Gave in to temptation. Silver futs obviously up but what’a more interesting is the basis (Mar delivery minus May delivery) is positive — for the last thirty years it has been between -0.2 and 0 except for a couple of periods of stress in the physical silver mkt.
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Not many expected a move like this
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If we look from carry stand point, should we go long the Mar contract instead of shorting it to clip the backwardated yield?
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Normally yes (backwardated futures curve so carry is positive) but in this case the Mar future also trades at a premium to spot. Normally Spot < Mar < May, if backwardated May < Mar < Spot, but here we have Spot < May < Mar
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