Calls
9
#944
Alpha Score 6.7
Francis Hunt
Founder, The Market Sniper
Win Rate
22.2%
return
-19.7%
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Mentions
First Call
Call Price
P&L
Thesis
Theme
Source
Long
Feb 26
$477.48
-22.8%
"I would focus on the big three uh particularly gold and silver. I include platinum as a third. I think it's an outlier on the white metals to possibly even outshine silver which I expect to outshine gold." The speaker outlines a hierarchy of performance: Platinum > Silver > Gold. While Gold is the "safest" banking mechanism, the white metals (Silver and Platinum) offer asymmetric upside due to industrial shortages (solid-state batteries for silver) and extreme undervaluation. Long the physical metals (or their liquid ETF proxies) is the primary trade for this cycle. Short-term volatility or "slapdowns" in paper markets before the physical shortage is fully realized.
"I would focus on the big three uh particularly gold and silver. I include platinum as a third. I think it's an outlier on the white metals to possibly even outshine silver which I expect to outshine gold." The speaker outlines a hierarchy of performance: Platinum > Silver > Gold. While Gold is the "safest" banking mechanism, the white metals (Silver and Platinum) offer asymmetric upside due to industrial shortages (solid-state batteries for silver) and extreme undervaluation. Long the physical metals (or their liquid ETF proxies) is the primary trade for this cycle. Short-term volatility or "slapdowns" in paper markets before the physical shortage is fully realized.
Commodities
Long
Feb 25
$111.16
-35.8%
Hunt refers to miners and call options on miners as his "lottery tickets" and "speculative" holdings. Miners offer leverage to the underlying metal price. While physical metal is for insurance ("blue pot"), miners are for generating alpha ("red/orange pot"). LONG. Use as a high-risk, high-reward proxy for the gold thesis. Nationalization of mines, windfall taxes, and operational risks (energy costs).
Hunt refers to miners and call options on miners as his "lottery tickets" and "speculative" holdings. Miners offer leverage to the underlying metal price. While physical metal is for insurance ("blue pot"), miners are for generating alpha ("red/orange pot"). LONG. Use as a high-risk, high-reward proxy for the gold thesis. Nationalization of mines, windfall taxes, and operational risks (energy costs).
Thematic ETFs
Long
Feb 26
$20.71
-30.4%
"I would focus on the big three uh particularly gold and silver. I include platinum as a third. I think it's an outlier on the white metals to possibly even outshine silver which I expect to outshine gold." The speaker outlines a hierarchy of performance: Platinum > Silver > Gold. While Gold is the "safest" banking mechanism, the white metals (Silver and Platinum) offer asymmetric upside due to industrial shortages (solid-state batteries for silver) and extreme undervaluation. Long the physical metals (or their liquid ETF proxies) is the primary trade for this cycle. Short-term volatility or "slapdowns" in paper markets before the physical shortage is fully realized.
"I would focus on the big three uh particularly gold and silver. I include platinum as a third. I think it's an outlier on the white metals to possibly even outshine silver which I expect to outshine gold." The speaker outlines a hierarchy of performance: Platinum > Silver > Gold. While Gold is the "safest" banking mechanism, the white metals (Silver and Platinum) offer asymmetric upside due to industrial shortages (solid-state batteries for silver) and extreme undervaluation. Long the physical metals (or their liquid ETF proxies) is the primary trade for this cycle. Short-term volatility or "slapdowns" in paper markets before the physical shortage is fully realized.
Commodities
Long
Feb 26
$80.45
-37.1%
"I would focus on the big three uh particularly gold and silver. I include platinum as a third. I think it's an outlier on the white metals to possibly even outshine silver which I expect to outshine gold." The speaker outlines a hierarchy of performance: Platinum > Silver > Gold. While Gold is the "safest" banking mechanism, the white metals (Silver and Platinum) offer asymmetric upside due to industrial shortages (solid-state batteries for silver) and extreme undervaluation. Long the physical metals (or their liquid ETF proxies) is the primary trade for this cycle. Short-term volatility or "slapdowns" in paper markets before the physical shortage is fully realized.
"I would focus on the big three uh particularly gold and silver. I include platinum as a third. I think it's an outlier on the white metals to possibly even outshine silver which I expect to outshine gold." The speaker outlines a hierarchy of performance: Platinum > Silver > Gold. While Gold is the "safest" banking mechanism, the white metals (Silver and Platinum) offer asymmetric upside due to industrial shortages (solid-state batteries for silver) and extreme undervaluation. Long the physical metals (or their liquid ETF proxies) is the primary trade for this cycle. Short-term volatility or "slapdowns" in paper markets before the physical shortage is fully realized.
Commodities
Long
Jul 02
$31.91
+6.9%
China has lower debt ratios, has accumulated vast amounts of gold, and retains trust in its system, making it a more attractive investment destination than the US as global capital shifts.
Equity Indexes
Long
Jul 02
$186.17
-4.1%
Gold and precious metals are the best protection against fiat currency debasement, as dollar debasement and high inflation erode purchasing power and countries increasingly prefer gold-based settlement.
Commodities
Short
Jun 30
$86.43
+2.2%
The bond market is not a safe haven this cycle. The long-end Treasury market is in serious structural trouble, and high-yield credit will follow. The speaker holds puts on bonds and expects no durable bid during the next equity downturn.
Bonds & Rates
Short
Jun 30
$106.44
-17.9%
High oil prices threaten to re-accelerate inflation, forcing the Fed to keep hiking. The economy cannot withstand sustained high oil; it acts as a multiplier crushing demand. Oil is already being used as a tool to bring down inflation expectations. The speaker is short oil since the $90s, expecting a move into the $60s.
Commodities
Long
Feb 26
$116.62
-38.6%
"Miners will potentially outperform and they get fully respected for what they do and uh they are they they will they will put in big big multiples. I prefer existing mines where the production risk is no longer a problem." While physical metal is for safety, miners are for leverage. The speaker explicitly advises against "100,000x" exploration lottery tickets, favoring established producers ("existing mines"). Therefore, large-cap miner ETFs (GDX for gold, SIL for silver) are the correct vehicle to capture this "production" leverage without single-asset exploration risk. Long established producers to capture operating leverage on rising metal prices. Operational costs (energy/labor) rising faster than metal prices; jurisdiction risks.
"Miners will potentially outperform and they get fully respected for what they do and uh they are they they will they will put in big big multiples. I prefer existing mines where the production risk is no longer a problem." While physical metal is for safety, miners are for leverage. The speaker explicitly advises against "100,000x" exploration lottery tickets, favoring established producers ("existing mines"). Therefore, large-cap miner ETFs (GDX for gold, SIL for silver) are the correct vehicle to capture this "production" leverage without single-asset exploration risk. Long established producers to capture operating leverage on rising metal prices. Operational costs (energy/labor) rising faster than metal prices; jurisdiction risks.
Thematic ETFs
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Francis Hunt has 9 trade ideas tracked on Buzzberg across 9 tickers since February 2026. Ranked #944 on the Buzzberg Alpha leaderboard. Most covered: GOLD, GDX, PPLT.
