heh cjg, I'll be at Chicago too, all bought and paid for. although I am inpatiently waiting to go, I am unable to be scared by the schemes of MM's. My guess is there is a new strategy to counter fld's , that's fine. If you have been around you have seen alot of unethical manuevers by the MMs while the SEC does little to correct this. I feel this can be dealt with by using long range planning. Day to day pps movement becomes less nerve racking if you take this approach. Sorry if I am babbling, just got off work and really just wanted to say hi and i'll see you in Chicago.