RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Lets see how it goes for the next little whileWatchLearnEarn: My comments regarding your post and the hedging strategy that participants in the private placement are likely using are about understanding the dynamics of what's going on with the stock price. That way I can invest intelligently and not be taken in by the numerous games that are played on the markets, particularly with penny stocks and particularly on the venture exchange. Short-selling is not part of my trading strategy and I definitely think that the strategies to manipulate SP on penny stocks get pretty crazy and ethically dubious. However, when it comes to knowing how to take the various information that's out there and make decisions whether to buy or sell based on it, I think it's absolutely necessary to understand the tactics that get used. As a result, I read the financials carefully, examine short data, examine SEDI filings and the gory details of insider buying/selling, read the PRs for what's not being said, examine the trading patterns (what houses are buying/selling), call IR, and read the BS on these boards looking for the occasion fact. I feel if someone doesn't do all these things and more as a retail investor they are likely to make emotion-driven decisions and get fleeced. I read your stuff and I read most people's stuff and tend not to get into assinine feuds. My posts were around trying to understand the "short-selling" here and heavy anonymous selling pressure. I'm fairly convinced that it's part of a trading strategy that will be most effective for the bigger players here if they follow things up with a push towards higher prices. That means if I hold my recently purchased shares through some of the drama, I should end up ahead. Unless things turn on a dime which does happen a lot with penny stocks as well .. fun times.