[icedchai]

This is true, but you can also go broke if you mess up your entry point. What if it happens to triple before it falls back down? Will you have the ability to sustain those losses, psychologically and financially?

I knew a guy that wound up going short on a stock that was going to the moon. He was down almost a years salary at one point. I'd rather go with a longer-term put option to keep the risk under control. It just lets me sleep at night. Everyone is different.

[bluGill]

As I said, only the biggest players dare risk a short at this point. I'm not sure even the likes of Bill Gates are big enough, but there are many institutions that are bigger than him.