Who sold at the bottom?
d_eddie because of "trading with a hedge"?

Well, I've just sold something on the way up. Actually closed the short before loss (really tiny profit) and reopened it higher, a little larger. If she keeps going up, I will close it in loss when the long is near or above parity. As long as the long is larger I'm OK. If she gets back down, I'll cash out half of the short and play a little wait and see.
sounds like plan. i guess your system is much nondeterministic.