Risky Risk Management: Exploiting the Predictable Risk Management Behaviour of Short-Sellers

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The literature suggests that short-sellers mitigate the risk of large losses through the use of stop losses. This predictable behaviour exposes short-sellers to predatory trading risk. This paper examines a strategy of predatory trading against short-sellers and finds that positive abnormal returns can be earned by anticipating such short-covering.