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Strategies & Market Trends : Bill Wexler's Profits of DOOM -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stanley L Brown who wrote (29)	2/22/1998 4:36:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4634

Stan; It holds true for the "market" I clearly said "as long as short interest climbs, the market climbs..while this does not hold true for "all" stocks..." I've tracked short interest till I'm up to my armpits in data files and spread sheets on them. If your playing an individual issue u need to track Its history to see just how it did. They take on the personality of the people trading in them..( the best shorts are the scams other's have almost ignored shorting. ) or buying calls when they are beat down and over shorted. ( that's been my best wins ) give me a stock that's got 60 to 80% of its float shorted, and has short interest increasing as it fell, that's a winner every time. ! Were history across the board of the best short wins, is tiny compared to the losses shorts incur. The average will show you most of the time, over time..many more shorts lose their shirts than longs. But every one hung up into shorting thinks they are the exception..the more they think it the bigger they finally fall. I content if a person don't make more money on the long side, he does not understand the market. Shorts are playable but should never be the primary focus of ones strategy..it's a form of obsession, compulsion, and addiction..it's well recognized on wall street too. Jim