CME shut down all futures trading

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News:

Trading came to a standstill on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday following a cooling issue at one of its data centers, impacting traders across the globe.

Services were gradually being restored in U.S. markets as of 8 a.m. ET. Bonds and metals resumed trading after a pause, according to FactSet data, while individual stocks were still trading the premarket.

The CME said stock futures and options trading would open fully at 8:30 a.m. ET.

"Due to a cooling issue at CyrusOne data centers, our markets are currently halted," a spokesperson for the CME
said in an emailed statement in the early hours of Friday. "Support is working to resolve the issue in the near term and will advise clients of Pre-Open details as soon as they are available."
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/28/cme-halts-fx-commodities-futures-trading-after-data-center-issue.html

Rumor:


Clairvoyance (I posted this to Youtube 2 weeks ago):

 

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The comments...

 

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[nickndfl]

Gives new meaning to the term, "Black Friday." Could be intentional?

 

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Gives new meaning to the term, "Black Friday." Could be intentional?

Yes. trading has resumed and silver futures are flying.

 

[Voodoo]

I expected these glitches to occur, but at much higher prices. Say $70-90. If they can't deliver now. Ok then.

 

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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), parent company of COMEX, announced that due to a problem affecting the cooling system of its CyrusOne data center, the servers had to be shut down, leading to the closure of the silver futures market.

A rather implausible explanation.
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Several Chinese sources close to the SGE and SHFE revealed that a massive buy order for 400 million ounces – equivalent to 12,441 tons of silver – been placed.
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It is highly likely that the Chengtong PM group initiated this order for 400 million ounces, either directly or through one of its regular partners, with the aim of triggering the revaluation of the silver price decided by the Chinese government.
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Silver: A Perfectly Organized Short Squeeze | GoldBroker.com

On Friday, a buyer reportedly placed an order representing nearly half of the world's annual silver production.

goldbroker.com

 

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The comments...

An interesting side bar to the story.