I don't understand how buying short works, I don't see how Robin Hood is capable of stopping trade on a duly registered stock. I don't understand how they continue to make pennies in the US when they cost twice as much to make as their purchase ability.

What I do understand is that this dicking around in the silver and gold market has destabilized my jewelry craft business. With the COVID pandemic essentially putting me out of business for the past year by causing the cancellation of craft shows the instability in the metals market makes it impossible for me to buy metals at a price I can reasonably make up for resale. This is still a problem for big manufacturers but it is an impossible situation for One Off operations like mine.

Don Meixner