It's never safe to short - by definition. A penny stock can easily rally 100% in it's death-throes and take out the hapless short seller. As a retail investor,

It's never safe to short - by definition. A penny stock can easily rally 100% in it's death-throes and take out the hapless short seller. As a retail investor, I strongly advise against shorting. Can you make money? Yes. Is the game stacked and rigged against you? Also yes. The best thing to do is redeem TSLA holdings and put them in other companies (or better yet, into a broad based index).