SILVER CRASHED 31%... THEN CME POURS Gasoline AGAIN!
CME Group is increasing margins on COMEX On 2 Feb, after market closes.
No escape if you're leveraged long overnight. Expects Forced sells snowball lower.
Silver (~$85/oz):
• 5,000 oz contract ≈ $425k
• Margin: 11% → 15%
• Leverage: 9.1x → 6.7x
• Need +~$17k per contract or get liquidated
👉 That’s enough to buy ~200 oz physical silver outright
Gold (~$4,880/oz):
• 100 oz contract ≈ $488k
• Margin: 6% → 8% (+33%)
• Leverage: 16.7x → 12.5x
• Need +~$9.8k per contract
📉 Monday gap-down trap:
Friday’s silver crash (~25–31%) + higher margins = instant losses at open.
Intraday margin calls + new requirements = forced liquidation.
• 1 silver contract → +$17k top-up + gap loss = wipeout risk
• 5 contracts → +$85k (could’ve bought spot instead)
🔥 Platinum +25%, Palladium +14% — whole complex deleveraging.
CME protecting clearing firms after volatility explosion… specs getting squeezed.
🤔 Question now: dump today or wire more cash Monday?
Dead-cat bounce… or forced-sell cascade?
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