Unprecedented investor interest in silver has continued through the weekend, spilling into the physical market with many bullion dealers unable to keep up with the demand. After creating massive short-squeezes in stocks like Gamestop, Blackberry and AMC, retail investors mobilized over social media started to focus on the silver market. Reddit's Wall Street Bets has been one of the leaders of the organized mob with its subreddit discussion: 'The biggest short squeeze in the world $SLV Silver $25 to 1000$.'
The mobilization of retail investors in the silver market has created an impressive move for the precious metal. March silver futures prices ended Friday around $27 an ounce, for a 5% gain.
In anticipation of a massive open Sunday evening, retail investors have been busy buying physical bullion over the weekend. Many bullion dealers have had to stop processing online orders because of the unprecedented demand, in the face of price uncertainty.
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APMEX, JM Bullion, and SD Bullion are all out of available silver at the moment.
So if anyone wonders if @wallstreetbets (#Reddit) has the ability to impact the #silver market, the dealers running out, & 34 million $SLV shares being added on Friday are the answers that matter.