RE: How do you explain I guess it is pretty obvious by looking at the house positions that the price was controlled this past week. Basically by Anonymous. Of course bashers come out here and make their job a little easier.
I think this coming week will be a lot better. The timing of the option announcement is interesting. Nothing really unusual about topping up the numbers although it is easy to think that it could be for the typical activity of insiders rewarding themselves but I don’t think that this is the case. Hopefully the reason for the increase will be apparent to us all very soon and we will be heading higher with that last (administrative) trading barrier behind us.
This last week was extremely disheartening for us all. I know I absolutely expected to see a continued up trend from the week before. Then of course as soon as the stock started pulling back all the basher decided to have a convention on the OPL forum making it seem all the worse. Anyway we have a new week coming up and I think a lot of stuff is going on behind the scenes at OPL that will make us all very happy. I think this week will see the start of a new uptrend (where have we heard that before?).
Remember that Lee Shepherd bought into the private placement and he is the most visible reflection of how the monetizing team is progressing. Also why would he be spending money to buy shares if he was getting more options?
| House Positions for C:OPL from 20130225 to 20130301 |
| House | Bought | $Val | Ave | Sold | $Val | Ave | Net | $Net |
| 7 TD Sec | 491,558 | 301,978 | 0.614 | 309,600 | 194,232 | 0.627 | 181,958 | -107,746 |
| 71 Brant | 180,000 | 106,250 | 0.59 | 26,700 | 15,416 | 0.577 | 153,300 | -90,834 |
| 2 RBC | 103,350 | 62,015 | 0.60 | 23,500 | 14,835 | 0.631 | 79,850 | -47,180 |
| 9 BMO Nesbitt | 141,400 | 83,996 | 0.594 | 65,370 | 40,771 | 0.624 | 76,030 | -43,225 |
| 54 Global | 23,736 | 15,728 | 0.663 | 0 | | 23,736 | -15,728 |
| 81 HSBC | 23,000 | 14,220 | 0.618 | 2,550 | 1,464 | 0.574 | 20,450 | -12,756 |
| 124 Questrade | 31,540 | 19,732 | 0.626 | 14,200 | 8,354 | 0.588 | 17,340 | -11,378 |
| 33 Canaccord | 33,000 | 21,520 | 0.652 | 29,000 | 16,330 | 0.563 | 4,000 | -5,190 |
| 39 Merrill Lynch | 5,000 | 3,035 | 0.607 | 4,000 | 2,375 | 0.594 | 1,000 | -660 |
| 88 Credential | 1,000 | 570 | 0.57 | 0 | | 1,000 | -570 |
| 95 Wolverton | 10,648 | 6,424 | 0.603 | 9,984 | 6,069 | 0.608 | 664 | -355 |
| 36 Latimer | 2,200 | 1,518 | 0.69 | 3,150 | 1,827 | 0.58 | -950 | 309 |
| 101 Newedge | 0 | | 1,000 | 650 | 0.65 | -1,000 | 650 |
| 19 Desjardins | 15,940 | 10,918 | 0.685 | 17,200 | 11,216 | 0.652 | -1,260 | 298 |
| 79 CIBC | 112,900 | 68,978 | 0.611 | 115,886 | 69,710 | 0.602 | -2,986 | 732 |
| 99 Jitney | 0 | | 3,000 | 1,950 | 0.65 | -3,000 | 1,950 |
| 57 Interactive | 260 | 167 | 0.642 | 4,736 | 3,008 | 0.635 | -4,476 | 2,841 |
| 59 PI | 0 | | 8,000 | 5,200 | 0.65 | -8,000 | 5,200 |
| 80 National Bank | 0 | | 25,000 | 17,000 | 0.68 | -25,000 | 17,000 |
| 13 Instinet | 28,000 | 16,530 | 0.59 | 55,000 | 32,300 | 0.587 | -27,000 | 15,770 |
| 85 Scotia | 207,200 | 129,928 | 0.627 | 273,356 | 172,670 | 0.632 | -66,156 | 42,742 |
| 83 Mackie | 3,000 | 1,920 | 0.64 | 96,000 | 58,065 | 0.605 | -93,000 | 56,145 |
| 1 Anonymous | 161,000 | 99,315 | 0.617 | 487,500 | 291,300 | 0.598 | -326,500 | 191,985 |
| TOTAL | 1,574,732 | 964,742 | 0.613 | 1,574,732 | 964,742 | 0.613 | 0 | 0 |
| House Positions for C:OPL from 20130218 to 20130222 |
| House | Bought | $Val | Ave | Sold | $Val | Ave | Net | $Net |
| 1 Anonymous | 928,000 | 598,390 | 0.645 | 235,500 | 151,490 | 0.643 | 692,500 | -446,900 |
| 9 BMO Nesbitt | 138,450 | 89,276 | 0.645 | 50,600 | 33,025 | 0.653 | 87,850 | -56,251 |
| 79 CIBC | 174,300 | 111,464 | 0.639 | 95,475 | 59,900 | 0.627 | 78,825 | -51,564 |
| 2 RBC | 164,250 | 106,472 | 0.648 | 91,800 | 59,603 | 0.649 | 72,450 | -46,869 |
| 54 Global | 39,000 | 24,110 | 0.618 | 0 | | 39,000 | -24,110 |
| 58 Qtrade | 25,425 | 16,272 | 0.64 | 0 | | 25,425 | -16,272 |
| 46 Macquarie | 22,000 | 14,520 | 0.66 | 0 | | 22,000 | -14,520 |
| 85 Scotia | 366,500 | 240,003 | 0.655 | 350,100 | 228,780 | 0.653 | 16,400 | -11,223 |
| 19 Desjardins | 63,400 | 41,516 | 0.655 | 49,500 | 30,735 | 0.621 | 13,900 | -10,781 |
| 81 HSBC | 15,050 | 9,632 | 0.64 | 6,000 | 3,880 | 0.647 | 9,050 | -5,752 |
| 59 PI | 8,000 | 5,440 | 0.68 | 0 | | 8,000 | -5,440 |
| 36 Latimer | 11,013 | 7,015 | 0.637 | 5,013 | 3,033 | 0.605 | 6,000 | -3,982 |
| 70 Manulife | 2,000 | 1,360 | 0.68 | 0 | | 2,000 | -1,360 |
| 39 Merrill Lynch | 2,500 | 1,575 | 0.63 | 2,000 | 1,220 | 0.61 | 500 | -355 |
| 22 Fidelity | 2,800 | 1,736 | 0.62 | 2,700 | 1,701 | 0.63 | 100 | -35 |
| 80 National Bank | 500 | 320 | 0.64 | 3,000 | 2,010 | 0.67 | -2,500 | 1,690 |
| 28 BBS | 0 | | 3,000 | 1,950 | 0.65 | -3,000 | 1,950 |
| 95 Wolverton | 75,030 | 48,332 | 0.644 | 81,005 | 54,411 | 0.672 | -5,975 | 6,079 |
| 99 Jitney | 0 | | 6,000 | 3,840 | 0.64 | -6,000 | 3,840 |
| 101 Newedge | 1,000 | 650 | 0.65 | 7,500 | 4,870 | 0.649 | -6,500 | 4,220 |
| 124 Questrade | 22,945 | 14,527 | 0.633 | 31,000 | 19,985 | 0.645 | -8,055 | 5,458 |
| 88 Credential | 4,008 | 2,565 | 0.64 | 17,000 | 11,580 | 0.681 | -12,992 | 9,015 |
| 57 Interactive | 300 | 192 | 0.64 | 15,500 | 9,482 | 0.612 | -15,200 | 9,290 |
| 13 Instinet | 40,500 | 25,595 | 0.632 | 94,592 | 60,681 | 0.642 | -54,092 | 35,086 |
| 33 Canaccord | 34,450 | 22,526 | 0.654 | 100,000 | 63,500 | 0.635 | -65,550 | 40,974 |
| 83 Mackie | 81,500 | 52,995 | 0.65 | 180,000 | 116,970 | 0.65 | -98,500 | 63,975 |
| 15 UBS | 0 | | 100,000 | 66,000 | 0.66 | -100,000 | 66,000 |
| 71 Brant | 10,200 | 6,932 | 0.68 | 222,000 | 143,900 | 0.648 | -211,800 | 136,968 |
| 7 TD Sec | 473,714 | 302,102 | 0.638 | 957,550 | 612,971 | 0.64 | -483,836 | 310,869 |
| TOTAL | 2,706,835 | 1,745,517 | 0.645 | 2,706,835 | 1,745,517 | 0.645 | 0 | 0 |