I don't think we'll see a crash till the hard fork. We may see setbacks. But I don't think it's safe to short unless BTC goes past $7K or we pass the hard fork date. BTS might still get damaged from a BTC fall. I normally short with USD as we are cursed to be dragged down by BTC every time things go south.
Even after the fork the crash may stop in the middle and go further up till November and then we'd get a real short opportunity. I really hope sub $500 BTC would be possible as @haejin predicted.
BTW respects for having the balls to think about shorting BTC!
wow awesome insight thank you sir!