The 'Hide Your Shares' issue did have a very clear effect last October for a couple of weeks. It got to the point where many Brokers were refusing to allow "Real High Sell Orders". The Shorting dropped sharply for a while. However, moving into November there appeared to be much less of an effect. My read on that period was that many of the Brokers were concerned that this "Sell High Order" practice made lending shares for Shorting more challenging. At the same time I believe the Big Time "Short Selling" practitioners have since made alternate arrangements to ensure they have access to Shares for Shorting. Something like what was done with Nortel in 2001 when they were at $120.00 Pre Consolidation. I have no links to provide on that matter or respecting 'hiding your shares'. On our current Morning up turn in SP, it is NOT too difficult to see that we are getting support from the turn around in the Major Markets. The "Distressed Selling" due to Margin Calls is over for the time being and the NOT Manipulator(s) are NOT able to rely on the "Forced Selling" supporting their scavenger like atteck on Noront's SP. The late PM close to trade closing time could be of interest. We will have to see how the day works its way out to the close. Old Joe