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Freedoms are not easily won, but they are easily lost.
Senate Banking Chair Tim Scott says “everyone remains at the table working in good faith,” but gave no indication on when the markup will be rescheduled.
Silver just dropped $7.45 in a blink. About 8%. Gold hit a fresh record, then people took profit. Copper tagged a record too, then it pulled back.
That one move does NOT mean “the story is over”.
It means big money is doing what big money always does: Shake the tree, force the weak hands out, and buy back cheaper.
Now look at what is actually pushing this dump.
1. FORCED SELLING FROM INDEX FUNDS There is an annual commodity index rebalance right now. Simple meaning: big passive funds MUST sell for a few days, no matter what. So price gets pushed down even if nothing “broke”.
This is not emotion. This is rules.
2. BANKS ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE CFTC data shows banks are net short a LOT of paper metal.
SILVER: banks short 65,865 contracts vs long 25,723 That is net short 40,142 contracts That is about 200.7 MILLION ounces of paper silver
GOLD: banks short 260,475 contracts vs long 42,897 That is net short 217,578 contracts That is about 21.8 MILLION ounces of paper gold
COPPER: banks short 35,382 contracts vs long 32,506 That is net short 2,876 contracts That is about 71.9 MILLION pounds
So when metals dump fast, who profits? The shorts.
And the biggest “middle men” banks in this market are names you already know: JP Morgan, HSBC, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, Merrill Lynch, ICBC Standard, TD
Now connect the dots.
Metals go vertical. Banks are short. Passive funds are forced sellers. So price gets forced down fast.
That is how you get a candle like silver $93 to $86.
OKAY, BUT WHY IS THIS BULLISH?
Because dumping metals can FREE liquidity.
When people close metal longs, cash comes back. When forced selling ends, pressure stops. Then money rotates.
Where does it rotate? Into stocks. Into crypto. Into the “more risky” stuff.
That is why these violent commodity dumps often show up right before