whatever the news is the option granters are in a world of hurt…..
Maddog 8:32
Thats what I’m guessing but never learned Chinese, just have to try to make sense and watch what they do.
We got a bullish candle in silver right now. Generally after a shooting star like we had the other day it would be safer to wait another day for confirmation of a direction reverse that is a bit volatile too where it could reverse again lol. So it’s possible short term trader flee or dee I’m not up to. Just best to watch the individual stocks directions.
goldielocks
I wonder if the Chinese halts are because they have to deliver, unlike Crimex that can cash settle…..so give a damn about the short size.
buygold
Re options
Well we all know where the SEC hearts really lie, when they caught watching porn !!!!!
How Fall st is allowed to get away with the option game is an outrage…..Options should have a disclaimer on them along the lines of Wall st will do the damndest to make sure you lose money, buying this option and the SEC could not give a damn.
Tks on SMR….I still have it and bought some more on the way d
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I hate to think how big the short possy is on it, as it has been sold down everytime it ever though about rallying…..
Looks like they’ll try to wipe out all the option players
with bets on $4800 and $80 today. Have to inflict max pain to the greatest number of players ya know.
Goldie, Maddog
Goldie – commemorative war dime or not, my comment has to do with the peculiar design of the eagle, which to me looks a lot like a dragon. Which also to me represents a theme within our government that is Satanic. This is in contrast to the Bicentennial dime of 1976 – also a so-called “war dime”. I was just making a comment about the design, nothing more.

As for Shanghai, I understand now that it was limited to a couple funds whose NAV fell below their required standard. That’s a far cry from AG’s “indefinite trading halt” of the Shanghai exchange.
maddog – looks to me like SMR might be back in play after its brutal correction. Those nuke stocks are like pm stocks.
Buygold
Check April 16 at 018 post to you was from Grok. Said NOT the futures Then the one I copied and pasted tonight. A contradiction.
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 SHF
Buygold
I know that’s why I went back and copied and pasted what it said. Every time you ask it, it gives you a different answer.
Look back the other day where I copied pasted it said futures not halted just LOF or whatever the future stocks only. I won’t go into it all but this time denying hedge funds could trade in China it contradicted and said all futures halted. I don’t think they were defending shorts but was from overwhelming demand
Keep in mind too we have to re-supply our weapons because of Ukraine and Israel too. China needs silver for their industrial supplies.
Ipso, Goldie
Ipso – kind of evil looking. Some powerful forces are clearly interested in the symbolism on our currency.
Goldie – so, are you saying that futures trading on the Shanghai is halted? They’ve put out an am fix price. I couldn’t see your chat with Grok, it said it was private.
Buygold the war dime.
They should really do their homework before putting it on video but were all human. AI makes it easy. Grok is a crock all over the place.
It’s a collectors coin.
- Commemorating the Revolution: The design represents the “active revolution” rather than just a peaceful nation, with the eagle and arrows symbolizing the struggle against tyranny.
- Missing Olive Branch: Unlike many previous US coin designs that feature an eagle holding both arrows (war) and an olive branch (peace), this design omits the olive branch, which the designer, medallic artist Eric David Custer, noted was a deliberate choice to show colonists still “awaiting peace”.
- “Liberty over Tyranny” Theme: The design is part of a “SemiQ” (Semiquincentennial) program focusing on the theme of “Liberty over Tyranny” to resonate with the 1776 founding era.
- One-Year Commemorative: It is a special one-year interruption of the standard Roosevelt dime, intended to connect America with its history, featuring a determined Lady Liberty on the obverse and the eagle on the reverse.
Numismatic News +4
I heard from someone Grok put private on.that link.
So I went back and got a further contradiction. Wasn’t just LOF THIS ONE ADDED. . I copied this one. Demand is outpacing supply badly and I’m guessing they don’t want it known.
Yes, reports confirm that China (via the Shanghai Futures Exchange, or SHFE) announced an emergency halt/suspension of silver futures trading on April 15, 2026, effective from the morning of April 16, 2026.
Key Details
- On April 15 (around 2:47 p.m. Shanghai time), SHFE issued an official emergency notice (filing SHFE 2026047) suspending all silver futures contracts. This was described as indefinite or emergency in nature, affecting new positions and all contract months, amid extreme physical delivery demand and low inventories (e.g., delivery requests nearing registered stocks of around 663 tonnes / ~21 million ounces).
- The halt was not a routine circuit breaker (which can trigger at 17–20% daily limits) but tied to surging physical silver demand in China, inventory strains, and market abnormalities. Shanghai’s silver market handles a large share (often cited as ~40%) of global physical silver trading volume.
- A related but separate event: China’s Guotou Ruiyuan Silver LOF (a silver futures-linked fund, code 161226) also halted trading on April 16 due to large premiums to net asset value.
Hedge Funds and International Trading
Hedge funds and other international participants could still buy and sell silver futures on other major exchanges like COMEX (part of CME Group in the US), which remained open and active. Silver futures continued trading there, with prices around $79–$80/oz in mid-April 2026.
- SHFE silver is a physically delivered, RMB-denominated contract primarily for domestic Chinese participants and industrial demand.
- COMEX/LBMA markets (dollar-based, often more “paper”/financial trading) allow global hedge funds, banks, and speculators to continue trading without interruption from the SHFE halt.
- The suspension likely shifted some pressure/demand toward COMEX, contributing to volatility, potential upward price pressure, and higher physical premiums elsewhere.
Broader Context
This fits into ongoing 2026 dynamics: China reclassified silver as a strategic material with export licensing (effective Jan 1, 2026, limited to select firms), strong industrial/ investment demand, and global supply strains. Earlier silver fund halts (e.g., UBS SDIC in Feb/Jan 2026) were due to premiums or selloffs, but the April SHFE action was more directly a futures trading suspension.
Note: Information comes from news reports, Reddit discussions of the notice, and YouTube analyses referencing the SHFE filing—official SHFE pages showed delayed or limited data post-halt. Markets can change quickly; check SHFE/CME sites or reliable financial news for the latest status.
Buygold
Charts, retaining some of my photographic memory that chart brings back a similarity retrace of 1980. If I didn’t know the difference in WHY it went up in 1980 and now due to a REAL shortage today only increasing supplies or alternatives could remedy that are currently not there and takes time that chart would worry me. The only thing thats worth worrying about besides wars affecting innocent people by the corrupt is our economy and market manipulation. The irony is weapons of war are dependent on supplies from China and Russia. I can see another reason they would be hesitant selling things that make weapons including silver that it’s said takes a pound of it a missile going kapoof

