Opportunity and destiny! Retail investors on Reddit are calling for shorting TSL stock!

Unusual Whales shared a message on X, stating that there is a Reddit retail investor community called ElonMuskHate, who are rallying people to short TSL (Tesla NASDAQ code TSLA). They are purchasing options contracts for $100 expiring on June 20 of this year, encouraging all retail investors to go to exchanges like Robinhood and WeBull to buy Put Options in large quantities. The post also implies that Tesla's stock price is currently around $250, and the more Tesla falls, the more damage it will cause to Musk? The motivation seems to be to take revenge on Musk through the anti-Tesla movement, trying to hit a big score? Tesla has been facing constant negative news lately, as if fate and opportunity cards have appeared. With the continuous stream of unfavorable information for Tesla, is entering the market to short it a chance to get rich overnight, or is it the calm before the storm of a stock market crash? This article is not investment advice and is solely a personal market observation report.

TSL's stock price fluctuates wildly like a roller coaster.

Tesla's stock surged to 479 USD during the U.S. elections on December 17 last year, then fell sharply, dropping nearly 51% and returning to its original state. Currently, the stock price is around 248.71 USD as of the time of this article's publication.

A wave of anti-TSL sentiment erupts in the United States and Canada.

Las Vegas police recently released information about a suspect who carried out a targeted attack on the local TSL factory, setting fire to TSL electric vehicles and firing three shots, causing damage to at least five TSL electric vehicles. The suspect also spray-painted protest slogans on the windows of the store, which is just one of many anti-TSL incidents that have erupted across the United States.

Canada and the United States have become hostile due to tariff sanctions, and at the same time, a backlash against Tesla has erupted among the public. Over eighty Tesla vehicles in a Tesla dealership in Ontario, Canada, have been damaged with scratches and tire punctures, marking the largest scale of destruction Tesla has faced in recent weeks.

President Trump severely condemned the vandalism of Tesla vehicles that swept the United States, and he said in a Truth Social post that those who maliciously vandalized Tesla are terrorists and should be locked up in El Salvador for at least two decades ) Note: Trump recently aggressively moved American criminals to El Salvador to serve their sentences (

Musk calls the sabotage a conspiracy by Democratic supporters

Musk told Fox News that he believes there is a greater force funding the violent destruction of Tesla, naming Democratic billionaire supporters: Soros and Hoffman, although he provided no evidence to support that they are the masterminds behind the protests.

TSL is the top choice for Wall Street for shorting.

TSL has always been a popular target for shorting on Wall Street. In addition to being singled out by Musk, financial giants like Soros and Hoffman, hedge fund expert Per Lekander had been shorting TSL many years ago. Microsoft founder Bill Gates also heavily shorted TSL at its lowest point, leaving Musk with a grudge that has lasted for years.

The fate intersection of TSL has appeared again.

When others are fearful, I am greedy. TSL has once again reached a crossroads of fate, with a barrage of negative news attacking Musk and TSL. Some smell the scent of money. Wall Street often takes advantage of your illness to claim your life. If not shorting at this time, then when? This is a moment where opportunity and fate appear simultaneously, with speculators supporting both rises and falls. Which one will you choose to partake in?

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