It doesn't sound like you understand how stock markets work. A limit order doesn't necessarily get filled immediately, or at all. If there is a lot more volum

It doesn't sound like you understand how stock markets work. A limit order doesn't necessarily get filled immediately, or at all. If there is a lot more volume in sell orders than buy orders on the book, it is a buyer's market and price will go down. Inversely if there is more buy order volume, it is a seller's market, and price will go up. I don't know if shorts have affected the price of Tesla significantly. This is really fact-specific and I didn't do the research. But the principle is sound.