Francois, perhaps your post is better directed to someone else. I've never shorted a stock in my life.
But, from a behavioral point of view, I've always been interested in observing the technique of the shortsters, especially when they appear in an organized swarm.
From a practical point of view, I understand there is a legitimate need for shorting and that it, itself, based on market fundamenals, can be a very honorable and sensible action. And perhaps some day I might well use shorting as a part of my trading approach.
Perhaps one of the reasons I've stayed away from becoming a shorter is, well, whether you like it or not, shorting has gotten tagged with a bad name. And this likely has something to do with posters like rottencore and largeunitinpants who presently are spreading their venom over on Yahoo's PKTR (a stock I don't own, by the way) thread, and very likely from reading some of the writing of some folks who've participated in the scheming of A@P, Auric Goldfinger, Pluvia and TheMultipleAliasOne over the years.
Who among you would rise to help give shorting a good name?
Again, Francois, I think your post is better directed to someone else. |
