Handling a short attack...excerpt from an article last year on short attacks in general:
Real short sellers publish factual information if they publish anything at all. Short and distort artists string together information that may or may be germane, let alone accurate under the guise of personal opinion that makes it hard to prosecute. They rely on selected information that is taken out of context or partial truths and inference. Ethics have very little to do with how they play the game. Their sole interest is in creating short term angst that causes investors to bail so that they make money buying depressed shares.
Obviously, this is not pleasant for anybody. Short and distort artists prey on panic. They have a demoralizing effect that can hurt not only individual investors but also the companies they target by slowing down financing and growth.
Believe it or not, though, there is a silver lining.
Sometimes short sellers get burned by their own mojo. If enough people come back into a stock, that pressures the short sellers who are then forced to cover at higher prices in something called a short burn. The irony is that many times its their own actions that light the fire.
The other thing to think about is that if you buy off on the targeted companys potential in this case Ekso a short attack can be a super time to pick up shares that are temporarily on sale.
Speaking of which CXR is on sale right now.