I trade options frequently and have several years of option trading experience. I can tell you there are no options on the stock, I dont know the listing requirement, but I have never seen a security under $5 with option contracts. TKO is also on the hard to borrow list, so shorting it is not even an option through most broker/dealers. In other words, the average retail investor would not be able to short it through a natural short, a naked short, or a put option.