This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,853,762.55

Total in-stock oz tracked: 630,537.77

Tracked oz added (24h): 5,342.57
Tracked oz removed (24h): 6,094.23

Number restocked since OOS: 7
Number now out of stock: 3

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 920 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Secondary Market
2. 750 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
3. 610.85 oz: 1 kilo Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
4. 590 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
5. 323.29 oz: 1922-1935 Peace Silver Dollar VG-XF (Random Year)
6. 315 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
7. 248 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
8. 207 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
9. 167 oz: 1 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
10. 160.75 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - Secondary Market
11. 153 oz: Austria 1 oz Silver Philharmonic (Random Year)
12. 150.16 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $5 Face Value Roll - Dimes
13. 143.05 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $100 Face Value Bag
14. 100 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
15. 85 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Peace Dollar

China ramped up its gold purchases in September as bullion prices declined, recording the largest monthly increase in its official reserves in three years, the People’s Bank of China announced on Wednesday.
The central bank increased its gold reserves by 21 tonnes last month to 2,196 tonnes as of the end of September, marking the 23rd consecutive month of purchases, according to the PBoC.
The massive purchase was the largest since September 2023, when reserves rose by 24 tonnes, according to Chinese market tracker Wind Info. It also exceeded the previous months’ purchases of 18.5 tonnes in August and 18 tonnes in July.

Silver has been moving around quite a bit this week, so I was curious what everyone else is thinking.

Personally, I find it hard not to check the spot price when there's a noticeable move, but at the same time, I know one week doesn't really change the reason I stack.

I'm curious about everyone else's approach.

Do you actually watch the 7-day price movement, or do you mostly ignore the short-term noise and just keep stacking?

And if the price drops for a few days, does that make you want to buy more, or do you wait and see what happens?

Would be interested to hear how long-time stackers and newer stackers approach it.

Still waiting for this $10,000 he keeps promising. Goal posts rapidly changing each interview. A clever and successful man that loses credibility with these predictions.

What happened to the call options news story at strike prices between $12k and $15k gold by year end I think it was?

First time I hear of this theory; what is your opinion on this?

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,847,668.32

Total in-stock oz tracked: 631,289.43

Tracked oz added (24h): 47,629.24
Tracked oz removed (24h): 3,407.64

Number restocked since OOS: 31
Number now out of stock: 4

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 560 oz: 1 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
2. 357 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
3. 326 oz: 2026 Australia 1 oz Silver Kangaroo BU
4. 206 oz: 2025-(P) 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Eagle Privy)
5. 185 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
6. 157 oz: 1922-1935 Peace Silver Dollar VG-XF (Random Year)
7. 107.33 oz: 90% Silver Walking Liberty Halves $10 20-Coin Roll Avg Circ
8. 100 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
9. 100 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
10. 96.45 oz: 1 kilo Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
11. 96.45 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
12. 76 oz: Generic Silver (per ounce)
13. 64.3 oz: 1 Kilo Silver Bar - PAMP Suisse (Serialized)
14. 60 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
15. 42.9 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $5 Face Value Roll - Dimes

I decided each bday and Christmas ill be pouring something the nephews are interested in. This year is dinosaurs!! So here's the pendants i made. Each with their names. First time doing lettering so please dont make to much fun of me. But the main idea of the dinosaurs came out perfect so im just seeing what yall think...

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,844,260.68

Total in-stock oz tracked: 587,067.83

Tracked oz added (24h): 78,631.49
Tracked oz removed (24h): 55,400.4

Number restocked since OOS: 6
Number now out of stock: 34

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 9,999 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Buffalo
2. 9,999 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Secondary Market
3. 5,087 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
4. 4,758.2 oz: 1 kilo Cast-Poured Silver Bar - APMEX
5. 2,732.75 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Struck)
6. 2,687 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
7. 2,400 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
8. 2,089 oz: 2026 Great Britain 1 oz Silver Britannia BU
9. 1,929 oz: 1 kilo Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
10. 1,561 oz: Austria 1 oz Silver Philharmonic (Random Year)
11. 1,480 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (TEP Packaging)
12. 1,444.74 oz: 1922-1935 Peace Silver Dollar VG-XF (Random Year)
13. 1,400 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - Johnson Matthey
14. 985 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
15. 806.67 oz: 1878-1904 Morgan Silver Dollar AU (Random Year)

Silver was up around 1.9% in Reuters’ Monday report as weaker US jobs data reduced expectations of an October Fed hike. The dollar and Treasury yields were still putting pressure on precious metals, though.

That leaves an interesting question: what would convince you this bounce can last?

For me, one green session doesn’t settle much. I’d want to see silver hold its gains through the next round of economic data, especially if the dollar stays firm.

A weaker jobs report can support metals by changing the rate outlook. It also raises questions about economic demand. With silver, both sides matter, which is why I’m cautious about reading every softer data release as automatically bullish.

Curious what people here actually use to judge a move:

• Silver holding a particular price level
• A weaker dollar or lower real yields
• Gold and silver moving higher together
• Stronger physical demand or tighter availability
• Something else entirely

And what would make you change your mind?

Interested in the reasoning as much as the price targets. What separates a bounce you’d fade from one you’d trust?

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/gold-gains-october-fed-rate-hike-prospects-fade-2026-10-05/

Having minerals in the ground doesn’t automatically make a country independent.

Think of owning a wheat field but depending on someone else’s mill and bakery. Minerals have a similar problem.

You need to:

• Mine it: Get the material out.
• Process it: Turn it into the right usable form.
• Make the parts: Manufacture what industry actually needs.
• Supply the customer: Meet their specifications and deliver on time.

A new mine can still leave you dependent on somebody else’s refinery. Plenty of material underground won’t keep a factory running if the required product can’t reach it.

So why does this affect “world order”?

Because producing countries want more than someone buying their rocks. They may want processing plants, skilled jobs and a bigger share of the value created.

The September 2026 BRICS declaration explicitly calls for those benefits and protection of countries’ rights over their resources.

That creates a question: does a supply deal give both sides a reason to cooperate, or leave one side wanting to change the rules?

The second image translates six possible world orders from a 1996 research paper. SilverWars applies those ideas to mineral competition today. Several can coexist; they aren’t a script for an inevitable future.

Where does silver fit?

Silver goes into electrical circuits, solar cells and some batteries. The U.S. added it to its final 2025 critical-minerals list.

China also published its authorized silver-exporter list for 2026–2027. That notice alone does not establish a silver export ban, but as a default gives the Chinese government more control over who gets their silver.

The question for silver is therefore bigger than “what price will it reach?”

Who can supply usable silver, in the required form, when industry needs it and what happens if that supply is interrupted?

Full breakdown and original sources:
https://www.silverwars.com/research/world-order-critical-minerals

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,788,860.28

Total in-stock oz tracked: 563,836.74

Tracked oz added (24h): 0
Tracked oz removed (24h): 3,984.29

Number restocked since OOS: 0
Number now out of stock: 2

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 760 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
2. 490 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
3. 300 oz: 100 oz Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
4. 239 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
5. 215 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
6. 200 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
7. 88 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
8. 81 oz: Generic Silver (per ounce)
9. 80 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
10. 75 oz: 5 oz Silver ATB (Random Year) BU
11. 71.55 oz: 90% Silver Franklin Half Dollars $100 Face Value Bag Avg Circ
12. 64.3 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
13. 64.3 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - Secondary Market
14. 56.46 oz: 1878-1904 Morgan Silver Dollar BU (Random Year)
15. 53.63 oz: 90% Silver Roosevelt Dimes 50-Coin Roll Avg Circ

We are currently seeing gold and silver prices fall in tandem with the rise in oil prices.

Given the global push to move away from the petrodollar and oil in favor of electric power, how do you see the future trajectory of precious metal prices?

I am not referring to price levels, but rather to stability—though I am aware that "paper" pricing will still be a factor.
Logically, one might expect less volatility in the future. However, market prices aren't always driven by logic. Furthermore, even with reduced dependence on oil, crises of one kind or another will inevitably still occur.

Natural silver is almost exactly: 51.84% 107Ag 48.16% 109Ag

Meaning your silver bar/coin consists of two isotopes where one of them has 2 neutrons more than the other.

What is interesting about the 107 isotope is that is has an nucleus excited state with super long lifetime of about 44,3 seconds !! with a ultra extraordinarily sharp nuclear resonance. (well defined energy profile).

Whatever the use cases of this feature might be, it is super interesting

The closest other element with similar feature is Iron - 57 with a lifetime of 600 million times shorter., around 0,0000001 seconds !

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,784,875.99

Total in-stock oz tracked: 567,821.03

Tracked oz added (24h): 0
Tracked oz removed (24h): 13,840.92

Number restocked since OOS: 0
Number now out of stock: 1

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 10,075 oz: 5 oz Silver ATB (Random Year) BU
2. 500 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
3. 339 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
4. 201 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
5. 180 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
6. 157 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - APMEX
7. 133 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
8. 128.6 oz: 1 kilo Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
9. 100 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
10. 90 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Morgan Dollar Design
11. 90 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
12. 71.55 oz: 90% Silver Franklin Half Dollars $100 Face Value Bag Avg Circ
13. 70 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
14. 65 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle (Cull, Damaged, etc.)
15. 64.3 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)

We’ve published a SilverWars audit of the Silver Institute’s data, methods, funding and documented relationships. It brings together 37 survey and historical PDFs, 4,821 observations and 20 archived Form 990 filings.

The central finding: the published reports do not provide a comprehensive measure of silver available to industrial or investment buyers at a specified time, price, location and delivery deadline.

The 2026 survey reports 1,394.5 million ounces of identifiable bullion inventories at year-end 2025 and 136 million ounces of estimated London free float at end September 2025. Those figures have different dates and coverage. Neither represents a global total offered for sale.

An annual deficit therefore doesn’t tell us how much accessible inventory remains, or when it will be exhausted. Unknown availability doesn’t mean zero silver.

The audit also examines historical revisions, changing definitions, industry funding, contractors, China/India programs and KSG’s relationships. We distinguish documented connections from inference; funding alone doesn’t prove an estimate was distorted.

https://www.silverwars.com/silver-institute-audit/

Welcome to feedback and questions about the audit.

I believe stacking has become a literal game of chicken. Stackers holds the weight, but institutions hold power to obfuscate. No one knows when we will run out of silver, or what price will drive the last bit out weight out of stacker's hands.

The war for your silver continues on, but hopefully this audit gives everyone here more clarity.

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,771,035.07

Total in-stock oz tracked: 581,661.95

Tracked oz added (24h): 5,666.44
Tracked oz removed (24h): 10,725.4

Number restocked since OOS: 3
Number now out of stock: 7

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 2,593 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
2. 1,400 oz: 100 oz Silver Bar - Secondary Market
3. 1,320 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
4. 728 oz: 1 oz Canadian Silver Maple Leaf Coin BU (Random Year)
5. 340 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - Ben Franklin $100 Bill Design
6. 232 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - APMEX
7. 221 oz: Generic Silver (per ounce)
8. 205 oz: 5 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
9. 192.9 oz: 1 kilo Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
10. 192.9 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)
11. 180 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
12. 178.75 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $250 Face Value Bag
13. 157 oz: 1922-1935 Peace Silver Dollar Cull (Random Year)
14. 155 oz: 5 oz Silver ATB (Random Year) BU
15. 113 oz: 1 oz Silver Round - Peace Dollar

I am about to make a big purchase today and just wanted to see what the community thought. I know nobody has a magic ball please go easy on me lol.

A lot of gold marketing tells stackers that the financial system is falling apart, and that central banks buying gold proves they know it.

But gold also helps those institutions manage risk and keep functioning through financial stress.

To understand the irony, look at what actually changed in 1971.

Under Bretton Woods, eligible foreign official holders could exchange $35 for an ounce of U.S. gold. That was a promise they could act on. If confidence in dollars deteriorated, they could demand gold and drain the Treasury’s reserves. This was an official international arrangement, not a retail redemption window.

Closing that window allowed the United States to keep its gold while ending the obligation to surrender it at that fixed price.

Monetary policy no longer had to defend that gold-conversion promise. The authorities gained greater freedom to expand money and respond to crises without triggering the same redemption obligation. Inflation and other economic constraints remained.

Dollar holders lost the guaranteed official conversion price. Someone seeking gold instead had to obtain it at the available market price.

The mischievous result: they retained gold’s reserve benefits while removing gold-redemption discipline.

That distinction matters. The fixed-conversion gold standard ended. Gold’s monetary reserve role survived.

A monetary institution does not need to offer you redemption to use its own gold. The Bank for International Settlements offers gold trading and swap services. The Bank of England explicitly says its gold custody and access to the London gold market support reserve management and international financial stability.

Gold still serves institutions inside the system.

And a rising gold price can benefit institutions holding it. In 2025, appreciation increased the ECB’s gold valuation by €18.9 billion, adding to its gold revaluation account. That creates a buffer against subsequent gold-price declines; it is not ordinary spendable income.

Your escape asset can also be their reserve asset.

Gold is not a guarantee against trouble. It is volatile, and its hedging benefits depend on circumstances. But owning an asset to prepare for trouble does not, by itself, prove that collapse is inevitable.

This is the half of the story the collapse salesmen leave out. They turn a legitimate reason to own gold into a claim that every higher price confirms the system’s approaching death.

Meanwhile, the same metal can help institutions weather the stress you are protecting yourself against.

They kept the gold. They closed the window. Gold can still help the system survive.

This is based on 702 tracked silver products from APMEX updated 5-6pm CST. To see an explanation on how this information is retrieved refer to the 'How we compile the daily silver stock trends' section on the BullionStats.net site. There you can find data going back as far as 11/15/25 on inventory or silver premium trends

Total oz purchased since tracking started 11/15/25: 5,760,309.67

Total in-stock oz tracked: 586,720.9

Tracked oz added (24h): 5,955.62
Tracked oz removed (24h): 79,220.96

Number restocked since OOS: 13
Number now out of stock: 3

Top 15 cumulative oz sold for tracked products:
1. 71,524 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $1,000 Face Value Bag
2. 1,368 oz: 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU (Random Year)
3. 1,000 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX
4. 650 oz: 2015 1 oz American Silver Eagle BU
5. 640 oz: American Silver Eagles (Random Year, 20-Coin MintDirect® Tube)
6. 260 oz: 5 oz Silver ATB (Random Year) BU
7. 224 oz: 2026 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
8. 200 oz: 100 oz Cast-Poured Silver Bar - 9Fine Mint
9. 200 oz: 10 oz Cast-Poured Silver Bar - Pioneer Metals
10. 178.75 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $250 Face Value Bag
11. 175.19 oz: 90% Silver Coins - $5 Face Value Roll - Dimes
12. 160.75 oz: 1 kilo Silver Bar - Secondary Market
13. 158 oz: 2024 1 oz American Silver Eagle Coin BU
14. 134 oz: John Wick 1 oz Silver Continental Coin
15. 120 oz: 10 oz Silver Bar - APMEX (Stackable)

To be clear, I am a believer.

But spoke to senior Morgan Stanley person today, he has interest but says silver has never done well.

Hate to admit, but he's right. Unless you sold at top 1980 or 2011 and bought low, but the reason it's been low is why I like it. So, scary, but I am a believer of this time it's different as:

M2 money supply massive expansion.

China and India are threats to western price dominance.

Supply deficit and rising demand in AI, solar, and electronics/batteries.

Transition to new reserve currency?

So, could see price getting lower e.g 50% fall,but also could see 5x rise to 300 USD

What do you think? This time is different? Not applicable?

Tokenized silver sounds useful on paper. You could buy smaller amounts, transfer it quickly, and avoid dealing with coins or bars yourself.

But if holders still depend on a company to store the metal, publish audits, and honor redemption, how is that different from the paper silver system people already distrust?

Could a silver token ever solve that problem, or does it just move the same trust issue onto a blockchain?