Friday, July 8, 2011

Silver Remains in Backwardation

Silver has risen $3 so far this week (from $33.95 to $36.97), which one would expect would induce an easing in silver's backwardation. 
In our 6/30 update, silver was trading in contango from front months through Sept 2012, and was trading in backwardation from the Dec 2012 contract on out.

Even with a $3 rise in price, silver's tightness has changed only slightly over the past week.
Front month silver settled Thursday 7/7 at $36.528.  Silver settled in contango from front months through July 2012. 
Silver backwardation currently begins with the September 2012 contract on out.
The Dec 2015 contract has tightened slightly, now trading at a 0.439 discount to front month contracts.


Daily Settlements for Silver Futures (FINAL)Trade Date: 07/07/2011
Month



Change Settle Estimated
Volume
Prior Day
Open Interest
JLY 11



+.617 36.528 235 965
AUG 11



+.621 36.529 382 370
SEP 11



+.620 36.536 48,340 57,053
DEC 11



+.617 36.553 2,922 25,528
JAN 12



+.617 36.555 1 130
MAR 12



+.615 36.544 232 5,117
MAY 12



+.617 36.537 34 1,519
JLY 12



+.618 36.533 25 1,753
SEP 12



+.618 36.524 18 208
DEC 12



+.612 36.508 37 7,747
JAN 13



+.610 36.496 - 1
MAR 13



+.607 36.475 - 51
MAY 13



+.604 36.454 - -
JLY 13



+.600 36.432 20 2,224
DEC 13



+.590 36.387 16 6,556
JLY 14



+.585 36.332 1 221
DEC 14



+.572 36.274 - 1,105
JLY 15



+.572 36.141 - 161
DEC 15



+.567 36.089 - 431
Total





52,263 111,140