Gharma, Your comments always seem to add another depth to discussions. Thank you for posting your thoughts regularly. I just looked at GDX and GDXJ. Volume is much higher on both - over 2x on GDX and almost 3x normal volume on GDXJ: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=gdxj&ql=1 http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=gdx&ql=1 Is this smart money's stealth entry? I guess time will tell. B