I was just wondering about the short interest myself. Last month it was over 16 millions shares short or so...
I actually sold HL yesterday over $5 and just bought back at $4.81. Not bragging as I'm not great at timing these things, but gold is still mighty strong today even with the dollar bounce back.
If we hit $25 silver then YES I see no reason why HL can't be at $10 bucks easily.
Glad you stuck with it and are making money. Sometimes its easier just to let things sit and forget about trading.