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r/wallstreetbetsr/wallstreetbets· u/OovionOfficial· 2d agoDiscussion 0

The most interesting SpaceX trade might not be SpaceX.

Investor summaryBullish

SpaceX IPO could drain liquidity from NVDA, TSLA, and PLTR, creating a buying opportunity via capital rotation, not fundamental weakness.

Bull points
  • Stocks like NVDA, TSLA, and PLTR could present buying opportunities if they drop due to capital rotation.
  • The expected sell-off would be driven by liquidity needs for the SpaceX IPO, not fundamental deterioration.
Bear points
  • A massive SpaceX IPO could drain significant capital from the broader market.
  • Popular retail holdings may face severe short-term selling pressure as investors free up cash.
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Maybe I’m wrong, but I wonder if everyone is so focused on SpaceX that they’re missing the opportunity around it.

SpaceX is expected to attract around $75 billion in what could become one of the largest IPOs in history. If that happens, it’s hard to imagine all of that demand coming from fresh money alone.

What interests me more is what happens to the stocks investors might sell to free up capital. If names like NVDA, TSLA, PLTR and other popular holdings come under pressure because of capital rotation rather than a change in fundamentals, those could end up being the more interesting opportunities once the initial SpaceX hype fades.

Just thinking out loud. Is anyone else looking at the potential post-IPO rotation rather than the IPO itself?

Discussion · top comments30 selected
u/Fit-Stress3300 229· 2d agoTop

I bet there won't be a single operational "space AI computer" by the end of this decade.

u/linkedinlover69 54· 2d agoTop

I let my self driving car work as a taxi while i am packing my bags to go to mars.

don't wake me up

u/viggy96 9· 2d ago

Well, I'm sorry to tell you, there are already satellites now with GPUs onboard for edge AI compute.

u/Fit-Stress3300 1· 2d ago

Prototypes.

Useless.

u/viggy96 1· 2d ago

Not prototypes, actually pretty mainstream now.

u/ClassApart4253 63· 2d agoTop

bro saying stock investors are freeing up capital right now just for the SpaceX IPO is like getting ready for your entire wedding 1 day before. I promise all the capital is already freed up by now

u/Correct_Emotion8437 15· 2d ago

I’m not so sure that’s true - especially for retail. If the IPO does well, I’d expect a significant “round 2” of buying over the next several months.

u/Salt_Contract342 14· 2d ago

Good point tbf. But if you didn't have to pay for your wedding until the day of, and could have assts instead of cash till then....

u/CalebVanPoneisen 9· 2d ago

Which is why stonks have been crashing since last Friday.

u/Own_Magazine_7035 40· 2d ago

75 billion, is nothing compared to the market caps of the names you mentioned

I don’t think you’re right about this at all

u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 30· 2d ago

But the entire company is not up for sale. I don't think you know what's happening at all.

u/Ass-Pounder-4000 29· 2d ago

Like full self driving?

u/mikebiotechstonks 22· 2d ago

The parallel trade would be $RKLB or $ASTS. At least that's what I hoped when i boguht into the $RKLB bag lmao

u/TheHerno 8· 2d ago

ASTS is the part of Space that actually works. It seems that launches are not that lucrative

u/Jove_ 1· 2d ago

Starlink was a necessary invention. They had more launch capacity than customers

u/Familiar_Gazelle_467 14· 2d ago

I've been shouting off the rooftop to short tesla as it's 30% owned by muskybois which will most likely sell to follow their great regard on his space journey

u/whodowhodo 12· 2d ago

You heard him, slut

u/linkedinlover69 7· 2d ago

Europe used to have good education but after your comment, you might be right

u/babayaga_1905 1· 2d ago

Not really bro. $1 trillion market cap is the fair value rn

u/Fit-Stress3300 1· 2d ago

It is like saying Comcast has date centers with their antennas.

u/Fit-Stress3300 1· 2d ago

That means nothing.

You don't even have a chip.

u/peanutsademoji 1· 2d ago

What do you mean by chip?

u/Fit-Stress3300 1· 2d ago

A semiconductor as big and complex as the Nvidia GPUs. With all the necessary radiation hardening.

u/peanutsademoji 1· 2d ago

We do have VPU/GPU, AI accelerator chips that are qualified at the specified TID requirements. Sure, not as complex as the H100. But there are "space AI computers" being utilized for many different purposes other than bitcoin farming in space.

u/EntrepreneurNo3933 1· 2d ago

People are thinking about the 75B that is up for grab in SpaceX IPO ... I am thinking about the 4000+ millionaires + many multi billionaires hat will liquidate money off retail investors and where do you think they will rotate the newly made money to ?

My guess is there will a post IPO dip by around 2-3% in S&P and eventually all that made money will get spread across index as rich billionaires will divest from single stock to indexes.

u/cheeeeerajah 1· 2d ago

I'm 100% counting on people rotating shares out of other companies into SpaceX. Also think SpaceX is going to pump and dump. It's going to be fun af to watch on Friday. The FOMO will be outta control on this one, I think.