lol... hope we can help each other as time passes by...so don't take this personally: That's one of the more odd posts I've ever encountered... Unless I'm completely around the bend and over the waterfall, I have NO IDEA how you could be "long" on DTIC--much less "short" on RKBD. i cannot recall a split in which virtually no volume has printed and no offer exists after the ex date. well, not to be mean-spirited...but again, you're simply displaying a newbie-like awareness/experience with round-ups. Perhaps your "sources" and hedge-fund pals left out out a few steps in your instruction list: is that possible? btw, do agree with this: better to ask than miss something . . . No one I'm close with will ever fault that premise. best, tex