Silver put traders through it this week. It started Monday with a heavy drop, from about $69 down to nearly $63 an ounce. A stronger dollar and talk of higher rates sent investors running fro
Silver put traders through it this week. It started Monday with a heavy drop, from about $69 down to nearly $63 an ounce. A stronger dollar and talk of higher rates sent investors running from precious metals. That fall erased a big chunk of the run-up silver had put together earlier this year.
Then it flipped. The Silver price shot back up 4% to 6%, landing in the low $70s. Tensions in the Middle East cooled, Treasury yields dropped, and risk appetite came back. Buyers piled in, thinking the pullback was done and the next leg up had started.
By June 16, though, it settled back around $69.83. Profit-takers stepped in. So now everyone’s asking: Was that bounce the real thing or just a fake-out?
We had a look at the chart shared by Northstar Charts, and the message is straightforward. The analyst argues that many traders place too much importance on a single breakout line and ignore the broader technical picture.
The chart marks three major peaks connected by a declining resistance trendline. Each time the silver price pushed toward that line, buyers became convinced a breakout was underway. Yet every attempt failed to produce a sustained move higher. The latest rally followed the same pattern.
Source: X/NorthstarNorthstar pointed out a quick pop above resistance that looked promising at first. But buyers didn’t stick around. Silver fell back under the trendline and ended the week weak. That’s a fakeout, classic trap for anyone who jumped in too early.
The real lesson from his post? Don’t trust one signal alone. A single line on a chart doesn’t tell you much. You need volume, structure, trend strength, and other tools backing it up. Without all that, you’re just chasing moves that fall apart.
Here’s how things could go wrong for silver. If inflation stays hot and the Fed keeps rates high, bonds become more attractive and the dollar gets stronger. That would push silver down toward $60. And if the economy slows and factories use less of it, you could see it test the mid-$50s.
Now here’s why it could climb. The market has run short of physical silver for six straight years. Solar panel makers alone use up about 29% of all industrial silver. Add in AI, data centers, electric cars, and more solar farms, and supplies get even tighter. In that world, silver could go back to $80 and maybe even take another run at the $100 level we saw earlier this year.
The truth probably lies somewhere in between. Factories are still buying, but rate fears and economic nerves are keeping a lid on things. So silver likely drifts between $65 and $85 for most of 2026, with the occasional pop whenever something big breaks, a war, a rate cut, or a swing in industrial demand.
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We see good points on both sides. Northstar’s chart is a good reminder not to get too excited about every little rally. That last move up didn’t have enough behind it to stick, that’s why silver fizzled out so fast after hitting the low $70s.
But you can’t ignore the bigger picture either. Physical metal is still hard to come by. Factories keep using more of it. And with the world as unsettled as it is, people want safety.
None of that guarantees new highs tomorrow. But it does put a floor under prices. Through 2026, that foundation should keep the silver price from falling too far.
Silver has both strong long‑term tailwinds (massive deficits, rising industrial use) and severe short‑term technical damage. The market is in a sixth straight year of supply deficit, and silver is a critical component for AI, solar, defense, and robotics. J.P. Morgan still expects silver to average $81/oz in 2026. However, the near‑term outlook is bearish: the price just closed below its 200‑day moving average for the first time in over a year, and analysts warn it could drift to $55‑60/oz in the coming weeks.
What does Warren Buffett say about buying silverBuffett is famously dismissive of gold but has bought silver twice (possibly three times) because he views it as an industrial commodity with fundamental supply/demand dynamics, not a “pet rock.” In 1997, he bought 111 million ounces after concluding the market was “out of balance,” with consumption outpacing production by perhaps 100 million ounces a year. However, Buffett later admitted he “bought it very early, sold it very early” and that his trade did not make much money.
Is silver going to reach $1000 an ounceIt’s highly unlikely that silver will reach $1,000 per ounce anytime soon. For it to reach that price, currency values would have to drop significantly, and there would have to be a steep increase in industrial demand. A more realistic price would be $100 per ounce within the next one to five years.6 days ago
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