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To: Graham Hickey who wrote (17646)	6/24/1999 5:14:00 PM
From: Lola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62347

I agree... I would like to see all the shorts posted also. We're not going to learn how to short if nobody posts because they're afraid of the thread's reaction. Trading is trading... there are no good guys and bad guys like some would like to think. Lola:)

To: Graham Hickey who wrote (17646)	6/24/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: WhatsUpWithThat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 62347

Shorting can be verrrrry risky I see this so often. People accept it as a truism, yet if one uses stop losses I fail to see how shorting is riskier than the opposite. You often see people say "Losses are constrained for longs because the stock can only go to zero, you can only lose everything you invested, but for shorts the losses are potentially unending because the stock could just keep going up, and up, and up." Any smart investor cuts losses, and if they're very smart, cuts them early. Sure, you could get caught by a buy-out with a 50% premium, but does that realistically happen more often than a 50% drop on earnings or some other news? And if it is more often, is it really a significant risk, considering how infrequently it does happen? Just trying to learn more.... WUWT

To: Graham Hickey who wrote (17646)	6/24/1999 5:24:00 PM
From: keith massey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62347

Shorting can be verrrrry risky I think the technical side of trading takes a lot of the risk out of shorting. When I first started trading I thought people were crazing for shorting...you can lose 1000 times you money but the most you can make is double you initial position (if the stock goes to zero). After several years I now see no really difference in risk between shorts and longs. If you short off the technical signals and always use stops then really shorting is just like playing a long on an inverse chart. Sure there is the risk of getting caught in a gap up or short squeeze...but stocks gap down or gets stops hit just as much (if not more). Although I see go long more than I short (old habits die hard) I often think it is easier to call a top than a bottom. Best Regards KEITH