An artificial movement to short TSLA and build up TSLA puts has been discovered. Are we looking at GME 2.0?

Together, bets against Tesla and Nvidia have banked $15 billion short sellers this year, with Tesla alone accounting for $11 billion, according to S3 Partners.  Tesla has cratered 40% year-to-date, fueled by worries over Elon Musk’s political entanglements and their potential to alienate customers. Here is just page one from the popular investing subreddit r/WSB, which is piling on TSLA puts

(TSLA Puts Reddit)

The rest of the “Magnificent Seven,” including Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta, aren’t faring much better, marking their worst underperformance against the S&P 500 since 2022.

Dems want to destroy an American company because its CEO is trying to stop fraud and wasteful government spending. This benefits no one except China. Elon Musk versus the short sellers. Who will win?

TSLA Puts: Is Tesla Stock Cooked?

Although Tesla is a historically short stock, this time could be different. At $220 a stock, the company was already at a 100+ p/e, and that’s without the catastrophic effects of China outcompeting its cars and the company losing a lot of its lefty customer base due to politics and the effects of tariffs.

Two years ago, it was a question of whether Tesla fans could admire the cars while ignoring their disdain for Elon Musk. Back then, many said sure. Now? Not so much. Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly ditched his Tesla, and actor Jason Bateman likened driving one to “sporting a Trump bumper sticker.”

Meanwhile, the Robotaxi launch could turn the company around. Still, the Optimus bots won’t be available in real numbers until next year, and Tesla has numerous major competitors in that market. Who’s going to want such things anyway? The tech isn’t there yet for truly useful robots—it won’t be for at least a decade. Maybe they have some industrial applications?

Tesla’s ride has been anything but rational, peaking at a staggering 2000 p/e in 2021. After defying gravity for years, this will be its hardest challenge.

Bet Against Elon Musk and Tesla Stock, Win Stupid Prizes

Thinking of betting against Elon Musk and Tesla? Be ready for the risk, because it rarely ends well.

2020 marked a bloodbath for Tesla short sellers as the stock’s meteoric rise wiped out $40 billion in bets against it. At the year’s start, 20% of Tesla shares were sold short, making it a prime target. By year’s end, it was clear the gamble didn’t pay off.

(Threads)

Moreover, Tesla was always highly dependent on regime support. The “free market” is largely nonsense believed in by liberals. Tesla got where it is mainly because of massive regime support under Obama.

I, personally, have been buying Tesla stock since leftists started burning them down. Teslas still make up 40% of U.S. electric cars. Tesla isn’t going anywhere, and Elon isn’t going to step down or sell It.  Bottom signal: time is too long tomorrow

Best New Crypto to Buy? Mind of Pepe Could Be the Next Big AI Crypto Agent Coin

If you’re tired of the Tesla drama, the Mind of Pepe presale ($MIND) crypto presale is shaping up to be the next magnet for hopeful investors.

While Trump’s meme coin gamble clashed with the unofficial YZY token, swallowing 80% of the market before it all tanked. We’re now seeing rumors of a rebound circle in Q2 2025.

(Top Memes Tokens by Market Capitalization | CoinMarketCap)
Every market mess has its silver lining, and that’s MIND of Pepe.  Branded as the first AI meme coin, $MIND blends artificial intelligence and blockchain mechanics into what could be a pioneering utility token.

So far, it has raised $7.6 million at a price of $0.0035518 per token.

Here’s the TL;DR for this presale:

  • Raised: $7.6 million
  • Blockchain: Ethereum
  • Token type: ERC-20
  • Token price: $0.0034128
  • Accepted payments: ETH, USDT, BNB, Card

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Key Takeaways

  • An artificial movement to short TSLA and build up TSLA puts has been discovered. Are we looking at GME 2.0?
  • Tesla stock’s ride has been anything but rational, peaking at a staggering 2000 p/e in 2021. After defying gravity for years, this will be its hardest challenge.
  • Thinking of betting against Elon Musk and Tesla? Be ready for the risk, because it rarely ends well. 

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