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A Short Comment on Shorting

Shorting is very difficult, but I would rather short a stock than buy puts. Options IMO are a tremendous waste of time - a zero sum game after all that work. Options are great though for people with insider knowledge. Writing covered-calls is usually the only profitable type of option.

Check out: SDS, TWM, and QID if you want a better, safer option to straight shorting. I try not to ever short individual stocks unless BK is looming.