I’m known for being a metals guy.

I got people into gold and silver years ago. I made a fortune in Seabridge. I bought Hecla under $3 and watched it climb to $23.

So when silver crashed nearly 30% last Friday, my phone started buzzing. Friends, subscribers, neighbors – all asking the same question: “Is this the dip to buy?”

Silver’s sitting at $80 after touching $115 just days ago. Down 30% in one session. Looks like a bargain, right?

Not to me.

Look, my situation is different. I’m playing with house money on these positions. When Hecla swings 20% in a day, I’m not losing sleep. My cost basis is $2.90.

But if I were putting fresh capital to work today? Different story entirely.

People who completely ignored precious metals for years now want to “buy the dip” at $80 silver. These are the same folks who thought I was nuts accumulating miners when nobody cared about the sector.

Now they want in after a 300%+ run, just because it pulled back 30% from the peak.

That’s not value investing. That’s trying to catch a falling knife.

Silver in the $40s – that’s where I’d consider backing up the truck with new money. Maybe. Gold around $3,000 on a real correction.

Will we get there? Who knows. Silver could bounce tomorrow and never see those levels again. Or it could keep bleeding for months.

But I’d rather miss a bounce than catch a falling knife. Especially when that knife just dropped 30% in a single session.

When I bought Hecla at $2.90, people laughed. “Dead money sector.” “Gold bugs living in the past.” I bought anyway because the risk-reward was obvious.

At $86 silver after a face-ripping rally? The risk-reward doesn’t work for fresh money. You’re hoping to time the bottom of a correction in something that just went parabolic.

That’s speculation, not investing.

The metals bull market isn’t dead. Friday’s sell-off doesn’t change the fundamentals that drove this run. But jumping in at $80 because it’s down from $115? That’s how you turn potential profits into guaranteed losses.

My levels haven’t changed. $40s for silver. $3,000 for gold. They seemed impossible when silver was at $115. Now they look a little less crazy after Friday’s massacre.

Patience pays in this game. The people texting me about buying the dip at $80 are the same ones who ignored my calls at $20.

I’ll keep waiting for my spots. Even if I never get them.

Because the discipline that got me in early is the same discipline that keeps me from chasing crashes.

Your Action Plan

Friday’s sell-off was scary, and a reminder of how volatile silver can get. But if prices can stabilize – and so far this week they have – you could start to look at some miners for potential short put trades.

That’s when you pick a level you’d like to buy the stock and if it drops there, you get assigned shares. And if it doesn’t, you collect the premiums.

It’s a way to get paid while you wait for your spots. And if you do get assigned, you’re buying at levels you already decided made sense.

Just remember – even with puts, don’t get greedy. Pick strikes where you’d actually want to own the stock long-term, not just because the premium looks juicy.

The volatility is your friend when you’re selling options. Use it.

And if silver were to shoot back up to $115 or more, which is entirely possible, I’d like to short again.