RealDutch :
How to prevent a short attack.
I agree with you, but let say that it is a bit more complex than most are thinking.
Before a attack is launched, there were a lot of preparations made by shorts.
Also, what most ‘retails’ are overlooking is the role of their own brokers, on the end of the day, money don’t smell.
Concerning the SEC and other authorities, and I concur with your sentence ‘At last, thy ought to be’