dan, i believe that figure for gold com shorts is a high not seen since 1996 when it spiked up to 180,000. their shorting in gold has significantly slowed the last two weeks. maybe reaching a high point. silver com shorts shot way up. did you see the sell off in gold shares mid day? wonder what some of the chasers who bought over the last week will do if we get a dip. no one can continue to claim that the PM sector is off the radarany longer. even fleck hinted it may be time to consider taking some profits in "trading" positions. can't believe i made good money today in tech stocks. what a crazy market.