Actually,, they would be buying back the shares that they sold and going long when they felt that the technical and commercial achievements were being completed .. There was a time when PTK, then OPL had volumes of 10 million shares per day,,now the average volume is 155,812 per day on the Venture...It really does not matter as there is only 12,500 shorts and not 10 million shorts anyway so it really is doubtful if anyone cares what you or I think..