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ANOTHER HUGE QUEUE JUMPING AT THE COMEX GOLD AS WE NOW HAVE 38 TONNES OF GOLD STANDING AGAINST 21 TONNES OF REGISTERED OR AVAILABLE FOR SALE

26-2-2019 < SGT Report 106 2370 words
 

by Harvey Organ, Harvey Organ Blog:


AN EARLY POSTING TODAY: GOLD DOWN $3.10 TO $1327.50 AND SILVER DOWN 8 CENTS ON COMEX OPTIONS EXPIRY DAY/TRUMP GIVES CHINA A REPRIEVE AND DELAYS ONSET OF THE TARIFFS HOPING FOR A DEAL//MADURO’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED AS VENEZUELA GOES INTO COMPLETE CHAOS OVER THE WEEKEND//MORE SWAMP STORIES FOR YOU TONIGHT



GOLD: $1327.50 DOWN $3.10 (COMEX TO COMEX CLOSING)


Silver:   $15.88 DOWN 8 CENTS (COMEX TO COMEX CLOSING)


Closing access prices:


Gold :  1328.30



silver: $15.90



The comex options expired at the comex today,  and London/LBMA options will expire  on Thursday, the 28th of February..


Expect extreme volatility until first day notice.





For comex gold and silver:


FEBRUARY









NUMBER OF NOTICES FILED TODAY FOR  FEB CONTRACT: 779 NOTICE(S) FOR 77,900 OZ (2.423 tonnes)



TOTAL NUMBER OF NOTICES FILED SO FAR:  12,075 NOTICES FOR 1,207,500 OZ  (37.558 TONNES)









FOR FEBRUARY




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1 NOTICE(S) FILED TODAY FOR 5,000  OZ/






total number of notices filed so far this month: 571 for 2,855,000



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Bitcoin: OPENING MORNING TRADE $3796:UP $61



Bitcoin: FINAL EVENING TRADE: $3963  UP 27



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JPMorgan or Goldman Sachs are taking a huge issuance (stopping) of gold at the comex.


today 711/779


EXCHANGE: COMEX
CONTRACT: FEBRUARY 2019 COMEX 100 GOLD FUTURES
SETTLEMENT: 1,329.200000000 USD
INTENT DATE: 02/22/2019 DELIVERY DATE: 02/26/2019
FIRM ORG FIRM NAME ISSUED STOPPED
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657 C MORGAN STANLEY 3
661 C JP MORGAN 711
661 H JP MORGAN 6
737 C ADVANTAGE 44 51
800 C MAREX SPEC 11 5
880 H CITIGROUP 717
905 C ADM 7 3
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TOTAL: 779 779
MONTH TO DATE: 12,075





Let us have a look at the data for today


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In silver, the total OPEN INTEREST FELL BY A CONSIDERABLE SIZED 1643 CONTRACTS FROM 221,347 DOWN TO 219,704 DESPITE FRIDAY’S 7 CENT GAIN IN SILVER PRICING AT THE COMEX. TODAY WE ARRIVED FURTHER FROM  AUGUST’S 2018  RECORD SETTING OPEN INTEREST OF 244,196 CONTRACTS.




WE HAVE ALSO WITNESSED A LARGE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL METAL STAND FOR COMEX DELIVERY AS WELL WE ARE WITNESSING CONSIDERABLE LONGS PACKING THEIR BAGS AND MIGRATING OVER TO LONDON IN GREATER NUMBERS IN THE FORM OF EFP’S.  WE WERE  NOTIFIED  THAT WE HAD A SMALL SIZED NUMBER OF COMEX LONGS TRANSFERRING THEIR CONTRACTS TO LONDON THROUGH THE EFP:


439 EFP’S FOR MARCH,  0 FOR APRIL,  74 FOR MAY, 0 FOR DECEMBER AND ZERO FOR ALL  OTHER MONTHS  AND THEREFORE TOTAL ISSUANCE: OF 513 CONTRACTS. WITH THE TRANSFER OF 513 CONTRACTS, WHAT THE CME IS STATING IS THAT THERE IS NO SILVER (OR GOLD) TO BE DELIVERED UPON AT THE COMEX AS THEY MUST EXPORT THEIR OBLIGATION TO LONDON. ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE CAN BE A DELAY OF 24-48 HRS IN THE ISSUING OF EFP’S. THE 513 EFP CONTRACTS TRANSLATES INTO 2.565 MILLION OZ  ACCOMPANYING:


1.THE 7 CENT GAIN IN SILVER PRICE AT THE COMEX AND


2. THE STRONG AMOUNT OF SILVER OUNCES WHICH STOOD FOR DELIVERY IN THE LAST NINE MONTHS:


JUNE/2018. (5.420 MILLION OZ);


FOR JULY: 30.370 MILLION OZ


FOR AUG., 6.065 MILLION OZ


FOR SEPT. 39.505 MILLION  OZ S


FOR OCT.2.525 MILLION OZ.


FOR NOV:  A HUGE 7.440 MILLION OZ STANDING  AND


21.925 MILLION OZ FINALLY STAND FOR DECEMBER.


5.845 MILLION OZ STAND IN JANUARY.


AND NOW 2.860 MILLION OZ STANDING FOR FEBRUARY.



ACCUMULATION FOR EFP’S/SILVER/J.P.MORGAN’S HOUSE OF BRIBES, / STARTING FROM FIRST DAY NOTICE/FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY: 25,205 CONTRACTS (FOR 16 TRADING DAYS TOTAL 25,205 CONTRACTS) OR 126.025 MILLION OZ: (AVERAGE PER DAY: 1575 CONTRACTS OR 7.876 MILLION OZ/DAY)


TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO THE HUGE SUPPLY THIS MONTH IN SILVER:  SO FAR THIS MONTH OF FEB:  126.025 MILLION PAPER OZ HAVE MORPHED OVER TO LONDON. THIS REPRESENTS AROUND 18.00% OF ANNUAL GLOBAL PRODUCTION (EX CHINA EX RUSSIA)*  JUNE’S 345.43 MILLION OZ IS THE SECOND HIGHEST RECORDED ISSUANCE OF EFP’S AND IT FOLLOWED THE RECORD SET IN APRIL 2018 OF 385.75 MILLION OZ.


ACCUMULATION IN YEAR 2019 TO DATE SILVER EFP’S:          334.55    MILLION OZ. (CORRECTED)



JANUARY 2019 EFP TOTALS:                                                      217.455. MILLION OZ.




RESULT: WE HAD A CONSIDERABLE SIZED DECREASE IN COMEX OI SILVER COMEX CONTRACTS OF 1643 DESPITE THE 7 CENT GAIN IN SILVER PRICING AT THE COMEX //FRIDAY..THE CME NOTIFIED US THAT WE HAD  SMALL SIZED EFP ISSUANCE OF 513 CONTRACTS WHICH EXITED OUT OF THE SILVER COMEX AND TRANSFERRED THEIR OI TO LONDON AS FORWARDS. SPECULATORS CONTINUED THEIR INTEREST IN ATTACKING THE SILVER COMEX FOR PHYSICAL SILVER (SEE COMEX DATA) .


TODAY WE LOST A CONSIDERABLE SIZED: 1130 TOTAL OI CONTRACTS ON THE TWO EXCHANGES:


i.e 513 OPEN INTEREST CONTRACTS HEADED FOR LONDON  (EFP’s) TOGETHER WITH DECREASE OF1643 OI COMEX CONTRACTS. AND ALL OF THIS  DEMAND HAPPENED WITH A 7 CENT GAIN IN PRICE OF SILVER  AND A CLOSING PRICE OF $15.96 WITH RESPECT TO YESTERDAY’S TRADING. YET WE HAD A GIGANTIC AMOUNT OF SILVER STANDING AT THE COMEX FOR DELIVERY 



In ounces AT THE COMEX, the OI is still represented by JUST OVER 1 BILLION oz i.e. 1.099 BILLION OZ TO BE EXACT or 157% of annual global silver production (ex Russia & ex China).


FOR THE NEW FRONT FEBRUARY MONTH/ THEY FILED AT THE COMEX: 1 NOTICE(S) FOR 5,000 OZ OF SILVER


IN SILVER,PRIOR TO TODAY, WE  SET THE NEW COMEX RECORD OF OPEN INTEREST AT 243,411 CONTRACTS ON APRIL 9.2018.  AND AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN SET WITH A LOW PRICE OF $16.51.  


AND NOW WE RECORD FOR POSTERITY ANOTHER ALL TIME RECORD OPEN INTEREST AT THE COMEX OF 244,196 CONTRACTS ON AUGUST 22/2018 AND AGAIN WHEN THIS RECORD WAS SET, THE PRICE OF SILVER WAS $14.78 AND LOWER IN PRICE THAN PREVIOUS RECORDS.


ON THE DEMAND SIDE WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING:


  1. HUGE AMOUNTS OF SILVER STANDING FOR DELIVERY  (MARCH/2018: 27 MILLION OZ , APRIL/2018 : 2.485 MILLION OZ  MAY: 36.285 MILLION OZ ; JUNE/2018  (5.420 MILLION OZ) , JULY 2018 FINAL AMOUNT STANDING: 30.370 MILLION OZ   )  FOR AUGUST 6.065 MILLION OZ. , SEPT:  A HUGE 39.505 MILLION OZ./ OCTOBER: 2,520,000 oz  NOV AT 7.440 MILLION OZ./ DEC. AT 21.925 MILLION OZ   JANUARY AT  5.825 MILLION OZ.AND NOW FEB 2019:  2.860 MILLION OZ/

  2. HUGE RECORD OPEN INTEREST IN SILVER 243,411 CONTRACTS (OR 1.217 BILLION OZ/ SET APRIL 9/2018) AND NOW AUGUST 22/2018:  244,196 CONTRACTS,  WITH A SILVER PRICE OF $14.78.

  3. HUGE ANNUAL EFP’S ISSUANCE EQUAL TO 2.9 BILLION OZ OR 400% OF SILVER ANNUAL PRODUCTION/2017

  4. RECORD SETTING EFP ISSUANCE FOR ANY MONTH IN SILVER; APRIL/2018/ 385.75 MILLIONOZ/  AND THE SECOND HIGHEST RECORDED EFP ISSUANCE JUNE 2018 345.43 MILLION OZ

AND YET, WITH THE EXTREMELY HIGH EFP ISSUANCE, WE HAVE A CONTINUAL LOW PRICE OF SILVER DESPITE THE ABOVE HUGE DEMAND.  TO ME THE ONLY ANSWER IS THAT WE HAVE SOVEREIGN  (CHINA) WHO IS ENDEAVOURING TO GOBBLE UP ALL AVAILABLE PHYSICAL SILVER NO MATTER WHERE, EXACTLY WHAT J.P.MORGAN IS DOING. AND IT IS MY BELIEF THAT J.P.MORGAN IS HOLDING ITS SILVER FOR ITS BENEFICIAL OWNER..THE USA GOVERNMENT WHO IN TURN IS HOLDING THAT SILVER FOR CHINA.(FOR A SILVER LOAN REPAYMENT).



IN GOLD, THE OPEN INTEREST ROSE BY A SMALL SIZED 513 CONTRACTS UP TO 504,920 WITH THE RISE IN THE COMEX GOLD PRICE/(A GAIN IN PRICE OF $5.15//YESTERDAY’S TRADING).



THE CME RELEASED THE DATA FOR EFP ISSUANCAND IT TOTALED A  FAIR  SIZED 3059 CONTRACTS:



MARCH HAD AN ISSUANCE OF 0 CONTACTS  APRIL 3059 CONTRACTS,JUNE: 0 CONTRACTS DECEMBER: 0 CONTRACTS AND ALL OTHER MONTHS ZERO.  The NEW COMEX OI for the gold complex rests at 504,920. ALSO REMEMBER THAT THERE WILL BE A DELAY IN THE ISSUANCE OF EFP’S.  THE BANKERS REMOVE LONG POSITIONS OF COMEX GOLD IMMEDIATELY.  THEN THEY ORCHESTRATE THEIR PRIVATE EFP DEAL WITH THE LONGS AND THAT COULD TAKE AN ADDITIONAL, 48 HRS SO WE GENERALLY DO NOT GET A MATCH WITH RESPECT TO DEPARTING COMEX LONGS AND NEW EFP LONG TRANSFERS. . EVEN THOUGH THE BANKERS ISSUED THESE MONSTROUS EFPS, THE OBLIGATION STILL RESTS WITH THE BANKERS TO SUPPLY METAL BUT IT TRANSFERS THE RISK TO A LONDON BANKER OBLIGATION AND NOT A NEW YORK COMEX OBLIGATION. LONGS RECEIVE A FIAT BONUS TOGETHER WITH A LONG LONDON FORWARD. THUS, BY THESE ACTIONS, THE BANKERS AT THE COMEX HAVE JUST STATED THAT THEY HAVE NO APPRECIABLE METAL!! THIS IS A MASSIVE FRAUD: THEY CANNOT SUPPLY ANY METAL TO OUR COMEX LONGS BUT THEY ARE QUITE WILLING TO SUPPLY MASSIVE NON BACKED GOLD (AND SILVER) PAPER KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE NO METAL TO SATISFY OUR LONGS. LONDON IS NOW SEVERELY BACKWARD IN BOTH GOLD AND SILVER  AND WE ARE WITNESSING DELAYS IN ACTUAL DELIVERIES.


IN ESSENCE WE HAVE AN A CONSIDERABLE SIZED GAIN IN TOTAL CONTRACTS ON THE TWO EXCHANGES OF 3647 CONTRACTS: 588 OI CONTRACTS INCREASED AT THE COMEX AND 3059 EFP OI CONTRACTS WHICH NAVIGATED OVER TO LONDON. THUS  TOTAL OI GAIN: 3647 CONTRACTS OR 364,700 OZ = 11.34 TONNES. AND ALL OF THIS DEMAND OCCURRED WITH A GAIN IN THE PRICE OF GOLD/ FRIDAY TO THE TUNE OF $5.15.



FRIDAY, WE HAD 6559 EFP’S ISSUED.


ACCUMULATION OF EFP’S GOLD AT J.P. MORGAN’S HOUSE OF BRIBES: (EXCHANGE FOR PHYSICAL) FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY : 92,407 CONTRACTS OR 9,240,700 OZ  OR 287.42 TONNES (16 TRADING DAYS AND THUS AVERAGING: 5,775 EFP CONTRACTS PER TRADING DAY


TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AS TO THE STRONG SIZE OF THESE EFP TRANSFERS :  THIS MONTH IN 16 TRADING DAYS IN  TONNES: 287.42 TONNES


TOTAL ANNUAL GOLD PRODUCTION, 2018, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD EX CHINA EX RUSSIA: 2555 TONNES


THUS EFP TRANSFERS REPRESENTS 287.42/2550 x 100% TONNES = 11.27% OF GLOBAL ANNUAL PRODUCTION SO FAR IN DECEMBER ALONE.***


ACCUMULATION OF GOLD EFP’S YEAR 2019 TO DATE:     807.54  TONNES


JANUARY 2019 TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE;   531.20 TONNES





WHAT IS ALARMING TO ME, ACCORDING TO OUR LONDON EXPERT ANDREW MAGUIRE IS THAT THESE EFP’S ARE BEING TRANSFERRED TO WHAT ARE CALLED SERIAL FORWARD CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS AND THESE CONTRACTS ARE LESS THAN 14 DAYS.  ANYTHING GREATER THAN 14 DAYS, THESE MUST BE RECORDED AND SENT TO THE COMPTROLLER, GREAT BRITAIN TO MONITOR RISK TO THE BANKING SYSTEM.  IF THIS IS INDEED TRUE, THEN THIS IS A MASSIVE CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD AS WE NOW WITNESS A MONSTROUS TOTAL EFP’S ISSUANCE AS IT HEADS INTO THE STRATOSPHERE





Result: A FAIR SIZED INCREASE IN OI AT THE COMEX OF 588 WITH THE GAIN IN PRICING ($5.15) THAT GOLD UNDERTOOK FRIDAY) //.WE ALSO HAD A CONSIDERABLE SIZED NUMBER OF COMEX LONG TRANSFERRING TO LONDON THROUGH THE EFP ROUTE: 3059 CONTRACTS AS THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN NEGOTIATED AND CONFIRMED.   THERE OBVIOUSLY DOES NOT SEEM TO BE MUCH PHYSICAL GOLD AT THE COMEX.  I GUESS IT EXPLAINS THE HUGE ISSUANCE OF EFP’S…THERE IS HARDLY ANY GOLD PRESENT AT THE GOLD COMEX FOR DELIVERY PURPOSES. IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 3059 EFP CONTRACTS ISSUED, WE  HAD A GOOD GAIN OF 3647 CONTRACTS IN TOTAL OPEN INTEREST  ON THE TWO EXCHANGES:


3059 CONTRACTS MOVE TO LONDON AND 1618 CONTRACTS INCREASED AT THE COMEX. (IN TONNES, THE GAIN IN TOTAL OI EQUATES TO 11.34 TONNES). ..AND ALL OF THIS  DEMAND OCCURRED WITH THE GAIN OF $5.15 IN FRIDAY’S TRADING AT THE COMEX



we had:  779 notice(s) filed upon for 77,900 oz of gold at the comex.






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With respect to our two criminal funds, the GLD and the SLV:


GLD…



WITH GOLD DOWN $3.10 TODAY (AS OF 4 O’CLOCK)





NO CHANGE IN INVENTORY AT THE GLD.



/GLD INVENTORY   789.51 TONNES




Inventory rests tonight: 789.51 tonnes.







TO ALL INVESTORS THINKING OF BUYING GOLD THROUGH THE GLD ROUTE: YOU ARE MAKING A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AS THE CROOKS ARE USING WHATEVER GOLD COMES IN TO ATTACK BY SELLING THAT GOLD.  IT SURE SEEMS TO ME THAT THE GOLD OBLIGATIONS AT THE GLD EXCEED THEIR INVENTORY







SLV/


WITH SILVER DOWN 8 CENTS  IN PRICE  TODAY:





NO CHANGE IN SILVER INVENTORY AT THE SLV..///




/INVENTORY RESTS AT 309.984 MILLION OZ.






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First, here is an outline of what will be discussed tonight:


1. Today, we had the open interest in SILVER FELL BY A FAIR SIZED 1643 CONTRACTS from 221,347 DOWN TO 219,704 AND FURTHER FROM THE NEW COMEX RECORD SET LAST IN AUG.2018 AT244,196 WITH A SILVER PRICE OF $14.78/(AUGUST 22/2018)..THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS SET ON APRIL 9/2018 AT 243,411 OPEN INTEREST CONTRACTS WITH THE SILVER PRICE AT THAT DAY: $16.53). AND PREVIOUS TO THAT, THE RECORD  WAS ESTABLISHED AT: 234,787 CONTRACTS, SET ON APRIL 21.2017 OVER  1 1/3 YEARS AGO.  THE PRICE OF SILVER ON THAT DAY: $17.89.  AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE RECORD HIGH OPEN INTERESTS IN SILVER  ACCOMPANIED BY A CONTINUAL LOWER PRICE WHEN THAT RECORD WAS SET…..



OUR CUSTOMARY MIGRATION OF COMEX LONGS CONTINUE TO MORPH INTO LONDON FORWARDS  AS OUR BANKERS USED THEIR EMERGENCY PROCEDURE TO ISSUE:



439 CONTRACTS FOR MARCH. 0 CONTRACTS FOR APRIL., 74 FOR DECEMBER AND  AND ALL OTHER MONTHS: ZERO. TOTAL EFP ISSUANCE: 513 CONTRACTS. EFP’S GIVE OUR COMEX LONGS A FIAT BONUS PLUS A DELIVERABLE PRODUCT OVER IN LONDON.  IF WE TAKE THE  OI LOSS AT THE COMEX OF 1674 CONTRACTS TO THE 513 OI TRANSFERRED TO LONDON THROUGH EFP’S,  WE OBTAIN A LOSS  OF 1130  OPEN INTEREST CONTRACTS.  THUS IN OUNCES, THE LOSS ON THE TWO EXCHANGES: 5.65 MILLION OZ!!! AND YET WE ALSO HAVE A STRONG DEMAND FOR PHYSICAL AS WE WITNESSED A FINAL STANDING OF GREATER THAN 30 MILLION OZ FOR JULY, A STRONG 6.065 MILLION OZ FOR AUGUST..  A HUGE 39.505  MILLION OZ  STANDING FOR SILVER IN SEPTEMBER… OVER 2 million  OZ STANDING FOR THE NON ACTIVE MONTH OF OCTOBER.,  7.440 MILLION OZ FINALLY STANDING IN NOVEMBER.  21.925 MILLION OZ  STANDING IN DECEMBER , 5.845 MILLION OZ STANDING IN JANUARY..AND NOW 2.860 MILLION OZ STANDING IN FEBRUARY.




RESULT: A FAIR SIZED DECREASE IN SILVER OI AT THE COMEX DESPITE THE 7 CENT GAIN IN PRICING THAT SILVER UNDERTOOK IN PRICING// FRIDAY.BUT WE ALSO HAD A VERY STRONG SIZED 513 EFP’S ISSUED TRANSFERRING COMEX LONGS OVER TO LONDON. TOGETHER WITH THE STRONG  SIZED AMOUNT OF SILVER OUNCES STANDING FOR SEPTEMBER, DEMAND FOR PHYSICAL SILVER CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AS WE WITNESS SEVERE BACKWARDATION IN SILVER IN LONDON.




(report Harvey)


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2.a) The Shanghai and London gold fix report


(Harvey)


2 b) Gold/silver trading overnight Europe, Goldcore


(Mark O’Byrne/zerohedge


and in NY: Bloomberg


3. ASIAN AFFAIRS


i)MONDAY MORNING/ SUNDAY NIGHT:


SHANGHAI CLOSED UP 157.06 POINTS OR 5.60% //Hang Sang CLOSED UP 143.00 POINTS OR 0.50%  /The Nikkei closed UP 102.72 POINTS OR 0.48%/ Australia’s all ordinaires CLOSED UP 0.35%


/Chinese yuan (ONSHORE) closed UP  at 6.6885 AS TRUCE DECLARED FOR 3 MONTHS /Oil DOWN to 55.56 dollars per barrel for WTI and 66.00 for Brent. Stocks in Europe OPENED GREEN//.


ONSHORE YUAN CLOSED UP // LAST AT 6.6885 AGAINST THE DOLLAR. OFFSHORE YUAN CLOSED UP ON THE DOLLAR AT 6.6829: / TRADE TALKS NOW ON/MAJOR PROBLEMS AT HUAWEI /CFO ARRESTED  /ONSHORE YUAN TRADING BELOW LEVEL OF OFFSHORE YUAN/ONSHORE YUAN TRADING STRONGER AGAINST USA DOLLAR/OFFSHORE YUAN TRADING STRONGER AGAINST THE DOLLAR /CHINA RETALIATES WITH TARIFFS/ TRUMP RESPONDS TO NEW TARIFFS AND IT NOW A FULL TRADE WAR COMMENCED




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