RE:I wrote about my concerns regarding the Shorting I don't think you are missing anything. If you short the stock here what's your downside? 0.35 right? If the deal falls through what's your upside? 0.35 or there abouts. It just comes down to how one hedges the downside? Buy another sm cap oil stock. Another strategy, just clip 0.02 cents. The bid and offer within .03 has 1 million on the bid and ask. . The stock trades like water so no issues with liquidity. The short position doesn't concern me at all it's roughly 3.7%. It's been way higher.