the thing is that with meme behaviour, the costs of put are astronomical. the underlying is hard to borrow too. selling naked calls are the cheapest way to short but you have to be a whale to execute on that.
I just analysed the monthly ATM IVs of SMCI : Code: CALL_ATM_IV PUT_ATM_IV 1m (Mar) 153 101 2m (Apr) 111 100 3m (May) 109 94 4m (Jun) 104 87 5m (Jul) 6m (Aug) 101 81 11m (Jan'25) 93 75 23m (Jan'26) 88 68