I've never been in a halted trade (and I'd like to keep it that way)
I will never short a stock that's currently going through takeover rumors (POT, PAR, GENZ right now). Other than that I don't know what other planning you can do.
14:06
SHORT AMZN 125.48
STOP 125.65
TGT 125.14
out b/e, was 4c from tgt, moved my stop.. went out b/e and tgt 15 minutes later
14:46
SHORT APC 46.63
StOP 46.73
TGT 46.43
out -0.10
few quickies.. done till afternoon
9:24
SHORT SNDK 37.24
STOP 37.4
TGT 37.00 (cheating)
out +0.23
10:52
SHORT RRC 32.54
STOP 32.61
TGT 32.4
out +0.14 on an absolutely sick exit