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DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: CME HALTS METALS TRADING AHEAD OF FIRST NOTICE DAY FOR SILVER.
Silvertrade ^ | 25 Feb 26 | Jon Lindau

Posted on 02/25/2026 12:21:04 PM PST by delta7

The Last Time the CME Halted Trading, Silver Surged 127% Over the Next 60 Days

Silver Was Trading at $53.26/oz When the CME Halted Trading for 10 Hours overnight November 28th for “COOLING ISSUES”.

Silver then immediately spiked to an all time record high $56.78 immediately upon resumption of trading on November 28th.

Silver then proceeded to more than DOUBLE to $121 over the next 2 months as a historic physical short squeeze played out.

The CME “Cooling Issues” Trading Halt just HAPPENED to occur on First Notice Day for the December Silver Contract- Reportedly After a CHINESE INDUSTRIALIST notified COMEX of his intent to take PHYSICAL DELIVERY of 30 MILLION OZ of silver.

JP Morgan PULLED 13 million oz of silver OFF OF THE COMEX, & the Chinese industrialist had to SCRAMBLE to cover his shorts with physical metal in China. The resulting move in silver was one for the history books.

Is it a coincidence that today’s CME Trading Halt (“official” explanation yet to be invented) IS OCCURING ONLY 36 HOURS BEFORE FIRST NOTICE DAY on the March Silver Contract⁉️

CME Order

JUST AS SILVER IS PREPARING TO TAKE OUT $92 TO THE UPSIDE- WITH ONLY OPEN AIR OVERHEAD TO ALL-TIME RECORD NOMINAL HIGHS OVER $120⁉️

Where there’s Smoke, There’s Typically FIRE.


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How much longer can Silver manipulation ( rigging) continue? Trump added Silver to our Critical metals list, then announced " price floors" ( to promote mining) , surely he is aware of the price manipulation.

Doing nothing about it ( unless he is not aware) under his watch is terrible. Hi Ho Silver!

1 posted on 02/25/2026 12:21:04 PM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

Due note the price of Silver on the Shanghai international trading markets:

SHFE Silver Above $105 As COMEX Silver Hits $91. The price disparity insures the corrupted US Comex will be cleaned out. The U.S. bullion banks shorting will hopefully pay a big price for their manipulation.


2 posted on 02/25/2026 12:30:51 PM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

JP Morgan is - again - manipulating the silver market.


3 posted on 02/25/2026 12:33:14 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: Obadiah

JP Morgan is - again - manipulating the silver market.


Of course, but guess what? As of today, the U.S. Crimex Silver in wharehouses available for immediate delivery has dropped to 87.2 million.....they push the price lower, more then take physical delivery....no body wants their paper Silver.

Will the U.S. Crimex default? Probably not, JP Morgan is sitting on a rumored 750 tons.....


4 posted on 02/25/2026 12:41:31 PM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

https://www.ft.com/content/d3fe28d9-ec71-45fb-8574-de4922d04482

CME halts trading on flagship metals market for more than an hour

World’s largest exchanges operator blames ‘technical’ issues for its latest outage.


Another mysterious trading halt.....same as last month.....no one can possibly believe them.


5 posted on 02/25/2026 12:46:03 PM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

The industrial demand for silver EVs, electronic devices that sevice AI and computers has skyrocketed since 1980 and continues to grow. Mines can’t keep up with demand. Also middle class people in India and China don’t trust their banks and hoard gold and silver as secure savings.


6 posted on 02/25/2026 12:46:40 PM PST by allendale
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From Phair.

“Josh Philip Phair
@JoshPhilipPhair
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1h
Last time the COMEX Metals went down Silver went on a multi-month rumble.

It just happened again. Technical glitches, cooling issues? - Who knows what their stated reasons are, but Metals trading is off-liine again. Regardless this is going to be intriguing...”

“Josh Phair, Owner and CEO of Scottsdale Mint, leads the charge in the fabrication, manufacturing, distribution, and retail sales of precious metals across 40+ countries on five continents...” He is most certainly in the know. He met in Europe last month for a world summit of miners, fabricators, Silver industry giants...much of the meeting was closed door....hmmmmmm..


7 posted on 02/25/2026 12:53:07 PM PST by delta7
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So all the banks get to cover their shorts at a discount and then the price of silver magically goes up?


8 posted on 02/25/2026 12:57:39 PM PST by Obadiah
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So all the banks get to cover their shorts at a discount and then the price of silver magically goes up?


Of course....same same for decades....but do realize something extraordinary ( historical) is happening with the record drawdown of physical silver available on the entire world’s exchanges......tic, toc,.....the U.S. Crimex ( and LBMA) has finally lost control.

The world’s physical Wealth is moving from the corrupted West to the East.


9 posted on 02/25/2026 1:12:32 PM PST by delta7
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Silver Was Trading at $53.26/oz When the CME Halted Trading for 10 Hours overnight November 28th for “COOLING ISSUES”.

Ah, the good old days when Silver was only $53. Sigh.

10 posted on 02/25/2026 1:18:46 PM PST by montag813
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To: delta7

Pick a reason for PR purposes:

Need to maintain an orderly market

we must protect investors

must have safeguards to avoid terrorist and organized crime financing

implementing normal, regular trading guardrails

A computer glitch slowed trades but is now fixed.


11 posted on 02/25/2026 1:51:42 PM PST by PGR88
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You are correct. Comex has ~88 Million ounces of silver it can deliver...estimates are that 120-140 Million ounces will be needed by end of March for those standing for delivery. So a 30-50 Million ounce potential shortfall for March deliveries...UNLESS Comex hikes margin requirements AGAIN to force selling, BUT after that selling (a couple days) ITS TIME TO LOAD THE BOAT!


12 posted on 02/25/2026 2:11:19 PM PST by oil_dude
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The world’s physical Wealth is moving from the corrupted West to the East.

Yeah, and I'm doing my part to swim against that tide.😉

13 posted on 02/25/2026 2:36:32 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: oil_dude

The latest Comex showed a bunch rolled over contracts or withdrew them....I don’t understand all the figures, but it appears the U.S. Crimex will not have a delivery failure event....kicking the can down the road...


14 posted on 02/25/2026 2:40:23 PM PST by delta7
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To: oil_dude

...a few loaded the boat years ago, this Bull officially started in 2023....many have made more money in the past two years than a whole life of investing paper. It was/ is all about recognizing economic cycles. This Bull is just starting.

Hi Ho Silver ! ....and Gold.


15 posted on 02/25/2026 2:48:54 PM PST by delta7
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“Probably not, JP Morgan is sitting on a rumored 750 tons.....”

What happened to your prediction that their silver shorts would destroy JPM?


16 posted on 02/25/2026 3:48:42 PM PST by TexasGator (1.X11111.1~I11:/)
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“Comex has ~88 Million ounces of silver it can deliver...estimates are that 120-140 Million ounces will be needed by end of March for those standing for delivery. So a 30-50 Million ounce potential shortfall for March deliveries.”

Your p9st indicates a total ignorance of the futures market.


17 posted on 02/25/2026 3:52:06 PM PST by TexasGator (1.X11111.1~I11:/)
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“Hi Ho Silver ! “

You need to reprogram Socrates.


18 posted on 02/25/2026 3:53:01 PM PST by TexasGator (1.X11111.1~I11:/)
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>>Doing nothing about it ( unless he is not aware) under his watch is terrible. Hi Ho Silver!<<

If there was indeed “silver rigging” going on, Trump would know. So “silver rigging” must not be happening, is my conclusion.


19 posted on 02/25/2026 4:24:45 PM PST by rod5591
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To: delta7
Western spot; $88.72

Shanhai spot; $102.13

20 posted on 02/25/2026 4:32:16 PM PST by misanthrope (Deranged, sinister, deplorable troll)
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