[0:00]The crooks at the CME have been busy. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or the world's largest derivatives exchange and trading platform for gold and silver, are at it again.
[0:13]In case you missed it, the CME went dark, citing technical issues right before first noticed day, or the day when paper contracts can be converted into physical delivery. What a coincidence that was.
[0:28]Now, most of the time, the majority of contracts that are done through the Comex are futures contracts, paper promises, financial bets.
[0:39]They don't result in actual physical delivery of the metal, which is why prior to first noticed day, you see a lot of traders exit their positions or roll over their contracts, because they're not looking to settle in physical gold or silver.
[0:51]But as physical demand for both gold and silver continues to increase, that's where we're seeing a disconnect between the physical and the paper markets.
[1:00]Now, historically, those in power solved this problem by flushing the market with paper contracts.
[1:06]This suppressed prices or kept them low because it made it appear that there was far more supply than there was demand, but in reality, what has been happening recently is that the demand for physical is exposing the fraud and the lies in the paper market.
[1:21]With many claiming that the Comex itself might fail tomorrow, because there are so many contracts standing for delivery and not enough registered ounces to fulfill those contracts.
[1:33]Now, I personally don't think the Comex is cooked, going to collapse tomorrow, is done. They have way too many tricks up their sleeve.
[1:40]But the escalation and rollout of new tricks is what tells us that the desperation is growing.
[1:47]Which brings us back to today and the CME's technical outage. Now, I can't confirm for sure or for not if there was actually a technical outage at the CME.
[1:57]But what I can tell you is that in the last five years, there were no outages, no blackout periods up until November of last year, 2025.
[2:08]Right when Silver was hitting all time highs and guess what else, right before first noticed day. And what's interesting about November's outage is that many insiders have said that there was intent to deliver a significant amount of silver right before that happened.
[2:23]Now, this is why people cry market manipulation. I again can't confirm or deny this, but it is a crazy coincidence.
[2:30]Tell me what you think in the comments below. Do you think this is criminal activity, an intentional blackout market manipulation?
[2:39]And if so, do you think they should be held accountable for it? Tell me your thoughts in the comments below or do you believe that this was just a technical outage?
[2:47]Because I can tell you one thing for sure, regardless of what you and I think, other nations are taking note of what's going on and this is a big deal.
[2:57]Now, before I break down what this article says, I've talked before on here about how China has been stockpiling massive amounts of gold, right, over the last couple of years.
[3:05]But that stock piling gold alone isn't enough, not if you don't control the prices.
[3:10]Prices right now are primarily set in the West. That's how it's been for a long time through the Comex and the LBMA through this paper manipulation market.
[3:20]Now, if China has tons and tons, thousands of tons of gold, even probably more than what's reported, significantly more.
[3:29]Do you think they want those prices to be dictated and dominated in the West? I don't think so.
[3:36]That's why they have the Shanghai Gold Exchange. That's why they're building the golden corridor with vaults all over Asia, making sure they can settle in physical gold and that they're going to be controlling the prices, which they are gaining ground on because listen to this.
[3:50]India markets regulator changes gold, silver valuations for mutual funds. Now, on its face that sounds like kind of a boring title, doesn't tell us too much, but if you read the fine print, it changes everything.
[4:03]Now, this did not print correctly, but don't worry, I have a copy right here.
[4:06]The article says that India's market regulators today directed mutual funds to use domestic stock exchange spot prices to value their physical gold and silver holdings from April 1, 2026.
[4:19]Now, that is a big change, because guess what they were using before, the currently used London Bullion Market Association, the LBMA prices to arrive, right?
[4:28]So what this is saying is that India has been using Western prices, right? Western, LBMA, the Comex, their prices for gold and silver.
[4:38]But now they're going to allow their mutual funds to use their own gold and silver spot prices. Why would they do that?
[4:47]Because the West is clearly dragging. If you look at the price differential between the West and the East, there is a serious gap and there has been for a while, with the East leading in prices.
[5:01]They are setting the new price standard. The West can try and suppress prices all they want, but it's like a game of tug of war.
[5:07]There's only so much rope, so either way, the prices can't get that far away from each other. And if you have the East leading in price movement, well, the West is going to have to follow.
[5:16]Now, the last time we saw this kind of criminal activity, gold and silver ripped higher afterwards, reaching new all-time highs.
[5:24]So many people have been asking me, what do you think is next for gold and silver? And my answer is, they are absolutely both going to go up.
[5:30]It's fascinating to me because if you look at the price predictions that our institutions are making, we have Bank of America predicting silver at 306.
[5:39]We have JP Morgan predicting gold at 6300 and if you look at AI, this is really interesting.
[5:47]AI predicts gold could break out over 10,000 by April and 19,733 by the end of the year.
[5:57]That's using the most advanced valuation methods they have. Now, why is it that they're thinking gold is going to go up potentially to $20,000 an ounce by the end of the year?
[6:05]What could AI possibly be seeing in their valuation metrics that would put it on such a trajectory?
[6:11]Well, everyone thought that $5,000 an ounce gold was crazy. Everyone thought $100 an ounce silver was crazy.
[6:18]Why is it not crazy? Because the physical demand is outpacing the paper promises.
[6:24]Everyone wants the real deal, and when I say everyone, I mean institutional buyers.
[6:29]We are still so far away from retail FOMO. That is not as what is going on.
[6:34]We have institutional buyers positioning for a monetary reset. They know that the dollar system is failing.
[6:41]The entire global system is based on the dollar and US debt. And as it continues to lose dominance, everyone does not want a paper promise.
[6:51]They want the real thing, tangible gold and silver, which is why I personally hold physical gold and silver, and it is my recommendation to everyone else.
[7:02]Because it's your insurance policy for the next system that's in place, a system based in trust, not promises, right?
[7:09]Now, if you don't already have a strategy that involves physical gold and silver, now is the time to get it, because yes, you could still buy gold in the future.
[7:19]But when we're talking about $20,000 an ounce, it's going to be that much harder for you to convert your fiat currency into gold.
[7:29]Yeah, you can buy it, but you're going to get less per ounce, right? You're going to get less ounces per the same amount of dollar. That's how it works.
[7:33]That's how it's always worked. Now, we have a completely free guide. It is called the Gold and Silver Guide. If you don't already have your copy, download it right now, scan the QR code or there's a download link down below. Either way, get it because it's completely free. It's packed with good information. I think everyone should have it.
[7:51]And if you don't already have your strategy in place for what's coming next with physical, the real deal, gold and silver, the same gold and silver that these central banks are buying, the institutions are buying, that the prices are going to go up on, right?
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[8:28]And if this video is helpful, please share it with a loved one. I know there's a lot of information out there right now. There's a lot of confusion around what's going on, rightfully so, because the rules don't apply the same to everyone out there, okay?
[8:42]But that just means it's more important than ever to take your power back and get protected. And as always, thank you so much for being here.
[8:49]I'm Taylor Kenny with ITM trading, your trusted source for all things gold, silver, and lifelong wealth protection. Until next time.
