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To: GST who wrote (33370)1/8/1999 12:40:00 AM
From: Gary Korn  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
I don't see how splitting the shares increases potential for short covering

Try having been short 3,000 shares today ($60,000 loss) instead of 1,000 shares ($20,000 loss). Someone who had a mental stop loss of $60,000 would have covered, simply because s/he had triple the shares.

Gary Korn