TenKay, i grok what you're saying. you've stated it several times to several different folks here.
the key bit that the rest of us are pointing out is that you are assuming people are playing by the rules.
ie: i fully agree with the statement: "An open short position CANNOT be *LEGALLY* hidden."
but you are assuming that billionaire hedge fund traders play by the rules when there is copious evidence that they do whatever the hell they want and when someone dares to try to litigate against them that person learns the hard way that money buys corruption and absolute money buys absolute corruption.
to point, who is steve cohen? and how many times has he been caught red handed? and how many times has he been convicted of a crime?
see also, how many of the shady debt swap dealers who practiced illegal leverage leading up to the 2008 crisis faced criminal prosecution?
eg: [[ JPMorgan finally took its punishment on Tuesday, agreeing to a $13 billion settlement with the U.S. government to settle charges that the bank overstated the quality of mortgages it was selling to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis. ]]
nutshell, i fully grok what you are asserting. but i believe you are overlooking the innately criminality which is rampant in wall street and which the sec rarely prosecutes.
viz, search on scandals associated with christopher cox during his tenure as chair of the sec.
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