Because I expect a very large counter trend move here (take QLGC for instance, from yesterday entry at $35.30 a $3.30 gain, though, my last trade was indeed a bad on with a loss of $1.95. Still a very nice profit. he rest of the Q, yesterday I took much smaller losses and "on paper" right now they look pretty good as well as 80% of the rest of my positions.
shtirlitz, Zeev doesn't short, doesn't play options, and doesn't play metals. If you really MUST know why, please do a search on SI, as the poor man has explained all of these issues every few months for years. {G/NG}