Well in Canada PP stock must be held for 4 months from date of closing. Howeverif you follow the trading pattern of this stock after good news it spikes up then drops back again. If you bot the PP at 4.30 and shorted the stock at 4.70 or 4.60 you are guaranteed about 7% profit. That is if the stock doesnt drop. If the stock drops to where it is now $4.47 and you cover the short you are up minimum of 13 cents per share and you still have your PP. Now that doesnt seem like a lot but if you bot 10000 share you now have made at least 1400 bucks . If you put money in bank at 3% you would still have about 1400 bucks but it would take you ayear to get that. This way you have your profit in less than one month. And lets face it people who can play with this kinda money didnt make it by being cautious