RE: RE: RE: QuestradeAccountant007, thank you for responding, I appreciate it. What you have remaining on margin, never mind what you had to sell today, is actually more than ten times my total holding, none bought on margin. I do understand that your shares are held in many different accounts; we're obviously in different brackets and play by different rules and that's fine. We all gamble a little bit when investing in venture companies and and all can expect some volatility as a result. Nothing personal but I wonder who is more responsible for untimely dips other than those caused by day-to-day market volatility; a trading house which elects not to follow industry practice by selling venture exchange shares on margin (and then calling them in) or those who take advantage of it? I guess it doesn't matter in the long run so long as we can all be confident that the final buyout price (assuming buyout is still the goal) is based on what's in the ground rather than on a share price governed by market volatility compounded by volatility caused by margin calls and unrealistic stop-losses.