Silver has a volatile trading history and a tendency to draw in feverish retail investors during market frenzies,

Following strong global cues, especially the continuous rally in the COMEX silver price since morning, the MCX silver rate today opened with a big upside

Silver prices have more than doubled in 2025, outpacing this year's surge in gold prices, as investors seek safe haven investments.

Silver had a historic run late last week in what has been a record year for precious metals, rising nearly 10% on Friday alone and smashing through record prices by surpassing the $78 mark for the first time ever.

Long-awaited cuts to the federal interest rate, and future cuts on the near horizon, are also pushing the price of precious metals higher. Small time investors are getting in on the silver action, with amateur traders organizing on Reddit and plotting their moves like they did in the early heyday of meme stocks.

Some exchanges moved to rein in risk amid heightened volatility, with the margins for certain Comex silver futures contracts raised from Monday. When an exchange boosts margin requirements, traders have to put up more cash to keep their positions open. Some speculators don’t have the extra money, so they’re forced to shrink or close their trades.

Market veteran Peter Brandt warned silver traders on X that prices can reverse suddenly and significantly.

Silver and gold futures are falling sharply after the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, one of the world’s largest trading floors for commodities, required traders to put up more cash to invest in precious metals.

The precious metal has seen a huge spike in value over the past year, leading many to consider cashing in on what they have.

Silver is breaking price records as demand for the critical metal surges. But its supply around the world is dwindling. We went inside Bolivia's Cerro Rico, a 15,000-foot mountain that used to be the world's largest source of silver,