Quote from Algorithm:
Concede what?
If you think C is going out of business you're an idiot or know little to nothing about value investing. I know this site is about trading, but a trader that thinks they're going to make all their fortune through pure trading is only fooling themselves, or just a sadist that likes making things harder than they have to be (a lot here choose to pursue the latter). I'll buy a distressed company like C anyday and just protect the position through the options markets. As a company, C will be on this planet in some form or fashion a lot longer than you and I will be my friend.
Go ahead and short it, you'll probably make a little money down to $30 or so.
C at these levels and below is a buy and hold. Believe me, I've been down this road before and it pays the bills quite adequately. Patience pays, oh forgot, that's a virtue in short supply around here with all these "Elite" traders (pikers still living in mom and dad's spare bedroom).
Good Luck!
"and just protect the position through the options markets"
--> this makes you a trader, not an investor.
