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Thursday, May 5, 2011

HUI sinks further under the weight of collapsing silver prices

So much for a potential bottom having been formed in the mining shares based on the performance yesterday where the sharp spike lower was followed by a strong rebound and high range close. That low near 542 gave way early in the session and the index never managed to seriously threaten it since.

We are back to watching for a sign of a bottom. A substantial amount of buying came in near the session low at 526 but as to whether or not we get a pop higher tomorrow across the shares is unclear.

I find it difficult to believe that even with the margin hikes silver has that much more to fall but a lot depends on the willingness and financial means of the large specs left in the market to maintain their existing long positions. A drop of this magnitude cannot last much longer and I would be surprised to see silver fall below $32. If it did, it would meet with enormous demand on the physical side of things.

Even at that I will want to see the HUI stop going down and find a stable bottom before I am confident that the rout in silver is over. Reports indicate that demand for the physical product is very robust on this huge price drop. if that is the case, then it will not be long before the Asians swoop in and clean up the remains of the exchange-killed silver longs.

3 comments:

  1. A brief history of silver margins (New contracts) from you blog:

    Nov 16, 2010 - $9,788 from $8,775
    Dec 16, 2010 - $10,463 from $9,788
    Jan 20, 2011 - $11,138 from $10,463
    April 25, 2011 - $12,825 from $11,138
    April 28, 2011 - $14,513 from $12,825
    May 2, 2011 - $16,200 from $14,513
    May 5, 2011 - $18,900 from $16,200
    May 9, 2011 - $21000 from $18,900

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  2. When are they gonna demand 100% + premium for a contract?

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