Geez that's insane. My LCS is not buying anymore until things settle down. He has to hold over the counter purchases for ten days and it's fine as long as prices keep going up, but if there is a pull back/crash he could be stuck with significant losses.
driven by the government there buying as much as they can get ahold of... Betting on global recession is my guess.
I wonder if someone in China saw a Youtube video about the Hunt brothers and said "Hey I can do that"