I knew you were going to slam me for this one, LOL! The trading world is a small one in this sector, and as in the old days of the pennies, sometimes you need to keep relationships, even though your not "friends". I guess I am feeling that there was a price to exit the Bay St vipers nest, and getting back to net 0 was some of the price. I feel that the stock price dropping after the merger announcment was a prelude to this unwinding, and now we are at the tail end. I've always felt that at some point our biggest "enemies" would become allies when it behooved (not sure if that's a word) them. I'm hoping this is true, as this short play doesn't seem to make sense with AUMN, so why would anyone continue to go there? Too tight, AMEX arb, margin, funds involved, to name a few reasons. Like I said "For What It's Worth".