Traders who were betting against Whole Foods dodged a bullet (WFM, AMZN)

Bryan/Flickr It could've been a whole lot worse. In the two months leading up to Amazon's$13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods, traders speculating on share declines in the high-end grocer cut their short bets on the stockby more than half, according to data compiled by IHS Markit Ltd. So when Whole Foods' stock surged as much as 28% following the news on Friday, the damaged was relatively controlled, at least compared to the catastrophic short squeeze that would've occurred had shorts not be...