shared his product. Users in the chat started tagging him asking what the tool was. No pitch needed — curiosity did the selling.
Most founders post links in Discord and immediately get banned for self-promotion. Sam's approach was the opposite: build rapport, help people with the tool, let word of mouth do the work.
Find where your ICP lives. Listen before building. Validate with DMs and Loom recordings. Build in public with users inside your own Discord server. Turn early adopters into advocates with free access.
Instead of fearing the self-promo ban in large Discord servers, create your own private server for your product. You funnel in ideal customers and build a relationship that email can't replicate.
Algrow helps creators find and replicate viral video formats, starting at $25/month. It analyzes subscriber counts, average views, and trending formats — and can even generate the videos with AI.
After weeks of Sam silently screen-sharing in a Discord server, the server owner — unprompted — made a full YouTube promotional video about Algrow. Sam paid nothing and asked for nothing.
Producer Gus admits Discord never crossed his mind as a customer acquisition channel. Pat connects the insight to a broader lesson: match your distribution channel to where your actual customers live.
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