🚗⚡📈 $TSLA Tightens Structure As Autonomy Momentum And Institutional Flow Re-Align 📈⚡🚗

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I’m noting the strength, but I’m not ignoring the noise. While price continues to press higher and structure tightens constructively, regulatory headlines around historical FSD marketing and macro signals pointing to fewer US rate cuts in 2025 sit in the background. For now, neither has disrupted structure, flow, or institutional behaviour. I treat this as risk awareness, not trend invalidation, and I let the chart decide when that changes.

📊 My Daily Structure And Technical Read

I’m focused on structure first, and today’s tape delivered a disciplined continuation rather than a euphoric blow off. $TSLA pushed into the upper range of the recent expansion and reclaimed the $489 band, which remains the key intraday and short term decision zone. Yesterday’s defence of the gold bottom near $464 was critical, not because it was dramatic, but because structure held while momentum cooled.

Today’s candle fully engulfed yesterday’s reversal and worked into the prior volume wick, signalling internal energy rebuilding rather than a reflex bounce. Across the 4H and 30m charts, price is riding the upper Keltner structure, with EMAs remaining positively stacked. The 13 and 21 EMA are accelerating higher, while the 55 EMA continues to act as a rising structural floor, not resistance.

RSI has pushed back through the neutral band after Wednesday’s reset, which is exactly how sustained trends behave when they want to extend. MacD has reset cleanly and is now curling higher again, controlled and constructive rather than stretched.

Liquidity pockets remain clearly defined. Below, the $469 to $464 zone is now a proven absorption area. Above, the $489 to $500 pocket remains magnetised, supported by both price behaviour and persistent options positioning. Volume needs to stay engaged and CVD needs to remain constructive, but so far the tape continues to confirm.

🔍 My View On Autonomy, FSD, And Strategic Advantage

I continue to see autonomy as Tesla’s core structural moat, and recent third-party validation reinforces that this advantage is widening, not narrowing. In China, Tesla’s FSD system successfully defended its top position in the D1EV Scenario Rankings, achieving a perfect score of 30 with zero deductions. This was not a single test. Tesla delivered flawless performance across six consecutive competitions, from Wuxi in June through Taizhou in November, adapting cleanly to every environment. That matters because it validates Tesla’s philosophy of seamless, all-scenario driving under real-world conditions, not controlled demos.

Technically, FSD Supervised v14.2.1.25 continues to show cadence acceleration rather than incremental improvement. Enhancements in urban navigation, pedestrian handling, safety logic, and manoeuvre smoothness are being reported alongside zero-intervention drives on familiar routes. End-to-end neural networks processing full 360-degree vision data remain central to this progress. Hardware, software, data, and training loops stay unified under one architecture, which compounds advantage with every release.

Tesla’s vision-only approach remains a decisive economic advantage. While competitors like Waymo rely on roughly 40 sensors per vehicle, including lidar and radar, Tesla operates with just 8 cameras. Removing the most expensive hardware components dramatically lowers unit cost and enables factory-scale deployment. Vision sensors are embedded invisibly into standard vehicle architecture, allowing autonomy to scale as a mass-market product rather than a bespoke science project. Every Tesla produced becomes autonomy-capable by default, which is a fundamentally different cost curve and scalability profile.

Optimus remains downstream of this autonomy stack. Recent demo stumbles highlight execution risk, but they do not alter the strategic logic. Robotics inherits perception, planning, and decision-making from FSD. Musk’s framing of robots as a long-duration value driver reflects this linkage. I treat Optimus as optionality that compounds over time, not as a near-term valuation requirement.

🌍 Global Demand And Product Validation

I’m seeing demand durability continue to reinforce the autonomy and software-led narrative across key international markets. In the UK, Tesla leads year-to-date with 42,270 deliveries, capturing 9.6% market share, while holding both the #1 and #2 best-selling EV spots with Model Y at 18,890 units and Model 3 at 16,361. In Spain, Tesla secured two positions in the 2026 Top 10 long-range EV rankings, with Model S reaching 744 km and Model 3 leading at 750 km. More importantly, Model 3 was named the most sensible buy of the moment, reflecting efficiency, software-enabled range unlocks, charging network advantage, and total cost performance. I treat this as confirmation that Tesla’s software-first, vertically integrated approach continues to translate directly into real-world demand, even in competitive European markets where incentives are uneven and competition is dense.

📰 My Read On Dark Pool Positioning And Institutional Flow

Flow remains aligned with structure, and institutional validation has started to re-emerge alongside price stability. CICC has raised its $TSLA price target to $500 from $450 and reiterated an Outperform rating. The firm specifically cited breakthroughs in FSD performance and the expanding potential of Tesla’s AI and robotics initiatives as the drivers of its upgraded outlook. I view this less as a headline catalyst and more as confirmation that institutional models are increasingly tying autonomy progress to valuation durability.

Options positioning continues to support this view. Persistent large call open interest remains concentrated around the $500 strike, signalling positioning persistence rather than short-dated speculation. Off-exchange activity continues to show absorption into weakness and expansion into strength, which aligns with accumulation within structure rather than distribution.

🎯 My Trend Map And What I Am Watching Next

My framework stays disciplined. Holding above the $489 reclaim zone keeps $TSLA in expansion mode, with the $500 liquidity pocket acting as the next structural test. Acceptance above that area opens room for further momentum if volume confirms and CVD remains constructive. Failure to hold would likely rotate price back toward the $469 to $464 demand zone, which I now view as structurally validated support.

Macro context matters, even if it has not disrupted structure yet. Fewer expected US rate cuts in 2025 remain a background headwind for duration-sensitive growth, but so far tech leadership continues to offset that pressure. Semiconductors remain the leading indicator. $MU’s recent earnings beat and sharp follow-through reinforce that the broader AI and compute cycle is still internally confirmed, which supports duration in names like $TSLA rather than undermining it.

From a longer-term perspective, external valuation work is starting to reflect this multi-pillar narrative. One long-duration model from 24/7 Wall St. projects $TSLA reaching $1,116.86 by 2030, driven by FSD and robotaxi monetisation, energy storage scale, and Optimus adoption. I treat that as a third-party scenario, not a target, but it highlights how autonomy, energy, and robotics are increasingly being modelled as core value drivers rather than side narratives.

🔋 Energy And Infrastructure Optionality

Tesla’s energy business continues to reinforce the thesis that this is no longer just an auto company. The proposed $140M Megapack energy storage base in Ripon, California would deploy more than 150 Megapacks in a heavy industrial zone, creating one of the region’s largest battery storage sites. Projects like this position Tesla as grid infrastructure, capable of backing up power networks during peak demand. While policy debates lag, Tesla continues to install energy capacity at scale, effectively turning towns into distributed batteries.

🛠️ Manufacturing And Cost Moat

Recent publication of Tesla’s international patent WO 2025/259916 A1 provides a rare look into its manufacturing edge. The patent details a method for producing high-performance structural aluminum from recycled scrap metal, directly enabling gigacasting at scale. By chemically balancing impurities rather than eliminating them, Tesla can achieve structural strength and ductility comparable to virgin alloys, without post-casting heat treatment. This supports single-piece castings, lowers energy use, reduces scrap, and insulates Tesla from raw material volatility. I view this as a quiet but powerful reinforcement of Tesla’s cost, speed, and supply-chain resilience advantages.

Timeframe always matters. Short term momentum cooled earlier this week while structure stayed intact. That reset has now done its job. I let indicators guide my short term execution, but structure continues to decide my longer term positioning.

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  • Cool Cat Winston
    ·12-19 02:42
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    //@Barcode:I’m watching this as a textbook structure retest. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ came back to the blue trendline, held it cleanly, and responded with a constructive bounce rather than a momentum failure. That tells me buyers are still active on dips, not chasing extensions. The pivot now is $491. Acceptance above it keeps the structure in continuation mode. Failure to reclaim it likely opens a controlled pullback, not a breakdown, toward the next liquidity pocket where demand previously stepped in. This still reads as digestion, not distribution! 🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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      🙏🏼 I appreciate you taking the time to read my post CCW. Your engagement helps push these market discussions further, and it’s always valuable to exchange perspectives on where we might be in the cycle.
      12-19 08:31
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  • Kiwi Tigress
    ·12-19 02:52
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    //@Barcode:I’m watching this as a textbook structure retest. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ came back to the blue trendline, held it cleanly, and responded with a constructive bounce rather than a momentum failure. That tells me buyers are still active on dips, not chasing extensions. The pivot now is $491. Acceptance above it keeps the structure in continuation mode. Failure to reclaim it likely opens a controlled pullback, not a breakdown, toward the next liquidity pocket where demand previously stepped in. This still reads as digestion, not distribution! 🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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      🙏🏼 Thanks for going through my post KT. Every reader who engages with these ideas helps sharpen the market lens we’re all trying to look through together.
      12-19 08:31
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  • PetS
    ·12-19 05:05
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    //@Barcode:I’m watching this as a textbook structure retest. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ came back to the blue trendline, held it cleanly, and responded with a constructive bounce rather than a momentum failure. That tells me buyers are still active on dips, not chasing extensions. The pivot now is $491. Acceptance above it keeps the structure in continuation mode. Failure to reclaim it likely opens a controlled pullback, not a breakdown, toward the next liquidity pocket where demand previously stepped in. This still reads as digestion, not distribution! 🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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    • Barcode
      🙏 I’m grateful that you read my post PetS, conviction always grows when knowledge is shared.
      12-19 08:32
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  • Tui Jude
    ·12-19 05:12
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    //@Barcode:I’m watching this as a textbook structure retest. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ came back to the blue trendline, held it cleanly, and responded with a constructive bounce rather than a momentum failure. That tells me buyers are still active on dips, not chasing extensions. The pivot now is $491. Acceptance above it keeps the structure in continuation mode. Failure to reclaim it likely opens a controlled pullback, not a breakdown, toward the next liquidity pocket where demand previously stepped in. This still reads as digestion, not distribution! 🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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    • Barcode
      🙏🏼 TJ, I always value your read. You consistently pick up shifts in sentiment before they become obvious on the chart.
      12-19 08:32
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  • Queengirlypops
    ·12-19 05:19
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    //@Barcode:I’m watching this as a textbook structure retest. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ came back to the blue trendline, held it cleanly, and responded with a constructive bounce rather than a momentum failure. That tells me buyers are still active on dips, not chasing extensions. The pivot now is $491. Acceptance above it keeps the structure in continuation mode. Failure to reclaim it likely opens a controlled pullback, not a breakdown, toward the next liquidity pocket where demand previously stepped in. This still reads as digestion, not distribution! 🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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    • Barcode
      🙏🏼 Q, your energy always elevates the community and creates momentum in the conversation.
      12-19 08:32
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  • Barcode
    ·12-19 01:20
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    I’m watching this as a textbook structure retest. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ came back to the blue trendline, held it cleanly, and responded with a constructive bounce rather than a momentum failure. That tells me buyers are still active on dips, not chasing extensions. The pivot now is $491. Acceptance above it keeps the structure in continuation mode. Failure to reclaim it likely opens a controlled pullback, not a breakdown, toward the next liquidity pocket where demand previously stepped in. This still reads as digestion, not distribution! 🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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    • Barcode
      🩵 May your skies be blue and your trades green 🟢
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  • Queengirlypops
    ·12-19 05:20
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    ok but this $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ post tho 😳
    structure holding, momentum breathing, volatility not breaking, like hello that’s literally the recipe
    everyone screaming numbers while flow is just vibing
    liquidity pocket respected, gamma doing its thing, regime still intact
    this is why I read your posts because it’s not hype it’s signal
    tell me why this feels coiled not cooked 🤯🚀🧃
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    • Barcode
      🩵 May your skies be blue and your trades green 🟢
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    • Barcode
      Q, I love how you framed it. Coiled not cooked is a good way to put it. When flow, gamma, and structure line up, the tape usually tells you before the headlines do.
      12-19 08:36
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      🙏🏼 Thanks Q, you capture market mood in a way that instantly connects with traders.
      12-19 08:33
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  • Hen Solo
    ·12-19 05:29
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    I like how you anchored everything back to structure and support rather than chasing the move. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ digesting above key levels while Vanna and gamma stay constructive feels very similar to what I’ve been tracking in $Apple(AAPL)$ The post reads balanced, not bullish for the sake of it, and that’s where the credibility comes from. This is how institutional positioning actually looks before expansion.
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      🩵 May your skies be blue and your trades green 🟢
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    • Barcode
      HS, your $Apple(AAPL)$ comparison is spot on. These pauses above support tend to resolve constructively when positioning stays intact. I’m glad the balance in the post came through.
      12-19 08:36
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    • Barcode
      🙏🏼 Thanks HS, your sector awareness always helps anchor the broader narrative.
      12-19 08:32
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  • PetS
    ·12-19 05:08
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    Strong work keeping this grounded. I’m with you that volatility here is information, not a warning. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ respecting its liquidity zones while momentum cools is classic digestion. I’ve seen the same setup in $AMZN where structure held long before price resolved higher. Your use of flow and regime language made the post feel measured rather than reactive.
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      🩵 May your skies be blue and your trades green 🟢
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    • Barcode
      PetS, that’s exactly how I see it. Volatility as information only matters when structure breaks. Until then, it’s just digestion, not distribution.
      12-19 08:35
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      🙏🏼 I appreciate you PetS, your balanced tone helps refine the momentum reads.
      12-19 08:33
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  • Tui Jude
    ·12-19 05:13
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    What stood out to me is how cleanly you separated signal from noise. The structure read on $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ feels disciplined, especially with resistance clearly defined and momentum resetting without damage. That reminds me of $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ earlier this year when earnings risk was high but flow never broke. Volatility doesn’t equal weakness when liquidity keeps stepping in. Your macro framing around regime stability added real depth here.
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      🩵 May your skies be blue and your trades green 🟢
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      TJ, you nailed it on separating signal from noise. $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ is a great parallel where flow told the story long before price. That’s exactly why I keep leaning on structure over sentiment.
      12-19 08:36
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  • Kiwi Tigress
    ·12-19 02:54
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    $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ $Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares(TSLL)$ let’s goooooo
    yeah this one hit tbh. I like how you didn’t overcook it and just let the structure speak. kinda feels like everyone’s yelling about deliveries while price is literally chilling in its liquidity pocket. ngl the way you explained momentum cooling without damage made it click for me. this doesn’t feel scary at all fr 😌
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      KT, I’m glad it clicked. When price keeps respecting its liquidity zones, the noise fades pretty fast. That’s usually where patience gets rewarded.
      12-19 08:35
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  • Cool Cat Winston
    ·12-19 02:45
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    I’m aligned with how you framed this. Your post keeps structure front and centre rather than getting distracted by headline noise. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ holding key support while volatility compresses tells me this is still about regime control, not fear. I’m seeing similar behaviour in $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ where liquidity pockets are respected even as macro chatter stays loud. Positioning and flow matter more than narratives right now, and the way you tied gamma and momentum into the broader cross asset context made that very clear. Another great daily update BC! All the news wrapped up into an amazing article 🌟🌟🌟😻
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      CCW, I appreciate you calling out the structure first approach. I’m with you that when liquidity keeps getting respected, narratives matter less. The $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ comparison is a good one because it shows how regimes hold before expansion.
      12-19 08:34
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    • Barcode
      🙏🏼 Thanks for dropping by CCW, I value how you always challenge the data in the best way.
      12-19 08:33
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  • Barcode
    ·12-19 01:23
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    $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ Worth noting how asymmetric Tesla’s delivery curve has been. From 245k in 2018 to nearly 1.8M annually today, that is not linear growth, it is platform scaling. The modest dip from 2023 to 2024 matters less than the base that has been built. With deliveries already at ~1.218M year to date, Tesla is operating from a vastly higher floor than any prior cycle. I read this as maturity and optimisation rather than demand failure, especially as software, energy, and autonomy begin to carry more of the value creation load alongside vehicles.
    2018: 245,240 vehicles
    2019: ~367,500 vehicles
    2020: ~499,600 vehicles
    2021: ~936,200 vehicles
    2022: ~1.31 million vehicles
    🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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  • Barcode
    ·12-19 01:25
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    Worth noting how this data is being misread at face value. Cox Automotive has $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$Tesla tracking toward ~125,937 U.S. deliveries in Q4 and ~577,097 for FY25, trimming market share from 4% to 3.5%. That looks negative in isolation, but I treat it as background noise rather than a thesis breaker. Tesla is deliberately pivoting away from volume-at-all-costs toward autonomy-led monetisation. In a Robotaxi-driven model, unit deliveries stop being the primary KPI. Miles driven autonomously, software attach rates, and network utilisation matter far more than quarterly shipment counts. I see this phase as strategic reallocation, not demand erosion and the market will eventually reprice around that distinction.
    🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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  • Hen Solo
    ·12-19 05:26
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    //@Barcode:I’m watching this as a textbook structure retest. $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ came back to the blue trendline, held it cleanly, and responded with a constructive bounce rather than a momentum failure. That tells me buyers are still active on dips, not chasing extensions. The pivot now is $491. Acceptance above it keeps the structure in continuation mode. Failure to reclaim it likely opens a controlled pullback, not a breakdown, toward the next liquidity pocket where demand previously stepped in. This still reads as digestion, not distribution! 🤖🦾🔋 🚘🤖🟩 ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ TESLA ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ! ᴄʜᴇᴇʀs, ʙᴄ 🍀🍀🍀
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  • Matapihi
    ·12-19 05:52
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    Thank you for your hard work BC... It gives great guidance...

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      🙏 Kia ora! I appreciate you reading my post Matapih as always 🍀🍀🍀
      12-19 08:33
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  • 1PC
    ·12-19 20:49
    Great Insight & Sharing 😊 500 here is approaching 😉 @JC888 @Aqa @DiAngel @Shyon @koolgal @Shernice軒嬣 2000
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  • Hen Solo
    ·12-19 05:28

    Great article, would you like to share it?

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  • Queengirlypops
    ·12-19 05:19

    Great article, would you like to share it?

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  • Tui Jude
    ·12-19 05:12

    Great article, would you like to share it?

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