Thursday, June 30, 2011

Silver Backwardation Eases

Silver's backwardation has eased somewhat over the past week. 
Last week silver was trading in contango from front months through March 2012.  Backwardation had began with the May 2012 contract, and increased to a $1.01 discount to front months with the Dec 2015 contract.
Over the past week silver tightness (or dollar fears) have eased, as silver is now trading in contango 6 months further- through the Sep 2012 contract. 

Silver is currently trading in backwardation from Dec 2012- on out.
Furthermore, the Dec 2015 contract which has been trading at over a dollar discount to front months for many weeks, has significantly tightened to only a  $0.467 discount to front months.
While still a significant discount to front months, it has been cut in half in the past week.

(For an overview of backwardation vs. contango, please see our discussion on the topic here:)

Daily Settlements for Silver Futures (FINAL)Trade Date: 06/29/2011
Month




Settle Estimated
Volume
Prior Day
Open Interest
JLY 11




34.750 33,621 10,737
AUG 11




34.760 1,492 276
SEP 11




34.769 61,643 51,449
DEC 11




34.789 3,660 24,817
JAN 12




34.790 40 148
MAR 12




34.783 344 4,954
MAY 12




34.770 313 1,360
JLY 12




34.764 391 1,825
SEP 12




34.753 - 212
DEC 12




34.739 84 7,935
JAN 13




34.727 - 1
MAR 13




34.706 - 51
MAY 13




34.682 - -
JLY 13




34.659 24 2,175
DEC 13




34.631 66 6,532
JLY 14




34.541 15 216
DEC 14




34.483 42 1,064
JLY 15




34.363 - 136
DEC 15




34.283 6 433