RE:Question for the traders....Long Long ago (over decade probably ago) I tried shorting Leveraged ETF commodity stock, can't remember which one, based on the observation that they seem to always go down over the long run, and figuring out that there's a Guarrentee Math Loss..........But my broker wouldn't allow me to hold my short position and forced me to buy back.
I never shorted again after that, realizing that any time, for any reason, it seems, they can force you to buy back. You don't need to be in margin call for them to force you to buy back. That's my experience anyways.
But ya, otherwise it seems like a fairly solid plan to short if you can handle temporay spikes up...because over the long run, share price seems to go down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down,down.............
All just my opinion/view/thinking/tried once and didn't work for me, I was forced to buy back.