Report on Large Short Trader Activity in the Silver Futures Market - Paperback

by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Author), Division of Market Oversight (Author)

During the past 20 to 25 years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) has received numerous letters, e-mails and phone calls from silver investors alleging that the price of silver futures on NYMEX has been manipulated downward.... As a result, the Division of Market Oversight staff decided to revisit this issue by taking a fresh look at activity in the silver futures market.