I think MMs may be in a bind now for several reasons.
1. In order to continue to pretend hemi has serious flaws that are holding back the share price they have to not allow the request for certs to have any effect. Which means there should be more shorting to make up for the buying pressure created.
2. Historically, even before 100bbl oil, Hemi has had nice December runs. Why should this year be any different and with the "coiled spring" hemi is that many people have mentioned, this means more difficult to hold down.
3. Certainly by now they know Keith is up to something but without information of what, how or when they dont know how much longer to short and how much deeper to dig the hole.
4.As more investors realize their best hedge against the rising price of oil and gas, those not into this sector should start looking at it. And those that are more conservative and seeing prices rise may be then willing to look at some smaller undervalued companies.
All in all I think it will be an interesting holiday season for hemi.