CFTC Provided Temporary "Reporting Relief" for Commodities 4 Days Prior to Beginning of Cartel Silver Raid

Thanks to a reader tip, we have become aware that 4 trading days prior to the beginning of the massive silver raid that took silver down 43% in 3 days for what appears to be the purpose of "solving" JP Morgan's 120 Million ounce naked short silver problem, the CFTC issued a public statement providing temporary relief from reporting requirements on physical commodities for large swaps traders.

Just why exactly did these large commodities traders urgently need to be provided temporary relief from reporting requirements?

It couldn't perhaps be this, could it?


Still believe this was a "natural" market sell-off in silver?

September 16, 2011

CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight Provides Temporary Relief from Large Swaps Trader Reporting for Physical Commodities

Washington, DC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (Commission’s) Division of Market Oversight (Division) today issued a letter providing temporary relief from the requirements of the Commission’s regulations regarding large trader reporting of physical commodity swaps (§§20.3 and 20.4). Because this is the first time that swaps data is being collected, this temporary relief is intended to provide sufficient time to enable both the industry and the Commission to develop and refine systems and processes that will be able to report these complex transactions.
On July 22, 2011, the Commission published large trader reporting rules for physical commodity swaps and swaptions. The rules require daily reports from clearing organizations, clearing members and swap dealers, and become effective on September 20, 2011. The letter issued today provides temporary relief from reporting, as long as parties are making a good faith attempt to comply with the reporting requirements, until November 21, 2011, for cleared swaps, and January 20, 2012, for uncleared swaps. Upon the conclusion of applicable relief periods, such reporting parties must become fully compliant.
Click here for CFTC Statement