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November 2018

29 Nov Precious Metal Prices Were Well Managed on Wednesday
28 Nov One Last Shake of the Precious Metals Tree
27 Nov Ted Butler: Silver Scandal
24 Nov Silver: Back Below Its 50-Day Moving Average Once Again
22 Nov Silver Closes Back Above Its 50-Day Moving Average
21 Nov Russia Adds 900,000 Ounces of Gold to Their Reserves in October
20 Nov Silver and Gold Prices Quietly Capped on Little Volume
17 Nov An Outstanding COT Report in Silver
16 Nov Gold Closes Above Its 50-Day Moving Average
15 Nov JPMorgan Sets Another Intraday Low Price For Silver
14 Nov New Intraday Lows Set in Gold, Silver and Platinum
13 Nov Another Salami-Slicing Session
10 Nov Gold: Back Below Its 50-Day Moving Average
09 Nov Ted Butler: A Crack In the Dike
08 Nov The COMEX Silver Churn Continues Unabated
07 Nov Another Barn-Burner Day in COMEX Silver Movement
06 Nov More Big In/Out Silver Activity At the COMEX on Friday
03 Nov The Manic In/Out Activity in COMEX Silver Continues
02 Nov Silver Closes Well Above Its 50-Day Moving Average
01 Nov JPMorgan’s COMEX Silver Stockpile Hits 150 Million Ounces

October 2018

31 Oct The Salami Slicing Begins Again
30 Oct Silver Hammered Back Below Its 50-Day Moving Average
27 Oct Gold and Silver Price Rallies Capped At the London close
26 Oct Ted Butler — Mysterious Metal Movement
25 Oct Precious Metals Quiet as the Equity Markets Head South
24 Oct Precious Metal Prices Put on Ice Again
23 Oct Some Surprises in Swiss Gold Exports in September
20 Oct Russia Adds 1.2 Million Ounces of Gold to Its Reserves in September
19 Oct Silver Smacked Below Its 50-Day Moving Average Briefly
18 Oct Yet Another Day of “Care and Maintenance”
17 Oct What London Giveth…New York/JPMorgan Taketh Away
16 Oct Gold & Silver Capped At the Morning Gold Fix in London
13 Oct Silver Closes Above Its 50-Day Moving Average
12 Oct Gold Pops…Silver Stopped Cold At Its 50-Day Moving Average
11 Oct Equities Crushed/Dollar Index Falls/Precious Metals Capped
10 Oct Another Day in ‘Care and Maintenance’ Mode
09 Oct How Egregious Can You Get?
06 Oct Silver & Gold Closed Below Their 50-Day Moving Averages Again
05 Oct Precious Metals Rallies Capped Again on Thursday
04 Oct No Follow-Through on Tuesday’s Precious Metal Rallies
03 Oct Silver & Gold Break Above Their 50-Day Moving Averages Intraday
02 Oct Ted Butler: JPMorgan Has Gone Long Silver at Last

September 2018

29 Sep Ted Butler: What Disconnect?
28 Sep Another Day of ‘Care and Maintenance’
27 Sep Precious Metal Prices Held in Check On the FOMC News
26 Sep Silver Closes Above Its 20-Day Moving Average
25 Sep Silver and Gold Still on a Very Short Leash
22 Sep Gold: The Managed Money Traders Go Deeper In the Hole
21 Sep Russia Adds 1 Million Ounces of Gold to Its Reserves in August
20 Sep Another 409 Contracts Added to September Silver Deliveries
19 Sep A Big Increase in Silver Open Interest in September
18 Sep Ted Butler: Is the COT Report Still Valid?
15 Sep Platinum Stopped Cold at Its 50-day Moving Average Again
14 Sep Gold Halted Dead in Its Tracks at Its 50-Day Moving Average
13 Sep Some Positive Price Activity For a Change
12 Sep JPMorgan Sets a New Intraday Low Price in Silver
11 Sep Precious Metal Prices Still in ‘Care and Maintenance’ Mode
08 Sep JPMorgan: Now Long Silver in the COMEX Futures Market
07 Sep Precious Metal Prices: On a Short Leash
06 Sep U.S. Mint Temporarily Sold Out of 2018 Silver Eagles
05 Sep Is JPMorgan Out of Its Short Position in Silver?
04 Sep JPMorgan Continues to Hammer the Silver Price Lower
01 Sep Another Blockbuster COT Report for Silver

August 2018

31 Aug Enormous COMEX Silver Deliveries Scheduled For Tuesday
30 Aug 6 Million Ounces of Silver Delivered in August
29 Aug JPMorgan et al “Do the Dirty” After the COMEX Close
28 Aug JPMorgan et al Step In and Cap the Rallies
25 Aug JPMorgan: Now the No. 4 Short in Silver on the COMEX
24 Aug ‘Da boyz’ Were Certainly Out and About Yesterday
23 Aug Gold: A Case of Extremes — John Hathaway
22 Aug The Dollar Index Falls…Precious Metal Prices Kept In Check
21 Aug Ted Butler: Why the Next Silver Rally Will Be Like Never Before
18 Aug Another Incredible COT Report
17 Aug Precious Metals Rally Off ‘The Bottom’?
16 Aug A Massacre in Broad Daylight in New York
15 Aug ‘Da Boyz’ Took Most Of the Day Off On Tuesday
14 Aug ‘Da Boyz’ Lay Waste to Precious Metal Prices on Monday
11 Aug A Great COT Report — and An Awesome Bank Participation Report
10 Aug Ted Butler — The Next Silver Run to $50…and Beyond
09 Aug Palladium — and West Texas Intermediate Get Smacked
08 Aug Another ‘Summer Doldrums’ Day
07 Aug Another Down Day: But Still a “White Hot” Bullish Setup
04 Aug Another Terrific COT Report — Especially in Gold
03 Aug ‘Da Boyz’ Set Lows in Gold and Silver in After-Hours Trading
02 Aug August Gold Deliveries: Still Very Quiet
01 Aug Another Big Day For Silver Deliveries in August

July 2018

31 Jul A Quiet Start To the August Delivery Month in Gold
28 Jul Another Blockbuster COT Report
27 Jul Another Dollar Index ‘Rally’ Helped ‘Da Boyz’ Yesterday
26 Jul All Four Precious Metals Close Higher
25 Jul All Precious Metal Rallies Get Turned Lower Again
24 Jul Ted Butler: New Hope For Higher Silver Prices
21 Jul We’re All Set to Go…But Waiting For What?
20 Jul Precious Metals Murdered in the COMEX Futures Market
19 Jul ‘Da Boyz’ Continue Their Salami Slicing
18 Jul JPMorgan et al Are Obviously Not Done Yet
17 Jul New Low Closes Set in Palladium and WTIC on Monday
14 Jul JPMorgan et al Set New Intraday Lows in Gold and Silver
13 Jul Watching Paint Dry…
12 Jul A Double Bottom Was Set In the Silver Price Yesterday
11 Jul ‘Da Boyz’ Return…Fishing For More Sell Stops
10 Jul A Dollar Index ‘Rally’ Appeared In the Nick of Time on Monday
07 Jul The “Dog Days” of Summer
06 Jul No Upside Price Surprises Allowed on Thursday
05 Jul Precious Metals Rally Until a Dollar Index ‘Rally’ Began At the London Open
04 Jul Is The Bottom In Yet?
03 Jul Ted Butler: The Perfect Double Cross

June 2018

30 Jun JPMorgan’s Last Swing For the Fences?
29 Jun ‘Da Boy’ Were Relentless Again on Thursday
28 Jun JPMorgan et al Keep Up the Pressure Right to the End
27 Jun JPMorgan et al: Still Fishing For Sell Stops
26 Jun New Low Closes in Palladium and Copper Yesterday
23 Jun A Very Strange COT Report For Silver
22 Jun ‘Da Boyz’ Continue Slicing the Precious Metal Salamis
21 Jun Russia Adds 600,000 Ounces of Gold to Their Reserves in May
20 Jun JPMorgan et al Continue Their Criminal Ways
19 Jun More Salami Slicing on Monday From ‘Da Boyz’
16 Jun “Da Boyz” Drop the Hammer
15 Jun It Was “All Hands on Deck” For JPMorgan et al Yesterday
14 Jun ‘Da Boyz’ Weren’t At All Subtle Yesterday
13 Jun ‘JPMorgan et al’ Put Up a “Do Not Pass $1,300 Spot” Sign For Gold
12 Jun Gold: Almost ‘Groundhog Day’ Again
09 Jun Friday Precious Metal Trading: Watching Grass Grow
08 Jun “Groundhog Day” in Gold Again
07 Jun Gold Hauled Back Below $1,300 Spot Once Again
06 Jun Gold Capped at $1,300 Spot; Silver at Its 50-Day Moving Average
05 Jun The “Summer Doldrums”…Courtesy of JPMorgan et al
02 Jun June Gold Deliveries: M.I.A. So Far This Month
01 Jun Ted Butler: Great Frauds Require Darkness

May 2018

31 May Despite the Turmoil…JPMorgan et al Maintain Their Iron Grip
30 May Gold’s Rally in London Hammered Flat
29 May Gold Sold Lower As Italian Contagion Spreads
26 May ‘Da Boyz’ Show Up in New York Trading on Friday
25 May Goldman Sachs Issues 750 Silver Contracts on Thursday
24 May JPMorgan et al Blast Silver Back Below Its 50-Day Moving Average
23 May Silver Trades Above and Closes Above Its 50-Day Moving Average
22 May New Intraday Lows Set in Both Gold and Platinum Yesterday
19 May Russia Adds 600,000 Ounces of Gold to Their Reserves in April
18 May Three More Intraday Lows Set on Thursday
17 May The Salami Slicing Continues
16 May JPMorgan et al Take No Prisoners on Tuesday
15 May ‘Da Boyz’ Show Up on Monday Afternoon in New York
12 May A Semi-Uneventful Trading Session in the Precious Metals on Friday
11 May Silver’s Rally Halted a Hair Under Its 200-Day Moving Average
10 May Gold Dips Below Its 200-Day Moving Average Briefly on Wednesday
09 May An Unusual COMEX Trading Session For Silver and Gold
08 May A Withdrawal From SLV on Monday
05 May A Blockbuster COT Report
04 May ‘Da Boyz’ Show Up at Precisely 1 p.m. BST/8 a.m. EDT
03 May 6 Million Ounces of Silver Deposited in SLV Yesterday
02 May ‘Da Boyz’ Hit the ‘Big 6’ Commodities on Tuesday
01 May Heavy COMEX Silver Deliveries on Wednesday

April 2018

28 Apr The COT Report Was As Ted Butler Predicted
27 Apr More Salami Slicing in Gold, Silver and Platinum
26 Apr Silver Closed Back Below Its 200-Day Moving Average
25 Apr A Deposit Into SLV on Tuesday
24 Apr Ted Butler: Avoiding the Obvious
21 Apr Russia Adds 300,000 Ounces of Gold to Their Reserves in March
20 Apr JPMorgan Ships Out More Silver From Its COMEX Depository
19 Apr Silver…What Happened on Wednesday?
18 Apr Silver Closed Pennies Above Its 200-Day Moving Average
17 Apr Silver Hauled Down From Its 200-Day Moving Average
14 Apr Doug Noland: Bizarre and Ominous
13 Apr Ted Butler — An Interesting Anniversary
12 Apr “Da Boyz” Turn Back Gold and Silver Rallies on Massive Volume
11 Apr Silver Closes Above Its 50-Day Moving Average
10 Apr Sharps Pixley’s Ross Norman: “the more I know, the less I understand“
07 Apr Another Superb COT Report For Silver
06 Apr New Intraday/Closing Low Prices in All Four Precious Metals
05 Apr It Was ‘Battle Stations’ For ‘Da Boyz’ Once Again
04 Apr JPMorgan et al Were Hard at Work Again on Tuesday
03 Apr The PPT Was Everywhere They Had to Be Yesterday

March 2018

31 Mar Friday’s COT Report is Already “Yesterday’s News”
30 Mar All Four Precious Metals Sold Lower on Thursday
29 Mar Gold Closed Below Its 50-Day Moving Average
28 Mar Silver Closed Well Below Its 50 and 200-Day Moving Averages
27 Mar Gold and Silver Price Rallies Capped Again
24 Mar A Stunning Silver COT Report: One For the Ages
23 Mar A Surprise: The Silver Equities Close Higher on Thursday
22 Mar Gold and Silver Prices Rally…But Then Get Capped and Sold Lower
21 Mar Bear Stearns: A Different Opinion — Ted Butler
20 Mar Another Intraday Low Price Set in Gold
17 Mar More Salami Slices in Gold, Silver and Platinum
16 Mar JPMorgan: Another 1.2 Million Ounces of Silver Received
15 Mar Another Quiet Price Management Day For JPMorgan et al
14 Mar ‘Da Boyz’ Stop Another Price Break-Out Dead in Its Tracks
13 Mar The Precious Metal Equities Close Quietly Higher
10 Mar Another Very Interesting COT Report
09 Mar Ted Butler: JPMorgan’s Motivation
08 Mar What ‘Da Boyz’ Gave Us on Tuesday, Vanished Yesterday
07 Mar Tuesday’s Precious Metal Rallies Were Well Managed
06 Mar Silver Market “White Hot Bullish” — Ted Butler
03 Mar Silver “Locked and Loaded” Yet Again
02 Mar Precious Metal Prices Get Sliced to New Lows
01 Mar China Imports 493 Tonnes of Silver in January

February 2018

January 2018

December 2017

30 Dec Friday’s COT Report: An Unhappy Surprise
29 Dec More Silver for JPMorgan in January Silver Deliveries
28 Dec CME Group Delivers an Eye-Opening 540 Mini Silver Contracts in December
27 Dec Silver’s Up/Down Price Spike At the GLOBEX Open
23 Dec Silver: Locked and Loaded
22 Dec Ted Butler: A Ten Year Deal?
21 Dec Russia Adds 900,000 Ounces of Gold to Its Reserves in November
20 Dec Gold Touches Its 200-Day Moving Average
19 Dec JPMorgan Gorges Itself on COMEX Gold and Silver Yet Again
16 Dec Friday’s COT Report — WTF 2.0
15 Dec Draghi Speaks: Gold, Silver and Platinum Prices Hit
14 Dec The Precious Metals Rally on the Fed News
13 Dec More Christmas Salami Slices Courtesy of JPMorgan et al
12 Dec Gold and Silver Prices Get Sliced to New Lows Again
09 Dec Friday’s COT Report: A WTF Moment For the Ages?
08 Dec The Precious Metal Price Pounding by ‘Da Boyz’ Continues Unabated
07 Dec New Low Closes in Silver, Gold and Platinum Yesterday
06 Dec JPMorgan & Goldman Sachs Continue to Gobble Up Gold
05 Dec Goldman Sachs Now At the COMEX Silver Trough
02 Dec Another Wild Friday Afternoon…and a Rather Shocking COT Report
01 Dec ‘Da Boyz’ Close Gold Below Its 50-Day Moving Average

November 2017

30 Nov “All the Usual Suspects” Showed Up Again To Do the Dirty
29 Nov Another Day…and Another Waterfall Price Decline in Silver
28 Nov JPMorgan is Short 200 Million Troy Ounces of Paper Silver
25 Nov Ted Butler: Life Under Manipulation
24 Nov COMEX Open Interest in Silver: One Billion Ounces
23 Nov Gold and Silver Rally as the Dollar Index Craters
22 Nov Waiting For the Fed Minutes
21 Nov Yet Another of Ted Butler’s “Scams Within a Scam”
18 Nov A Surprising Friday Trading Session
17 Nov Thursday: Watching Paint Dry
16 Nov JPMorgan et al At Battle Stations Once Again
15 Nov Another Busy Day For “Da Boyz”
14 Nov JPMorgan’s Short Position Now At 195 Million Ounces
11 Nov JPMorgan et al…and Yet More Waterfall Price Declines
10 Nov Silver Closed Below $17 Spot Again
09 Nov Silver Not Allowed to Close Above Its 50 or 200-Day Moving Averages
08 Nov The Managed Money Traders Get Skinned Yet Again
07 Nov ‘JPMorgan et al’ Show Up to Cap Another Rally
04 Nov ‘Da Boyz’ at Battle Stations Once Again
03 Nov Silver Closed Below its 50 and 200-Day Moving Averages Again
02 Nov A Bit of a Wild Day on Absolutely Monstrous Volume
01 Nov Yet Another Day Where Nothing Gets Resolved

October 2017

31 Oct Another Day of Watching Paint Dry
28 Oct Three More Tiny Slices to New Intraday Lows
27 Oct Another ‘Salami Slice’ From Silver and Gold on Thursday
26 Oct Three New Intraday Lows Set on Wednesday
25 Oct All of Monday’s Gains Disappear — and Then Some
24 Oct Scotiabank: Backing Out — Ted Butler
21 Oct ScotiaMocatta: A Pig in a Poke
20 Oct A Monstrous Volume Day: ‘JPMorgan et al’ Take On All Comers
19 Oct Four New Intraday/Closing Lows on Wednesday
18 Oct More Salami Slicing on Tuesday
17 Oct JPMorgan et al Strike Again
14 Oct Another Rally in Silver and Gold Gets Crushed by JPMorgan et al
13 Oct A ‘Nothing’ Day in Silver and Gold — But Palladium Takes Flight Again
12 Oct Gold and Silver Rally Sharply on the FOMC Minutes…But Get Capped
11 Oct The Short Buyers and Long Sellers of Last Resort Show Up Again
10 Oct Precious Metal Prices Rally Quietly Off Their New York Lows
07 Oct 3 New Intraday Lows at the London P.M. Gold Fix
06 Oct Another New Low In Gold For This Move Down
05 Oct JPMorgan et al Crush the Rallies
04 Oct New Intraday Lows Set in All Four Precious Metals
03 Oct More Managed Money Longs Get “Harvested” on Monday

September 2017

30 Sep More Salami Slicing by JPMorgan et al on Friday
29 Sep New Intraday Lows Set in Gold, Silver and Platinum on Thursday
28 Sep JPMorgan et al Set More New Lows Yesterday
19 Sep JPMorgan et al Drive Silver Down To Its 200-Day Moving Average
16 Sep JPMorgan et al Carve Up the Precious Metals Once Again
15 Sep Silver Deliveries in September Continue to Rise
14 Sep Another Day…and More ‘Salami Slices’ From JPMorgan et al
13 Sep Silver Deliveries in September Continue to Soar
12 Sep Another ‘Wash, Rinse and Spin’ Cycle Ahead?
09 Sep Ted Butler: Eight Crooks Against the World
08 Sep Withdrawals From SLV Every Day in September So Far
07 Sep More Silver Contracts Added to September Deliveries
06 Sep Silver Halted Below $18 Spot Once Again
05 Sep Precious Metal Prices Pop a Bit on the North Korea News
02 Sep The PPT at Battle Stations Once Again
01 Sep 255 Silver Contracts Added to September Deliveries

August 2017

31 Aug Big Silver Deliveries on First Day Notice
30 Aug JPMorgan et al Were Out In Full Force on Tuesday
29 Aug Silver Blasts Higher — Closing Well Above Its 200-Day Moving Average
19 Aug How Much More Egregious Can ‘Da Boyz’ Get?
18 Aug Silver Closed Back Below Its 200-Day Moving Average Again
17 Aug JPMorgan et al Show Up In Force on the FOMC Minutes News
16 Aug JPMorgan et al Take An Axe To the Silver Price
15 Aug Silver Back Below Its 200-Day Moving Average
12 Aug Another Massive Volume Day in Gold and Silver
11 Aug Silver Breaks Above Its 200-Day Moving Average Briefly
10 Aug Nice Rallies But, Unhappily, on Monster Volume
09 Aug JPMorgan’s COMEX Silver Stash At Another New Record High
08 Aug Record Gold Imports Into Turkey in July
05 Aug Ted Butler: The Key Test Ahead in Silver
04 Aug Waiting For the Jobs Report
03 Aug An Interesting Price Action Day For Silver
02 Aug 1 Billion Ounces of Silver at the LBMA?
01 Aug The “Summer Doldrums” Continue…as July Ends Quietly

July 2017

June 2017

May 2017

31 May Silver Halted Pennies Below Its 50-Day Moving Average
30 May The U.S…the U.K…and China Were All Closed on Monday
27 May The COT Report Was Disappointing, But About What Ted Expected
26 May Jim Rickards: The Golden Conspiracy
25 May The “Plunge Protection Team” at Battle Stations on the Fed News
24 May The Second BIS Gold Pool…Part 2: Gold for Oil
23 May The Silver Set-Up: Bullish in the Extreme
20 May A Big Surprise: Another Incredible COT Report
19 May Another Day of Monstrous Volumes in Both Gold and Silver
18 May Over-the-Moon Trading Volumes in Silver and Gold on Wednesday
17 May A Second ‘Gold Pool’ in Basel, Switzerland [c.1979]
16 May “Da Boyz” Show Up at Precisely 9:00 a.m. EDT on Monday
13 May Ted Butler: Expecting the Unexpected
12 May World Silver Production Declines in 2016
11 May Finally…a Quiet Day. But Are JP Morgan et al Done Yet?
10 May JP Morgan et al Continue the Salami Slicing in Silver and Gold
09 May New Low Closes Were Set in Gold, Silver and Copper on Monday
06 May So…Are JP Morgan et al Done Yet?
05 May Another Day Inside the COMEX Slaughterhouse
04 May JP Morgan et al Strike Again
03 May Another Day…and More Salami Slicing Courtesy of JP Morgan et al
02 May JP Morgan et al Take No Prisoners on Monday

April 2017

March 2017

February 2017

January 2017

31 Jan Big Physical Gold Deliveries on First Day Notice
28 Jan More Paper Shenanigans in the COMEX Silver Market Yesterday
27 Jan The Engineered Sell-Off Continues…Where Will It End?
26 Jan Another Broad Daylight Precious Metal Bear Raid
25 Jan JP Morgan’s COMEX Silver Stash Tops 90 Million Troy Ounces
24 Jan The Dollar Index Closes Down Big Again
21 Jan JP Morgan’s COMEX Silver Stash Hits 89 Million Troy Ounces
20 Jan Draghi Speaks — and ‘Da Boyz’ Slam the Precious Metals
19 Jan Yellen Speaks…the Dollar Index Rises…and JPMorgan et al Do the Dirty
18 Jan The Dollar Index Crashes…and ‘Da Boyz’ Limit the P.M. Gains
17 Jan ‘Da Boyz’ Show Up to Cap the Rallies In the Far East on Monday
14 Jan JP Morgan’s COMEX Silver Stash Now Tops 86.5 Million Troy Ounces
13 Jan Gold and Silver Prices Get Capped Again On Huge Volume
12 Jan Trump Speaks — and the Markets Move [e-mail only]
11 Jan More Precious Metal Price-Capping on Tuesday
10 Jan JP Morgan Picks Up Another 1 Million Ounces of Silver
07 Jan JP Morgan’s COMEX Silver Stash Tops 83 Million Troy Ounces
06 Jan ‘Da Boyz’ Show Up With All Guns Blazing
05 Jan State Department Cable Confirms Gold Futures Market Was Created For Price Suppression
04 Jan 2017 Starts On a Bit of a Wild Note

December 2016

November 2016

October 2016