You're welcome to think that. I've been a professional futures trader for over 12 years and that is how I read the situation. I didn't say that the drop from 20k was "due to massive shorts". That was naturally started by profit taking and that then induces the shorts to come in. I'm saying that there are a lot of traders short right now with an entry price of less than 12k. If that gets tested they'll panic and buy to cover. That then causes a pop that induces the longs to come back in and chase it. Rinse and repeat, that's how markets move.
No offense intended but it just doesn't feel right. You say that you've been a professional trader for a dozen of years, but how successful were you really? So many years of a successful trading career would make you into a multimillionaire who wouldn't give a fuck about posting here. Further, you didn't say that the fall from 20k was due to shorts. That's what you meant. Anyway, the price didn't get there overnight, someone had been buying all the way up and this necessitates someone else should have been selling. Besides, it seems to be universally recognized already and even confirmed by the trustee himself that the recent price crash was exactly due to off-loading of the Gox coins in the open market.