tradewell....unbelievable! LOL "Borrowing shares illegally would be borrowing more shares than are in the float." We've got to send this in to Webster......ETrade glossary.......finally a definition for "illegal borrowing". Of course, if we stay just one share short of the float total, we're out scott free.....everything is legal. I just love your Finance 101A......everybody has got to take this course. LOL