Список проголосовавших за комментарий "Про медь — шорт-сквиз и спред между лондонской биржей LME и Comex разошелся. Всем срочно понадобилась медь под поставки для июльского фьючерса на comex<br/> <br/> <a class="imgpreview" href="/uploads/2024/images/05/78/11/2024/05/18/4621b8dc61.jpg"><img src="/uploads/2024/images/05/78/11/2024/05/18/70ab7be8fe.webp"/></a><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> As shown in the charts above, while copper prices had been rising for months, this week’s spike was specific to the Comex and the most-active futures contract for July delivery. By Wednesday, the <strong>July price had soared as much as 10%, touching a record high for that contract, </strong>even as the global benchmark contract on the LME traded broadly flat. The move, Bloomberg reports citing numerous traders and brokers, <strong>was a classic short squeeze </strong>as market participants who had placed bets on the Comex contract moving back into line with prices on the LME and in Shanghai, the other global copper benchmark, <strong>were forced to buy those positions back as prices rose, creating a vicious cycle and sending the price to a record.</strong><br/> <br/> major players from Chinese traders to quant hedge funds, <strong>all of whom are now scrambling for metal that they can deliver against expiring futures contracts!<br/> </strong><a href="/r.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcommodities%2Fgoldbugs-waited-years-massive-comex-short-squeeze-and-they-finally-got-it-just-wrong&s=1247815226">www.zerohedge.com/commodities/goldbugs-waited-years-massive-comex-short-squeeze-and-they-finally-got-it-just-wrong</a>"