RE:Naked shorting killing the Venturecalico, that is one great post and shows some intelligence...something the regulators surely lack. Picking a winner on the Venture Exchange has always been hard enough and now we have to contend with relentless manipulation as the ivory tower crowd sets their computers on algorithmic trading and rapes Joe Retailer. I can accept the risk on the Venture Exchange. I can't except the outright thievery and destruction caused by the shorters and manipulators. ACES.