Hello?Allow me to share another school of thoughts with you. I think CFD SHORTING should worth consideration as a defensive tool to minimize losses and can be used to brave short term impacts caused by sudden catastrophe, usually resulting in sharp falls within days.
 
What should an investor in long position do when a sharp correction takes place within days and the share already shed 10% value? Say how much punishment can one take as the share (say one bought 10 or 20 lots UTAC with BUY PRICE above 1 dollar) keeps slipping over time? The investor gets caught in a dilemma again and again with every 10 % value shed off. Which is wiser? Put more eggs into one basket by DOUBLE DOWN for an unconvincing technical rebound victory for every 10% gone; or simply sell off with ?financial? losses and get a ?lucky feeling? gain in return if it continues to slip?

In my opinion, hedging by maintaining a SHORT account is not necessarily a gamble but in turn, can be used to effectively relieve unnecessary nightmares caused by short term market slumps in the equity market.