Silver goes ballistic and shakes the financial system

[dennis]

Raising the cost of playing the market. They will have to make it cash and carry eventually, no more margin guys that can control price using leverage, puts and shorts.

As Bloomberg reports, the new approach will set margins based on a percentage of so-called notional, the CME said in a notice. Previously, they were based on a dollar amount.

The shift takes effect from Tuesday’s close and follows a “normal review of market volatility to ensure adequate collateral coverage,” the CME said.

CME Shifts Margin-Math As Silver Soars Amid Thin London Inventories, China Export Controls | ZeroHedge

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[SummerLite]

Here is another source you may like and possibly in tune with your sensibilities. The Badlands channel has many podcasters that are well informed with geopolitical subjects and the USA. I just finished this one and it gets into Venezuela towards the end as well as Minnesota. Its very long but I enjoyed it all, touching on many subjects. Geopolitics with Ghost is a good one, good research.

The link was removed. This is Badlands Media on Rumble. These podcasters also have sites on X. The last show I watched was The Narrative which is a regular program which discusses how current news is presented to us and questions how these narratives are crafted to influence people and how different groups respond to the story.. Also the fires in Patagonia where discussed. Much of the focus is whats happening in the US by American podcasters. The Middle East in 20 minutes is also with Ghost.

 

[nicklebleu]

The video is posted on a Youtube channel called Bullion watch. That channel also had the "Asian guy" saying the the Swiss bank UBS had to liquidate 5.2 billion ounces of paper silver by some time in February. No other sources say that.

This is certainly rubbish …

The current COMEX Silver Combined Managed Money Short Position is 12,193.00 as of 2026-01-02. One short position is the equivalent of 5000 toz, so nowhere near the billions of ounces floated by AI Asian guy (~ 61Mtoz).

Unless there is a monumental shadow position that nobody knows about …

 

[SummerLite]

I'm worried about all the people who make a living by making silver jewelry. It seems like a lot of people are going to loose their lively hood. Of course there are many in the Navaho Nation but many others as well.