Back to the point of illegal trading and naked shorts. It's most blatant in Gold and Silver markets as a numer of COMEX traders have been found guilty over the last decade yet it continues. They have been manipulating prices for so long in Futures paper market. Remember, if you don't HOLD it, you don't own it. Paper gold and silver certificates will be worthless as you and 100 other people have a claim on the same oz of metal.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-07-15/day-silver-market-broke
The lifelong wholesaler looks closer at the unprecedented degree of gold and silver futures price backwardation, with the heavily oversold naked shorts bubble ready to burst.