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Silver LOF fund halts: Several China-listed silver futures funds (e.g., Guotou Ruiyuan Silver LOF or similar products like UBS SDIC/Guotou Ruiyin) have faced temporary trading suspensions or pauses in 2026. These are often short (e.g., from market open until 10:30 a.m.) due to large premiums/discounts to net asset value, to protect investors. One such notice involved a halt starting around April 15–16 for a fund, but this is not the futures contracts themselves on SHFE.
Earlier 2026 measures: SHFE did tighten rules on silver futures multiple times in January–February (e.g., reducing intraday opening limits, raising margins to 19–21%, delivery restrictions favoring approved hedgers, and penalizing suspected违规 trading). These addressed overheating, high premiums, and physical inventory drawdowns—but they were not full halts and occurred months earlier.
Sensational claims often exaggerate fund-level pauses or past risk controls into “full market halts.”
Silver markets have seen volatility in 2026 due to structural deficits, industrial demand, geopolitical factors, and China-specific issues (e.g., export licensing requirements starting January 2026 and physical inventory pressures at SHFE). However, futures trading on SHFE has continued, with occasional targeted interventions rather than outright stops.
If new official notices emerge, they would appear first on shfe.com.cn. For real-time confirmation, check SHFE directly or reputable financial wires rather than unverified social media or video claims. Silver prices were actively quoted around $79–80/oz in mid-April 2026 contexts, consistent with ongoing global and Chinese trading.
Yeah premiums are to high already. With increasing shortages it probably could get worse. Provident sent me a message a few days ago on a special lol on Cull silver eagles at spot price of the first 10 eagles. I guess it was a one day thing.
Based on information available as of April 15, 2026, reports indicate that the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) has suspended trading in silver.
Here are the key details from the reported announcements:
Suspension Notice: Reports cite an official SHFE notice (identified as 26047) stating that silver futures trading is suspended due to “abnormal market conditions” and to protect market participants from excessive volatility.
Effective Date: The halt was reported to be effective as of Thursday morning, April 16, 2026 (based on reporting dated April 15, 2026).
Targeted Measure: The suspension appears to be specifically targeting silver contracts.
Context: The move follows extreme volatility, surging physical premiums over paper silver, and heavily depleted inventory levels on the exchange.
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Note: This follows prior restrictions in February 2026 where SHFE limited physical delivery for non-hedging participants due to low inventory. Investors should check the official Shanghai Futures Exchange website (shfe.com.cn) for the latest direct notices.
The AI info I got a couple of times said effective Thursday ” tomorrow” morning. I asked for time after seeing your post just now and it said 9:30 am. “Thursday” I don’t know what time early trading opens in China. I don’t have a clear message on their time either because it could change by hours.
It’s good to be careful and not do anything you wouldn’t ordinary do when there is no verification, especially in stocks and just watch out.
There has been no announcement of a halt to trading on the SHFE. Grok sites the sources as YouTube but nothing official has been released on the SHFE website or through mainstream sources such as Reuters. I guess we’ll have an idea if they give us an am fix on the exchange tomorrow. But for now, Grok calls B.S. on AG.
He said Shanghai is now shut down and Crimex is the only game in town for price discovery. They should be able to get paper silver down to $40 within a couple weeks.
Don’t bet against the criminals.
BTW – just looked at eagles and maples, the premiums are already between $12-$14. Ridiculous. Even more ridiculous is that they are paying $2-$4 under spot.
I listened to some of this video from our brothers site and Asian guy has the numbers for big money industrial demand. The rest I figured would happen but wasn’t thinking big enough, ” big money.” the elephants in the room. Well have to see.
They think they can hold the silver price down by halting silver stocks that are made in paper trades? So what, they go buy the silver instead contributing to the supply shortage? Lol
China is the main reason behind the silver pullback. It can’t do anything about the demand so is trying to manage, slow the parabolic.
china halted silver trading today
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As of April 15, 2026, reports indicate that the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) has halted silver trading, effective Thursday morning, amid extreme volatility and a narrowing supply. This follows a series of regulatory interventions in early 2026, including the suspension of China’s only pure-play silver fund in January and February to curb excessive speculation, high premiums, and to protect investors.
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Key details regarding the silver market situation in China:
Trading Halts: The UBS SDIC Silver Futures Fund (LOF) experienced an emergency halt on Jan 30, 2026, with further suspensions for silver funds continuing into February, as noted by Reuters.
Supply Tightness: China has implemented strict, new, silver export restrictions as of Jan 1, 2026 and is dealing with low reported silver inventories, say Carbon Credits and a YouTube report.
Market Context: These actions follow a rapid, unsustainable rally in silver prices driven by high demand from the green energy sector (solar panels and electric vehicles) and investors hedging against a weak U.S. dollar, notes CNBC.
These measures indicate a crackdown on speculative trading, aimed at managing, rather than stopping, the physical demand for silver in China.
We had silver above $80, gold was coming back, and then the dollar rallied hard…oh wait! The dollar is lower! For sure then oil is up big time and the SM is selling off hard -nope. Bonds? I guess it must be bonds today.
Deer79 – I’m with you. How we go from parabolic to dead virtually overnight is beyond me. Gold goes up $100 and HUI goes up 15. Gold goes down $40 and HUI loses 25. Silver up $4, but silver shares end up net losers the next day when silver goes down $.40. Shut it all down.
Don’t like to say this, but the sooner this whole thing implodes, the better. Should have happened in 2008, but the power elites said NYET, we want the games to go on……
Obstruction of justice and intimidating witnesses law. Copied from London corruption laws? If they want to reverse to the Roman empire stone age make things up as they go along laws maybe I can start a business selling rocks with their names on it for the day of the regime change.
NEM being sold ahead of earnings. Guess investors are fed up with stock dropping 10-20% every time they announce great earnings. So why not sell before?
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The court of appeals has basically just slapped Judge Boasberg and told him to stop abusing his position as a judge to attack the Trump Administration.
Since I checked on the dollar after reading my herb book where I think I have a herb tea for any kind of condition now and a positive counter to the market I checked yikes think it was WEAT symbol for a wheat stock after Armstrong’s comment. It closed green today but technically not in buying zone yet but moved over the 50 EMA to keep a eye on.
It might not be, just trading in a range right now. See if there’s a fed meeting coming up. Plus with increasing debit people are moving away from treasuries to PMs and Bitcoin for safe haven.
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