[impendingchange]

Probably the most interesting paragraph of the article to me was:

>The seriousness of this issue is rooted in the scale of the numbers. If Bank of America is short 800 million oz of silver, as the data in the OCC report strongly suggests, then that means every dollar higher in the price of silver translated into an $800 million open (unrealized) loss. Every $10 move equates to an $8 billion loss. A hundred dollar move higher from here equates to an $80 billion loss. Can BofA fund such losses or will taxpayers be called upon to bail the bank out? Even the slightest hint of such a development should be enough to require immediate clarification from the regulators and BofA and there’s a lot more than the slightest hint in the OCC report.

[xur17]

Silver is currently ~$22 / ounce. Is a hundred dollar move really a realistic outcome?

[whatshisface]

It depends on how big the silver market is compared to 800 million ounces. If someone with no short exposure and lots of money starts buying it, and BofA has to cover their shorts, then something like Gamestop will happen and a major bank will blow up.

The silver market has been cornered before, in the 1980s, quite famously, in an event that moved the price by a factor of ten (order-of-magnitude).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday

[shostack]

I was just about to say... Is /r/wallstreetbets all over this yet? Taking out BofA seems like their idea of fun.

[xboxnolifes]

People on WSB have been claiming silver is the next big bet even back when GME and AMC were the main talk.

[joezydeco]

/r/wallstreetsilver has been active for nearly a year now.

[impendingchange]

Irregardless, 800m ounces is the annual output of all mines on the planet. How will BOA satisfy the shorts?

[whatshisface]

There is a lot of silver piled up already. I hope for the sake of the taxpayers that would have to pay for BofA's mistake, that the amount of liquid silver out there is way too big for anyone to corner.