> so the only profitable shorts are those who short in very small > sizes and average up.
well, that's been (practically) my only strategy since july 01. (and, of course you forgot, "ease out of one's position" on the way down). but doing even that takes quite a bit of risk tolerance, as i've learned. especially when you do it with high beta stocks ... :-P
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