MarketWatch reported that “Silver futures rallied Thursday to mark their highest finish in three weeks, following a post by a Reddit user, who suggested executing a “short squeeze” on silver. Any short squeeze in silver paper shorts would be EPIC, a post on the popular WallStreetBets forum said. Why not squeeze $SLV to real physical price, he said referring to the iShares Silver Trust exchange-traded fund.”
The net result was that today the Ishares Silver trust gained 5.55%, a total of $1.30 taking that ETF to $24.72 today. The fact that individual traders have found an outlet to exchange information and collectively banded together is a historical moment in the way individual traders can lessen the edge that hedge funds and institutional players have had for years. While many individuals have been talking about the fact that both gold and silver prices have been manipulated, it seems that these traders have given them a taste of their own medicine.
While it is created incredibly wild swings in GME and AMC, the fact that they have now turned their attention to SLV could have the same effect, of squeezing silver prices higher. More importantly, these individual traders acted in unison with the type of capital needed to stand toe to toe against the large hedge funds. Truly a historical moment