by Turd Ferguson
TF Metals Report
Even though gold “deliveries” on the Comex are nothing but a charade and shuffle of paper warehouse receipts and warrants, the latest trend is a real eye-opener and appears to be a rather interesting datapoint of extreme demand for gold in all its forms.
First of all, some background so that we’re all on the same page…
Through the year, the Comex trades futures contracts for every month on the calendar. However, not all months are treated equally. Six of the months are treated as “delivery months” and these are the contracts which carry the majority of the short-term trading interest and volume. These months are February, April, June, August, October and December, The other six months are considered “non-delivery” and are very rarely traded or utilized as physical settlement contracts. These months are January, March, May, July, September and November.