[bankwalker]

No ... It’s meant to protect the exchange during abnormal price swings ... All futures exchanges do it when their risk elevates ...

[spacejunkie2001]

the ‘exchange’ doesn’t hold paper or physical silver.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“””No ... It’s meant to protect the exchange during abnormal price swings ... All futures exchanges do it when their risk elevates ...”””

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Thanks for jumping in. I was hoping to inform the FR folks that this Dec 29th $25,000 margin on silver futures was just the last of three recent increases that have not stopped the soaring silver prices.

Now if Comex raises margins to $100,000 per contract that might have an impact.