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To: craig crawford who wrote (114460)	1/5/2001 12:18:03 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

>but going short can be so painful sometimes it's just not worth the hassle. I agree but its a mental condition based on what happened to the 98/99 shorts. I think the danger of shorting is more a case of conviction. When I short a stock I'm more convinced its going to go down, than I am on a stock I buy expecting it to go up. Then my ego gets in and stops me from covering because I'm telling myself "I couldn't be that wrong". When I short a stock now I decide what's the most I'm prepared lose before the transaction. As soon as that loss has arrived I'm out! Gone! Then I move on. Btw I learned that lesson from shorting Amzn the first time back in 98.