Indeed manipulation has been the name of the game for the metals markets, crypto too as far as I'm concerned. JP Morgan has been one of the biggest crooks. Building up the largest physical silver hoard in history, while paper shorting it to keep the price down for their physical purchases. In recent months they've been deleveraging their paper shorts and if my info is correct they are now net long in the paper market, the suppression is coming quickly to an end, even look at the price action over the past 30 days. Q anon even posted "gold" will be taking out the fed, if you follow that stuff. I believe metals will do well, or very very well in 2019 and 2020. I'm using ETF GDXJ (junior miners) for leverage and if gold goes back to it's all time highs, I will be flying first class around the world with this investment (kidding I'd never piss money away on 1st class, unless I was worth millions!)
Cryptos, They are not going away.....buy low and sell high. People selling here are "dumb money" now is the time to acquire.
Thanks for the support with my blog, as always. Best of luck to you in 2019.
From Chiang Mai Thailand - Dan