There’s something wrong with you presumptions…. Written by dude iligence What did CMKX do just prior to the run to .0011? They did a 2 for 1 forward split. The 2-for-1 split happened on 09/29/2003 http://www.otcbb.com/asp/dividend.asp?sym_id=CMKM&dDate=9/12/2003&sDateType=Record_date And the 0.0011 run happened on 6/14/2004 http://images.investorshub.advfn.com/images/uploads/2012/5/17/xgemxUntitled.jpg There's a 13 month gap between your "just prior."