Unfortunately option market is not an efficient way to move the market. The bid/ask spread is so wide. Most of the volumes come from the outright market.
Looked at chart of HLF lately? And who knows if not for shorts maybe Enron/Worldcom and many other similar frauds might still be going on. Madoff no doubt once said F them all. You sometimes are really clueless.
they banned short selling because a bear raid on the stock could cause a run on the bank and force a bank failure that may not be warranted.
They make it sound like Einhorn "lost" $13.5 Bn. In fact, his AUM went from $15B to $1.5B as clients took their business elsewhere, not because the value of his investments was cut by $13.5Bn
Yup so many things that youtuber, looking for clicks, got wrong. But sheeple eat it up, so he got that right.