by Craig Hemke
Gold Seek
Two years ago, following a surge in the use of “Exchanges For Physical” by traders at the COMEX, Eric Sprott asked me to begin tracking and recording the daily totals for this practice as posted by the CME. It’s time for an update.
First, let’s attempt again to discern what the heck an “exchange for physical” really is, because the truth of the matter is, no one really knows. When we first wrote about EFPs back in April of 2018, this was the best summary explanation we could find: