RE:Shorts are down today to 18,000 from just over 40,000. You are correct IR .No matter how much the wise guys mess around , they cannot change the past results or the milestones that TLT have achieved thus far. Personally I am not the least bit worried about this latest downturn. Let them play their games and I,ll play mine. Buy the dips! A 8% downturn on a lousy 189,000 shares traded?? You have got to be kidding me! LOL.