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I have, much to my dismay, learned enough about stock trading to explain how to bet against Tesla as an individual, with your own money. Doing this can put downward pressure on Tesla’s stock price and hurt the company. (And if, like me, you’re betting that Tesla is grossly overvalued and #TeslaTakedown will hit it hard, then this might actually make you money — but don’t count on that!)
I’ll share what I’ve learned in a thread here. I hope it helps others, and I hope people with actual expertise will correct me if I say anything wrong.
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@inthehands
"a sell candidate"
https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/03/22/tesla-buy-sell-or-hold/
Right now, people with a lot of capital and market power seem to be working very hard with microtrades no doubt, to keep the inflated valuation artificially stable at $249
@inthehands
It should give a lot more people pause and lower their confidence in a free/fair market, to see the latest apparent propping-up. After all the volatility why is the value holding so ridiculously steady at the inflated $249 price today? It couldn't have anything to do with Musk's powerful new possession of every citizen's private financial records. Good thing conspiracy nuts are rare.
@nek
I think it’s pretty hard to untangle causality here. There are a •lot• of wildly different reasons people could be propping up the stock: still truly believe in Musk as genius, belief that Trump admin graft will juice profits, various kinds of market manipulation by Musk’s own circle, optimism about Tesla’s cryptocurrency entanglements, the •real• money buying control of Musk, etc etc.
Almost impossible to tease out which of those things are and aren’t really happening. But as you say, •none• of them offer much confidence in the way the world works.