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by whatshisface 1628 days ago
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

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I was just about to say... Is /r/wallstreetbets all over this yet? Taking out BofA seems like their idea of fun.
People on WSB have been claiming silver is the next big bet even back when GME and AMC were the main talk.
/r/wallstreetsilver has been active for nearly a year now.