If you have not made money shorting this year, you are doing it very wrong
do you really believe we will see double or single digits?
if you want to make money the time to buy is now except of course you can predict the market perfectly

Spoken like a true belieber !!
I never said anything about double digits, just that making money shorting this year was not exactly hard, and it did not need perfect market prediction. All you had to do was sell at sensible times and wait. And then short too if you felt like it for extra lulz
EDIT :I think double digits is *possible* next year, though I would not bet the ranch on it. Bo I believe we will see them - no idea, time will tell. Meanwhile, as the old saying goes, only invest what you can afford to lose - there is no such thing as a sure bet.