Silver Open Interest 10/20/11

Open interest in silver rose another 2,084 contracts to 105,441.  The Morgue will need to see a significant increase in OI with many new longs coming aboard in order to have any hope of triggering enough stops and getting out of their remaining 15,000 naked short contracts prior to the implementation of position limits.

Daily Settlements for Silver Futures (FINAL) Trade Date: 10/20/2011
Month	Open	High	Low	Last	Change	Settle	Estimated Volume	Prior Day Open Interest
OCT 11	30.370	30.375	30.105	-	-.986	30.266	7	164
NOV 11	30.985	31.195	30.010	-	-.988	30.270	25	93
DEC 11	31.235	31.375	29.935	-	-.996	30.281	44,817	60,707
JAN 12	30.490	31.290	30.350	-	-.998	30.297	63	207
MAR 12	31.210	31.400	30.000	-	-.997	30.320	2,681	12,580
MAY 12	31.285	31.285	30.220	-	-.997	30.336	296	2,963
JLY 12	30.510	30.510	30.170	-	-.997	30.346	73	2,602
SEP 12	30.360	30.365	30.245	-	-.996	30.347	32	1,309
DEC 12	30.915	30.915	30.640	-	-.995	30.348	166	11,368
JAN 13	-	-	-	-	-.996	30.328	-	1
MAR 13	-	-	-	-	-.997	30.284	-	752
MAY 13	-	-	-	-	-.997	30.241	-	141
JLY 13	-	-	-	-	-1.000	30.187	-	2,312
DEC 13	-	-	-	-	-.992	30.119	6	7,908
JLY 14	-	-	-	-	-.990	29.936	-	262
DEC 14	-	-	-	-	-.988	29.848	1	1,312
JLY 15	-	-	-	-	-.988	29.593	-	185
DEC 15	-	-	-	-	-.988	29.458	-	548
JLY 16	-	-	-	-	-.988	29.233	-	27
Total							48,167	105,441