I've been using the USA Coin Book market price of ASEs link ya'll gave me to cut down on the amount of brainpower needed to keep up with spot.
They'll probably weasel their way out of their positions, but I don't think long term the train is ever stopping again. This might teach them a valuable life lesson about selling contracts they can't deliver on.
Just came across this article addressing some of the big-bank/massive-short/bailout rumors from the weekend: https://www.disruptionbanking.com/2025/12/29/the-banks-and-the-silver-surge-rumors-vs-reality/ As always, the problem is that people can make up and publish random claims a lot faster than people can verify or disprove them.