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March 24th, 2024, 03:05 PM
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Gold is one of those markets where forward prices...
Gold is one of those markets where forward prices are highly arbitrage-able and most of the time forward contracts trade at cost of carry (ie interest) plus cost of storage. (Unlike something like...
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March 8th, 2024, 11:40 AM
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Not futures specific but interesting...
Not futures specific but interesting read/discussion on Gold, Silver & the Miners...
Bytetree :- Gold Miners versus Silver
https://www.bytetree.com/research/2024/03/gold-miners-versus-silver/
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December 4th, 2023, 12:47 PM
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GCG4 was up over 32c on Friday as well. So Sunday...
GCG4 was up over 32c on Friday as well. So Sunday highs were almost a $1 over Friday lows. Even with the complete reversal today, today's low still well above last weeks low and the one week change...
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December 4th, 2023, 10:43 AM
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So last night (Sunday 3rd Dec'23) Gold opens and...
So last night (Sunday 3rd Dec'23) Gold opens and immediately rallies 60c/oz and sets new ALL TIME HIGH PRICES (approx %2150/oz) for gold not just this futures contract. Here we are 2 hours into the...
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February 22nd, 2023, 08:01 AM
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From your post in the Crude thread
From your post in the Crude thread
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March 7th, 2022, 03:22 PM
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CME (or COMEX) email.... Effective...
CME (or COMEX) email....
Effective immediately, Commodity Exchange, Inc. (“COMEX”) has suspended the approved status for warranting and delivery of the following brands of gold and silver until...
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December 13th, 2021, 03:27 PM
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I'm guessing with the sucess of CME's Micro Gold...
I'm guessing with the sucess of CME's Micro Gold & Silver the liquidity in these contracts has dried up (I don't trade them but did get the ICE notification) but here's the official announcement they...
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February 1st, 2021, 05:37 PM
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CME Gold Margins going up 10% effective Feb 2nd...
CME Gold Margins going up 10% effective Feb 2nd from $11k to $12.1k. Non-member margins probably 110% of this.
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November 28th, 2020, 09:57 AM
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Financials (HMUZ) I get. No need for more...
Financials (HMUZ) I get. No need for more granularity than that.
Grains I understand that its obviously seasonal and lines up with production. Need grain in June well its just May plus Storage. In...
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November 26th, 2020, 10:51 AM
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Being an energy trader where they list every...
Being an energy trader where they list every month I've always found the listed/active months strange in some commodities. Silver is different again. HKNUZ.
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November 24th, 2020, 12:17 PM
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The Dec contract doesn't expire until 29-Dec but...
The Dec contract doesn't expire until 29-Dec but first delivery day is 27-Nov. So if you have a Dec position after 27-Nov you could be required to make or take delivery. Hence why anybody who doesn't...
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November 24th, 2020, 11:40 AM
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Not sure about TD specifically but when people...
Not sure about TD specifically but when people stop trading Dec20, the most liquid contract will be Feb21. Today Dec has already traded 300k contracts, and Feb has traded 100K. No other month has...
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October 18th, 2020, 02:59 PM
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The more money central banks print, the more...
The more money central banks print, the more attractive gold becomes. IMO if gold is going to see the prices many are now talking about it won't be because retail demand it will be because...
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July 21st, 2020, 11:12 AM
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UC Trading Maybe you should start a journal.
UC Trading Maybe you should start a journal.
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June 30th, 2020, 05:35 PM
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Agree don't think it says anything about gold.
Agree don't think it says anything about gold.
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June 30th, 2020, 11:03 AM
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Fake Gold !! ...
Fake Gold !!
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Caixin/Mystery-of-2bn-of-loans-backed-by-fake-gold-in-China
More than a dozen Chinese financial institutions, mainly trust companies, loaned 20...
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April 14th, 2020, 11:29 AM
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And after last months 'Gold Delivery Rumors' we...
And after last months 'Gold Delivery Rumors' we now have this...
Gold Market Update
Spot Month Position Limits to Increase for Gold Futures
Effective at the close of trading May 28, 2020 for...
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April 13th, 2020, 05:24 PM
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Margin rates for Gold going up effective April...
Margin rates for Gold going up effective April 14th.
Initial (Maintenance) Margin increases from 9185 (8350) to 10065 (9150)
...
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April 8th, 2020, 10:43 AM
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"Cash maybe Trash" (especially in an inflationary...
"Cash maybe Trash" (especially in an inflationary period) but "Liquidity is King". Difficult balancing the two. Right now I have a lot of cash hoping that there will be more bargains for those that...
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April 3rd, 2020, 11:50 PM
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You were heading in the wrong direction. All I...
You were heading in the wrong direction. All I did was point that out. You were a strong enough person to realize that and to change your ways. All the work was done by you.
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April 1st, 2020, 11:52 PM
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My wife thinks I should write a book. I tell her...
My wife thinks I should write a book. I tell her nobody would read it!
I don't understand it either - I don't regularly trade Gold - but I do find all the stories interesting. Who knows which are...
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April 1st, 2020, 05:59 PM
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1/. We went through this once before nobody...
1/.
We went through this once before nobody has any interest in watching an old guy stare at spreadsheets! No sexy charts and random line theory going on here! Just massive boring spreadsheets!
...
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March 27th, 2020, 12:04 PM
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SER-8575: Initial Listing of the Gold (Enhanced...
SER-8575: Initial Listing of the Gold (Enhanced Delivery) Futures
https://www.cmegroup.com/content/dam/cmegroup/notices/ser/2020/03/SER-8575.pdf
I think the key component to this is that delivery...
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March 26th, 2020, 09:39 AM
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Comex Gold Futures are currently trading at a...
Comex Gold Futures are currently trading at a significant premium (almost $100/oz) to the spot Gold Market. Rumor is there's a supply squeeze going on with all the (especially Swiss) Gold refiners...
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