What if ECU is still being held hostage by some of these traders/ houses we all speak of, and someone worked a deal with ECU that if they hyped the stock and drove volume/move the price up, they would be rewarded with the options that were announced. (And of course marketing the stock higher for a time moving forward). And what if whatever pressure might have been put on ECU to withdraw the options slammed the door on these players, who now are at best doing no pumping and at worse getting even by getting in the way of the moves. Just an overactive minds conspiracy? That options thing didn't smell right to me.