Silver's crazy price surge boosts ETF trading volume, overwhelming tech giants.

The extreme surge in silver prices is triggering a sharp increase in trading volume of iShares Silver ETF. On Monday, the ETF recorded nearly 40 billion dollars in trading volume. This trading volume exceeded the 23 billion dollars in trading volume of Nvidia stock on the same day, and was also much higher than the 22 billion dollars in trading volume of Tesla. Just a few months ago, the daily average trading volume of iShares Silver ETF was only about 2 billion dollars; by late December last year, it had surged to around 10 billion dollars. After entering January 2026, with silver prices skyrocketing further, trading activity has soared once again. Silver rose more than doubled in 2025, and continued its incredible momentum in January 2026, with an increase of nearly 60% so far, potentially marking the largest monthly increase since 1979.