From Greg Mannarino board On Friday (before the new war) respected metals analyst Ed Steer wrote:
"The commercial traders of whatever stripe have been moving heaven and earth to get as minimum short as possible in the COMEX futures market, particularly in the precious metals and copper, over the last couple of weeks — and now that it is “mission accomplished”…all we can do is sit back and wait to see if this is now the time that the powers-that-be decide to pull the pin."