I shorted stocks twice in the past. Each time, the stock rose rapidly after I shorted. Day and night I had bad dreams that the stock might continue to rise to $1 million or even $1 billion a share, and then I would be bankrupt. Eventually the stock felt below my short price, and I covered immediately with little profit.
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