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ok ... bottom line is ... we should all have backup brokers ... just in case of emergency of course if you have orders pending and are not sure if any might have executed then that might complicate the issue

yikes ... that happened to me a few weeks ago ... I was able to end this nonsense by restarting my apple computer ... I think some JAVA bug or malicious virus or something was playing games with my money ! -is it me or is your TWS executing trades when you haven't even clicked the...

that huge selloff yest in silver relative to gold has brought the gold silver ratio back above 50 :cool:

thats nonsense ... yes .. it could happen I know how to read a chart ... but in order for this to occur gold would have to drop to below $$580 ... do you think $gold drops another $25- $35 tomm ? if so then go short silver and cover at $10 ( no position ... except my silver coins...

in 1987 (?) if my memory serves me correctly the comex closed for a day ... silver had a steep selloff down perhaps $2-4 from the highs and gold dropped maybe $30-45 from the highs perhaps since it is now 2006 and we have a much better ( I hope ) system in place for brokerages and...

excerpt from www.bloomberg.com -Comex halted trading in silver for 15 minutes when the price decline neared the exchange's $1.50 trading limit, which was later expanded to $3.- -Silver reached a 23-year high of $14.69 earlier. The decline was the biggest fluctuation of any commodity...

I just saw an 8-9 cent spread in may silver yuck ... ok ... it soon went back to the normal ( i.e. 1-3 cent spread ) :p

up or down ? :p

too all silver traders : I hope you have the proper background to trade extremely volatile stuff like silver right now and have the discipline to cut losses or take losses when needed from either side both long and short I heard of some traders who made thousands in silver in a few weeks...

A: this thread is in wrong forum why ? silver is not an index but a commodity :p

hi daddyeaux can you post a link to a daily or weekly chart of silver prices either cash or comex futures from 1979-1980 or 1980- 1981 ? I have an old CRB yrbook with silver prices in it showing the move from 69-79 but not longer (maybe I will look on internet to buy a CRB yrbook...

just saw this headline ...on the wires ... -NYMEX to change margins for silver, copper futures contracts- -Washington (Platts)--18Apr2006- -The New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday announced margin changes for its silver and copper futures contracts, beginning at the close of business...

HI Ivan how much of a dip is shallow for you ... 50 cents ? $1.00 ? $2.00 ? how much is the spread at OANDA ( in silver ) and what is the minimum spec position size in USD to trade silver there ?

LOL ... sure ... I made 4 1/2 cents on a quick 30 second scalp going long ! too bad it was only 1 mini contract ( gulp ) prices all over the place !!! also just made 7 cents in 3 minutes on a mini going short ! ( gasp ) :eek:

IN ASIAN TRading ... SELL SELL SELL SELL man the silver and gold lifeboats ladies and children first please ( wow ... just remember kiddies to turn out the lights if the party is over please ) :p

hi ed ... has the price of cash silver been trading over the lead month MAY ? ( a few cents higher ) yes there will be rollover to July ... but I found this interesting if I am seeing accurate numbers on my cash price source for silver hi ivan you could have easily lost a grand...

I have figured out how to play silver I think of it as an inexpensive nasdaq stock and its big brother gold as an expensive one that never splits ( sorry ... It's not such a funny joke ... its been a wild week P+L wise for me and I need to be silly ) :p

$14 ... another new round number was hit post comex close mid afternoon ... will the next $1.00 move be to $15 or $13 ? stay tuned ... and use stops !

in the early 1980's the COMEX changed the rules if my memory is correct they only allowed liquidations ... and no new buys ... now ... that might have been an extreme case with silver at the time in the $ 40 area and defaults looming ... everywhere the end of the story was that...

you should have been watching the silver market in 1987 ... it dropped $3-4 one day after making new contract highs gold dropped $40 or so that day they had to close the COMEX exchange for a day if I remember correctly