SIL

ZeeMountainMoose

Do you have a Roth IRA? If not you'll want to start one right away. Fortunately you have enough cash to max it out for this tax year, so do that. You can buy international funds in a Roth. Open a money market and park enough cash in it for next year's Roth contribution which at this point is only a few months away. Keep some additional cash in the money market as an emergency fund so you'll earn some interest on it. As for international funds, there's dozens if not hundreds out there. VXUS is a solid choice. A smaller amount in VYMI is a good complement to that. Stick to the basics unless you're willing to put in the time and effort to educate yourself on the other options out there. As for gold, GLD and PHYS are good options. PSLV is the main one I know of for silver. I believe that PHYS and PSLV are Canadian. Keep in mind though that silver is super volatile so owning that depends on your tolerance. GDX and SIL are the big ETFs for the gold and silver miners and could bring outsized returns, but the warning on volatility applies doubly so to them. Just remember not to dismiss US stocks out-of-hand. Keep in mind that if the US stock market tanks your regular contributions to your SP500 fund will buy in at a much lower cost which in the long run will be very beneficial. Also, you're way too young to be invested in bonds. If possible take that bond portion and throw it into stocks.

ivanorehov

Yes, both leaps and CSPs on miners (SIL)

Ifuloseulose

Badass, thoughts on jumping on now? I just got some starter positions in GDX and SIL

Comprehensive_Bus_19

SIL's old company relied on the USAID program for government contracts. They had a stock program and some folks had millions in it. Needless to say when USAID went away so did the company. Many lost everything because they put it all in stock. They also were big fans of the current administration so it was interesting watching folks try to reconcile what happened.

BagHoldersOfAmerica

Bought GDX SIL COPX during that dip thank God it saved my entire port

humberriverdam

Don't forget the SIL rating.

mynutsrbig

Kenny G is pamping $GLD and $SIL while shorting memory. LOL gold calls ez muny

BagHoldersOfAmerica

Yeah for growth definitely, PAAS and WPM a little more mature. You have to be careful they will pump and also dump randomly because its etf money like through SIL flowing in and out. Even strong money printing gold mining stocks will just randomly get crushed for no reason on earnings its very frustrating

Senior_Jicama_2108

!banbet SIL 59.5 4d

Regardium-Leviosa

!banbet SIL 10% 2w

Admirable_Expert1776

My SIL did travel nursing during covid. She basically doubled her usual pay with technically fewer hours, plus a long stay hotel or furnished apartment was usually included. Sweet gig of you don't mind being away and living out of a suitcase. No idea how that would translate to non-covid times, but I'm sure it still pays well.

gopoohgo

Eh. My BIL and SIL are Princeton grads. Smart af, but both went to public high schools from upper middle class families. That Princeton econ degree opened up a shitnton of doors in banking, PE and now hedge funds, tho.

Grouchy_Value7852

This IS BRA-SIL!!! (Dom Familia)

the_real_MSU_is_us

I'm 30% silver related (PSLV +SIL) but I've not gone into TAN. probably ought to throw a few percent at it since the price is somehow lower than it was 4 years ago. DO you know what that's about? The macro environment for solar seems way stronger today than it did 4 years ago, so why's it priced lower?

the_real_MSU_is_us

So there's "paper silver" (SLV, ie derivatives) and "real silver" (physically buying it). The true believers want you to stack obviously which is time and margin inefficient (have to go to a store and they'll never let you sell to them for 100% of what it's supposedly worth). But they aren't wrong when they say the "paper silver" isn't backed by anything and could got to zero in a true supply crunch since there's like 100x more paper silver than there is real silver backing it up. The happy middle ground is PSLV, which is backed up by real silver in a real warehouse big investors can take real deliveries from with real legal protections. Best of both worlds for owning silver itself imo. Though the real volatile and high upside play is silver miners. If silver prices go up 10% PSLV will go up about that much, but the miners are valued on profits so that 10% jump in silver price could mean a 50% jump in profits (their operating costs remain the same, but revenue went up 10%, so if the previous profit margin was 20% it's now 30%). Same for downside though if silver prices fall. SIL is the ETF for larger silver miners, SILJ is for smaller, even more risky/high upside miners. My silver is 2/3rd PSLV 1/3 SIL for whatever that's worth, no real reason for that split just works for me mentally. Again though, the volatility is brutal so be thoughtful in how much you invest and try to not let yourself deviate from it amid the chaos. Honestly forgetting you own it at all is best.

Brilliant_Voice1126

Agree. Based on my Thesis I'm making my accounts about 10-15% each of SDI (KRX - 006400), Silver (miners SIL), and Solar (ETF - TAN, distributed build-out - SUUN) so I'll have about half my funds under my control devoted to the bet. People are getting \*pissed\* about their power bills from data centers, and even in my red state they're passing local/regional and soon state regulation to say they have to build their own grids. So solar with BES, Silver going into all of these products, and Samsung SDI for the batteries that are light and powerful enough to enable things like EVOTL, humanoid robotics, advanced drones, EVs and BES.

SignificanceLate7002

Blackberry owns QNX. QNX is a commercial, Unix-like real-time operating system (RTOS) developed by BlackBerry that is primarily designed for mission-critical embedded systems. Famous for its bulletproof reliability and microkernel architecture—which prevents system-wide crashes by isolating failing components—it runs in over 275 million vehicles, medical devices, and industrial controllers globally. Market Dominance: It is utilized by top global automakers and in the vast majority of electric vehicles (EVs). Medical Devices: It is the foundational software for 80% of leading surgical robotics manufacturers, minimizing latency in life-saving Medical Devices: It is the foundational software for 80% of leading surgical robotics manufacturers, minimizing latency in life-saving procedures. Industrial Automation: Powers supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), nuclear power plant controls, and wind turbines. and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), nuclear power plant controls, and wind turbines. Proven Safety Standards: Certified to IEC 61508 SIL 3 and ISO 26262 ASIL-D, ensuring reliability for medical cobots, autonomous logistics, and industrial automation. Unlike general-purpose operating systems or standalone middleware like ROS, QNX strictly divides kernel space from user space. This means that if an AI script or secondary sensor module fails, the core motor controllers and emergency stop features remain protected and functional.

uncle-ice493

Safety certified robotic software refers to embedded software (like operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, or toolchains) that has undergone rigorous thirdparty testing and certification to meet international functional safety standards. This ensures the system can detect, respond to, and mitigate faults without causing harm to people, equipment, or the environment even in safety [link](https://www.fortrobotics.com/news/functional-safety-certification-why-it-matters-for-autonomous-machines)critical scenarios. BlackBerry's QNX division specializes in this. QNX OS for Safety and QNX Hypervisor for Safety are certified to IEC 61508 SIL 3 (and automotive/medical equivalents). They power missioncritical embedded systems in cars (hundreds of millions of vehicles), industrial controls, medical devices, rail, aerospace, and increasingly robotics. [link](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/blackberry-qnx-adds-another-certification-to-its-embedded-software-portfolio-301165498.html)

TheoryInttro

Based on what my poor silver miner etf is doing, puts on SIL.

Chadzilla-

I told my FIL about RKLB back when I was getting invested in 2024 and he bought 1k shares (probably to get me to shut up). He doesn't need the money, so he's just ignored it and kept the shares. Probably cost him $5k and now he's above $100k, so I hope I'm his favorite SIL haha.

Naive-Suit3916

I never gave up on you, SIL and PSLV

Relative_Handle_2961

i made a bunch off the recent SLS move from 4.50-5. Made like 16% off MU going from 450-600, got stopped out at 490ish. id like to get back in. Also been trading SIL1! and GC1! futures. Thats my preferred instrument but i couldnt stay away from the free money.

Dazzling_Occasion_47

yes, and adding to this, *most* gold miners are not pure gold miners. There are a few tickers to choose like newmont which is like 85%-90% revenue from gold, but many derive 50% or less from gold, even the ones with gold in the title. This is particularly true of the etfs, and this affect is even more dramatic with silver, which is nearly exclusively mined along with copper, nickel, iron, etc... It's one of the reasons that GDX and SIL don't necessarily follow jumps in the price of SGOL and SLV. Also there's a phase-lag in price response. Gold miners will do well if the price of gold is high and stays high for long enough for the miners to turn excavated ore into profit, but won't necessarily benifit from a parabolic run-up in spot price like what we saw in january.

Limp_Technology2497

If the strait looks like it’s going to open, which it seems like that is the direction of things, then for the moment that eliminates my main issue adding to silver and copper miners. So I added a bit of SIL and COPX.  It also adds positive momentum in the eastern hemisphere, particularly for places that have been struggling like Australia and Japan.  The damage is done for now with regards to helium, so I’m still bearish on chip manufacturing for the moment.  And I do have a real concerns still about the timing of fertilizer delivery. And I still think the US could be headed for a resource crunch depending on how things shake out-so I’m staying away from VOO for the time being. That said I did put a chunk into VXUS. We’ll see what happens. It got hit hard by this so hypothetically it could have the quickest rebound. I would expect oil to settle somewhere a bit higher than it was, but not nearly as high as it is.

Naive-Suit3916

SIL and GDX going back up

iYoloNDX0DTEs

Wind in the US is widely hated. According to W-Buffs he only did it  because the government incentivised it. Otherwise it was a loss.  Not to mention it kills a fuckload of endangered bats/birds.  Don’t believe the stats that were put out(SIL did data collection for the studies) and they encouraged/forced her to cook the results so it looked like it wasn’t an issue. 

kppalm

GDX is the gold mining ETF, AEM gold mining company, RGLD gold loyalty stream company. SIL silver mining ETF, HL silver mining company, WPM silver loyalty stream company

gamers542

I go the ETF route. I do the mining companies such as in GDX, SIL, COPX and URA (gold, silver, copper and uranium respectively). You could do ETFs that actually track the price like GLD and SLV. It's a matter of preference really.

Potential_Salt_5780

My SIL was educating my wife, who has a Masters, on how we had to help the poor Iranian people from their awful government. It was quite jaw dropping.

Neat_Database6685

Same, well SIL, ERO and GLD…but metals…slaughtered

EvolvingDior

Good point. One of the things I struggle with on /SIL is that the micro is still $80k notional. Given the volatility, that's a lot to risk. My broker still hasn't enabled the new /SIC contracts.

Level_Counter3062

May be time to dump my GDX and SIL shit is just perpetually bleeding

Unemployable1593

i set a stop on my SIL short i’m ashamed of myself 😞

Bigfluffybagel

YTD I’m up 33.2% across my brokerages. Primarily via swing trading 2-3x leveraged stocks & hitting metals/miners early. Feb 5th was a snag where I was down 19% but recovered quickly. SLV, SIL, ZSL, SMST, ASTX and PLTU are the top return dogs in the list. Obligatory note to heed caution playing with those 2-3x levered ETFs, not long holds.

Bigfluffybagel

YTD I’m up 33.2%. Primarily via swing trading 2-3x leveraged stocks & hit silver metals/miners early. Feb 5th was a snag where I was down 19% but recovered quickly. SLV, SIL, ZSL, SMST, ASTX and PLTU are the top return dogs in the list. Obligatory note to heed caution playing with those 2-3x levered ETFs, not long holds.

Randomizedname1234

My SIL sent in the group chat that Trump is so great he is creating jobs for Iranians by replacing their leader. Yes she is stupid. Yes she is poor.

unclefire

My SIL just graduated from Navy A school. He's older than most new recruits. But he has told me how a lot of new enlistees are dumb shits with horrible judgement.

Neat_Database6685

What are you seeing…ATH ok SIL Monday pre-market…then slam…and hasn’t been a pretty week…

GneissFrog

I'm probably going to lose my banbet later tonight, but being short 20 contracts of /SIL while manic silverbugs were DMing me taunts about "weekend silver up 6% stupid ber" last night might end up being my most satisfying trade of the year. Better than any drug out there.

GneissFrog

Another $75k booked on a /SIL short. Not bad for an hour long trade.

Open-Yak-3708

/SIL tomorrow opens at 900, 10x lock limit up

John-AtlasGames

Yeah. I even closed all my shiny rocks positions. I figure some of the jump in those on Friday was people moving into them in anticipation of war. But then is it a sell on the news, if war is a bit of a nothingburger? Or does it skyrocket because of something especially awful happening? This is one of those times when I could see a single /SIL or /GC contract moving $50,000 in a day, or between Friday close and Sunday night futures open. Which is great if you happen to guess on the right side of that move, but feels like crazy risk exposure. Much better for weekend mental health to be able to say, "Well, we'll see where things are next week and then decide what to do."

Open-Yak-3708

Circuit breakers coming soon /GC 10,000 /SIL 5000 /ES down 400

Naive-Suit3916

I bought shares too. Sold and put the money into SIL shares

Boozenooze2

in time, yes, but the current picture is more mixed. The SIL/XAGUSD ratio is well below the similar trendline (1.30 vs 1.52).

Unemployable1593

/SIL

John-AtlasGames

Uhh...my ThinkOrSwim charts are showing live data for /NQ and /YM, but three metals I'm watching -- /GC, /SIL and /HG -- are all frozen at noon for some reason? Is this just me?

BrowsingLocally

$SIL

Naive-Suit3916

People were not exaggerating about comex and slv. I was up too and sold for a small loss. Put the money in shares of SIL and PSLV now

Unemployable1593

/SIL finna retest 90

Naive-Suit3916

no possible to make SLV at 85 and options worth not much then. I'm in SIL shares

iratezero

UUUU, JNUG, COPX, SIL. I think SLV still might have the most upside, with all this tariff fuckery and war in Iran about to break out

katrav86

i still trade it but only the micro /SIL

Unemployable1593

what a shock. /SIL broke under 77 again

Unemployable1593

my next line for /SIL is 71.50 🫣

Fit_Investment8135

My call options are in Ford, COPX, URA, BTU, GDX, and SIL. Buy LEAPS of each and then get a fuckin job because even if they triple that's still only $1500

modeststeve16

Should have just put it in SIL futures

DefiantDelta

SIL beating silver, oh how the turns finally turntables

DefiantDelta

SVM is currently earning like 5 ounces of profit today that they earned for 1 ounce of profit a year ago. that's fucking nuts lmao. SIL/SILJ are so cheap it's practically unbelievable

Good_Ride_2508

I have been trading ETFs like TQQQ, SOXL and UPRO. Other than these three 3x, most of the 3x ETFs has the real risk of disolution at the low price when volatility peaked as high as 33% (most likely you know this). Even this index LETFs are safe by circuit breaker. As far as I know, US systems do not have emergency restrike. If you do not know what is restrike, google "WisdomTree emergency restrike of 3SIL (3x Silver) to prevent liquidation" To know more about 3x ETFs, read this person's blog [https://www.reddit.com/user/modern\_football/](https://www.reddit.com/user/modern_football/) This is too much theory, if you do not like it skip it. Good Luck and Happy investing.

suizman

Yeah, my bad it’s 3SIL

teh_herper

3SIL and the like, not slv

PossibilityLocal5335

How many planes are this time heading for SIL? (asking for a friend..)

AlbinoWino73

I would never advocate dumping a significant amount of money (and $50,000 IS significant - don't lose sight of that, it's a lot of money for a young adult) into ONE thing. Would I put some of that money into silver? Yes. More specifically - if you feel late to the silver run-up and want some torque to rising silver prices - do some due diligence on Silver Miner ETFs like SIL and SILJ. These ETFs own a basket of silver mining companies, many of which will report Q4 earnings in the next weeks/month. Miners are attractive to me because their costs to mine are fixed and rising prices with the velocity we've seen in the underlying commodities (many of these mine for gold, copper and other metals - silver is largely a by-product metal) goose profits and earnings. So if prices stabilize in here at $90ish or trade sideways for a while (very healthy) you could see the miners jump on their earnings reports. I own both personally and have been a PM investor on and off for 25+ years. But I would NEVER allocate all my money into this space and would cap that allocation at 10% max. And even that is too high for most, but I have conviction. Please do your own research and know this isn't professional advice or a solicitation, just an idea or two to kick around if you want exposure to silver and feel like you missed out on the greatest bull run the metal has ever seen.

kabbowkabbow

yeah i lied for brevity i'm not actually in $SIL i'm in $AG and $HL

pink_ego_box

$SILJ has almost the same holdings as $SIL You're better off to research each companies' debt, reserves and AISC to invest in a small basket of companies with higher torque potential. In silver I have $CDE $AG $EXK $SVO and $AYA (plus gold and platinum miners)

kabbowkabbow

saw that some of the world's wealthiest people were all-in on miners so i fullported $SIL. turns out they were all in on minors

rando9999912

Good thing I trade SIL and profited last night when it was +10% lmao

Accomplished_Job5938

You all laughed when I said SLV/SIL puts would make you rich but look at us now. Both poor.

jpric155

I see SIL1! up 10%. I post SIL1! up 10%. Who's the dumbass? It's not me.

jpric155

SIL1!

Due-Towel-6013

should i sell tomorrow if i get any gains? i bought 100 SIL at $100, 100 SLV at $90. i can't afford for that 2k to sit still right now.

shinigami_2245

Silver lining (no pun intended) to blowing up my account is now I’m out of my loser MSTY position, my theta dying NVDA calls and I don’t have to lose sleep over hoping I can get out of my /SIL

KingRegardothe2nd

Haha did you catch the 50% drop in 3SIL? [3SIL](https://imgur.com/6MSfnIn)

New_Reindeer9153

Percent decline in SIL or SLV is pretty similar to silver commodity spot price decline. Isnt it? Nomenclature for tick and contract size don't mean anything here. Ultimately its dollar value to silver amount (with minute infra costs of trading and stuff involved).

Old_Baker_9781

$5 a tick makes a $0.10 move in SIL $100 or $1000 for a $1 move. SIL was down $29 today. My point was that, even the micro is a big notional value contract @ 1000 Troy oz. that a lot of retail traders don’t typically trade. Read WSB and jumped.

Old_Baker_9781

Imagine the people that got into SIL and have no clue how it moves.

Pierceus

Yesterday, the 3x silver ETF 3SIL hit a record high of 1300, up 2000% in the last year. On Monday, it will likely be liquidated. G fucking G.

tika_dengu

MSFT going to 0 before SIL

pink_ego_box

Largest entry $3300 SIL 110C Jan27 now worth $3950 +19.3% Largest position $2658 CDE 25C Nov26 now worth $4097 +54.1% Largest gain $183 NEXA Mar26 now worth $628 +243%. That one was like +400% when I sold various of them to buy some $CDE Jan27 30c. Other calls make SBSW AYA and CDE my largest positions Port $40k, opened in october now $63k, +57% (was 105k/+160% yesterday LMAO but I'm not selling shit before at least +1000%).

PaperHandsTheDip

I follow all the guys with horrible track records. Mostly for humorous reasons, but I've legit found some gems in there. For example -- I actually bought into silver miners in early jan (SIL) \~85 due to one.

Congonese_Fanatic

Thank god my all my funds didn’t fully settle when I decided to buy SIL at $118…

PaperHandsTheDip

SIL etf, or something different?

NervousChemistry7401

SLV, GLD, IAU, NEM, SIL all month.

TableSignificant341

My Trump-stanning, chem-trail believing, ivermectin-taking MIL convinced my SIL to buy silver 3 years ago.

DeepInTheBunker

You should pay attention to the Shanghai silver price in US dollars, which has been averaging about $10 or higher than the COMEX price. Unlike the COMEX SIL price, the Shanghai price is driven by actual supply / demand of the physical delivery of silver, and not speculation. Silver will be following that for quite a while.

Aniriomellad

I had a look at your history, you have some beautiful stuff:D Since you are the silver expert, can I ask you if you are invested right now in equities that have to do with silver? For example the ETFs SLV, PSLV, SIL, SILJ or individual companies? I watched this video featuring Rick Rule [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVacfj1eDYU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVacfj1eDYU) and he's saying that there is a lag in the stock prices of major (not junior) silver miners because silver moved up a lot very recently and this wasn't priced in, example Pan American Silver production guidance for 2026 mentioning $70/oz as average silver price [https://panamericansilver.com/news/pan-american-silver-achieves-2025-production-guidance-and-provides-guidance-for-2026/](https://panamericansilver.com/news/pan-american-silver-achieves-2025-production-guidance-and-provides-guidance-for-2026/) . GDX is +200% in a year compared to GLD's +93%. On the other hand SIL is up +249% compared to SLV's 284%. My logical conclusion is that the big silver miners will crush their earnings that are coming in the following weeks and raise guidance, does this seem too obvious? Even in a bad case where silver falls to $70/oz, earnings will go up a lot, and if silver stays above $100 which seems an average case at the moment, it's another +100% in earnings. Do you see a good play here for 2026? I bought 100 shares of Pan American Silver at a high price of $67.70 during the overnight session 1-2 days ago and I am +60% on South32 since October. I don't have cash to buy unless I sell something else so I was thinking about selling aggressive puts for earnings of American companies like Wheaton, Hecla Mining, Endeavour etc. one company at a time, I close one then after I open the next one. Or I could just sell SIL puts. Any other strategies you would consider?

Congonese_Fanatic

$SIL price action after hours is interesting…

PaperHandsTheDip

I don't know anything about the sector which is why I decided on SIL over SILJ. I figured the bigger / more established players were a "safer" bet. They're very similar returns tho. SIL - 240% 1yr SILJ - 260% 1yr

Gom_KBull

SILJ, same as SIL but just more volatile. i see they have more growth potential... probably.

meganxiong

For the silver trade people. Look at look at PSLV? SIL and SILJ? PSLV is illiquid and trading at 10% discount (ask AI for better explanation) The miners are also known to catch up later when their revenues hits. I am beating myself for not buying AGQ a month ago but still made some good money after hearing China is restricting export. If history is anything to go by, I think gold silver ratio can go as low as 35 or 30... (Right now at 45)

qsub

err SVR not SIL.

qsub

Prob sell another 25% of my SIL if its green and still popping

leomeng

All I got was SIL calls didn’t want to do SLV

hiphopanonomos

Feel like I have metals brain rot. I don't do any deep ticker research anymore or balancing etfs by sectors just SLV GLD GDX GDXJ SIL SILJ PPLT COPX just straight rocks. I'm doing better than ever thinking less

1bizzyone

Based on /SIL futures predict Silver 144.85 equals Fibonacci 123.6%; don't say when though.

shinigami_2245

I have decided the best course of action for my neon red /SIL position: I will be monitoring the situation 🫡

HairyCranBeary

Sorry guys, i went long SIL thats why we dumpin

hiphopanonomos

Look at the top 10 for SIL all very strong

thalassamikra

Okay I'm convinced the math will eventually math on SIL and SILJ and still annoyed they aren't mooning as hard as SLV