I like you thinking , but that is a LOT of short shares , 11 days worth at current levels, we are going to nedd a LOT of powder! But I do like ur thinking :)
I think "Never fight the silver shorters" should be rule #2 behind "Never fight the FED" -
They can beat it down, but with the current world economic situation, I don't think (and I'm willing to bet on it) that they can KEEP it down.
My plan for CDE is to just keep buying the dips and selling the pops, always accumulating a few extra shares for what I think will be an absolutely great 2010 for goldbugs. (and silver bugs)