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Still large moves of metal into GOLD and also SILVER vaults. First "decrease" of spot contracts for silver and gold, in a LONG time. I missed todays volumes, but spot volume looks very high tonight for tomorrow's trades.

New multi-year low in reverse repo. Liquidity almost gone.. The end-game is afoot.

Finally a dip in gold going into COMEX, "only" 4.2 tonnes (still a lot, but off of recent 30-odd tonnes daily), and only 1.1 tonne of gold purchased on yesterday spot. Gold volume is very high today and silver trade has ebbed.

Gold Price, Someone rather famous might have called this "expodential"

GOLD Trade remains high, 29-3/4 tonnes into the vaults, 14.6 tonnes moved to registered, 3.8 tonnes purchased on spot yesterday. Immaculate volumes still active in gold. Loomis international largest remover of silver, on its way to Asia.

COMEX GOLD continues into the vault at a very high rate, just shy of 1 million oz again on Friday (304 tonnes in). 11 tonnes moved to registered. Now silver is also becoming quite active in trading and the vaults-3.3 million oz into the vaults and more silver contracts accumulated that gold.

Random thought question: How would the tariff regime affect PSLV, where all the closed-end fund bars are stored in Canadian vaults?

Article discusses gold move to US and large movement of gold to Asia.

COMEX Activity, 10.5 tonnes of gold into the vaults, 17.1 tonnes moved to registered as precursor to big future deliveries. Similar movement with silver, 3.3 million in and 7.2 million move to registered.

New all-time high for gold price on first notice day for active February contracts. 16.9 new tonnes into gold vaults. 1.9 tonnes of gold purchased last day of January contract. Total silver OI on gradual increase for last 3 weeks.

22-1/2 tonnes of gold into COMEX vaults. 7 tonnes of gold sold on January spot yesterday (couldn't wait until FN day) and still high spot volume. FN day should be very interesting for Gold! They tried to push gold down before end of month, but... semi fail!

Huge gold delivery day today. Barclays again the dominant "buyer" with 8 tonnes. All the talk is "PM" coming to the US!" I think the Chinese are pulling a fast one on us. .It comes to the US from London, then goes from the US to Asia...

"ONLY" 1/2 million oz of gold (16.4 tonnes) into COMEX, Total Gold OI finally peaked and 2-2/3 tonnes of Gold purchased yesterday. Still huge but off recent highs.

UK hoovering gold for Chinese clients. Ditch mentioned "Barclays" as a new big buyer. Last Friday it was 768 contracts (2.4 tonnes).

Another million+ oz. (36.4 tonnes) into COMEX gold vaults. 4.44 tonnes gold purchased last Friday. New recent high in total OI for both gold and silver.

SD: New nominal gold price high in as many as 69 currencies this week, very close to high in USD. Future interest rate cuts will rocket Gold higher, Silver, Pt, Pd will follow. Tariff threat and supply deficit could cause 2025 silver squeeze, even with dropping demand. Mystery buyer has returned.

Crazy volumes again on COMEX. 33.4 tonnes of Gold into COMEX vaults, 5.05 tonnes of gold purchased on January spot yesterday and total futures contracts again at new recent high. BIG gold shenanigans-immaculate gold continues. Silver vault inflows very high, but accumulation at the noise level.

The gold run continues at COMEX. 35.4 tonnes into the vaults, 4-3/4 tonnes purchased on spot yesterday. It was high volume again today.. but I missed the numbers.

Squeeze? getting squozed? probably not.. but .. who knows

The new guy at Brinks mint was walking down the hallway and opened a random door and found 1.7 million ounces of silver no one knew about. So they adjusted the comex eligible total up.

COMEX, Gold is still rocking, 23.4 tonnes into COMEX vaults, 23.65 tonnes out of vaults. 3.6 tonnes acquired on Jan spot yesterday-today's volume even higher. Total gold and silver OI still increasing. Silver shows big vault moves, even though spot volume low. Big inflows into Platinum, +13%.

COMEX, I thought the gold frenzy would slow down-I was wrong. 40.6 TONNES of gold, 1.3 million oz., moved into COMEX, Loomis international received the most (pipeline to China or India?). 2.8 tonnes purchased on spot Friday. Silver volume and vaults also waking up now.

Bank of America has $112 billion in unrealized losses. Should Ford, GM and Chrysler merge to compete with Chinese EVs?

Big Picture. Don't you think it is interesting how the big banks neither produce nor consume precious metals, but are the dominant force in the trades? They are parasites. That is a reason why I hate any suggestion of carbon trading.