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Gold Speculators Flushed Out
Thursday’s Commitment of Traders (CoT) report reveals managed money went net long 67,207 paper-gold contracts with the price of gold (PoG) at $1,118, a net-long reduction of 46,885, making a run rate very close to net 1,000 per a $1 move in PoG.
Gold Vaults Ransacked Ransacked, Paper ‘Market’ Flipped
The GLD etf saw a big raid yesterday as 14.53 tonnes was extracted. Like thieves in the night, they waited until late in this swoon to do it. GLD inventory rests tonight at 671.77 tonnes.
Gold And Silver CoT: Who, What, Where, Why?
The Commitment of Traders (CoT) is bearish right now. The price of gold is down another $26 since the CoT report last Tuesday, so it’s likely better.
As Phony As A Three-Dollar Bill And Questions From An Old-Fangled Guy
How can the HYG (high-yield) ETF only be off 10% since May given that the great majority of junk bond issues show 10% plus losses for three months running?
The Sunny Side To A Derivatives Blow Up: Price Discovery For Metals
Tere’s increased scuttlebutt that derivative trades are blowing up, and that counter parties are failing. There’s a blow out in Corporate CDS sector in general. The suspects involved players, from Deutsche Bank, to commodity kingpin Glencore.
Appearances Versus Realities
China is being less than forthright about its gold holdings because it wants to avoid hard currency status. In fact, China is flirting with a big inflationary crack-up boom.
Do Bets Being Made In CoT, BPR Reveal Positioning For September?
The monthly Bankers Participation Report reveals a nearly 23,000-contract reduction on the short side of the ledger during the last month. Bankers, especially U.S. bankers, have diminished their involvement in the Comex market.
Crimex Shenanigans And China Has Plans
Crimex open interest in gold rose 8,907 contracts and in silver 3,067. If the recent pattern holds up this suggests even more spec short selling.
Shanghai Withdrawals Explode, Crimex Registered Gold On Fumes
The three week total of SGE withdrawal activity is now 179.4 tonnes, which completely refutes the lies and disinformation that the stock market bust there has caused gold selling. The forensics point to quite the opposite, demand is increasing.
Literally Hot Air
There have been some very good articles describing the over-trading and gaming in paper precious metal futures.
CoT: Yet Another Highly Leveraged Record
The silver CoT through Tuesday showed open interest backing off slightly to 185,716. Attacks through Friday brought this back to 189,203. The extreme naked short positions of the specs vs. the commercials has shattered records going back decades.
The Great Precious Metals Ambush Of 2015
The precious metals Commitment of Traders report (CoT) is in and shows the spec/slinger naked shorts are in deep, very deep. I never would have thought such a position was even possible. Take this report and hang it on your wall, enshrine it.
More "Isn't That Special" Economics
The newest Carveyism comes in the form of an announcement by the U.S. Mint that not only has it been cleaned out of silver coins due to high demand but supply is difficult and will continue to be until August.
Events In Motion
There are some hefty silver production drops going on in Mexico. Over the first four months of 2015, said production is down 11.9%, or 92 mt.
Monster Spike In Western Precious Metals Demand
The US Mint sold a record amount of 1 oz American Eagles Monday at 1,150,000. As POS trades in the range around $16, the US Mint June demand alone looks to be in the five million ounces range, or 8% of world production.
Black Monday Math 101 Replaces Psychotic Faith In Central Banks
The psychotics in China started the week with a continuation of a classic crash and this despite aggressive PB0C monetary moves.
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