yes on Sept. 30th...actually the short interest was lower than usual but the ave volume was very low...thats why days to cover were higher....right now its a different situation once again...we can agree, however, that there are significant short positions out that at some point (naked shorting among them?!)have to be covered...thus an uptrend at any time can lead to an accelerated buying hype - and it would be wonderful if that happens to be on mid-size volume so that the shorts really have to scramble and have to go for the ever increasing ask....I think that by now ONeil has learned the OTC/short/MM lesson and, although its not his priority at all, tries to make them pay back by timing essential PRs sequencially. Because so far the updates seem to go out on one planned day no matter what the market looks like, and as we have seen typically they lead to downtrend.