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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1581842, member: 26302&quot;]But has anyone who believes this is a &quot;red flag&quot; done the research and looked at other markets? All markets have a market maker who by their definition create the shorts to liquify the market. This same market maker is who is approached to hedge physical supplies people own versus volatility. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I owned a million ounces of silver, and have no plans to sell it, the only way to have this asset kick off an income stream is to lease it out. Who would I lease it out to? The market maker of the silver market. </p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone doesn&#039;t understand what I just wrote, they do not understand commodity markets. If they don&#039;t understand commodity markets, then they have no right to comment on the silver market intelligently. If they do understand the last paragraph, then this could potentially explain the large position. The point is we do not know the extent of this activity because we HAVE NO RIGHT TO KNOW. This is private information, confidential business information, and the only alternative is to trust the regulators that they have seen what is going on under confidentially agreements, and have agreed no laws are being broken. I am not saying the regulators are geniuses, foolproof, or even that I particularly LIKE the situation, but it is what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you disagree, I guess you can consider me to be part of the &quot;conspiracy&quot; then. IDK, maybe I am being paid to post here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Btw, I wasn&#039;t directing the &quot;doesn&#039;t understand commodity markets&quot; at anyone at this board per se. It was a general comment about those who say a short position by itself has to &quot;prove&quot; something. Like much in life, its way more complicated than that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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