Brave AI:
If silver reaches $75 per ounce, some banks could face significant financial trouble, particularly those with large short positions in silver futures. A report from October 2024 indicated that five U.S. banks were at risk of billions in losses due to their substantial short positions as silver prices surged past $33.60 per ounce. The concentration of these short positions has raised concerns about market integrity and the potential for a short squeeze, especially given the structural deficit in silver supply, where global consumption has consistently exceeded mine production for over five years.
The paper silver market, which relies on futures contracts rather than physical delivery, has been described as a system where banks can manipulate prices by selling paper contracts they may not be able to fulfill. With industrial demand from electric vehicles, solar panels, and electronics continuing to grow, and physical silver inventories in major vaults reportedly at decade-low levels, the risk of a delivery crisis increases. If silver prices rise sharply to $75 or higher, banks holding short positions may be forced to buy back contracts at much higher prices, potentially leading to massive losses. Some analysts have warned that this could trigger a "short squeeze" that could destabilize the market and even threaten the solvency of certain financial institutions.
Furthermore, the current gold-silver price ratio is significantly higher than the historical in-ground ratio, suggesting silver is undervalued and poised for a substantial price correction. If the market recognizes the growing supply deficit and the inability of the paper market to meet physical demand, a rapid price surge could occur, exacerbating losses for banks with large short exposures.
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You misspelled 80. That's what it finished today in Shanghai.
They will have to start closing the gap tomorrow., I suspect, it keeps getting bigger.
Missed a zero anon. I’ll forgive you. Where’s Jamie Dimon? Pulling late nights I assume. NCSWIC. Physical deliver > Paper
CHYNA CHYNA CHYNA.
Best meme of the week.
Asian AI guy.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wallstreetsilver/comments/1pvs2rx/rip_to_the_comex/
Kek, Jamie is supposedly long on silver and the European banks are short,now.
I want to see pictures of London banks all lit up now.....
Kek
Cocaine sniffing intensifies
Time for the drone shots.?..
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How you sell your short position, which is a liability, not something of value, I don’t understand. That’s what they said JPMorgan Chase did. Do you have an explanation of it? If, in fact, they did sell it.
They bought them back,probably at a much higher price. They may have been pushing the price from 30- 50 Idk
This is not like stock where they have to report changes in their position,within 10 days or whatever. They can also value a short position as a positive I belive as long as the price is in their favor. I'm not a banker or professional commodity trader.
They even do deals off the exchange. That happened a few years ago,their were a shitload of contracts to be settled and they disappeared overnight.
Also their are derivatives that are side bets between two parties. Right now they are over a quadriillian dollars. These are used as hedges between parties. Only a tiny part of that would be on silver bets,but probably still a huge number. We have no idea who has what,but we know they exist. These were talked about in the news after 08,and are 100x or more since then.
Thanks. I don’t think anything will stop the silver price once it gets moving up which I think we are in the middle of that right now. Everything is coming together perfectly for us, the individual investors. It’s an absolute perfect storm. It’s been setting up and now it looks to be taking off.
I agree. To many people need silver and will not settle contracts for cash.
Is it tomorrow in Shanghai now?
Yes. EU Market opens at 1: central.
Looked it up. Shanghai Fri 10:02 am
Nice, they will overlap with the Euro-trards.
I hope we're not laughing in a sinking ship! Hang on. 😮🤔
They tried that yesterday without about 50 million ounces. We finished up for the day.
Confiscation. What would you do?
Lost it all in a boating accident.....
Actually I have two stacks,one i bought for cash,and one I bought online i sold at 35,if you know what I mean.
My local coin shop only deals in cash, I walked in like a gangster with a fat envelope in my pocket.......
😁
I donated all my PMs to the local Democrat candidates. sorry!!
Probably wouldn’t have a record of that one anyway 😉
Silver will go higher. Much higher.
Thank you, I am going to buy more probably today.
Lots of hype and fun memes on Wallstreet silver.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Wallstreetsilver/new/
I am rejoicing with stackers everywhere, but we also have to be prepared this has the potential to trigger a financial crisis that will make 2008 look like a picnic. Be prepared for government bailouts.
It's going to hit Europe mostly,from what I've seen, American banks are now long on silver. It's hard to tell for sure,some hedge funds will probably go bankrupt,just in time for suicide weekend.
“Suicide Weekend”, I suspect, is more “Brokers who placed bets that failed hardest getting assisted out of windows.”
Assuming it’s anything like 1929.
Hadn't thought of that,but very possible.
It just makes more sense that they’d try to pin debts to the dead man and declare him very sad and get away with whatever they can over shudder the alternative.
Sure seems to work with journalists.
This isn't some rogue traders. They are doing the same shit,that their fathers and grandfather's did....
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ei5NxZQkm50
One of my guesses.
What are the odds Treasury will reevaluate Gold holdings in January as rumors indicate?
What affect will that have on Gold prices?
I'm wondering more,if the Fed borrowed that gold at 20 an ounce.
AI says no,but I'm not so sure.
Are you able to elaborate? I hadn't heard this....
Read here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2025/08/06/the-treasury-is-sitting-on-a-750-billion-gold-hoardofficially-valued-at-11-billion/
Thanks!
YW! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year fren.
Remember when they were considering auditing Fort Knox? Maybe spec ops did a quick check to confirm, it’s just gold painted rocks?
I was thinking the same thing, they will kill themselves.
been saying 80 before the end of the year.
one theory I liked that heard just today is. People who collected silver and tried to help people understand debt is bad will be the ones who will be giving out the loans in the future.
the alternative to this is to go on that system that mimics the end times in Revelation. Where social credit scores are the value of a nation. With that system it turns everyone into slaves and we have been living thru a glimpse of that reality in Western Countries. USA is one. Censorship.
Under that system the police will arrest you for devaluing the value of your nation by saying things that are not aligned with their structure. Under that system all Christians will be removed.
both directions we can still head towards means stuff is going to be erased. Maybe I am wrong I just do not see how 401k's with Blackrock being the foundation will have any value if we go towards People that are responsible giving loans out to help people be better instead of giving loans out to people we deem worthy.
Stay calm, Trump is at the wheel.
haha. I am calm. Silver over 75 at this moment. Read me like Donald Duck sound.. haha. I am never intended to be panicked or as-if I now anything important.
My earlier thought was it would hit 100 dollars by the end of the year if Obama was arrested. Without him being arrested I was thinking 80. The clock is right twice a day is all I was.
I want to buy another 100 ounces but my goodness I don't know if I could do it unless it drops down to 50 and buying 10 ounces for 800 hundred is like a psychological struggle for me right now. lol
One another front I think whatever we have we should hold on too for sure and start considering what-if.... What if we valued land in silver? How many ounces per acre or how many ounces per house?
This is not panic I am saying. it is actually old stuff that happened in history.
To Trade and be one's brothers keeper is the best way a culture can be. The viking even learned that in history. One might say the best Christians have Viking mentalities with true humility.
What ever you have, or intend to buy, I advise:
KEEP IT TO YOURSELF!
I'm buying mining stocks,cause I don't want to pay today's prices either.
I bought a bunch of calls on SLV last friday,when they dipped price as well.
From talking with family over Thanksgiving and now Christmas I got one person exited about silver and they bought 30 ounces so far and more coming probably. Also one other is starting to think about it. Lots of normies holding plenty of fiat normiebux are coming in 2026 I think
Sit tight, we'll be finding out soon enough....
This post didn't age well. It's already $75.14 according to CNBC,
It’s hard to age well when you’re in the exponential phase of the growth curve.
$75.98
https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/silver-price
One of my greatest regrets is, I didn't buy more silver! Not that I'm complaining, I have a nice little stack. But it could have been soooo much more.
Not too late…when it gets to 1000 you will say the same :-)
I used to think I would sell at around 100. Unfortunately, it is too late. I no longer have the disposable income to purchase gold or silver. So I have what I have.
I understand. When I first started buying 19 years ago 100 was my target too…but now I’m gonna sit tight and see what unfolds. Enjoy the ride!!!
I started buying in at around $15 an ounce and stopped at around $25. So I am definitely happy. I currently have no need to sell. I'm going to let it ride. But I should have bought so much more when I had the chance.
Natural to regret not maxing out on a buy that quadruples.
If you had bought double, you would be regretting not buying triple.
It is likely that at some point in near future you will be kicking yourself for not buying more even at record price it is today.
And if the fed reevaluates the Gold Reserve, even though Bessent said he was not going to, but that's what I'd expect him to say, Gold will go through the roof, and we'll regret no buying more of that.
Does not make sense to me that out Gold Reserve, 261.5 million ounces, is valued at $42.22 an ounce, a price set in 1973, is worth 11 billion.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2025/08/06/the-treasury-is-sitting-on-a-750-billion-gold-hoardofficially-valued-at-11-billion/
The banks are in big trouble
shorting should be Illegal except in vegas.
https://www.zerohedge.com/precious-metals/finale-great-financial-reset-drgold-warns-theyre-gobbling-all-physical-supply
"They are gobbling up all the supply available because they understand this is the end of the fiat currency experiment that started August 15 of 1971. Fiats are collapsing..."
Ya, I donated my 2100 oz to homeless people.
Wow you are very generous God bless you.
bailouts?
They have already said that Bailouts are no longer being considered, they will be doing Bail INS for their future failures, that is confiscation of customer funds will be their first option. It's what they did in Cyprus a few years back.
How about credit unions?
I did business with Well Fargo for years. Always had some money in a savings account. Wells Fargo paid pennies a year in interest on account. What did I know?
But a few years ago I changed over to a credit union that pays me $200 dollars a month on same money. All those years I was getting ripped off by WF.
Yep, they pay some interest but not like it is used to be in the past.
Credit unions don't speculate with silver Futures and such. Only house loans and car loans to the members. Yours might be different,but that's usually what they do. They should be just fine,unless your local community goes broke,and then you should still have time.
Thank you
That would just devalue currencies and further increase demand for metals.
u/aslan_is_0n_the_m0ve
Do you have a list of banks about to get cornholed?...
AND pass that cornholing onto "the man in the street", like they always do?
u/#clownworld
Grok says:
Several major institutions and banks are known to hold significant short positions in silver, particularly through futures markets like the COMEX. Based on available data and market analysis, here are some of the key players often associated with shorting silver:
JPMorgan Chase: Frequently cited as one of the largest players in the silver futures market, JPMorgan has historically held substantial short positions. The bank has been implicated in allegations of price manipulation, notably settling a $920 million fine in 2020 for spoofing tactics in precious metals markets, including silver. Despite this, it remains a dominant force in silver trading. HSBC: Another major bullion bank, HSBC is often identified as holding significant short positions in silver futures. It has been noted as a key participant in both COMEX and London markets, with some analysts pointing to it as a leading short seller in recent years. Deutsche Bank: This German banking giant has been linked to large short positions in silver, particularly through its involvement in derivatives trading. It was also named in lawsuits alongside other banks for alleged price manipulation between 1999 and 2014, though outcomes varied. Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank): As a participant in the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and COMEX, Scotiabank has been associated with shorting silver, often as part of broader precious metals trading strategies. UBS: This Swiss bank is another player in the silver market, occasionally highlighted for its short positions, especially in the context of COMEX futures trading alongside other bullion banks.
One Anon mentioned BoA, we'll see. I don't they'll bail them out this time.
American eagles at 84.?
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO!