Those 2 posts are very naive and show a lack of understanding about shorting strategy and tactics.
Shorting is not just about trying to get shares from retailers at cheaper prices. There are many strategies underpinning shorting activities. Just to name a few:
Long/Short managed funds activity.
Hedging activities by insto's and fundies for various reasons.
Pair trading by pro's and wannabe pro's vis a vis certain derivatives like options and warrants and even versus other stocks on the market.
Commodity price downturn trading opportunities in associated stocks.
Reverse bubble trading activity as an opportunity money for jam play.
And on and on it goes!
Plus retailers who use stop losses are very foolish. Stop loss tactics are for pro's and mainly suitable for currency and derivative trading activities. Setting stop losses in equities is just playing into the hands of the pro market players. A serious equity trader watches the market everyday and uses 'alerts' not stop losses. Using stop losses by retailers is a sure sign that that person has a lot to learn.
Anyway.................. the underlying moral to the story is set your own investment or trading rules, learn to control your emotions, and never get greedy nor panic............ especially avoid panic.
Plus here is another truism........... the more one learns then the more one understands there is much more to learn. Doh! DYOR etc etc blah blah.
Cheers
