RE:Short vs long Your comments are actually starting to get annoying. You posted earlier about the former sp of BTE at $48 except you make no mention of the fact that it had 1/8 the amount of outstanding shares. Nor do factor in the price of oil at the time it was trading at when the shares were listed at $48. If you factor a historical inflation rate of 2% and add it to the avg. price of wti when the shares traded at your level, WTI would need to hit $170. Are you an amateur?