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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 26568662, member: 73489&quot;]You present some strong arguments, PMB.&nbsp; On the surface, it looks like a compelling reason for a moonshot.</p><p><br /></p><p>However....the move in silver this year looks pretty orderly to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>If all these problems were really material to the supply/demand condition, I think the price would have had some huge 1-day moves up like 10-15% or more, PMB.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trading is NOT my specialty in finance but the rise in silver has been accompanied by other PM rises.&nbsp; It looks orderly, in-line with other PMs, and I think the settlement problems are just overstated.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem I have with these short position cataclysmic arguments is that they&#039;ve been around for years with no move.&nbsp; There appear to be lots of ways to settle trades without driving the price up.That&#039;s what I mean...this was MISREPORTED.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, other items were affected: trading in gold, oil, and interest rate swaps.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, the data center isn&#039;t owned by CME anymore, it&#039;s controlled by a PE firm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t even understand how a 24-hour outage amounts to a conspiracy to control the price but it&#039;s happened before with other trading instruments.&nbsp; You can always claim <i><b>force majure </b></i>if there is a delivery/settlement issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just don&#039;t think these things provide any springboard for a rapid, long or short-induced move higher.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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