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Metals Are Still Sensitive, Here's Why Gold & Silver saw extreme volatility. Silver dumped ~19% overnight before bouncing, now trading near $81.2 and still red. Parabolic move + heavy leverage = violent correction. Implied vol is elevated — conditions remain unstable. Gold and silver had gone parabolic — price action was signaling a correction was a matter of when, not if. When positioning gets euphoric, markets become fragile. Add leverage to the mix, and corrections turn sharp and violent very quickly. Metals mania was also fueled by USD debasement fears and speculative flows. Warsh’s selection acted as the catalyst, shifting expectations away from unchecked monetary expansion. With his history as an inflation hawk and stance against an oversized Fed balance sheet, the “currency collapse hedge” narrative cracked — exposing how crowded and momentum-driven the trade had become. - Alan