ever heard of ... using a stop?The traders in this forum know how to trade up down and sideways to make money.
for average people, shorting is more dangerous because if you sell something short at $20 and it rockets to $100 you’re down $80/contract on margin and your portfolio is liquidated. If you buy the stock at $20, the most you can lose is $20/contract, no margin call.
Enron (and many other examples) went to zero.
Name one stock that went to infinity.