Thanks for that news. Hope it means a peace deal coming up and might explain the bullish candle in silver.

Oil Plunges As Iran ‘Completely Opens’ Hormuz, US Reportedly ‘Mulls’ $20BN Cash-For-Nukes Deal,

I noticed that but I don’t see into the dragon but looks like something’s wrong with its wings.  My point was it’s not a permanent change which would be disturbing.

whatever the news is the option granters are in a world of hurt…..

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.

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.

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…..

with bets on $4800 and $80 today. Have to inflict max pain to the greatest number of players ya know.

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.

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

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 – 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.

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.

The 2026 “Emerging Liberty” dime features an “aggressive” eagle clutching only arrows to specifically commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, symbolizing the nation’s founding, revolutionary struggle, and “Liberty over Tyranny”. 

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This one-year-only design represents a departure from traditional, peaceful imagery to highlight the tumultuous, wartime context of 1776. 

Numismatic News +3

• 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

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.

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

Otavio (Tavi) Costa
@TaviCosta
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Apr 15
This chart gets to the heart of today’s inflation problem:

Constrained supply.

The only real solution starts with a surge in capital investment from commodity producers.

With capex still near cycle lows, there’s little chance of meaningful new supply hitting the market anytime soon.

For investors, that’s a clear message — the resource cycle is still in its early innings.

Wake me up when capex is back at peak levels.

https://x.com/TaviCosta/status/2044558708198285443

Short answer: U.S. officials say Iran has indicated it would hand over its enriched uranium, but Iran has not publicly confirmed surrendering the stockpile and details remain unclear.
Reuters

Grok changed its story about the futures halt. There have been halts here in stocks protecting hedge funds shorting so was that the reason for a halt.

I asked Grok two different ways about that. First time directly denying it was protecting shorts. Both times this time is was different. They didn’t deny any halt in trading effective April 16 but stated ALL futures trading was halted.

You can see the answer for yourself on this link. Banksters here aren’t the only ones manipulating. Infact may have gone long.

https://grok.com/c/14b4bc98-01d3-494a-be0e-110560b14f9f

At least it’s not a B-1 bomber dropping a cruise missile!

… maybe the way they did the eagle didn’t leave room for the olive branch? Nah

Looks scary. Look at the wings, it almost looks like a dragon. Arrows are a symbol of war. No olive branch which is a symbol of peace.

B of A projects silver prices between $135 and $309 in 2026!

Are they kidding?

IMPACT Silver Announces Full Year 2025 Results with Record Revenue and Strong Cash Position

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/impact-silver-announces-full-2025-120000564.html

“, the swamp protects itself.”

Yeah ain’t that the truth! Maybe they all have dirt on one another.

There just isn’t enough rope. I really want to see the government officials that aid all the fraud get strung up.

That’s the problem, the swamp protects itself.

Vance-led anti-fraud panel shutters 447 hospices in LA: Report

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/vance-led-anti-fraud-panel-shutters-447-hospices-la-report